Nvidia ForceWare 97.94 for GeForce 8800 (not for Vista)

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Nvidia has released a new version of ForceWare drivers for the GeForce 8800-series GPUs. Supported Operating Systems include Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition. The ForceWare release 95 is labelled as version 97.94. As usual, the driver is said to improve stability issues and have better support for various games. The release is only available in the English language.

Changelog:

Adds support for GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS GPUs.
New PureVideo technology features allows GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS to achieve a score of 128 in the HQV video quality benchmark:
- Improved inverse telecine algorithms (2:2 & 3:2 Pull-down Correction) for standard and high definition content.
- Improved spatial-temporal de-interlacing algorithm (for standard and high definition content).
Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 support.

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News source: Nvidia (32bit) | Nvidia (64bit)

#1 NightmarE D on 06 Apr 2007 - 18:58

Are they ever going to update drivers for their other cards or what? The last few XP driver updates have only been for those same cards.

(2 replies) #2 XeonBuilder on 06 Apr 2007 - 19:10

Anything new for us 7900GTX owners who wont switch to Vista just yet?

#2.1 NightmarE D on 06 Apr 2007 - 19:14

Looks like it's just for the 8800 series.

This is getting pretty old. They've had more than enough time to update some drivers for other cards in XP. I know they're probably busy working on Vista drivers, but still...

#2.2 MrCobra on 06 Apr 2007 - 23:34

Take an .inf file from the latest (last realeased) XP drivers and add the device IDs from the newer .inf to the older one and install. It will work. It will no longer be WHQL'd.

(1 reply) #3 soldier1st on 06 Apr 2007 - 19:20

not eveyone has an 8800xx card nor the cash to buy one,alot still have older cards and must be supported.

#3.1 NightmarE D on 06 Apr 2007 - 19:29

Exactly!

(1 reply) #4 +BeLGaRaTh on 06 Apr 2007 - 21:07

32bit 101.02's are available from HERE These are beta drivers but they seem pretty good to me

These work with all cards AFAIK

#4.1 Fire and Flames on 06 Apr 2007 - 21:21

tempted to use them but I think i'll wait for some reviews of the drivers to come in.

#5 dmaji1 on 07 Apr 2007 - 01:41

this is a joke. the current WHQL certifified drivers have been out since September of last year. making the drivers 7 months old. pretty sure its time for an update....

(2 replies) #6 chulomixed on 08 Apr 2007 - 06:24

Wow!!! I remember Nvidia used to have better drivers then ATI/AMD. Now AMD/ATI is blowing Nvidia away on driver updates.

#6.1 Jugalator on 08 Apr 2007 - 14:54

AMD doesn't even have DX10 cards out the door yet, so with one less architecture to support, AMD would do a horrible job if they were worse in this case.

#6.2 chulomixed on 08 Apr 2007 - 15:31

Quote - (Jugalator said @ #6.1)

Oh yeah, like that makes a difference. I forgot how there's just soooooooooooo many games/programs out that use DX10. My mistake, what in the world was I thinking......................................... LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO

#7 riku0116 on 08 Apr 2007 - 07:31

the non-g80 drivers have already been updated plenty of times before when the products were new
its time for the g80 to get some attention since it is now the top of the line product

besides, why do you want driver updates for those so badly?
the current drivers for my friend's geforce 7900gtx seems stable enough on every game he plays...
but the 8800gtx on the other hand has plenty of issues, and even with that driver update some of the are still not fixed.

and yes i do own one myself, so you could argue that i'm a bit biased on the subject
but the fact is, g7 is wayyy more stable than g80 as of now, so why shouldn't it get more updates?

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