Vista - Nvidia 8800 Drivers?

paulmh_5 · 01-14-2007

Does anyone know if Nvidia have released any vista drivers for the 8800 cards? The drivers below only say they support up-to the 7xxx cards?

paulmh_5 · 01-14-2007

I've kinda answered my own question by hunting about on nvidia's forums but it was early and reading was hard

Guess ill leave my £2000 PC sat there with a vista rating of 1 till i get my driver *boo-hoo*

**z3r010** · 01-26-2007

Looks like some have leaked to the net

Quote:

Software Description

Windows Vista 64-bit

Props to laptopvideo2go for finding these drivers. The most anticipated driver ever has finally been released/leaked or what ever you may like to call it. GeForce 8800 Users can now rejoice in finally having support in Vista which is not even released yet. I wonder if this or a slightly later build will be included with Vista or will become a Windows Update Download.

The Control Panel is very lacking in any usability.

There is no:

Powermizer page
Resolution page
TV control page
Overlay page

Control Panel takes ages to pop up. (another install of driver has made this shorter, but still takes ages)
Resolution always resorts to 1024x768 after a Standby/Resume.

It does have:

Rotate Page
Colour Page
Display Configuration page (Dualview Clone etc.)
3D Settings
Image settings

Now that the x64 version and nTune only work with x86 there is of course no Overclock page
There are good news though: this driver at least detects my LCD TV via HDMI (DVI) with it's proper name, 95 series drivers don't. But some small issues still exist here as well, the TV MUST be selected first, then LCD panel else the TV just displays a blank page.

CODE
[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
Provider = %NVIDIA%
ClassGUID = {4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Class = Display
CatalogFile = NV_DISP.CAT
DriverVer = 12/14/2006, 7.15.11.0030

This driver in it's original state is for 8800 series desktop GPUs only. Also there is no SLI support yet in Vista, but at least your have some support now. A modded INF (supplied in the download) is needed unless you have a 8800 GPU.
This is BETA in it's highest form people ! Treat and respect it as such.

ForceWare Vista 100.30 (GeForce 8800) x64

01-14-2007	#1 (permalink)
paulmh_5 4 posts	Nvidia 8800 Drivers? Does anyone know if Nvidia have released any vista drivers for the 8800 cards? The drivers below only say they support up-to the 7xxx cards?
My System Specs

01-14-2007	#2 (permalink)
paulmh_5 4 posts	woops I've kinda answered my own question by hunting about on nvidia's forums but it was early and reading was hard Guess ill leave my £2000 PC sat there with a vista rating of 1 till i get my driver boo-hoo
My System Specs

01-26-2007	#3 (permalink)
z3r010 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 21,390 posts	Looks like some have leaked to the net Quote: Software Description Windows Vista 64-bit Props to laptopvideo2go for finding these drivers. The most anticipated driver ever has finally been released/leaked or what ever you may like to call it. GeForce 8800 Users can now rejoice in finally having support in Vista which is not even released yet. I wonder if this or a slightly later build will be included with Vista or will become a Windows Update Download. The Control Panel is very lacking in any usability. There is no: Powermizer page Resolution page TV control page Overlay page Control Panel takes ages to pop up. (another install of driver has made this shorter, but still takes ages) Resolution always resorts to 1024x768 after a Standby/Resume. It does have: Rotate Page Colour Page Display Configuration page (Dualview Clone etc.) 3D Settings Image settings Now that the x64 version and nTune only work with x86 there is of course no Overclock page There are good news though: this driver at least detects my LCD TV via HDMI (DVI) with it's proper name, 95 series drivers don't. But some small issues still exist here as well, the TV MUST be selected first, then LCD panel else the TV just displays a blank page. CODE [Version] Signature = "$Windows NT$" Provider = %NVIDIA% ClassGUID = {4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Class = Display CatalogFile = NV_DISP.CAT DriverVer = 12/14/2006, 7.15.11.0030 This driver in it's original state is for 8800 series desktop GPUs only. Also there is no SLI support yet in Vista, but at least your have some support now. A modded INF (supplied in the download) is needed unless you have a 8800 GPU. This is BETA in it's highest form people ! Treat and respect it as such. ForceWare Vista 100.30 (GeForce 8800) x64
My System Specs

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