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Yeah, I'm using the Nvidia 185.20 Drivers for Windows 7 on my machine, noticeable improvement from the hosted Nvidia drivers that windows update found though not sure what version they would be

Yeah, I'm using the Nvidia 185.20 Drivers for Windows 7 on my machine, noticeable improvement from the hosted Nvidia drivers that windows update found though not sure what version they would be

185.20 are for Windows 7? They are WDDM1.1?

According to this http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_7.html

the drivers on windowsupdate are the only ones nvidia has for W7. They 179.xx i believe and are WDDM1.1 not 1.0 like Vista drivers.

I'm using the *cough* leaked *cough* ones as seen here, they are 185.20 for Vista 64Bit but when you install it actually knows your on Windows 7 and launches setup for that, must include both.

http://www.2manydownloads.com/index.php?op...7&Itemid=54

Switched over to main OS to really give it a run for stability.

Absolutely no issues so far, and that's with me ripping quite a bit out of it with Vlite before installation.

So happy with the new monitor tuning applications in the control pannel - I can finally ditch Eztune!

185.20 are for Windows 7? They are WDDM1.1?

According to this http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_7.html

the drivers on windowsupdate are the only ones nvidia has for W7. They 179.xx i believe and are WDDM1.1 not 1.0 like Vista drivers.

The 185.20 drivers are not WDDM1.1, but the 185.20 gave me many less graphics errors and good 15% benchmark increase over the 179's. I'm using a GTX 260.

so for those people who download the beta earlier off torrents, how can they legally activate the beta when MS start giving out the keys? remove the re-arm and then apply the key?

If it was a vanilla (non-modified) installation, you should be able to insert the key and away you go.

Public will only get 2.5Mil downloads then cease the links and keys :) wondering how hammered the servers will get and how will they count this number.

Very hammered I'd imagine, I'm not holding my breath on getting a copy...because of the time difference I'll probally miss out :( oh well, I'll probally try and get a key soon as I can (as I'll be able to get a key while at work but obviously not the beta, as someone might notice me downloading it :p) and work on getting the beta itself by other means ;)

Public will only get 2.5Mil downloads then cease the links and keys :) wondering how hammered the servers will get and how will they count this number.

I am having tough time getting it from MSDN - <200 KB/s. :pinch: Not to mention I still can't get keys from MSDN.

The 185.20 drivers are not WDDM1.1, but the 185.20 gave me many less graphics errors and good 15% benchmark increase over the 179's. I'm using a GTX 260.

Well Counter-Strike: Source works fine with the 179.23 drivers. Since that's the only game I play, I'll stick with them. Using a 8800 GT.

I'm using the *cough* leaked *cough* ones as seen here, they are 185.20 for Vista 64Bit but when you install it actually knows your on Windows 7 and launches setup for that, must include both.

http://www.2manydownloads.com/index.php?op...7&Itemid=54

Try the 181 drivers that were just released today. 185 is an old, alpha driver. I had a noticeable improvement from 185 to 181. The 181s also have the windows 7 installation screen.

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