These are older than below but atleast support the GPU's that the Notebooks have

These are the latest driver for the Precision range of mobile workstations

Dell Mobile Quadro Geforce 340.75

DriverVer   = 08/26/2014, 9.18.13.4075
 
NVIDIA_DEV.06DA.081A.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 5000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A6C.040A.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 3100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A6C.040B.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 3100M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DDA.04A3.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 2000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DDA.14A3.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 2000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFA.04A3.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 1000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFA.14A3.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 1000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFC.0534.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 5200M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFC.0535.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 5200M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFC.1534.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 5200M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFC.1535.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 5200M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.0E3A.04A4.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 3000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E3A.14A4.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 3000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0E3B.04A4.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 4000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E3B.14A4.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 4000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF6.05CC.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K1100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF6.060D.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K1100M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF6.15CC.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K1100M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFB.053E.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFB.153E.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFC.053E.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K1000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFC.153E.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K1000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1056.0493.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1056.0494.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1056.04E4.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1056.1493.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.1056.1494.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M    "
NVIDIA_DEV.1056.14E4.1028 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M     "
NVIDIA_DEV.109A.04A4.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 5010M"
NVIDIA_DEV.109A.14A4.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro 5010M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1140.05DE.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1140.05DF.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1140.05E0.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1140.05E1.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.11B6.05CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K3100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11B6.15CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K3100M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.11B7.05CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K4100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11B7.15CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K4100M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.11B8.05CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K5100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11B8.15CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K5100M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.11BC.053F.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K5000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BC.153F.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K5000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.11BD.053F.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K4000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BD.153F.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K4000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.11BE.053F.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K3000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BE.153F.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K3000M "
NVIDIA_DEV.11FC.05CC.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11FC.15CC.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2100M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1340.062B.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 830M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1340.062C.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 830M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1340.0631.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 830M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.1340.0632.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 830M    "
NVIDIA_DEV.1340.0645.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 830M     "
NVIDIA_DEV.1340.0646.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 830M      "
NVIDIA_DEV.1341.062B.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 840M    "
NVIDIA_DEV.1341.062C.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 840M     "
NVIDIA_DEV.1341.062E.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 840M      "
NVIDIA_DEV.1341.0649.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce 840M       "
NVIDIA_DEV.13B3.05CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2200M"
NVIDIA_DEV.13B3.15CD.1028 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2200M "

Latest drivers for Alternate OS's

NVIDIA GeForce 346.35

Release Highlights:

Added support for the following GPUs:

GeForce 800A
GeForce 800M
GeForce GTX 970M
GeForce GTX 980M


Added support for X.Org xserver ABI 19 (xorg-server 1.17).
Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
Fixed a bug that prevented internal 4K panels on some laptops from being driven at a sufficient bandwidth to support their native resolutions.
Fixed a regression that prevented the NVIDIA kernel module from loading in some virtualized environments such as Amazon Web Services.
Fixed a regression that caused displays to be detected incorrectly on some notebook systems.
Fixed a bug that could cause X to freeze when using Base Mosaic.
Fixed a regression that prevented the NVIDIA X driver from recognizing Base Mosaic layouts generated by the nvidia-settings control panel.
Updated the NVIDIA X driver to reject frame packed interlaced HDMI 3D modes during mode validation. These modes were being validated by the driver, despite never having been supported.
Fixed a bug that prevented the console from being restored after forcefully terminating X, on some GPUs with multiple DisplayPort monitors attached. This bug also subsequently prevented X from being started following the failed console restoration.
Updated the version of libvdpau shipped with the driver to 0.9.  This version honors the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable and fixes a race condition if multiple threads call VdpDeviceCreateX11 simultaneously. See
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/vdpau/2014-December/000274.html for more information.
Please note that users are encouraged to use their distribution's libvdpau packages rather than relying on the one shipped with the NVIDIA graphics driver.

