Xp Drivers?

SFOSOK · Feb 23, 2007, 12:10 AM

Since I have windows XP and don't care very much to buy Vista right now I'm gettin a little pissed with lack of XP drivers.

I have to use the 92.91 because anything later overclock the mem on my card and causes game to artifact severely. I wonder if there is any chance Nvidia will make drives that will work for my card on XP.

One can only hope : (.

fobis · Feb 23, 2007, 02:22 AM

Meh, I doubt it. nVidia has been doing a good job of screwing a lot of people after the release of Vista.

BWX · Mar 1, 2007, 10:35 PM

Yeah it's pretty F'd up... abandoning XP users is pretty stupid on NV's part.

petri1 · Mar 5, 2007, 11:10 PM

well Nv is gonna have a harsh time

alot of gamers and people are pissed off at Nvidia right now i mean it practically stopped after vista was realesed

guess this is a first step from M$ to start puttion Xp in the grave............

well they´ll digging a whole for them selves

i too wanna see new Xp drivers for all tehir cards but i guess they´ll busy ass licking gates right now so to get vista running thing is NV ain´t doin a good job there either

wellNV what´s gonna be a million+ pissed off customers or a few hundred thousand vista users?

fobis · Mar 6, 2007, 02:07 AM

I'm pretty sure nVidia will be forced to pull their act together pretty soon.

Prince_Link · Mar 7, 2007, 01:44 PM

you all realise that nvidia doesn't owe you anything right?

they could stop support for Windows all together and you couldn't do jack all about it.

petri1 · Mar 7, 2007, 01:58 PM

yeah ya right there but then again what happened if we all bought ATI only hmmm no customers no sold cards

nah they can´t just ignore us if they do more and more will go to ATI now that i can´t belive Nvidia wants right?

so sure they don´t owe us a darn thing but then again they could loose millions of customers and loose even more $ so they are in a tight spot as it is and stop supporting Xp users

they can´t take that risk if so i´ll sell my GF8800GTS and buy a R600

it´s as simple as that

Prince_Link · Mar 8, 2007, 05:15 AM

nvidia doesn't care, they can just sell quadro exclusively and still make more money then amd

BWX · Mar 8, 2007, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prince_Link

you all realise that nvidia doesn't owe you anything right?

they could stop support for Windows all together and you couldn't do jack all about it.

It doesn't matter what they technically can and can't do "by law" or by any other measure.

The point is that they will piss a lot of people off and lose a lot of customers by abandoning XP driver support- Hell I just bought a 500 dollar video card that said [COLOR="Red"] WINDOWS XP [/COLOR]on the box not too long ago.. I'd rather buy the next ATI card and deal with the CCC for Win XP drivers than buy the 8800GTX and settle for crappy, slow-to-be-released, or completely absent NV drivers for XP.

MiracleMan · Mar 9, 2007, 08:34 PM

If actually Vista drivers work well, that would be not that problem to have a slowdown with XP drivers, but with that crap POS Vista drivers and no XP drivers? It's not even funny. At least the latest XP drivers are working good for me.

And boy, having nvidia or ati fanboys bragging it's fine, but Vista fanboys?
I think the end of the world is near...

Prince_Link · Mar 10, 2007, 04:57 AM

Vista fan boys... i don't tolerate them,... i tell them they are whinging bitches and other stuff.

fobis · Mar 18, 2007, 07:32 AM

There's such things as Vista fan boys? Holy crap... How much weed do you think M$ had to sell them to say that?

Prince_Link · Mar 18, 2007, 08:34 AM

anybody who complains they can't get aero working is a fanboy.... aero is nohing but pretty stupidity

EvaUnitXIV · Mar 18, 2007, 11:19 PM

vista is nothing but an unstable prettier xp. xp pwns it in stability (tho nothing compared to OSX) and gaming performance. drivers etc

fobis · Mar 20, 2007, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvaUnitXIV

vista is nothing but an unstable prettier xp. xp pwns it in stability (tho nothing compared to OSX)

amen to that. My lovely OS X 10.4.8 is rock solid. Sure, I may not be able to play all the nice games that I'd maybe like to on a Windows system, but in return I am able to compute with confidence and without fear of a blue screen.
But, OS X is not without fault... there is the dreaded pinwheel of death to beware...

Necrosis · Mar 20, 2007, 03:24 AM

Awe..Vista's running great for me & gaming.

Awe....BA HA!!!

Prince_Link · Mar 21, 2007, 08:42 AM

am i the only one here who can actually crash osx?... i used to do it all the time at highschool,... i even created a virus for it once.

fobis · Mar 30, 2007, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prince_Link

am i the only one here who can actually crash osx?... i used to do it all the time at highschool,... i even created a virus for it once.

oh, i can crash OS X. just install Apple's 802.11n enabler for C2D macs.... that'll crash it.

i did say OS X was not without fault... although it is still far more stable than windows.

petri1 · Apr 1, 2007, 01:08 PM

wonder when SP3 for XP is due perhaps we´ll see more Xp drivers after that or not

well Nvidia has screwed up with Abcese of some real good Drivers for Nvidia cards

but then again perhaps they can afford it

thomasabarnes · Apr 1, 2007, 06:07 PM

TweaksRUs has posted 2 sets of nVidia Forceware XP drivers newer than the NGO Optimised set based on the 97.92.

See here: http://www.tweaksrus.com/index.php?o...man&Itemid=41/

They provide a download for Forceware 101.02, and they have an Extreme-G optimized set of drivers based on the Forceware 100.95 set.

