topic Re: graphic chip driver update in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/graphic-chip-driver-update/m-p/161942#M59164 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi sonyvaiostefano.<BR /><BR />Unless you have problems with your graphics card, I would stay with the original Sony driver.<BR /><BR />It seems that relatively few Vaios suffer from the 'nVidia problem' and this could be helped by running conservative drivers that keep the chip cooler.<BR /><BR />The only reason to upgrade is if a particular game you like will not run properly with the older drivers.<BR /><BR />Windows Update will often recommend a driver upgrade but I would steer well away from these drivers which are not for mobile PCs.<BR /><BR />It is usually quite safe and you can always 'roll-back' to the previous version but the best advice at the moment is: -<BR /><BR />UNLESS YOU MUST HAVE THE NEW DRIVER TO RUN A SPECIFIC PIECE OF SOFTWARE - DON'T UPGRADE TO NON-SONY DRIVERS.<BR /><BR />These may cause extra heating which will aggravate the nVidia problems.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.sk/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:32:59 GMT Blencogo 2008-09-04T19:32:59Z graphic chip driver update https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/graphic-chip-driver-update/m-p/161939#M59163 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i recently had the first NVIDIA graphics card and some posts point to laptopvideo2go drivers. it appears not to be officially supported; any reason to use them? a second question (forgive if obvious): i never updated drivers before so<BR />1 must i look for them manually or win update will help<BR />2 is there a real reason for do it<BR />3 is it safe<BR />4 how do i do it<BR />again sorry if obvious and thanks<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:10:30 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/graphic-chip-driver-update/m-p/161939#M59163 sonyvaiostefano 2008-09-04T17:10:30Z Re: graphic chip driver update https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/graphic-chip-driver-update/m-p/161942#M59164 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi sonyvaiostefano.<BR /><BR />Unless you have problems with your graphics card, I would stay with the original Sony driver.<BR /><BR />It seems that relatively few Vaios suffer from the 'nVidia problem' and this could be helped by running conservative drivers that keep the chip cooler.<BR /><BR />The only reason to upgrade is if a particular game you like will not run properly with the older drivers.<BR /><BR />Windows Update will often recommend a driver upgrade but I would steer well away from these drivers which are not for mobile PCs.<BR /><BR />It is usually quite safe and you can always 'roll-back' to the previous version but the best advice at the moment is: -<BR /><BR />UNLESS YOU MUST HAVE THE NEW DRIVER TO RUN A SPECIFIC PIECE OF SOFTWARE - DON'T UPGRADE TO NON-SONY DRIVERS.<BR /><BR />These may cause extra heating which will aggravate the nVidia problems.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.sk/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:32:59 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/graphic-chip-driver-update/m-p/161942#M59164 Blencogo 2008-09-04T19:32:59Z