ForceWare for Vista Version: 101.41

MousePotato · Mar 3, 2007, 06:57 AM

hot off the press...

ForceWare Release 100
Version: 101.41
Release Date: March 2, 2007
Vista Beta Driver

http://www.nvidia.com/object/vista_d...ws_030207.html

mkk · Mar 3, 2007, 07:16 AM

Nice. Though I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever see advanced display timing controls for Vista.

OmegaRED · Mar 3, 2007, 08:43 AM

Has Nvidia forgotten about Xp drivers? Seems like all they make is Vista drivers now.

mkk · Mar 3, 2007, 09:05 AM

One could guess so, with the last really good driver for XP being 92.91 from six months back. Vista is everything to the press and there's only so many driver programmers at hand.

clicker666 · Mar 3, 2007, 11:31 AM

Performance seems better, but I got a CTD in Oblivion after about an hour of playing. Granted, I did have everything cranked. I'll try some other games, and Oblivion again later to see how things are working.

merlinxi · Mar 3, 2007, 12:19 PM

okay did this enable duel GPU support for the 7950Gx2? I am at work so I can't test them. I hate working saturdays.

Erroneus · Mar 3, 2007, 01:35 PM

It does enable dual gpu support for the 7950gx2

merlinxi · Mar 3, 2007, 03:29 PM

Well whoeer has the card tell me if there FPS improves!

clicker666 · Mar 3, 2007, 06:15 PM

I also crashed after close to an hour of FEAR. Just for giggles I flipped over to my XP partition and loaded up Oblivion. Been playing for well over two hours. I'm guessing I either have to spend less time playing games or hang on for a bit more. Tis a shame, really.

studbagel9 · Mar 3, 2007, 07:00 PM

I'll load these sometime soon and give some impressions for lower end people. I'm not home right now though.

v4npro · Mar 3, 2007, 07:28 PM

This is a response for a nvidia support person.

Quote:

Thank you for contacting us here at NVIDIA Customer Care.

With reference to your query with respect to availability of multi GPU option with GeForce 7950GX2 with the latest Windows Vista drivers, we would to inform that the drivers do support the multi-GPU option.

Sooo, I'm going to get vista next week and try it out. :P

REGENERATION · Mar 3, 2007, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkk

One could guess so, with the last really good driver for XP being 92.91 from six months back. Vista is everything to the press and there's only so many driver programmers at hand.

Actually, the latest official ForceWare driver (93.71) for XP came at the beginning of November ‘06 (almost five months ago). But the hell with them, my primary system uses ATI anyway. Nvidia is probably trying to avoid G80 lawsuits and to kiss the press ass due to the horrible performance in Vista. Maybe someone should remind them that the majority uses XP, and not Vista.

Lelisevis · Mar 3, 2007, 10:04 PM

Sigh and I thought all of us tech heads embraced the future

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Prince_Link · Mar 4, 2007, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REGENERATION

Actually, the latest official ForceWare driver (93.71) for XP came at the beginning of November ‘06 (almost five months ago). But the hell with them, my primary system uses ATI anyway. Nvidia is probably trying to avoid G80 lawsuits and to kiss the press ass due to the horrible performance in Vista. Maybe someone should remind them that the majority uses XP, and not Vista.

actually Regeneration, note that he said LAST GOOD! driver.... 93.71 is crap.

Dragunov · Mar 4, 2007, 05:46 PM

Well, Nvidia build at the road

Evertime the performance gets better on this machine with every new release, so I'm sure Nvidia is gonna bring more nice driversets in the future

Vikingod · Mar 4, 2007, 06:16 PM

Installed these yesterday, and I have to say, they are much better than the previous version. Performance is still no where near XP, but it shows some promise.

XxPESAxX · Mar 12, 2007, 09:27 PM

Hmm, before i installed these when i went into system infomation (From nvidia control panal) it would say that my card had 512mb of memory, and also had a 512mb block of my system memory totaling 1gig.

Now that both my cards are active they both say they have no memory, and 512mb each of system...

All my games so far have been starting to lag a bit when i multi task and my ram at 80-90% when only in games o.O.

Im running a 7950gx2...I was not able to use driver cleaner to install these drivers as im waiting for my funds to update on my card ^^, not sure if that may have casued some of these issues. But still?

Anyone else with a 7950x2 or sli i guess having this same issue?

Im pretty sure the shared system ram is something to do with superfetch? Anyone know if this can be turned off? Or at least turned down to not use so much ram till i get another 2gig :P.

t0pD4wG · Mar 12, 2007, 09:44 PM

I use the 8800gts and I have noticed game tend to lag out more especially bf2. Frames fluctuate from 50 to 100. These seem to be a step inthe wrong direction for me.

Zardon · Mar 13, 2007, 08:15 AM

id stick with 100.65 for now guys, this set is well known to have a plethora of issues.

