GeForce 9600M drivers?

Hello! I just got my mac yesterday, and i have a question. I am currently very new to mac.
The GeForce 9600M graphic card, where can i get drivers to it? Because the computer laggs a bit in Postal 2, which is a game with very "bad" graphics, and with all set in high, it laggs a bit on the largest places. But i have to admit, the RAM and the CPU is better than the computer i have home which DOESNT lag. It even have a better graphic card, because i had a 7600GS when i tried it home. I guess its because it hasnt been updated, and on the NVidia homepage, its no drivers for mac. Where can i get drivers for the graphic card to my mac? Ive seen the macbook i have can even take Need For Speed: Carbon, which has MUCH better graphics than postal 2, so it has to be something. I have taken a "software" update, but it doesnt seem that a graphic driver came with it.
Please answer.

Greets Kim.

Macbook Aluminium, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on May 21, 2009 2:16 PM

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May 22, 2009 2:12 AM in response to kimmag

The current 13" MacBooks have a NVIDIA 9400M graphics card, not the 9600M. However, the 15"/17" MacBook Pro has a switchable 9400M/9600M GT video card. If you have a MacBook Pro you need to make certain that you have selected (or switch over to) the 9600M video mode (the option is in the System Preferences -> Energy Saver and select "Higher Performance"). In either case, Apple provides the video drivers for the MacBooks and if you are running the latest software updates from Apple you also have the latest graphics drivers. NVIDIA won't offer MacBook drivers for Mac OS X.

However, if you are running under MS Windows (using Apple's Boot Camp) you can either use the drivers that Apple supplies with Boot Camp or try updating to the latest Windows drivers from NVIDIA. In the latter case, you probably want to post over in Apple's discussions forum on Boot Camp. Here is that link:

http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237

However, I don't know whether the latest Windows drivers will work under Boot Camp (and when you are running under Boot Camp you are NOT running Mac OS X, you have to be running MS Windows -- you're basically using your Mac as a PC).

May 22, 2009 4:08 AM in response to kimmag

kimmag wrote:
I was wrong, it is 9400M then. I wasnt sure. Well, so getting drivers isnt possible?
EDIT: I cant seem to find "higher performance", its only battery time and so on.

Message was edited by: kimmag

Only the 9600M has the option for higher performance. Apple supplies the video drivers for the MacBooks, so if you have the latest Mac OS X system installation you have the newest drivers.

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