Re: Nvidia Cards on Vista x64 (RTM)

Just as an "FYI", there are some 'beta' NVidia drivers that you can try...
Using them... Everything is a lot smoother, no artifacts... Only issue, is
some random slowness. (But I haven't had ANY crashes.)

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1527

Best of luck!

"CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:Og30TWHFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I've just build myself a new high-end PC including a 7900GTO gfx card. I
> dabbled with XP Pro but had a few graphical problems so I thought I'd
> install Vista (rtm) instead, whcih I did. At first, everything looked OK,
> but when I started using more demanding applications (i.e. 3D games) I
> encountered some artifacting and distortion. Particularly in Battlefield
> 2, Civililzation IV, and Oblivion, but also periodically in Vista itself.
> The problems in-game were consistent at least, and the problems wihin
> Vista itself were intermittant, occasionally resulting in a STOP error.
>
> I tried a (borrowed) 7300GS card (which doesnt need auxiliary power) and
> it had the same problems in-game, which suggests the problems were not to
> do with the original 7900GTO not the PSU. Obviously the most likely
> candidates were Vista and/or Nvidia's drivers.
>
> I tried a few drivers from various sources but could only get a couple to
> install and neither were any better than the default Vista drivers.
>
> I decided to by a high-end ATI card for comparison, and I installed an
> X1950Pro last night. Using only the default Vista drivers, I suddenly
> found everything worked great. So it seems the nvidia drivers might be the
> problem after all.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone had success or similar problems with
> high-end Nvidia cards in Vista (RTM). I've seen nothing on the NVidia site
> to indicate when final versions of the drivers will be realised; I'd like
> to keep the 7900GTO if I could but obviously it's not usable at the
> moment.
>
> CJM
>

Interesting. I downloaded 97.27 from Guru3D but the zip file resulted in a
series of DLLs and no installer. Are these going to be same? If so, what are
you supposed to do with these files?

CJM

Use Device Manager and select have disk ... then browse to the folder, it
will find the inf file and then you can install

"CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:e3fTVIUGHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Interesting. I downloaded 97.27 from Guru3D but the zip file resulted in a
> series of DLLs and no installer. Are these going to be same? If so, what
> are you supposed to do with these files?
>
> CJM
>

Also, there is a version of 97.27 out there that has the setup.exe in it.
Don't remember where I got it but it's out there.

"HDFatBoy2003" <H_D_FatBoy2003@msn.com> wrote in message
news:C71ADB1C-14AE-4A79-9A56-752919C2250E@microsoft.com...
> Use Device Manager and select have disk ... then browse to the folder, it
> will find the inf file and then you can install
>
> "CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:e3fTVIUGHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Interesting. I downloaded 97.27 from Guru3D but the zip file resulted in
>> a series of DLLs and no installer. Are these going to be same? If so,
>> what are you supposed to do with these files?
>>
>> CJM
>>

"HDFatBoy2003" <H_D_FatBoy2003@msn.com> wrote in message
news:C71ADB1C-14AE-4A79-9A56-752919C2250E@microsoft.com...
> Use Device Manager and select have disk ... then browse to the folder, it
> will find the inf file and then you can install
>
> "CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:e3fTVIUGHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Interesting. I downloaded 97.27 from Guru3D but the zip file resulted in
>> a series of DLLs and no installer. Are these going to be same? If so,
>> what are you supposed to do with these files?
>>
>> CJM
>>

Thanks. I'll try that.

what get me is you can find beta drivers on guru3d.com of nvidia driver but
not on nvidia website what up with that.