Fixed a bug that caused the ACPI hotkey mask to be set incorrectly on some laptops even when the EnableACPIHotkeys option is disabled.
Disabled the EnableACPIHotkeys option by default.  This option is now considered deprecated and will be removed in a future driver release. On modern Linux systems, display change hotkey events are delivered to the desktop environment as key press events, and the desktop environment handles the display change by issuing requests through the X Resize and Rotate extension (RandR).
Fixed a bug that caused the screen image to be shifted when screen transformations (such as rotations or reflections) were enabled on a G-SYNC display attached to a Kepler-based GPU.
Fixed a bug that caused a blank screen when setting a mode requiring YUV 4:2:0 compression. These modes are not currently supported.
Fixed a bug that caused an incorrect DisplayPort link configuration to be displayed after a hotplug or unplug.
Added support for decoding VP8 video streams using the NVCUVID API on GPUs with VP8 hardware decode support.
Added support for the following EGL extensions:

EGL_EXT_device_base
EGL_EXT_platform_device
EGL_EXT_output_base


Added the ability to increase the operating voltage on certain GeForce GPUs in the GeForce GTX 400 series and later. Voltage adjustments are done at the user's own risk. See the documentation on the "CoolBits" X configuration option in the README for details.
Added support for NVENC on GeForce GPUs. For more details on the NVENC SDK, see: https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-video-codec-sdk.
Removed a sanity check in nvidia-installer that tested the availability of POSIX shared memory. The NVIDIA GPU driver has not required POSIX shared memory since release 270.xx.
Added accelerated support for r8g8b8a8, r8g8b8x8, b8g8r8a8 and b8g8r8x8 RENDER formats.
Updated nvidia-settings to take advantage of GTK+ 3, when available. This is implemented by building the nvidia-settings user interface into separate shared libraries (libnvidia-gtk2.so, libnvidia-gtk3.so), and loading the correct one at run-time.
Added the nvidia-settings option --gtk-library to allow specifying the path of the directory containing the user interface library or the path and filename of the specific library to use.
Added support in nvidia-settings for a GTK+ 3 user interface on x86 and x86_64.
Added the nvidia-settings option --use-gtk2 to force the use of the GTK+ 2 UI library.
Updated nvidia-installer to install a file in the system's xorg.conf.d directory, when a sufficiently new X server is detected, to cause the X server to load the "nvidia" X driver automatically if it is started after the NVIDIA kernel module is loaded.
This feature is supported in X.Org xserver 1.16 and higher when running on Linux 3.9 or higher with CONFIG_DRM enabled.

Improved the performance of nvidia-installer by enabling the use of parallel make when building the NVIDIA kernel modules. The concurrency level can be set with the --concurrency-level option, and defaults to the number of detected CPUs.
Updated nvidia-installer to determine default installation locations for libraries based on the presence of known paths in the ldconfig(8) cache and the filesystem, rather than hardcoded distro-specific paths.
Fixed a GLSL compiler bug that would produce corruption when running games such as Far Cry 3 in Wine.
Fixed the EGL_KHR_stream_cross_process_fd extension.
Fixed rendering corruption that sometimes happened when calling DrawElementsInstancedBaseVertexBaseInstance(), DrawElementsInstancedBaseInstance(), or DrawArraysInstancedBaseInstance().
Dramatically improved OpenGL Framebuffer Object creation performance.
Removed the limit on the maximum number of OpenGL Framebuffer Objects.
Updated the NVIDIA OpenGL driver to prefer $XDG_CACHE_HOME over $HOME as the default location for storing the GL shader disk cache.

Specifications:

• Display: 15.6" Full High Definition LED BrightView 1920X1080 Screen
• Processor: Intel i7-5500U Dual-core (2 Core) 2.90GHz
• Memory: 16GB DDR3 Ram (2 x 8GB)
• Storage: 1.5TB 5400RPM HDD
• Optical Drive: DVD-RW
• Operating System: Windows 8.1 
• Graphics Controller: nVidia GeForce 850M 4GB Dedicated
• Network: Intel 802.11ac Wireless Lan
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 2.675cm x 38.45cm x 26.02cm

The above has been ordered.

