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| Time: 20:02 EST/01:02 GMT | News Source: Nvidia | Posted By: Charles Putnam | ||
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Updated drivers are available from nVidia, including new Vista drivers for their Geforce 6 and 7 series, and 8500/8600/8800 video chipsets. The drivers for Geforce FX cards haven't changed (ver 96.85 - released 10/17/06) | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 4/19/2007 9:56:04 AM |
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Anyone using these under Vista?
TL |
| #2 By 77438 (65.32.88.143) at 4/19/2007 11:05:14 AM |
| I tried to install the new drivers on Vista Ultimate. Read the information on the website carefully. The new software uninstalls the old system driver, supposedly. After the reboot, I only got a black screen that refused to proceed with the install after 10 full minutes. I rebooted into safe mode and rolled back the device driver. Proceed with caution. |
| #3 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 4/19/2007 11:43:00 AM |
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#1, Yes, I installed the driver on two test systems.
On the first system running Vista Ultimate and 7600GT, I left the old driver on and followed the install guide [an 8 step guide, of which all or only a portion of the steps may apply]. All updated smoothly - with one reboot after the uninstall and another following the install of the new driver. All installed fine and the system ran normally. On the second test system, I first manually uninstalled all old drivers and upon reboot, selected, as advised, to NOT/NOT have Windows Vista look for or ask to install a driver. After this, I ran the installer and after rebooting all ran as expected - normally. Both test systems did require that I re-run the Windows Experience Index - with each scoring lower than they had before 5.0 as opposed to 5.1 [some explanation is required here.... the systems are identical as before, less the new driver as above. Previously, the WEI's lowest point score was 5.1 for the CPU - an Intel Core 2 E6400 at 2.13/2.13 and the score for gaming graphics was 5.3. The score for both systems now reflects a gaming performance score of 5.0 - .3 WEI lower than with the older driver]. However, upon lowering the default refresh rate from 75 Hz to 60Hz, and re-running the WEI, the score was elevated back to 5.1, but this time, driven by the gaming performance score of 5.1 [higher than at 75 Hz, but still .2 WEI lower than before]. ***Both test systems run Dual DVI to two DVI based 17" LCD's at 1280 x 1024 (4:3) res w/32 bit color @ 75 Hz and later @ 60 Hz ***The lower point score may be attributable to the fact that the new driver is NOT/NOT entirely WHQL Certified - where at step 5 (optional) in Nividia's guidance document, they suggest that one may have to approve the uncertified driver. Approval for and acceptance of the uncertified driver was required in both test cases. ***Maually running Windows Updates on both tests systems after the new driver was installed, did NOT/NOT reflect any new, or previous WDDM/WHQL based driver being available. (this is a good thing! - can't say the same for AMD/ATI). Now, we can test how the drivers perform in a variety of gaming, media and 2D/3D applications tests. |
| #4 By 61 (12.108.60.37) at 4/19/2007 12:40:47 PM |
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For me the installer wanted to uninstall my old drivers, which I let it, it rebooted my PC, came up and wanted to uninstall my old drivers... i scratched my head and let it, rebooted... same.
So I manually installed the drivers (driver properties>update driver). Significantly better performance in WoW. nVidia Control Panel causes graphics drivers to crash, come back up, crash, come back up, about 10-15 times and then Vista comes up saying that the nVidia Control Panel is not working and asks if you want to close it>click close and the system acts like normal. So, the nVidia Control Panel does not work. |
| #5 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 4/19/2007 1:09:41 PM |
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#4, As at step 3 of the Nvidia install guide, it reflects that one may see the "uninstall old drivers" dialog multiple times.
NOTE: Due to changes in how device driver install occurs on Windows Vista, some users may see Step 3 occur multiple times after rebooting their computer. This is expected since it is the NVIDIA Setup program removing all previous drivers on your computer. Please continue to repeat Step 3 until all drivers are removed. When all drivers have been removed, you will see the notifications from Step 4. On our two test systems, the Nvidia control panel is working normally, and in its advanced settings dialog, it features some good tools for managing signals customized for wide screen HDTV's as well as HDCP compliant monitors. [one test system is now connected to such a display @ 1366 x 768 - so this was helpful and used to test the control panel]. It will be moved back to dual LCD's to see if the system remembers different configs. This post was edited by lketchum on Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 13:12. |
| #6 By 77438 (65.32.88.143) at 4/19/2007 7:40:33 PM |
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Update to my earlier post. I manually unistalled the old Nvidia drivers, rebooted and then installed the latest update without a hitch. Nvidia Control panel works fine, and no change in my WEI. Still 4.9 on Geforce 7600 GS. System config is as follows:
Athlon X2 4400 WD 500 GB SATA Drive Asus A8n5x MB 2 GB Kingston PC 3200 ASUS 1608P2 DRW EVGA Geforce 7600 GS 512 MB DDR 2 Audigy SE Vista Ultimate |
| #7 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 4/20/2007 7:21:36 AM |
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Hehe. To jump, or not to jump, that is the question :)
TL |
| #8 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 4/20/2007 10:55:31 AM |
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#7, Well... since Nvidia has commited to monthly driver update cycles, it's going to depend upon whether you need the newest driver to support specific needs.
I mean, in our case, we have to test them - so sharing our working notes here is no big deal. For other types of users, I'd look at the fixes relative to how your systems are performing and only update if there is some gain. I have seen the drivers improve from both Nvidia and AMD and faster than with XP. They seem to be on some good dev cycles and each new version does add at least some bump in some area w/o taking down previous support. I think it will continue until we see very mature drivers by mid-summer. |
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