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The forum thread discusses whether to install the Windows Update driver for an Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT after manually installing Nvidia's 185.85 driver on Windows 7 RC. The consensus is that if the manual driver works well, installing the Windows Update driver is unnecessary and could cause conflicts. Overall, users recommend sticking with the Nvidia driver for better performance rather than relying on the generic Windows Update version.
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computernerdsahoy

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Hello,

Situation is this, I have an Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT (256mb) PCI-E gpu in my pc. I have clean installed Windows 7 RC (downloaded from Microsoft) and installed all the "Important Updates". Under Optional Updates there is one for my video card ("Geforce 8500GT WDDM 1.1" or something like that). I have already installed the 185.85 Driver. What I want to know is do I also have to install the driver that is in Windows Update or is the Nvidia all that is needed? Will there be any performance difference if I do install it? Or will the drivers just conflict with each other?

Thanks in advance! 🙂
 

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Radenight
Agreed, both the 185.85 driver you downloaded from Nvidia and the one you see in Windows Update are essentially the same thing.. 😉 The one from nVidia is of much better quality though and in comparison will perform 70-80% better then the generic MS one you see in Windows Updates.. 🙂
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The drivers will be replaced if you choose to install another driver

If it's working OK, I don't feel it necessary to bother with a new driver.
 
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Agreed, both the 185.85 driver you downloaded from Nvidia and the one you see in Windows Update are essentially the same thing.. 😉 The one from nVidia is of much better quality though and in comparison will perform 70-80% better then the generic MS one you see in Windows Updates.. 🙂
 
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