"Kevin Gerry" wrote:

> Just as an "FYI", there are some 'beta' NVidia drivers that you can try...
> Using them... Everything is a lot smoother, no artifacts... Only issue, is
> some random slowness. (But I haven't had ANY crashes.)
>
> http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1527
>
> Best of luck!
>
> "CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:Og30TWHFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > I've just build myself a new high-end PC including a 7900GTO gfx card. I
> > dabbled with XP Pro but had a few graphical problems so I thought I'd
> > install Vista (rtm) instead, whcih I did. At first, everything looked OK,
> > but when I started using more demanding applications (i.e. 3D games) I
> > encountered some artifacting and distortion. Particularly in Battlefield
> > 2, Civililzation IV, and Oblivion, but also periodically in Vista itself.
> > The problems in-game were consistent at least, and the problems wihin
> > Vista itself were intermittant, occasionally resulting in a STOP error.
> >
> > I tried a (borrowed) 7300GS card (which doesnt need auxiliary power) and
> > it had the same problems in-game, which suggests the problems were not to
> > do with the original 7900GTO not the PSU. Obviously the most likely
> > candidates were Vista and/or Nvidia's drivers.
> >
> > I tried a few drivers from various sources but could only get a couple to
> > install and neither were any better than the default Vista drivers.
> >
> > I decided to by a high-end ATI card for comparison, and I installed an
> > X1950Pro last night. Using only the default Vista drivers, I suddenly
> > found everything worked great. So it seems the nvidia drivers might be the
> > problem after all.
> >
> > I was just wondering if anyone had success or similar problems with
> > high-end Nvidia cards in Vista (RTM). I've seen nothing on the NVidia site
> > to indicate when final versions of the drivers will be realised; I'd like
> > to keep the 7900GTO if I could but obviously it's not usable at the
> > moment.
> >
> > CJM
> >
>
>

the ones on Guru3d for the most part are leaked interim beta builds, that's
why they're not on nVidia's website.

"lvlman.1998" <lvlman1998@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0168D354-F491-4160-BE55-88231DF685E5@microsoft.com...
>
> what get me is you can find beta drivers on guru3d.com of nvidia driver
> but
> not on nvidia website what up with that.
>
> "Kevin Gerry" wrote:
>
>> Just as an "FYI", there are some 'beta' NVidia drivers that you can
>> try...
>> Using them... Everything is a lot smoother, no artifacts... Only issue,
>> is
>> some random slowness. (But I haven't had ANY crashes.)
>>
>> http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1527
>>
>> Best of luck!
>>
>> "CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:Og30TWHFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > I've just build myself a new high-end PC including a 7900GTO gfx card.
>> > I
>> > dabbled with XP Pro but had a few graphical problems so I thought I'd
>> > install Vista (rtm) instead, whcih I did. At first, everything looked
>> > OK,
>> > but when I started using more demanding applications (i.e. 3D games) I
>> > encountered some artifacting and distortion. Particularly in
>> > Battlefield
>> > 2, Civililzation IV, and Oblivion, but also periodically in Vista
>> > itself.
>> > The problems in-game were consistent at least, and the problems wihin
>> > Vista itself were intermittant, occasionally resulting in a STOP error.
>> >
>> > I tried a (borrowed) 7300GS card (which doesnt need auxiliary power)
>> > and
>> > it had the same problems in-game, which suggests the problems were not
>> > to
>> > do with the original 7900GTO not the PSU. Obviously the most likely
>> > candidates were Vista and/or Nvidia's drivers.
>> >
>> > I tried a few drivers from various sources but could only get a couple
>> > to
>> > install and neither were any better than the default Vista drivers.
>> >
>> > I decided to by a high-end ATI card for comparison, and I installed an
>> > X1950Pro last night. Using only the default Vista drivers, I suddenly
>> > found everything worked great. So it seems the nvidia drivers might be
>> > the
>> > problem after all.
>> >
>> > I was just wondering if anyone had success or similar problems with
>> > high-end Nvidia cards in Vista (RTM). I've seen nothing on the NVidia
>> > site
>> > to indicate when final versions of the drivers will be realised; I'd
>> > like
>> > to keep the 7900GTO if I could but obviously it's not usable at the
>> > moment.
>> >
>> > CJM
>> >
>>
>>