Does using a different video card driver (like direct X9) on a video card for laptop make games play better?

the question says it all but i have a somewhat new dell laptop that i got about 2 years ago and i was wondering if you use a different video driver if it'll make games play smoother.|||Laptops are not made for gaming. Laptops come with integrated video which is not made for 3d games. Add to that the fact that your laptop is 2 years old simply means you will be disappointed in gaming. Go out and spend about $800 or more to build yourself a nice gaming machine. There are many tutorials on places like Tom's hardware that will show you how.|||It Makes the graphics better! :p|||Performance with newer drivers can improve the quality of your graphics, but it's very limited in how much it improves.|||Yes it will help...but theres no way your are going to see an extreme jump in performance..the drivers are there to utilize your video card better..so that its using your card to its full potential...but if you expect to be able to get higher FPS you might get a couple but theres not going to be a huge difference|||DirectX and Video Card Drivers are totally different. DirectX is operating system level implementation for handling Multi Media and Graphics data processing and rendering. Video Card Drivers are card specific and are written by the manufacturer of the Graphics Chip. You can always upgrade the DirectX as long as the OS supports. Now upgrade the Video Card Drivers with those are specific to the one on your laptop. There will be improvement in performance but that can never be a gaming PC. Some games even won't install unless a specific Graphic Processor is present.