Nvidia releases updated Alpha drivers for Vista

Nvidia releases updated Alpha drivers for Vista

Steven Parker on 10 April 2006 - 09:53 · 18 comments & 10376 views

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Warp2search are reporting that NVIDIA have released an updated driver for Windows Vista. v87.45 comes in both X86 and 64bit flavours and is considered Alpha with no display panel or installer.

To install the driver, Vista testers need to run a driver update and select the .inf file. The results vary, personally I find a significant performance increase in Windows Vista, with the Microsoft default driver resulting in 'choppiness' and display rendering lag.

Download: Forceware v87.45 x86 Vista or for x64 Vista

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#1 Jugalator on 10 Apr 2006 - 10:02

Note: If you freak out with disabled DWM after instaling this, read the Installation Notes once again.

(or simply set Windows to use 32 bit color depth in the Control Panel, then reboot; seems driver install may set the resolution to 16 bits sometimes, and that disables DWM)

#2 InsaneNutter on 10 Apr 2006 - 10:26

Nice work Nvidia, hopefully ATI will release a new driver soon aswell

(1 reply) #3 Menge on 10 Apr 2006 - 13:29

the article version is wrong. the link points to 87.45 not 84.75

plus, this driver refuses to install on my FX5200 in 5342

#3.1 Neobond on 10 Apr 2006 - 13:37

Thanks, updated.

#4 scyphe on 10 Apr 2006 - 13:45

These are the best Vista drivers for me yet (geforce 6800gs w/ 512mb ram). the crappy performance, choppy mouse etc. have all been fixed. now I just want a FULL set of drivers with control panel, support for AA & AF and all that.

#5 Ely on 10 Apr 2006 - 13:45

Wow this time the drivers actually work better than the Microsoft supplied ones; I immediately noticed an increase in speed and lot less lag, thanks for the info.

(2 replies) #6 biznotch on 10 Apr 2006 - 14:29

So do these drivers allow for Aero Glass?

#6.1 Daedalus on 10 Apr 2006 - 14:30

They do on my 6800GT.

#6.2 biznotch on 10 Apr 2006 - 14:35

cool...last driver set didn't support my 7900 gt

#7 Marshalus on 10 Apr 2006 - 14:39

Humm, may have to give 5342 another go now. I couldn't stand the crappy performance.

Has anyone got it working with an FX5200?

(3 replies) #8 quintesse on 10 Apr 2006 - 15:09

Probably does not interest many people here, but these drivers even show a marked improvement in Linux

Installed them yesterday and got a big framerate improvement in several games. Thx NVidia for not forgetting about us (ok, more open drivers would even be better but I'm not going to complain).

#8.1 Daedalus on 10 Apr 2006 - 15:46

Vista drivers work in Linux?

#8.2 biznotch on 10 Apr 2006 - 17:50

yes and they work in mac too... and DOS, amiga, commodore, and atari even! :p

#8.3 quintesse on 10 Apr 2006 - 18:51

Duh no, but unified drivers mean they use the same core code base for both Windows and Linux.

But anyway, I got the version wrong, the one I got installed is 8756, sorry for that.

#9 Steven on 10 Apr 2006 - 18:00

I can't get these to install at all. Always gives me an error, 87.15 install fine.

#10 Ely on 10 Apr 2006 - 18:46

Steven how are you installing them?

(1 reply) #11 XASD on 11 Apr 2006 - 08:29

Why need all those "aplha"s?Use latest xp driver set+"DisableMachineCheck" trick-works stable and smothly

#11.1 tibi08 on 11 Apr 2006 - 12:41

Agreed but not in the spirit of Vista beta testing

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