HP NVidia Card

htbowler

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Purchased my HP TouchSmart 520 from HP with NVidia GeForce GT 520M graphic card. I am wondering if I would have any problems if I decide to install Windows 8 on this computer. For instance, if I download the latest graphic driver from NVidia, it does not recognize the card. HP support does not show this card for available updates, however, the NVidia Control Panel shows it checking for updates daily and that the latest update is installed. If Windows 8 is installed, would I still get updates to this card from HP? The reason I am checking now is that I am not familiar how vendor installed hardware is affected by going to a new OS. On my previous computer, I had changed just about all the hardware from the original equipment, so that when I went from XP to Windows 7, just had to get any necessary drivers from the manufacturer. Thank in advance for any input.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP TouchSmart 520 All-in-One
    CPU
    AMD A6-3600
    Motherboard
    Pegatron 2ACB
    Memory
    6GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GT 540M
    Sound Card
    IDT High Def Audio CODEC w/Beats Audio (HP)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23 Inch TouchSmart
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi SATA 1TB
    PSU
    Unk
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    Unk
    Keyboard
    HP Wireless
    Mouse
    LogitechTouchpad T650
    Internet Speed
    Cable Internet
    Other Info
    Ralink Tech Corp 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
Should be no problems - i have a gt 540m on my laptop, and have no problems with nvidia driver setup, i think its better than AMD's and their cards, chips etc. Windows 8 supplies the driver and Control Panel thru Windows Update, but not the PhysX software, so you can go either way depending on your needs theoretically.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus Notebook N53SV Series
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)i7-2630 CPU @ 2.0GHz /turbo 2.9Hz
    Motherboard
    Intel® HM65 Express Chipset
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GT540M
    Sound Card
    realtek
    Screen Resolution
    1366/768
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 500gb 5400
    Keyboard
    microsoft wireless keyboard 3000 v2
    Mouse
    microsoft wieless mouse 5000
    Internet Speed
    13/16mbs
    Browser
    IE Firefox Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Great. that's a big help. Have a great day.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8 Pro
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP TouchSmart 520 All-in-One
    CPU
    AMD A6-3600
    Motherboard
    Pegatron 2ACB
    Memory
    6GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GT 540M
    Sound Card
    IDT High Def Audio CODEC w/Beats Audio (HP)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    23 Inch TouchSmart
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi SATA 1TB
    PSU
    Unk
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    Unk
    Keyboard
    HP Wireless
    Mouse
    LogitechTouchpad T650
    Internet Speed
    Cable Internet
    Other Info
    Ralink Tech Corp 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
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