These two driver sets can be found under the Nividia Forceware Driver section and the Extreme-G Forceware Driver section.

You might have to register with the forum to download. I'm not certain.

I'm using the Xtreme-G optimized driver based on the 100.95 set. So far, so good.

Feb 23, 2007, 12:10 AM	#1
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Xp Drivers? Since I have windows XP and don't care very much to buy Vista right now I'm gettin a little pissed with lack of XP drivers. I have to use the 92.91 because anything later overclock the mem on my card and causes game to artifact severely. I wonder if there is any chance Nvidia will make drives that will work for my card on XP. One can only hope : (. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Feb 23, 2007, 02:22 AM	#2
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	Meh, I doubt it. nVidia has been doing a good job of screwing a lot of people after the release of Vista. __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 1, 2007, 10:35 PM	#3
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Yeah it's pretty F'd up... abandoning XP users is pretty stupid on NV's part. __________________

Mar 5, 2007, 11:10 PM	#4
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	well Nv is gonna have a harsh time alot of gamers and people are pissed off at Nvidia right now i mean it practically stopped after vista was realesed guess this is a first step from M$ to start puttion Xp in the grave............ well they´ll digging a whole for them selves i too wanna see new Xp drivers for all tehir cards but i guess they´ll busy ass licking gates right now so to get vista running thing is NV ain´t doin a good job there either wellNV what´s gonna be a million+ pissed off customers or a few hundred thousand vista users? __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Mar 6, 2007, 02:07 AM	#5
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	I'm pretty sure nVidia will be forced to pull their act together pretty soon. __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 7, 2007, 01:44 PM	#6
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	you all realise that nvidia doesn't owe you anything right? they could stop support for Windows all together and you couldn't do jack all about it. __________________

Mar 7, 2007, 01:58 PM	#7
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	yeah ya right there but then again what happened if we all bought ATI only hmmm no customers no sold cards nah they can´t just ignore us if they do more and more will go to ATI now that i can´t belive Nvidia wants right? so sure they don´t owe us a darn thing but then again they could loose millions of customers and loose even more $ so they are in a tight spot as it is and stop supporting Xp users they can´t take that risk if so i´ll sell my GF8800GTS and buy a R600 it´s as simple as that __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Mar 8, 2007, 05:15 AM	#8
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	nvidia doesn't care, they can just sell quadro exclusively and still make more money then amd __________________

Mar 9, 2007, 08:34 PM	#10
MiracleMan DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Brazil Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	If actually Vista drivers work well, that would be not that problem to have a slowdown with XP drivers, but with that crap POS Vista drivers and no XP drivers? It's not even funny. At least the latest XP drivers are working good for me. And boy, having nvidia or ati fanboys bragging it's fine, but Vista fanboys? I think the end of the world is near... Last edited by MiracleMan; Mar 9, 2007 at 08:39 PM.

Mar 10, 2007, 04:57 AM	#11
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	Vista fan boys... i don't tolerate them,... i tell them they are whinging bitches and other stuff. __________________

Mar 18, 2007, 07:32 AM	#12
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	There's such things as Vista fan boys? Holy crap... How much weed do you think M$ had to sell them to say that? __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Mar 18, 2007, 08:34 AM	#13
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	anybody who complains they can't get aero working is a fanboy.... aero is nohing but pretty stupidity __________________

Mar 18, 2007, 11:19 PM	#14
EvaUnitXIV DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 229 Rep Power: 0	vista is nothing but an unstable prettier xp. xp pwns it in stability (tho nothing compared to OSX) and gaming performance. drivers etc __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Abit KV8 Buffalo 2x512mb PC3200 ram 40GB Maxtor 7200rpm HD (Boot) 2x250GB WD SE 8mb Cache 7200rpm HD (Filedump) Benq 1620 Pro Liteon 1635s x800GTO @ x800XL SB Audigy Gamer WinXp Pro /w Sp2

Mar 20, 2007, 03:24 AM	#16
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Awe..Vista's running great for me & gaming. Awe....BA HA!!!

Mar 21, 2007, 08:42 AM	#17
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	am i the only one here who can actually crash osx?... i used to do it all the time at highschool,... i even created a virus for it once. __________________

Apr 1, 2007, 01:08 PM	#19
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	wonder when SP3 for XP is due perhaps we´ll see more Xp drivers after that or not well Nvidia has screwed up with Abcese of some real good Drivers for Nvidia cards but then again perhaps they can afford it __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Apr 1, 2007, 06:07 PM	#20
thomasabarnes Long Time ***** Friend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1,375 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	TweaksRUs has posted 2 sets of nVidia Forceware XP drivers newer than the NGO Optimised set based on the 97.92. See here: http://www.tweaksrus.com/index.php?o...man&Itemid=41/ They provide a download for Forceware 101.02, and they have an Extreme-G optimized set of drivers based on the Forceware 100.95 set. These two driver sets can be found under the Nividia Forceware Driver section and the Extreme-G Forceware Driver section. You might have to register with the forum to download. I'm not certain. I'm using the Xtreme-G optimized driver based on the 100.95 set. So far, so good. __________________ May a song always touch you in a positive way. SONAR X1D Expanded, Windows 7 Pro 64Bit, MOTU UltraLite MK3, 150 GB HDD, 250 GB HDD, 1 TB x2 HDD 7200 rpm My Music Production: Top 40, Contemporary Christian, Pop/Rock, Decent Rap, Inspirationals, and Children Songs Last edited by thomasabarnes; Apr 1, 2007 at 06:15 PM.