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I had these exact drivers working on win 7. They wont work on windows 8. It passes the checking system compatibility but fails during installation. While it installs the screen flashes black and then it says, "NVIDIA Installer failed". I have windows 8 64bit sony vaio vgr ar870 8600m Gt

my computer originally came with 32 bit software so when I go to sony's website the drivers are only available in 32 bit. it will not run on my 64 bit os

yah i tried that, the only problem is that sony only supports drivers for vista for my particular model.

Sorry about that. Windowd 8 x64

I downloaded the newest 296.17 driver that is available for my card and OS. It does not work so I download a modified inf from laptopvideo2go.com and still nothing. that is what I did with Win 7, I needed to use a modified inf. But it is not working on win 8. What am I doing wrong? Sony vgn...

Which one loads fastest and works seamlessly with the OS?

Hey guys, Well I absolutly hate that the start button is gone. Nothing is faster than pushing the windows key and then typing something to find it in your comp. I saw some 3rd party programs that bring back the start button but the one that I installed (cant remember the name) was somewhat...

Damn, I was hoping this would be the equivalent. Do you think this version will be stable enough to run as a primary OS?

I remember when the Release Candidate came out for W7, is this the equivalent, or will there be a more complete release before the final version shipped to stores?

I am running a Sony lapto VGN-AR870 with a 8600M GT . The comp origionally came installed with Vista, and switching over to windwos 7 was fine except for the graphics card. I could not get a driver to work, but finally i got it. Anyone have it running on windows 8? and what driver are you