Mar 3, 2007, 06:57 AM	#1
MousePotato HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2002 Location: N.S., Canada Posts: 124 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ForceWare for Vista Version: 101.41 hot off the press... ForceWare Release 100 Version: 101.41 Release Date: March 2, 2007 Vista Beta Driver http://www.nvidia.com/object/vista_d...ws_030207.html

Mar 3, 2007, 08:43 AM	#3
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Has Nvidia forgotten about Xp drivers? Seems like all they make is Vista drivers now. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Mar 3, 2007, 11:31 AM	#5
clicker666 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 327 Rep Power: 0	Performance seems better, but I got a CTD in Oblivion after about an hour of playing. Granted, I did have everything cranked. I'll try some other games, and Oblivion again later to see how things are working. __________________

Mar 3, 2007, 12:19 PM	#6
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 655 Rep Power: 0	okay did this enable duel GPU support for the 7950Gx2? I am at work so I can't test them. I hate working saturdays. __________________ 700 Watt Toughpower Cable Management Power supply -- Asus P55 LE Motherboard -- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHZ Quad Core -- 6Gb Dominator Ram DD3 8 Latency Timings -- Windows 7 64bit -- Gigabyte GTX470 Superclocked Video Card -- 1.5 TB Hard drive, 1TB hard drive, 250GB Hard drive, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Mar 3, 2007, 01:35 PM	#7
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	It does enable dual gpu support for the 7950gx2 __________________

Mar 3, 2007, 07:16 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Nice. Though I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever see advanced display timing controls for Vista.

Mar 3, 2007, 09:05 AM	#4
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	One could guess so, with the last really good driver for XP being 92.91 from six months back. Vista is everything to the press and there's only so many driver programmers at hand.

Mar 3, 2007, 03:29 PM	#8
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 655 Rep Power: 0	Well whoeer has the card tell me if there FPS improves! __________________ 700 Watt Toughpower Cable Management Power supply -- Asus P55 LE Motherboard -- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHZ Quad Core -- 6Gb Dominator Ram DD3 8 Latency Timings -- Windows 7 64bit -- Gigabyte GTX470 Superclocked Video Card -- 1.5 TB Hard drive, 1TB hard drive, 250GB Hard drive, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Mar 3, 2007, 06:15 PM	#9
clicker666 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 327 Rep Power: 0	I also crashed after close to an hour of FEAR. Just for giggles I flipped over to my XP partition and loaded up Oblivion. Been playing for well over two hours. I'm guessing I either have to spend less time playing games or hang on for a bit more. Tis a shame, really. __________________

Mar 3, 2007, 07:00 PM	#10
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I'll load these sometime soon and give some impressions for lower end people. I'm not home right now though. __________________

Mar 3, 2007, 10:04 PM	#13
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Sigh and I thought all of us tech heads embraced the future.

Mar 4, 2007, 05:46 PM	#15
Dragunov DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 316 Rep Power: 0	Well, Nvidia build at the road Evertime the performance gets better on this machine with every new release, so I'm sure Nvidia is gonna bring more nice driversets in the future __________________ - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 + Zalman 9700 LED - MSI P6N (Nvidia 680i chipset), BIOS: P33 - 2GB DDR2 ram Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz - MSI Geforce 8800GTS 640MB - Creative X-Fi Elite Pro - Seagate 320GB 7200/10 - WD Caviar 750GB - Logitech MX-518 - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit NL

Mar 4, 2007, 06:16 PM	#16
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Installed these yesterday, and I have to say, they are much better than the previous version. Performance is still no where near XP, but it shows some promise.

Mar 12, 2007, 09:27 PM	#17
XxPESAxX DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Hmm, before i installed these when i went into system infomation (From nvidia control panal) it would say that my card had 512mb of memory, and also had a 512mb block of my system memory totaling 1gig. Now that both my cards are active they both say they have no memory, and 512mb each of system... All my games so far have been starting to lag a bit when i multi task and my ram at 80-90% when only in games o.O. Im running a 7950gx2...I was not able to use driver cleaner to install these drivers as im waiting for my funds to update on my card ^^, not sure if that may have casued some of these issues. But still? Anyone else with a 7950x2 or sli i guess having this same issue? Im pretty sure the shared system ram is something to do with superfetch? Anyone know if this can be turned off? Or at least turned down to not use so much ram till i get another 2gig :P.

Mar 12, 2007, 09:44 PM	#18
t0pD4wG DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: PA Posts: 124 Rep Power: 0	I use the 8800gts and I have noticed game tend to lag out more especially bf2. Frames fluctuate from 50 to 100. These seem to be a step inthe wrong direction for me. __________________ Windows Vista Basic 32 bit Asus A8N5X Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Dual Core Seagate 250 Gig Hd Maxtor 80 Gig Hd EVGA 8800GTS 640MB 2 Gig pc2700 Kinston Memory Creative X-FI Fatality Extreme Gamer 500 Watt Antec PSU

Mar 13, 2007, 08:15 AM	#19
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	id stick with 100.65 for now guys, this set is well known to have a plethora of issues.