My first new laptop since 2006 (Dell e1705) and will replace the very old and fragile Dell Latitude D820

I had it narrowed down to the still expensive even when second hand Dell Precision M3800 and the very average Gigabyte P15F v2.

The very new Broadwell based Intel i7-5500u made my decision

At 15w TDP it should have a good batttery life, and I hope to no longer have a toaster sitting on my lap.

It's only dual core but runs at 2.9/3Ghz with Turbo, similar CPU as my Desktop which currently processes the drivers, plenty fast

FHD screen, Geforce GTX 850M with 4GB, I'll be able to tweak mobile settings again in the modded INFs

The 1.5TB HDD is absolutely huge way too big for a Notebook, I'll look at getting a smaller SSD later

The HP Envy I think is the overall best bang for buck out in NZ.

I'll be writing up my findings, can't wait.

As in below post of my decision to go with the Broadwell i7-5500u based new Notebook.

Broadwell has raised the bar in low end graphics, pretty sure getting a Geforce 840m is probably going to hinder graphics performance over a Broadwell based Graphics.

Lets hope nVidia counter with higher performing Maxwell low end solutions (ie 940M), or we could end up with Notebooks that will be hindered by Geforce GPU's (shudder at the thought)

Here is a nice chart of Intel's GMA's and what they can do, taken from Intel® Iris™ and HD Graphics Driver Version: 15.36.14.64.4080 

The Kepler 800 series GPU's in comparison support DX11.2, OpenGL 4.4, OpenCL 1.1, Maxwell 900 series DX12, OpenGL 4.4, OpenCL 1.1

Detailed Description

Purpose:

New driver now available with support for 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® HD Graphics 5500, Intel® HD Graphics 6000, and Intel® Iris™ Graphics 6100 and key enhancements for 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors.  Benefits of updating to this driver include addition of video playback of VP9 video format (for Chrome video playback, Google Hangouts), HEVC video format (for 4K Ultra HD video playback) and expanded Open CL and Open GL extension support.  This new driver release is timed with the newly released 5th Generation Intel Core Processor which has faster 3D graphics, faster CPU performance, faster video conversion,  and more than 1.5 hours longer battery life.

See release notes for addition information on issues resolved and supported features.

Click chartfor larger image

Note:

1. If you are uncertain which Intel® Processor is in your computer, Intel recommends using the Intel® Processor Identification Utility or Intel® Driver Update Utility to identify your Intel Processor.

2. In the Intel® Iris™ and HD Graphics Control Panel (under Options > Options menu > Information Center), the ’Installed DirectX* version’ refers to the operating system’s DirectX version. The Information Center’s ‘Supported DirectX* Version’ refers to the Intel Graphics Driver’s supported DirectX version.

3. The Intel® Wireless Display software application is available only for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems.

4. Intel Wireless Display native Miracast* support under Windows 8.1 is now supported through the operating system’s Charms menu. For more information, see the Miracast FAQ.

This driver will not function with any other product. View the README file for installation information and the RELEASE NOTES for driver version details. This driver package contains version 15.36.14.64.4080 (10.18.10.4080) for Windows* 7/8/8.1. 

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-uk
 

Release Highlights:
As part of the NVIDIA Notebook Driver Program, this is a reference driver that can be installed on supported NVIDIA notebook GPUs. However, please note that your notebook original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM about recommended software updates for your notebook. OEMs may not provide technical support for issues that arise from the use of this driver.

Before downloading this driver:
 

1. Please check to make sure that your notebook has a supported GPU (refer to the Products Supported tab below).
2. It is recommended that you backup your current system configuration. Click here for instructions.

GeForce Game Ready Driver
The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 347.25 WHQL, ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for the latest new blockbuster titles including Dying Light. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver extends Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) support to nearly every DX10 and DX11 title.

