NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT is a Display Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was NVIDIA. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_01261025; this string has to match your hardware.

1. NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT driver - how to install it manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT driver. The archive contains version 8.17.13.0142 dated 2012-05-15 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes shutdown and restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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NVIDIA applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 148324974 bytes (141.45 MB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 75101 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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