The most recent WHQL drivers for the GeForce 6/7/8 series of cards in fact are a bit dated and were released back on December 19 and 20 of last year 2007. As of today, these are the current drivers offered by NVIDIA:
GeForce 6/7/8 Series
32-bit Windows XP: ForceWare Release 169.21, December 19, 2007
32-bit Windows Vista: ForceWare Release 169.25, December 20, 2007
64-bit Windows XP: ForceWare Release 169.21, December 19, 2007
64-bit Windows Vista: ForceWare Release 169.25, December 20, 2007
GeForce 9 Series
32-bit Windows XP: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008
32-bit Windows Vista: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008
64-bit Windows XP: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008
64-bit Windows Vista: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008
The 6/7/8 series are in fact already 18 weeks old, which is quite substantial in this industry segment, especially if you consider that ATI releases new driver packages each month.
However, NVIDIA told us that new drivers are on the way: NVIDIA’s Chris Daniel told us that "the drivers are going through WHQL as we speak. ETA is sometime next week."
NVIDIA seriously dropped the ball here, but the situation is getting fixed. We wonder why NVIDIA does not step up to the table and offer monthly or at least quarterly driver updates for its products.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ge...ivers,5262.html
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| Post #1 May 8 2008, 18:57 | |
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| Post #2 May 8 2008, 19:02 | |
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About bloody time.
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| Post #3 May 8 2008, 19:02 | |
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Just as pathetic as their chipset drivers support...
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| Post #4 May 8 2008, 19:02 | |
Wise beyond my youth... that's what she said!   Group: Global Moderator Posts: 8,551 Joined: 19-September 04 From: Spring, TX Member No.: 72,254
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I don't know, maybe it's just me, but the drivers I have now work fine, getting the framerates I would expect from my 7600 GS.
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| Post #5 May 8 2008, 19:04 | |
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175.x were posted not that long ago. Sure their beta, but at least they offer them.
The newest beta driver is from May 6th. |
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| Post #6 May 8 2008, 19:06 | |
Seven, seven, seven, seven...  Group: Moderator Posts: 8,723 Joined: 6-March 05 From: Toronto, Ontario [CA] Member No.: 99,705
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I always use modified Forceware sets based on betas - the rate betas come out sometimes, or even most of the time outpaces Catalyst's release schedule. With that said, WHQL certification barely means anything to me amyore, other than an annoying dialog to dismiss for each new driver install.
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| Post #7 May 8 2008, 19:06 | |
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I've given up on updating my nVidia drivers just for fixes for specific games I don't even own. Every time I update, my color settings get messed up and for some reason the settings/values I used before will look totally different after the update.
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Neowinian Senior  Group: Registered Posts: 3,315 Joined: 30-December 05 From: Texas, USA Member No.: 147,700
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Wow, people are complaining like it's the most necessary thing in the world. The current ones work just fine. New drivers aren't going to change your experience THAT significantly.
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Neowinian Senior  Group: News Reporter Posts: 2,110 Joined: 27-April 07 Member No.: 220,980
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Oh Whoopy-do.
There's not a game I can't play in full settings (other than crisis, which AA is off for) and I have no problems. Good news for those who do have problems in games, or want more performance, but mine are running great. |
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| Post #10 May 8 2008, 19:27 | |
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THANK JEBUS! I can't count how many times said they need to step up and deliver some better drivers for Vista, especially since SP1 has come out. FIX THE DAMN CONTROL PANEL
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| Post #11 May 8 2008, 19:36 | |
Neowinian Wise One   Group: +Subscriber Posts: 4,614 Joined: 9-August 01 From: Liverpool, England Name: John Member No.: 476
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Currently using 175.63 on a 7800GS runs very well, far better than the 169.21s. (Vista Ultimate 32bit SP1 FYI)
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| Post #12 May 8 2008, 19:51 | |
Neowinian Wise One Group: Registered Posts: 4,134 Joined: 23-May 04 From: California Member No.: 56,669
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For my laptop I always use the new drivers from laptopvideo2go. Updating the drivers makes a big difference sometimes.
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Neowinian²  Group: Registered Posts: 248 Joined: 5-May 08 From: Delhi Member No.: 252,359
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At last we have some good news to cheers about .
I was waiting for nvidia to release news drivers ,but they were too lazy to do it . |
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Quote - (jamesVault @ May 8 2008, 12:57)  The most recent WHQL drivers for the GeForce 6/7/8 series of cards in fact are a bit dated and were released back on December 19 and 20 of last year 2007. As of today, these are the current drivers offered by NVIDIA: GeForce 6/7/8 Series 32-bit Windows XP: ForceWare Release 169.21, December 19, 2007 32-bit Windows Vista: ForceWare Release 169.25, December 20, 2007 64-bit Windows XP: ForceWare Release 169.21, December 19, 2007 64-bit Windows Vista: ForceWare Release 169.25, December 20, 2007 GeForce 9 Series 32-bit Windows XP: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008 32-bit Windows Vista: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008 64-bit Windows XP: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008 64-bit Windows Vista: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008 The 6/7/8 series are in fact already 18 weeks old, which is quite substantial in this industry segment, especially if you consider that ATI releases new driver packages each month. However, NVIDIA told us that new drivers are on the way: NVIDIA’s Chris Daniel told us that "the drivers are going through WHQL as we speak. ETA is sometime next week." NVIDIA seriously dropped the ball here, but the situation is getting fixed. We wonder why NVIDIA does not step up to the table and offer monthly or at least quarterly driver updates for its products. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ge...ivers,5262.html Any word on when we'll see that PhysX software for 8x series and newer cards? |
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Quote - (daz- @ May 8 2008, 20:04) Any word on when we'll see that PhysX software for 8x series and newer cards? +1 |
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