Game Ready
Best gaming experience for Dying Light

Gaming Technology
Expanded Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) support for DX10/DX11 games

Hot on the heels of 347.25 these are now the latest and greatest

NVIDIA iCafe Geforce 347.26 WinXP x86

NVIDIA iCafe Geforce 347.26 Win8/7 x86

NVIDIA iCafe Geforce 347.26 Win8/7 x64

Google translate:

GeForce Game Ready Driver 
347.26 WHQL version number for the new GeForce Game Ready Drivers match today released a new GeForce GTX 960 phase. The new GPU for more mainstream users with a feature game of the second generation of Maxwell architecture, performance and efficiency. Maxwell architecture's most popular feature is the support of a large multi-frame sampling anti-aliasing (MFAA). With this latest version of the driver, the support of MFAA extends to almost every DX10 and DX11 games. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver can also make sure you get the best gaming experience in the latest masterpiece in the game, including "Call of Duty OL (Call Of Duty Online)."

Game Ready 
in "Call of Duty OL (Call Of Duty Online)" in bringing the best gaming experience

The new GeForce GPU 
support for the new GeForce GTX 960 GPU, the GPU architecture based on the second generation of Maxwell

Gaming Technology

The support for multi-frame sampling anti-aliasing (MFAA) extends to the DX10 / DX11 games

Added support for:

NVIDIA_DEV.1401 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960"

The HP Envy 15-k208TX review is in progress



Keep in mind its a review in motion, updates will be made

The review is rough and ready, I just test stuff and put up results, not into pretty
As the CPU is so new CPUz and GPUz didn't have correct information

I see GPUz has a just released new version I'll need to run ths and update all the missing data, CPUz no update yet.
Also lots more text to go in, to explain various results.
So far a mixed bag of results, some surprising

Feel free to comment or if you'd like to see something tested reply back in post.

HP Envy 15-k208TX review

Dell have finally released their 9x0M drivers for the new Alianware 15 and 17 range
 

Dell Mobile Geforce 344.73

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8.1/VGA/VGA_nVidia_Win81_64_VER918134505.zip

Driver Version   = 12/24/2014

All lock for all gamers

Added support for:

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8.1/VGA/VGA_nVIDIA_WIN81_64_VER918134725.zip

have fun all gamers

Driver Version   = 12/07/2014

32 bit

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2014/12/20699461_4a605e318d7190a9049cc3ad9dc65661aba6836d.cab

64 bit

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2014/12/20699460_a064b578a0380e416f153bc394305eb4ba974271.cab

