There is a new Windows Vista WHQL driver release available to download from NVIDIA, v162.22. This is a new driver which will support GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series graphics boards; it does not support GeForce Go mobile GPUs. Please continue to check with your notebook manufacturer for a new driver for GeForce Go GPUs. GeForce FX users should continue to use the v96.85 driver.
New Features
Download: NVIDIA ForceWare v162.22 WHQL Vista x86 & x64
Download: NVIDIA ForceWare v162.22 WHQL XP/2000 x86 & x64
New Features
- WHQL Certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
- Improved compatibility for Lost Planet.
- Adds support for "Resize the HDTV Desktop" underscan mode when outputting in an HDTV mode.
- Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.
- Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
Download: NVIDIA ForceWare v162.22 WHQL Vista x86 & x64 Download: NVIDIA ForceWare v162.22 WHQL XP/2000 x86 & x64
for the xp drivers extract the installed and copy this file to it
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/160series/16218/nv4_disp.inf
for the vista drivers extract the installed and copy this file to it
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/160series/16...sta/nv_disp.inf
He might have the PNY version that they re-released. I have the same card, but it works fine in Vista for me.
PNY released a GeForce 6200 with 256mb's ram and gave it support for OpenGL 2.0 and Shader Model 3.0 and made it Vista Ready. I believe they just did the same thing with another older card in the 7XXX series. Older cards updated to support recent technology, but keeping the price low. I only paid $60.00 for mine and it's run any game I've thrown at it in XP and Vista.
The only issues I've ever had are the recent XP drivers coming out. I get a hard crash during boot. These drivers still do that. I'm stuck using the 94.24 set of drivers until they figure that out.
and this is a whql version? lol
Just hold on a bit longer, they will release SP1 in 2009.
Vista SP1 will be out later this year. Early 2008 at the latest. Most of the people I know running Vista have had no issues with it. Now when it first came out there were driver support issues that weren't any fault of Microsoft and yes, that made a lot of people hate it. Since then though, a lot more drivers have come out. Yes, there is still some driver support issues, but that's all on the companies that make the drivers, not Microsoft.
I'm nowhere near a fanboy of Microsoft - I use XP/Vista and Linux - and I find the constant bashing of Vista more than annoying. Most of the complainers are people who installed it and didn't have all their drivers and uninstalled it after one day and most likely didn't even try searching the internet for Vista drivers.
Vista SP1 will be out later this year. Early 2008 at the latest.
Got a source for that?
Maybe YOU should know what your talking about first, with facts to back you up.
I guess its the price for being bleeding edge.
"Nvidia is facing a class action lawsuit for false advertising by not providing stable working drivers for Vista. Nvidia has been accused of closing threads on Nvidia's forum and banning users that request a response from Nvidia, post that their Nvidia hardware does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia software does not work under Vista, post that Nvidia is guilty of false advertising, or threaten to sue Nvidia. Several disgruntled users have set up their own site for discussing their legal options."
So unfortunately, I can't point you to a direct source but suffice it to say six months after the official consumer release of Vista, even longer for commercial, and stupid time since the last beta, they still don't have drivers that work properly.. and the next card is coming out when?
link to page for comments now....
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feedback_temp.html
This page has been under construction now for months lol.
Thank you Nvidia!
I'll take ATI anyday or, if you can believe this, I'll take integrated video over Nvidia, just about anyday too. Not a gamer at all, in case you couldn't tell.
But, then, out of 7 systems I have, only 1 has ATI, 4 have Nvidia and 1 has integrated.
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