NVIDIA released another set of official beta drivers for Windows Vista. They are for GeForce 8 line of GPUs, and are available in both 32bit and 64bit flavors, with some more SLI support fixes. This is not a WHQL release, so Windows will prompt you about these drivers not being digitally signed.
Release Highlights:
  • Add support for GeForce 8600, 8500, 8400, and 8300 GPUs.
  • Improved 3D performance for single GPU and NVIDIA SLI
  • Add support for NVIDIA SLI on DirectX 10
  • Numerous game and application compatibility fixes (see below for some of the top issues)
This is BETA software!, please use caution when installing it on your system
Download 158.43 Beta for: Vista x86 | Vista x64 (Freeware)
View: Driver's Release Notes
Link: Home Page | Driver Page


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(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by ThaCrip on 15 May 2007 - 22:35
what i wanna know is why aint they released a version for the geforce 7 and older cards? cause it's been like nov 2006 since there last release i think.

although i do understand that they need to get good quality drivers for the 8000+ series of cards.... they still should have updated the drivers for the older cards by now like i was saying.
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by Yggdrasil on 15 May 2007 - 22:59
I agree.
Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by Tantawi on 15 May 2007 - 23:25
This is Vista driver.

GeForce 6/7/8 have official WHQL driver on 2 May 2007.
Quote this comment #1.3 Posted by RatherLargeBear on 16 May 2007 - 02:13
this driver is for geforce 8 cards.
just more fixes for 8xxx cards
and there have been around 5 driver updates since Nov 06

Last edited by RatherLargeBear on 16 May 2007 - 03:23
Quote this comment #1.4 Posted by ThaCrip on 16 May 2007 - 06:37
Quote - (Tantawi said @ #1.2)
This is Vista driver.

GeForce 6/7/8 have official WHQL driver on 2 May 2007.


where is it at? , cause all i see is this for windows xp/2k ... http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html ... says November 2nd 2006.... so if there has been driver updates since this date. i dont think it's been posted to there official site.
Quote this comment #1.5 Posted by Alvi 84 on 16 May 2007 - 06:48
Quote - (ThaCrip said @ #1.4)
Quote - (Tantawi said @ #1.2)
This is Vista driver.

GeForce 6/7/8 have official WHQL driver on 2 May 2007.


where is it at? , cause all i see is this for windows xp/2k ... http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html ... says November 2nd 2006.... so if there has been driver updates since this date. i dont think it's been posted to there official site.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_158.18.html
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by jimbo11883 on 16 May 2007 - 02:49
To use this for GeForce 6/7 cards, you just need a modded INF.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by The Cub on 16 May 2007 - 10:07
more info please
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Oxuyoska on 16 May 2007 - 12:24
I'll be happy when this is final, because I'll finally have a reason to install Vista.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Alvi 84 on 16 May 2007 - 13:55
Very sad that for the FX series the last one is from october...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by DKAngel on 16 May 2007 - 14:24
shame the fx series is crap and they prolly cant do much more with the card
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by scratch42069 on 16 May 2007 - 15:36
You guys want a beta driver that will install for FX/6/7 series cards with no modified INF? Visit the NVNews forum, they have a leaked 160.03 driver set for XP 32 and 64-bit. Currently running them with no problems so far.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=90973
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