New Vista ForceWare...ever?

BobDoleX · Jul 6, 2007, 10:13 PM

It's been over a month since nVidia released Vista beta drivers or final drivers, and it worries me. When games are performing up to 30% slower because of poor drivers for Vista (compared to XP), drivers should be the top priority for the GPU manufacturers.

Where the heck is nVidia with their latest drivers?

Gnerma · Jul 7, 2007, 04:42 PM

There are Vista 32 & 64 bit versions of 162.15 beta. They we're pulled not long after release though. You can download them from Station Drivers. I've been running this set for over a week with no major problems.

Necrosis · Jul 10, 2007, 06:25 AM

It does seem a bit strange they haven't released anything new for Vista recently.

e v o · Jul 12, 2007, 05:54 PM

new ones released yesterday, check out nzone. the 162.22 fixed some fear xp issues i was having.

Zardon · Jul 14, 2007, 09:25 AM

163.11 are a better driver for me.

mkk · Jul 14, 2007, 09:31 AM

Modified the 163.11 to work with my 7900GTX and it runs fine so far performancewise. Flat panel scaling resets instantly though but I don't need that right now.

UnIcOrN · Jul 14, 2007, 03:12 PM

I used the 163.11 drivers for 2 a 3 days, but quickly uninstalled them seeing it disabled some features in various games.

Most notably was that Ghost Recon 2 lacked any and all shadows, so now back to 158.43.
Dunno what happened to the 163.11 and disabling shadows and so on in various games ( In GRAW2 I noticed it cause I was playing it at a Lan and we were crosschecking images between 2 pc's when I noticed I had no shadow's whatsoever.)

Ferret_Style · Jul 16, 2007, 08:16 PM

162.22 are working great on both my desktop and laptop. Word of warning for those not on 8800 cards the 163.11 seem to have lower performance then the 162 drivers.

jasonbourne · Jul 21, 2007, 10:59 PM

very happy with 163.11 here, these are very solid drivers

Lelisevis · Jul 21, 2007, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonbourne

very happy with 163.11 here, these are very solid drivers

Im getting lots of random driver recoveries, something I havent had since the launch drivers. Last night playing LOTR-online I had 8 in an hour.

Golbeze · Jul 23, 2007, 01:12 AM

Running 163.11 on my new 8600GTS. Working great so far, and I love the new card.

Jul 6, 2007, 10:13 PM	#1
BobDoleX DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 0	New Vista ForceWare...ever? It's been over a month since nVidia released Vista beta drivers or final drivers, and it worries me. When games are performing up to 30% slower because of poor drivers for Vista (compared to XP), drivers should be the top priority for the GPU manufacturers. Where the heck is nVidia with their latest drivers?

Jul 7, 2007, 04:42 PM	#2
Gnerma Avatar limits = SPAM Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	There are Vista 32 & 64 bit versions of 162.15 beta. They we're pulled not long after release though. You can download them from Station Drivers. I've been running this set for over a week with no major problems. __________________ I disable sigs at Driver Heaven. Why? Because your huge ugly sig image irritates me

Jul 12, 2007, 05:54 PM	#4
e v o HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	new ones released yesterday, check out nzone. the 162.22 fixed some fear xp issues i was having. __________________

Jul 14, 2007, 03:12 PM	#7
UnIcOrN HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 239 Rep Power: 0	I used the 163.11 drivers for 2 a 3 days, but quickly uninstalled them seeing it disabled some features in various games. Most notably was that Ghost Recon 2 lacked any and all shadows, so now back to 158.43. Dunno what happened to the 163.11 and disabling shadows and so on in various games ( In GRAW2 I noticed it cause I was playing it at a Lan and we were crosschecking images between 2 pc's when I noticed I had no shadow's whatsoever.) __________________ [COLOR=white][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/COLOR]

Jul 10, 2007, 06:25 AM	#3
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	It does seem a bit strange they haven't released anything new for Vista recently.

Jul 14, 2007, 09:25 AM	#5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	163.11 are a better driver for me.

Jul 14, 2007, 09:31 AM	#6
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Modified the 163.11 to work with my 7900GTX and it runs fine so far performancewise. Flat panel scaling resets instantly though but I don't need that right now.

Jul 21, 2007, 10:59 PM	#9
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	very happy with 163.11 here, these are very solid drivers

Jul 23, 2007, 01:12 AM	#11
Golbeze HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 276 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Running 163.11 on my new 8600GTS. Working great so far, and I love the new card.