Unofficial nVidia graphics drivers: desktop and notebook up to date

Owners of NVIDIA graphics cards: For the best image quality and smooth graphics when playing games, you should always keep your graphics card driver up to date. How to do this is explained here [Sandro Villinger].

Updating the driver is usually not a complicated process: At the manufacturer nVidia you can find http://www.nvidia.de/Download/index.aspx?lang=de current and certified drivers for desktop PCs and (many) notebooks with NVIDIA graphics chips. Simply select and download them. Done! For most users this is the easiest way. However, in two cases you should better use unofficial drivers:

• If you are not satisfied with the performance of the official drivers or they even cause problems on your PC.
• If the unofficial drivers have an important graphics function or setting that is missing from the official drivers.
• If you have a notebook and none of the official nVidia drivers work for you (see screenshot above)

If any of these points apply to you, you should try using the unofficial driver versions from forums.laptopvideo2go.com. On this page you will find graphics card drivers that nVidia issues to developers or partners and has not yet made available to the public. These drivers are always newer than the official versions from nVidia – often even a generation ahead!
Additionally, the unofficial drivers for LaptopVideo2Go have been modified so that all desktop graphics cards and notebook chips are supported without exception. This is not always guaranteed with the official drivers. How to download and install the drivers is available here:

1. Open the page http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/and click on the latest driver generation in the "NVIDIA Drivers and Tools" section. At the time of this blog post, the "26x series" is current:
2. In the next step, select the appropriate driver for your PC or notebook. On a notebook with Windows 7 64-bit, for example, I select:
3. First click on "Download Driver" to save the driver on the hard disk. Note: Please also read the note below. Then right-click on "INF Modified" to save the modification file.
4. You will end up with the following two files on your hard disk:Double-click on the file and click on "Extract". All driver files will then be extracted.
5. It is now necessary to copy the "NV_DISP.INF" to the correct location in the driver folder. To do this, open the "Display.Driver" subfolder in the driver folder and insert the modified "NV_DISP.INF". Now confirm the overwriting of the existing file:
6. Done! Now start the installation by double-clicking on the "Setup.exe" contained in the folder! Don't worry, Windows creates a system restore point before each driver installation so that you can switch to the previous driver at any time in an emergency. During the installation, click on "Install this driver software anyway".

Note: Before downloading the driver, it is recommended to first read the driver article (e.g., the one for driver 263.09), which is unfortunately in English. Other testers report how well the driver works and often even provide benchmarks. If you encounter problems, you should try a different driver.