NVIDIA_DEV.06C0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480"
NVIDIA_DEV.06C3 = "NVIDIA D12U  "
NVIDIA_DEV.06C4 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465"
NVIDIA_DEV.06CA = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06CD = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470"
NVIDIA_DEV.06D1 = "NVIDIA Tesla C2050 / C2070"
NVIDIA_DEV.06D2 = "NVIDIA Tesla M2070"
NVIDIA_DEV.06D8 = "NVIDIA Quadro 6000"
NVIDIA_DEV.06D9 = "NVIDIA Quadro 5000"
NVIDIA_DEV.06DA = "NVIDIA Quadro 5000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.06DB = "NVIDIA Quadro 6000 "
NVIDIA_DEV.06DC = "NVIDIA Quadro 6000  "
NVIDIA_DEV.06DD = "NVIDIA Quadro 4000"
NVIDIA_DEV.06DE = "NVIDIA Tesla T20 Processor"
NVIDIA_DEV.06DF = "NVIDIA Tesla M2070-Q"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DC0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 440"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DC1 = "NVIDIA D12-P1-35"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DC4 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DC5 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DC6 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DCD = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DCE = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DD1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DD2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DD3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DD6 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DD8 = "NVIDIA Quadro 2000"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DDA = "NVIDIA Quadro 2000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DDF = "NVIDIA GF106-INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 430"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 420"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE4 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 520"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE5 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 530"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE7 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 610"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE8 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DE9 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DEA = "NVIDIA GeForce 610M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DEB = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DEC = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DED = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DEE = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DEF = "NVIDIA NVS 5400M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF4 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF5 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF6 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF7 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF8 = "NVIDIA Quadro 600"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DF9 = "NVIDIA Quadro 500M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFA = "NVIDIA Quadro 1000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFC = "NVIDIA NVS 5200M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0DFF = "NVIDIA GF108 INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E21 = "NVIDIA D12U-25"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E22 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E23 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E24 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0E30 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E31 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E3A = "NVIDIA Quadro 3000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0E3B = "NVIDIA Quadro 4000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0F00 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 630"
NVIDIA_DEV.0F01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 620"
NVIDIA_DEV.0F02 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 730"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FC0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 640"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FC1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FC2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FC5 = "NVIDIA D15M2-03"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FC6 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FC8 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 740"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FC9 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FCD = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD0 = "NVIDIA NB1G"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD4 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD5 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD8 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FD9 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FDB = "NVIDIA GK107-ESP-A1"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FDC = "NVIDIA GK107-INT22-A1"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FDF = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FE0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FE1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FE2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FE3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FE4 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FE9 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FEA = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M "
NVIDIA_DEV.0FEC = "NVIDIA GeForce 710A"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FED = "NVIDIA GeForce 820M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FEF = "NVIDIA GRID K340"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF2 = "NVIDIA GRID K1"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF3 = "NVIDIA Quadro K420"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF6 = "NVIDIA Quadro K1100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF8 = "NVIDIA Quadro K500M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FF9 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2000D"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFA = "NVIDIA Quadro K600"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFB = "NVIDIA Quadro K2000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFC = "NVIDIA Quadro K1000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFD = "NVIDIA NVS 510"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFE = "NVIDIA Quadro K2000"
