No new drivers since Nov?

Zeatrix · Apr 23, 2007, 03:23 PM

What is nVidia up to? They haven't released a new official driver for win XP for older products since beginning of november. That's pretty crappy...

I've got a 7800 GTX on my machine at work and would want some more up to date drivers, preferably not beta.

Necrosis · Apr 23, 2007, 04:15 PM

Nvidia just released drivers for XP (158.19) & Vista (158.18)? Yes, that are beta but I imagine they'll be WHQL soon.

mkk · Apr 23, 2007, 04:17 PM

They ran into huge problems concerning Vista drivers and made a choice to avert basically all driver staff there for a good while. Apparently there was also some additional difficulties in making drivers for the latest range of cards, which has materialised as a number of separate driver packages just for "8800". It's certainly a letdown to the vast majority of customers and one can only hope that they have been increasing the driver staff resources over time to get good again.

Zeatrix · Apr 23, 2007, 06:06 PM

Yeah, didn't they say they were moving to a monthly release schedule?

**Mousey** · Apr 23, 2007, 08:37 PM

Seems like vista is causing more problems with regards to drivers at the moment than it promised to solve, looks like everyone need to get their act together at the moment

Vehicon · Apr 26, 2007, 11:02 PM

I cant wait for some new drivers! 6 months is just to long if you ask me.

OmegaRED · Apr 27, 2007, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Necrosis

Nvidia just released drivers for XP (158.19) & Vista (158.18)? Yes, that are beta but I imagine they'll be WHQL soon.

8000 series only...everything else got the shaft as usual.

Apr 23, 2007, 03:23 PM	#1
Zeatrix DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 36 Rep Power: 0	No new drivers since Nov? What is nVidia up to? They haven't released a new official driver for win XP for older products since beginning of november. That's pretty crappy... I've got a 7800 GTX on my machine at work and would want some more up to date drivers, preferably not beta. __________________

Apr 23, 2007, 06:06 PM	Thread Starter #4
Zeatrix DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 36 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, didn't they say they were moving to a monthly release schedule? __________________

Apr 23, 2007, 08:37 PM	#5
Mousey Synth's Long Lost Bro Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Web Design Hell Posts: 7,156 Rep Power: 244 System Specs	Seems like vista is causing more problems with regards to drivers at the moment than it promised to solve, looks like everyone need to get their act together at the moment __________________

Apr 26, 2007, 11:02 PM	#6
Vehicon The Cable Guy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA IL. Posts: 466 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	I cant wait for some new drivers! 6 months is just to long if you ask me. __________________

Apr 23, 2007, 04:15 PM	#2
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	Nvidia just released drivers for XP (158.19) & Vista (158.18)? Yes, that are beta but I imagine they'll be WHQL soon.

Apr 23, 2007, 04:17 PM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,384 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	They ran into huge problems concerning Vista drivers and made a choice to avert basically all driver staff there for a good while. Apparently there was also some additional difficulties in making drivers for the latest range of cards, which has materialised as a number of separate driver packages just for "8800". It's certainly a letdown to the vast majority of customers and one can only hope that they have been increasing the driver staff resources over time to get good again.