MBP Motherboard chipset

[Saint Luke]

I want to update the motherboard drivers on my late 08 15" MBP, but arent 100% what chipset it uses... i thought it was the nforce 7series, but 7 what? or what is the actual chipset? CPUID wont give me any info

 

[heppy]

Erm.....you can't update the drivers on on a Mac Motherboard so don't try!

 

[MacAndy74]

Erm.....you can't update the drivers on on a Mac Motherboard so don't try!

Unless he means under Windows / Boot Camp - but even then I'd just used Apple's supplied boot camp drivers.

 

[Saint Luke]

yeah sorry, i meant in windows. the bootcamp drivers are old, and arent optimized for windows 7. Nvidia have released w7 drivers for all their nforce chipsets, so i wanted to grab them...

 

[biiishplz]

Officially, the chipset is Geforce 9400/nForce 730i.

 

[iLog.Genius]

Officially, the chipset is Geforce 9400/nForce 730i.

I haven't seen anyone try it so it would be nice if OP could post results. If in does work without having to adjust anything, how much of an increase would we see if anything? I mean the Apple supplied drivers work so I would assume the OP is looking for better battery life and if that's the case, would upgrading the driver for the chipset even do that?