64-bit Vista drivers for 8800GS on new iMac?

richlin71 · May 2, 2008, 09:01 AM

i just installed Vista 64-bit on my new iMac 3.06 (using Boot Camp 2.1), but it unfortunately doesn't have drivers for the 8800GS yet. the nvidia ones won't install, and neither will omega. anyone had success in this area, or do i need to be running Vista 32-bit to game on this machine?

textual · Aug 24, 2008, 10:47 PM

imattempting to do the same and having difficulty finding clear instructions for the iMac
most of the driver help has been focused towards mac book pro

so im bumping this incase someone has info on getting vista 64 ultimate running on imac
issues with video and audio drivers

pieface_metal_hair · Sep 17, 2008, 02:24 PM

yeah... I'm having "sorta" the same problem... except

1.) I am running on a MacBook Pro...
2.) I am using VMWare Fusion

and all I want to do is play CoH.... but every time I run CoH it gives me an error/crash report that says my graphics card/Driver is unsupported and it crashes.... I believe this is because VMWare creates it's own little graphics card that vista sees because the guest OS doesn't see the real graphics card in your system.... So my question is... Is there a way to fix this or should I just go with BootCamp???? PLEASE HELP US OUT SOMEBODY!!!!

smeagolxbox · Oct 16, 2008, 07:01 PM

Hello. I have a 24" iMac with the 8800gs video card. I'm running Vista 64-bit using bootcamp. I've found a way to install a driver and get it working for the video card.

1. Download the latest Nvidia GeForce Driver for Windows Vista 64-bit.
2. Run the exe file. It will fail, but the purpose of this is to create the C:/Nvidia...etc folder that contains the driver.
3. Now open your device manager. If you're a little rusty, that's Start, Right click on computer, properties, device manager (on left)
4. Navigate to the 8800gs graphics adapter under display adapters (it may not be called 8800gs yet)
5. Right Click and update driver.
6. Select Browse my computer for driver software.
7. Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
8. Select Have Disk and then browse to the location that was made in step 2. This is usually something like c:/nvidia/drivers/.....vista64bit.
9. Then scroll down and select the 8800gs driver and install it (this may take 2 or 3 minutes)
10. Restart and you're finished!

I now have a 5.8 rating in the Vista performance tool. Sweet!

May 2, 2008, 09:01 AM	#1
richlin71 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	64-bit Vista drivers for 8800GS on new iMac? i just installed Vista 64-bit on my new iMac 3.06 (using Boot Camp 2.1), but it unfortunately doesn't have drivers for the 8800GS yet. the nvidia ones won't install, and neither will omega. anyone had success in this area, or do i need to be running Vista 32-bit to game on this machine?

Oct 16, 2008, 07:01 PM	#4
smeagolxbox DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: 64-bit Vista drivers for 8800GS on new iMac? Hello. I have a 24" iMac with the 8800gs video card. I'm running Vista 64-bit using bootcamp. I've found a way to install a driver and get it working for the video card. 1. Download the latest Nvidia GeForce Driver for Windows Vista 64-bit. 2. Run the exe file. It will fail, but the purpose of this is to create the C:/Nvidia...etc folder that contains the driver. 3. Now open your device manager. If you're a little rusty, that's Start, Right click on computer, properties, device manager (on left) 4. Navigate to the 8800gs graphics adapter under display adapters (it may not be called 8800gs yet) 5. Right Click and update driver. 6. Select Browse my computer for driver software. 7. Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. 8. Select Have Disk and then browse to the location that was made in step 2. This is usually something like c:/nvidia/drivers/.....vista64bit. 9. Then scroll down and select the 8800gs driver and install it (this may take 2 or 3 minutes) 10. Restart and you're finished! I now have a 5.8 rating in the Vista performance tool. Sweet! Last edited by temeteus82; Oct 16, 2008 at 07:05 PM. Reason: removed the custom font size to make the post more readable.

Aug 24, 2008, 10:47 PM	#2
textual DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	imattempting to do the same and having difficulty finding clear instructions for the iMac most of the driver help has been focused towards mac book pro so im bumping this incase someone has info on getting vista 64 ultimate running on imac issues with video and audio drivers

Sep 17, 2008, 02:24 PM	#3
pieface_metal_hair DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	yeah... I'm having "sorta" the same problem... except 1.) I am running on a MacBook Pro... 2.) I am using VMWare Fusion and all I want to do is play CoH.... but every time I run CoH it gives me an error/crash report that says my graphics card/Driver is unsupported and it crashes.... I believe this is because VMWare creates it's own little graphics card that vista sees because the guest OS doesn't see the real graphics card in your system.... So my question is... Is there a way to fix this or should I just go with BootCamp???? PLEASE HELP US OUT SOMEBODY!!!!