NVIDIA_DEV.0FFF = "NVIDIA Quadro 410"
NVIDIA_DEV.1001 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z"
NVIDIA_DEV.1004 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780"
NVIDIA_DEV.1005 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN"
NVIDIA_DEV.1007 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1008 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti"
NVIDIA_DEV.100A = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti "
NVIDIA_DEV.100C = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black"
NVIDIA_DEV.1021 = "NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm"
NVIDIA_DEV.1022 = "NVIDIA Tesla K20c"
NVIDIA_DEV.1023 = "NVIDIA Tesla K40m"
NVIDIA_DEV.1024 = "NVIDIA Tesla K40c"
NVIDIA_DEV.1026 = "NVIDIA Tesla K20s"
NVIDIA_DEV.1027 = "NVIDIA Tesla K40st"
NVIDIA_DEV.1028 = "NVIDIA Tesla K20m"
NVIDIA_DEV.1029 = "NVIDIA Tesla K40s"
NVIDIA_DEV.102D = "NVIDIA Tesla K80"
NVIDIA_DEV.102E = "NVIDIA Tesla K40d"
NVIDIA_DEV.1030 = "NVIDIA Graphics Device   "
NVIDIA_DEV.103A = "NVIDIA Quadro K6000"
NVIDIA_DEV.103B = "NVIDIA Q12U-1"
NVIDIA_DEV.103C = "NVIDIA Quadro K5200"
NVIDIA_DEV.1040 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1042 = "NVIDIA GeForce 510"
NVIDIA_DEV.1048 = "NVIDIA GeForce 605"
NVIDIA_DEV.1049 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 "
NVIDIA_DEV.104A = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 "
NVIDIA_DEV.104B = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 (OEM)"
NVIDIA_DEV.104C = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 705"
NVIDIA_DEV.104D = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 710"
NVIDIA_DEV.1050 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1051 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX"
NVIDIA_DEV.1052 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.1054 = "NVIDIA GeForce 410M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1055 = "NVIDIA GeForce 410M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1056 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1057 = "NVIDIA NVS 4200M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1058 = "NVIDIA GeForce 610M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1059 = "NVIDIA GeForce 610M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.105A = "NVIDIA GeForce 610M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.105B = "NVIDIA GeForce 705M"
NVIDIA_DEV.107C = "NVIDIA NVS 315"
NVIDIA_DEV.107D = "NVIDIA NVS 310"
NVIDIA_DEV.107E = "NVIDIA GF119-INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.1080 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580"
NVIDIA_DEV.1081 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570"
NVIDIA_DEV.1082 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti"
NVIDIA_DEV.1084 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560"
NVIDIA_DEV.1086 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1087 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti "
NVIDIA_DEV.1088 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590"
NVIDIA_DEV.1089 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 "
NVIDIA_DEV.108B = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1091 = "NVIDIA Tesla M2090"
NVIDIA_DEV.1094 = "NVIDIA Tesla M2075"
NVIDIA_DEV.1096 = "NVIDIA Tesla C2075"
NVIDIA_DEV.109A = "NVIDIA Quadro 5010M"
NVIDIA_DEV.109B = "NVIDIA Quadro 7000"
NVIDIA_DEV.1140 = "NVIDIA GF117"
NVIDIA_DEV.114A = "NVIDIA GF117-INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.1180 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680"
NVIDIA_DEV.1183 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti"
NVIDIA_DEV.1184 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770"
NVIDIA_DEV.1185 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660"
NVIDIA_DEV.1187 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760"
NVIDIA_DEV.1188 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690"
NVIDIA_DEV.1189 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670"
NVIDIA_DEV.118A = "NVIDIA GRID K520"
NVIDIA_DEV.118E = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (192-bit)"
NVIDIA_DEV.118F = "NVIDIA Tesla K10"
NVIDIA_DEV.1192 = "NVIDIA GeForce GK104"
NVIDIA_DEV.1193 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM"
NVIDIA_DEV.1194 = "NVIDIA Tesla K8"
NVIDIA_DEV.1195 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1198 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1199 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M"
NVIDIA_DEV.119A = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M"
NVIDIA_DEV.119D = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M"
NVIDIA_DEV.119E = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M"
NVIDIA_DEV.119F = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M "
NVIDIA_DEV.11A0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11A1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX"
NVIDIA_DEV.11A2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX"
NVIDIA_DEV.11A3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX"
NVIDIA_DEV.11A7 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX "
NVIDIA_DEV.11AA = "NVIDIA GK104-INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.11B4 = "NVIDIA Quadro K4200"
NVIDIA_DEV.11B6 = "NVIDIA Quadro K3100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11B7 = "NVIDIA Quadro K4100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11B8 = "NVIDIA Quadro K5100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BA = "NVIDIA Quadro K5000"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BC = "NVIDIA Quadro K5000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BD = "NVIDIA Quadro K4000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BE = "NVIDIA Quadro K3000M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11BF = "NVIDIA GRID K2"
