i am using W7 with hybrid, and yes it works, DoX's modded driver 185.85 seems to be the one delivering the highest performance, and according to miahaha, lowest temperature(by 3-4C)

mind sharing what's ur heat on gaming? izit 95C? if so, try to email the service center to sort out this matter, before this i also face this issue, but after sending in to service, it reduce, i benchmarked devil may cry, and it just give me a 80C even when i stress till the game started lagging, although some graphic heavy game will still smack a 90C++ out of the card.

as for the sound, don think so..u can self mod speaker de..but then, no one tried that yet so far..and as for battery life, i don think driver would improve much, given that the intel GMA already is low power consumption..

anyway welcome to the club, just post ur question here next time, or u can chat with us here also

lol jak, cant blame me dude...actually, this is the thread..somewhere at v7 or v8 we decided to change name...and now it's v12 liao..so, quite some times already isn't it..
anyway, try using some GPU temp monitor to monitor ur temperature..sadly say i havent not game for more then 3 hours...i think the longest i play was around 2 hours, playing grid, temperature at 94C peak, and no problem at all..if ur warranty is still there, can just try to talk to service center ppl, request change fan or whole heatsink, cos your one i think is overheating..

warranty over also just try to email Mr Yap to sort out and see la

@jakuraz
mind telling what game did you played for 3 long hours before it auto shutdown??

I also S42 (P8600)...well, played GRID for almost 4 hours without any cooler and also with Dox modded driver 185.85, didn't auto shutdown...

Played Prototype for 5 long hours at peak temp of 87C...didn't shutdown also...

I guess there something wrong with your laptop...better send to BenQ SC, like BBXiong did, they change the fan unit and now his laptop are running games under 90C at most...except for those high graphic demanding games

lol afaik no such thing, ur bass will screw up the direction la, cause it position itself in front. not side or anything.
i actually rather go for a super comfy pair of headphones, my friend has one... but sound not as good as my pair of audio technia ATH-SJ3
lately astria has been spending alot of money... hm.... credit check ^^
lol iirc jak has a the "joker" cat as his dp, you change till so diff, how ppl reco you. and erm..... i actually reco 185.68, cause not so troublesome to install la, and erm,... my gaming temp for grid is aroud 70C oni.... (of course now is autumn... so colder hehehehehe)

u mean cannot change at all?? u using original driver?? the original driver will not respond de, if u have any app running that uses ur current gfx card...try using the DoX or the nautis one la, theirs have a pop up notification on which application is using ur GPU

u cant install 2 drivers separately..i don think u can install this one