According to a very trustworthy source, NVIDIA are set to release a new forceware driver for the Windows Vista Feb CTP release. The driver version is 87.15 and should fix some very annoying lag issues that beta testers are having with the default WDDM (Microsoft) driver.
The previous forceware release for Vista Beta 1 was pulled from the site shortly after the February CTP release was made available to testers. v75.03 does not work on build 5308 and actually causes the display adapter to not work at all in Vista giving NVIDIA users nothing but a black screen.
More info as it becomes available.

Update: The driver has now been released here

Download: Vista Beta 87.15 Drivers
News source: OSNN.net





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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by gifa47 on 24 Feb 2006 - 09:45
nice ! I have this problem
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Slugsie on 24 Feb 2006 - 10:03
With any luck they'll also get around to releasing some drivers for nForce2 chipsets.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by ClintEastman on 24 Feb 2006 - 10:13
Thought they had sorted that on 5308?
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by RedMike on 24 Feb 2006 - 10:35
I guess no support for older cards like a 4200ti ... ?
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by notuptome2004 on 24 Feb 2006 - 14:39
Vista needs Directx 9 level hardware for the new desktop your card is DX8 level
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by Treefrog on 24 Feb 2006 - 14:50
"Vista needs Directx 9 level hardware for the new desktop your card is DX8 level"

Vista needs DX9 for Glass, but older cards should be supported, maybe not at this time, but in the future. You won't get glass, but I've seen Vista running with much less than DX9 class vid cards.
Quote this comment #3.3 Posted by GSDragoon on 24 Feb 2006 - 17:24
It's prolly just not in the .ini file. Guru3d.com usually has modified ones to support ALL cards.
Quote this comment #3.4 Posted by scyphe on 25 Feb 2006 - 03:38
Don't worry. If the manufacturer send in drivers to MS even for Geforce2-cards you'll be able to run Vista. DX9-cards are only required to get the enhanced Glass interface.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Electronic Punk on 24 Feb 2006 - 10:48
I still think the unified driver architecture applies, so if it doesn't support your card initially I guess it could be modified? (no too much experience with LDDM drivers)

As for Aero, have you had transparecny enabled in any of the older builds, seems like your card might be a little too old.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Zip on 24 Feb 2006 - 11:31
lets see if they release a new nforce2 driver that works with anything beyond beta1, its getting annoying now!
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by alpha_omega on 24 Feb 2006 - 13:03
They haven't released one nforce2 driver for XP in one and a half years... So why would they bother with an OS that is still in beta phase? Yes, this is Mr. Sarcasm speaking...
Quote this comment #5.2 Posted by Ryster092 on 24 Feb 2006 - 13:30
Because there is difference between having a driver but not a recent one (XP) and not having a driver at all (Vista).
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by Hankyone on 24 Feb 2006 - 11:34
sweet!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by Joni_78 on 24 Feb 2006 - 13:22
Is it going to have control panel and support for resolutions over 1024x768?
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by quick on 24 Feb 2006 - 14:05
I'm wondering this too... need the control panel badly so i can set some WS resolutions!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by TruckWEB on 24 Feb 2006 - 15:25
Are they out yet?

I have this lag bug... And it's not fun to use Vista with this. Jerky jerky...
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by Blackice on 24 Feb 2006 - 15:36
right. what's up with the release?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by IbSta on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:15
Still not on the Nvidia site =(
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by FurryNeko on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:32
They're OUT!

ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/vista/b...e_vista_x86.zip
ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/vista/b...e_vista_x64.zip

Not showing via the website, but they're on the FTP.
Enjoy!
Quote this comment #10.1 Posted by Blackice on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:40
not downloading for me

if you look at the NVidia FTP, the furthest you get to is: ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/vista/

There's a beta1 folder in there, but nothing about beta2/5308 (and before you start, i know 5308 =/= beta2)

if you somehow got them early, put them on rapidshare or something

EDIT: Anyone having problems, try downloading in firefox.

Last edited by Blackice on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:59
Quote this comment #10.2 Posted by XP-RTM on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:43
nothing for me either
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by FluX on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:48
Downloaded for me 3.3mb
Quote this comment #11.1 Posted by Blackice on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:51
share?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by FurryNeko on 24 Feb 2006 - 16:54
Seems the files disappeared, upping them to Rapidshare now, watch the first post in this thread for links:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=436142

Will be about 5 mins.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by IGx89 on 24 Feb 2006 - 17:18
Drivers posted under Software News: http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=32386
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by dustinpn on 24 Feb 2006 - 17:26
Drivers did not give me any noticeable improvement =/

Anyone else had any luck?
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by scyphe on 25 Feb 2006 - 03:40
On the contrary (for GF6/7xxx-owners), the stuttering and constant once-a-second freezing is gone. We're not talking lightningfast drivers but at least they work compared to the ones that came with 5308 (86.??).
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by war on 24 Feb 2006 - 17:37
The NVIDIA graphics control panel is not included in this driver release.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_87.15.html
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by ~*McoreD*~ on 25 Feb 2006 - 02:35
So NVIDIA beat ATI this time by releasing Feb CTP drivers first...
Quote this comment #16.1 Posted by TRC on 25 Feb 2006 - 19:04
Sounds like all they did was rush out some buggy, barely useable drivers. I wouldn't call that beating anyone; besides this isn't a competition to see who can release drivers first.
Quote this comment #16.2 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 26 Feb 2006 - 15:13
nVidia have had problems with their built-in Vista drivers and even these updated ones, whereas ATi seems to be doing fine. Usually nVidia are better than ATi for drivers, but that is clearly not the case here.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by awgneo on 25 Feb 2006 - 08:03
These drivers are just awful.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by Jedimark on 25 Feb 2006 - 12:38
Drivers are terrible, video playback is awfull.

Installing the Windows XP drivers in compatibility mode... though no Glass.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by Ely on 25 Feb 2006 - 14:51
These drivers are very buggy, I had remove them and go back to Microsoft ones....
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by Cephas on 26 Feb 2006 - 02:24
I installed these drivers and then my screen turned blank... The computer is still responsive (I can shut it down properly) but the screen turns blank right after login unless I boot in VGA mode.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by hunter1234 on 26 Feb 2006 - 07:52
yea they're bad drivers.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by archibald on 26 Feb 2006 - 16:30
how about the finally releaseing the f*ing 85 series, so we finally get h.264 accelleration?!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by Achille on 27 Feb 2006 - 00:53
anyone know if the drivers will work for the toshiba portoge tablets?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #24 Posted by McG on 27 Feb 2006 - 01:16
It should work for any nvidia chipset.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #25 Posted by DJ Woody on 27 Feb 2006 - 14:14
these drivers greatly improved my 5308 performance, didnt find any probs with them whatsoever, i played a few games (which did work) performance was a bit jumpy but thats to be expected from the beta
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