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**splosher** · 04-06-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by johnwillyums

Well I got my RMA'd Gigabyte 8800GT OC 512MB back from Overclockers, they couldn't find fault with it. So that was a waste of time.
Whilst it's been away I put my old 8600GT back in and as it happens it runs on 169.25 drivers in my Vista HP 64x system.
So this afternoon I swapped back the cards.
I uninstalled Nvidia in control panel and then booted into safe mode and ran driver cleaner.
Then I switched off the power and put in the 8800GT, booted back into safe mode and tried to install 174.44 drivers but with no luck.
I get a message saying that I'm trying to use a 32 bit uninstaller on a 64 bit system and then I get a message saying my system was not 64 bit and these drivers were for 64 bit.
If I look on my c\ drive both 169.25 and 174.44 are there so if I try to run 174.44 again I am asked whether I want to overwrite it,

I tried that but it just gets me the same "wrong version of uninstaller" and then the message telling me my system is "not Windows Vista (64 bit). This setup program and associated drivers are designed to run on Windows Vista (64 bit). The installer will now terminate."
I am so fed up with this graphics card and Nvidia.
Does anyone have a clue what's going on here?

Hi

I started another thread regarding my exact same problems with 169.44 beta drivers here - NVMonitor not working properly - HELP!.
Thing is, the 177.44 betas work perfectly now but my NV Monitor is just a stuttering, lag-inducing pile of **** now and won't work properly at all! Just delete the 2 nvidia driver folders from the Nvidia folder and install the official release 169.25 drivers from inside Vista, not in safe-mode and give them a run through a couple of reboots and games. Then try and uninstall them and re-install the betas once again from within Vista, not safe mode - they may take once you've got a couple of game profiles saved to NVTune.

04-06-2008	#18 (permalink)
splosher Vista Ultimate x64 with SP2 72 posts	re: Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Quote: Originally Posted by johnwillyums Well I got my RMA'd Gigabyte 8800GT OC 512MB back from Overclockers, they couldn't find fault with it. So that was a waste of time. Whilst it's been away I put my old 8600GT back in and as it happens it runs on 169.25 drivers in my Vista HP 64x system. So this afternoon I swapped back the cards. I uninstalled Nvidia in control panel and then booted into safe mode and ran driver cleaner. Then I switched off the power and put in the 8800GT, booted back into safe mode and tried to install 174.44 drivers but with no luck. I get a message saying that I'm trying to use a 32 bit uninstaller on a 64 bit system and then I get a message saying my system was not 64 bit and these drivers were for 64 bit. If I look on my c\ drive both 169.25 and 174.44 are there so if I try to run 174.44 again I am asked whether I want to overwrite it, I tried that but it just gets me the same "wrong version of uninstaller" and then the message telling me my system is "not Windows Vista (64 bit). This setup program and associated drivers are designed to run on Windows Vista (64 bit). The installer will now terminate." I am so fed up with this graphics card and Nvidia. Does anyone have a clue what's going on here? Hi I started another thread regarding my exact same problems with 169.44 beta drivers here - NVMonitor not working properly - HELP!. Thing is, the 177.44 betas work perfectly now but my NV Monitor is just a stuttering, lag-inducing pile of **** now and won't work properly at all! Just delete the 2 nvidia driver folders from the Nvidia folder and install the official release 169.25 drivers from inside Vista, not in safe-mode and give them a run through a couple of reboots and games. Then try and uninstall them and re-install the betas once again from within Vista, not safe mode - they may take once you've got a couple of game profiles saved to NVTune.
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