NVIDIA_DEV.11C0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660  "
NVIDIA_DEV.11C2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST"
NVIDIA_DEV.11C3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti"
NVIDIA_DEV.11C4 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645"
NVIDIA_DEV.11C5 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 "
NVIDIA_DEV.11C6 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti "
NVIDIA_DEV.11C7 = "NVIDIA Graphics Device    "
NVIDIA_DEV.11C8 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 "
NVIDIA_DEV.11D0 = "NVIDIA GK106-INT353"
NVIDIA_DEV.11E0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11E1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11E2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M "
NVIDIA_DEV.11E3 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M"
NVIDIA_DEV.11FA = "NVIDIA Quadro K4000"
NVIDIA_DEV.11FC = "NVIDIA Quadro K2100M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1200 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1201 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1202 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti   "
NVIDIA_DEV.1203 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE v2"
NVIDIA_DEV.1205 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2"
NVIDIA_DEV.1206 = "NVIDIA GeForce  GTX 555"
NVIDIA_DEV.1207 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 645"
NVIDIA_DEV.1208 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE"
NVIDIA_DEV.1210 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1211 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1212 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1213 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M"
NVIDIA_DEV.121F = "NVIDIA GF114-INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.1240 = "NVIDIA D13P1-35"
NVIDIA_DEV.1241 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 545"
NVIDIA_DEV.1243 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1244 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti"
NVIDIA_DEV.1245 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450   "
NVIDIA_DEV.1246 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1247 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M   "
NVIDIA_DEV.1248 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M    "
NVIDIA_DEV.1249 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450    "
NVIDIA_DEV.124B = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 640  "
NVIDIA_DEV.124D = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M     "
NVIDIA_DEV.1250 = "NVIDIA GF116-INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.1251 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1280 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 635"
NVIDIA_DEV.1281 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1282 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 640   "
NVIDIA_DEV.1283 = "NVIDIA D15M2-10"
NVIDIA_DEV.1284 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 630  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1286 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 720"
NVIDIA_DEV.1287 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 730  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1288 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1289 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 710  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1290 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1291 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1292 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1293 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1294 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M  "
NVIDIA_DEV.1295 = "NVIDIA GeForce 710M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1296 = "NVIDIA GeForce 825M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1298 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1299 = "NVIDIA N16V-GM"
NVIDIA_DEV.12AE = "NVIDIA GK208-CS1-C"
NVIDIA_DEV.12AF = "NVIDIA GK208-INT"
NVIDIA_DEV.12B0 = "NVIDIA GK208-CS-Q"
NVIDIA_DEV.12B9 = "NVIDIA Quadro K610M"
NVIDIA_DEV.12BA = "NVIDIA Quadro K510M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1340 = "NVIDIA GeForce 830M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1341 = "NVIDIA GeForce 840M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1344 = "NVIDIA Graphics Device     "
NVIDIA_DEV.1347 = "NVIDIA N16S-GT-S"
NVIDIA_DEV.136E = "NVIDIA GM108 CS1"
NVIDIA_DEV.137A = "NVIDIA N15M-Q3"
NVIDIA_DEV.137E = "NVIDIA GM108 CS1 "
NVIDIA_DEV.1380 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti"
NVIDIA_DEV.1381 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750"
NVIDIA_DEV.1382 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745"
NVIDIA_DEV.1389 = "NVIDIA GRID M30"
NVIDIA_DEV.1390 = "NVIDIA GeForce 845M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1391 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M"
NVIDIA_DEV.1392 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1393 = "NVIDIA GeForce 840M "
NVIDIA_DEV.1398 = "NVIDIA GeForce 845M "
NVIDIA_DEV.139B = "NVIDIA N16P-GX"
NVIDIA_DEV.13AD = "NVIDIA GM107 INT52"
NVIDIA_DEV.13AE = "NVIDIA GM107 CS1"
NVIDIA_DEV.13B0 = "NVIDIA N16P-Q3"
NVIDIA_DEV.13B3 = "NVIDIA Quadro K2200M"
NVIDIA_DEV.13BA = "NVIDIA Quadro K2200"
NVIDIA_DEV.13BB = "NVIDIA Quadro K620"
NVIDIA_DEV.13BC = "NVIDIA Quadro K1200"
NVIDIA_DEV.13BD = "NVIDIA GRID  M40"
NVIDIA_DEV.13C0 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980"
NVIDIA_DEV.13C2 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970"
NVIDIA_DEV.13D7 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M"
NVIDIA_DEV.13D8 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M"
NVIDIA_DEV.13D9 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M"
NVIDIA_DEV.13E7 = "NVIDIA Graphics Device             "
NVIDIA_DEV.142E = "NVIDIA Graphics Device                         "
NVIDIA_DEV.142F = "NVIDIA Graphics Device                          "
NVIDIA_DEV.17C2 = "NVIDIA Graphics Device                                               "
NVIDIA_DEV.17F0 = "NVIDIA Quadro M6000"

