I read someone saying that the most stable driver was 285.62 but I can't find the thread anymore.
Just wanted to know what is the best driver for you? The latest drivers are a no go for me as they won't play simple games which I run occasionally for passing time such as Solitaire or Hearts and this was installed on a fresh Windows 7 x64 not an upgrade
With that said, which is the best driver for the GeForce 555M?
I want to use the original Lenovo Drivers but when I use them playing videos gives me a lot of stuttering, I use a program called Smooth Video Project along with MPC-HC + LAV Decoders + madVR which gives you super 60 FPS smoothnes while playing videos but it doesn't work with the original nVIDIA drivers only works 285.62 or 296.10
I wonder what's up or why are the original driver so bad.
The reason I want to use the original drivers is that with them I can specify which GPU each and every program will use where as with the later drivers I download from nVIDIA, when I select any of the programs I want such as MPC-HC, the option to select which GPU I want to use is greyed out so I am forced to set the global setting to use the nVIIDA GPU and have to manually switch it to the Auto Select if I am going out and running on battery 
I don't know what to do, tough choice....
BerryRacer,
You tend to forget that not everyone use their laptops, purely for "gaming".
What's wrong with using the installed Intel HD Graphics 3000, for playing your Hearts, or Solitaire?
You shouldn't need to switch to the GeForce 555 every time, and for every program, that you run. Most, if not all of the installed Windows programs, run fine on the Intel 3000.
For me, I never have the Nvidia card switched on, and hardly ever use it. Yeah, I'm not a gamer, but I do a ton of video applications, and the Intel 3000 has enough power to accomplish these tasks. No stuttering, and no problems. Plus, by using the Intel 3000, and having the Nvidia turned off, I save power, heat, and my battery run time lasts longer.
I'm probably going to get flamed for this reply, however just because you have nuclear capability, doesn't mean you should use it to swat a fly. You're using a sledgehammer to pound in a nail! 
It's not a "tough choice" if you use the right tool for the job you're doing.
DragonRider
velenoso666 wrote:dragnoak do you work for lenovo? Because some of your post are so anti consumer, it's not funny, what's wrong with wanting to be able to use a component which came with your purchase or is that asking too much?
No, I don't work for Lenovo. I'm just some crazy retired dude, who owns a functioning Y470. I just have all day, to sit around my laptop, trying to provide some answers, to other users having problems.
I also suspect that some users don't know how to properly program their 3D settings on the the nVidia card. I had a discussion awhile back with a gamer, who didn't even know that the settings sub-menu "Feature", had the option to change the Global, or Program Settings. This user had never seen the down carrot in the feature setting, because he had not clicked in the setting box! You don't see the options carrot, when you don't click on the feature.
I really wonder how many other users, don't know how to set up their features correctly.
DragonRider
