Nvidia GeForce Forceware 158.24 Beta (Vista)

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Nvidia has finally released another set of official beta drivers for Windows Vista. They are for Geforce 6, 7 and 8 and are available in both 32bit and 64bit flavours, with some more SLI support fixes. This is not a WHQL release, so Windows will prompt you about these drivers not being digitally signed. International downloads are available.

Release Highlights

This driver fixes a problem when trying to enable NVIDIA SLI using the international versions of Windows Vista.
Increased performance in 3D applications.
PureVideo™ HD support.
Add support for forcing Vertical Sync in DirectX applications.
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel with improved user interface (Please see the Release Notes for more details).
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.
This driver supports the following 3D features:
- Single GPU support
  - DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
  - DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8 series GPUs
  - OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
- NVIDIA SLI support
  - DirectX 9 support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
  - OpenGL support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8 series GPUs will be available in a future driver

This is BETA software!, please use caution when installing it on your system

Download 158.24 Beta for: Vista x86 | Vista x64 (Freeware)

Link: Nvidia Home Page | Driver Page | Forum Discussion (Thanks Tantawi)

#1 anamericangod on 02 May 2007 - 16:23

let's give this a shot...

#2 obsolete_power on 02 May 2007 - 16:49

How is it? Bcause the previous driver actually worsened performance with SLi enabled.

(1 reply) #3 Gangsta on 02 May 2007 - 21:12

So I can't install. I download it, and I run it. It extracts fine. When it runs setup, it comes up saying that it can't find any hardware to install on. By the way, I have a GeForce Go 7900 GS, (it's in a Dell Inspiron E1705), if that's of any help.

#3.1 briangw on 02 May 2007 - 21:35

Is that a laptop? These don't work on laptops unless you have a modified .inf file.

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