Added support for:

For awhile Windows 10 Preview was looking like a good thing, but starting with build 9879, it lost compatibility with the Steam application. Many people have not been able to play their games for one week. It's been said that in some newer builds that the issue is resolved, but many people are not able to download those newer builds. At this point Windows 10 should be avoided, uninstalled, and other OS reconsidered.

A quick look at the Intel 7260 11ac WIFI adaptor

As some of you may know my new laptop came with the Intel 4360 11ac adapter limited to 1x1 (receive/transmit) channels

This is limited to a maximum connection speed of 433.3Mbps, this particular adapter did very well and got close to 350Mbps of actual speed

So here we are with the bigger brother the 7260

This particular card is a 2x2 antenna arrangement, and hence can double the max theoretical throughput to 866.6Mbps, both antennas can receive and transmit simultaneously (vs 1x1 where one receives other transmits)

The actual miniPCIe card is tiny and is exact same layout as the 3160 except twice as much bandwidth can be moved about.

I was a little worried as HP are notorious for White;listing WLAN cards, where only a very few types are allowed to be used by BIOS)

As this particular WLAN card is an option in the 17" envy I took the risk, rest is history.

With Windows 8.1 the card is detected and drivers installed

A slightly older driver set where 'Throughput enhancement' option is not yet available, no biggy as it seems to do very little)

There really is not much to say about this card other than how does it perform, only reason for getting this topend card.

So here we go, click the picture for an expanded view.

11ac download

11ac Upload/transmit

Notebook, HP Envy 15-k208tx

Server, 6x2TB RAID6 array on a caching controller.

Router - Netgear R7000 1300Mbps 1ac / 600Mbps 11ng

Test file 4.1GB Windows 10 build 9926 ISO

560Mbps download and 360Mbps upload very respectable indeed

When you get to these speeds, you have to make sure there are no bottlenecks in your system as it will only be as fast as slowest component.

ie the Hard Disk at either/both end also need to be able to read/write at least as fast as the WLAN card can bring the data over.

As you can see the HDD in the Envy is struggling to write the data as it comes in, this seems to be an issue I'll have to look into as performance is quite slow with writes.

I'll do some more testing with setting up a RAM drive on laptop

Performance difference

Intel 7260 11ac 560/360Mbps from 866.6Mbps max = 65%/42% utilised

Intel 3160 11ac 350/290Mbps from 433.3Mbps max = 81%/67% utilised

Ralink USB 11na 110Mbps from 300Mbps = 37% utilised

Ralink USB 11ng 150Mbps from 300Mbps = 50% utilised

If a system comes with the Intel 3160 it's no biggy as it performs very admirably, I would think no real point in upgrading to the 7260 unless every bit per second is precious.

The Intel WLAN cards are very efficient and use the given bandwidth much better than 11n cards have, where even getting 1/2 the advertised speed is not all that common.

Very latest Realtek HD Audio Codec out

DriverVer=01/20/2015, 6.0.1.7432

Realtek v6.0.1.7432

Intel® Wireless Display Version: 5.1.28.0 (Latest)

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-uk

As part of the NVIDIA Notebook Driver Program, this is a reference driver that can be installed on supported NVIDIA notebook GPUs. However, please note that your notebook original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM about recommended software updates for your notebook. OEMs may not provide technical support for issues that arise from the use of this driver.

Before downloading this driver:

 

1. Please check to make sure that your notebook has a supported GPU (refer to the Products Supported tab below).
2. It is recommended that you backup your current system configuration. Click here for instructions.

GeForce Game Ready Driver for Evolve

Just in time for the highly anticipated title Evolve, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience With support for GeForce SLI technology and one-click game setting optimizations within GeForce Experience, you'll have the best possible performance and image quality during gameplay. In addition, we are delivering performance improvements across GeForce GPUs that will immediately benefit a wide variety of titles at various resolutions. 

Game Ready
Best gaming experience for Evolve, including support for SLI Technology and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations
  
Gaming Technology
Performance improvements across various GeForce GPUs.

Latest Realtek Audio Codec out

Realtek HD Audio v6.0.1.7443

DriverVer=02/03/2015, 6.0.1.7443