Vista - I not going to play any games until Nvidia has SLI drivers.........

I have two BFG GeForce 7600 GT video cards linked together and because
Nvidia doesn't have the proper Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers available
for SLI then I am not going to play any games until there are.
I really think that Nvidia and many other companies out there need to get
off the butts and get these proper Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers
available, because this sucks that I can't play games the way that I want
too.
I for one do not blame Microsoft for any of the problems that I have, and
that is because all of the problems that I have are all driver-related
issues. As I think that Windows Vista Home Premium is a great operating
system and has alot of potential once there are all of the proper Windows
Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers available.

Not to make light of your situation, as I can only imagine how frustrating
it is to have invested fat dollars in a SLI config only to not be able to
use it.

BUT......How are you punishing nVidia by not playing any games until they
make drivers that work ? My other thought is that, if the drivers don't
work, then you're right..you won't be playing any games.

Anyways, I'm a little surprised nVidia is behind ATI in releasing solid
working drivers for vista. They have the hot hand at the moment with the
8800 series and now with Vista they are looking kinda silly.

Though I normally buy whichever card is the fastest at the time I'm
buying,( I currently have an ATI1900XTX and was looking to jump over to the
8800GTX once Crysis was released) but now I'm thinking I'll stick with ATI's
X2800 family, because nVidia is making me nervous these days and I really
like ATI's montly release of new drivers (even if the majority of them don't
make any noticable difference). But then again, if ATI's X2800 family
doesn't hold up to nVidia's I'll probably go with them, and just cross my
fingers


"ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have two BFG GeForce 7600 GT video cards linked together and because
> Nvidia doesn't have the proper Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers
> available for SLI then I am not going to play any games until there are.
> I really think that Nvidia and many other companies out there need to get
> off the butts and get these proper Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers
> available, because this sucks that I can't play games the way that I want
> too.
> I for one do not blame Microsoft for any of the problems that I have, and
> that is because all of the problems that I have are all driver-related
> issues. As I think that Windows Vista Home Premium is a great operating
> system and has alot of potential once there are all of the proper Windows
> Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers available.
>
>

You are right. Nvidia basically shot themselves at their foot with the 8800
series. I have a 8800GTS sitting on my desk as a coaster while I had to
downgrade to 2X X1950pro (crossfire ) to run games........


"Dale White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
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> Not to make light of your situation, as I can only imagine how frustrating
> it is to have invested fat dollars in a SLI config only to not be able to
> use it.
>
> BUT......How are you punishing nVidia by not playing any games until they
> make drivers that work ? My other thought is that, if the drivers don't
> work, then you're right..you won't be playing any games.
>
> Anyways, I'm a little surprised nVidia is behind ATI in releasing solid
> working drivers for vista. They have the hot hand at the moment with the
> 8800 series and now with Vista they are looking kinda silly.
>
> Though I normally buy whichever card is the fastest at the time I'm
> buying,( I currently have an ATI1900XTX and was looking to jump over to
> the 8800GTX once Crysis was released) but now I'm thinking I'll stick with
> ATI's X2800 family, because nVidia is making me nervous these days and I
> really like ATI's montly release of new drivers (even if the majority of
> them don't make any noticable difference). But then again, if ATI's X2800
> family doesn't hold up to nVidia's I'll probably go with them, and just
> cross my fingers
>
>
> "ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
> news:eUh6XPkUHHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> I have two BFG GeForce 7600 GT video cards linked together and because
>> Nvidia doesn't have the proper Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers
>> available for SLI then I am not going to play any games until there are.
>> I really think that Nvidia and many other companies out there need to get
>> off the butts and get these proper Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers
>> available, because this sucks that I can't play games the way that I want
>> too.
>> I for one do not blame Microsoft for any of the problems that I have, and
>> that is because all of the problems that I have are all driver-related
>> issues. As I think that Windows Vista Home Premium is a great operating
>> system and has alot of potential once there are all of the proper Windows
>> Vista 32-bit/64-bit drivers available.
>>
>>
>
>

We are now on the second generation Vista (32 & 64) beta drivers that
support SLi, version 100.64 downloadable directly from the nVidia web site.

Crimliar

"CrimLiar" <crimliar@dontevenbothertrying.com> wrote in message
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> We are now on the second generation Vista (32 & 64) beta drivers that
> support SLi, version 100.64 downloadable directly from the nVidia web
> site.
>
> Crimliar


So again I will say that I have two BFG GeForce 7600 GT video cards.

Also it helps to read the:

Release Highlights:

* Adds support for GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB
* Beta driver for NVIDIA SLI? support for GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS GPUs
* This driver supports the following features:
o Single GPU support
+ DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
+ DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
+ OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
o NVIDIA SLI support
+ DirectX 9 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
+ OpenGL support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
* DirectX 9 and OpenGL NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 6 and 7 series
GPUs and DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8800 GPUs will be
available in a future driver
* If you would like to be notified of upcoming drivers for Windows
Vista, please subscribe to the newsletter
* Please read the release notes for more information on product support,
feature limitations, and known compatibility issues

"ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "CrimLiar" <crimliar@dontevenbothertrying.com> wrote in message
> news:ugS3fSsUHHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> We are now on the second generation Vista (32 & 64) beta drivers that
>> support SLi, version 100.64 downloadable directly from the nVidia web
>> site.
>>
>> Crimliar
>
>
> So again I will say that I have two BFG GeForce 7600 GT video cards.
>
> Also it helps to read the:
>
> Release Highlights:
>
> * Adds support for GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB
> * Beta driver for NVIDIA SLI? support for GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS GPUs
> * This driver supports the following features:
> o Single GPU support
> + DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
> + DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
> + OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
> o NVIDIA SLI support
> + DirectX 9 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
> + OpenGL support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
> * DirectX 9 and OpenGL NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 6 and 7 series

Yes I've read them, and they seem to suggest that they provide SLi Support
for GeForce 6 and 7 series cards, such as your 7600GTs, the limitation is
that so far they do not support DirectX 10 for series 6 & 7 cards. Looking
elsewhere on the web these drivers appear to be successfully enabling other
people to play their games in Vista, why not give it a go!

Crimliar

"CrimLiar" <crimliar@dontevenbothertrying.com> wrote in message
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>
> "ghstbstr" <ghstbstr@ghstbstr.com> wrote in message
> news:%23VTtZatUHHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "CrimLiar" <crimliar@dontevenbothertrying.com> wrote in message
>> news:ugS3fSsUHHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> We are now on the second generation Vista (32 & 64) beta drivers that
>>> support SLi, version 100.64 downloadable directly from the nVidia web
>>> site.
>>>
>>> Crimliar
>>
>>
>> So again I will say that I have two BFG GeForce 7600 GT video cards.
>>
>> Also it helps to read the:
>>
>> Release Highlights:
>>
>> * Adds support for GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB
>> * Beta driver for NVIDIA SLI? support for GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS GPUs
>> * This driver supports the following features:
>> o Single GPU support
>> + DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
>> + DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
>> + OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
>> o NVIDIA SLI support
>> + DirectX 9 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
>> + OpenGL support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
>> * DirectX 9 and OpenGL NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 6 and 7 series
>
> Yes I've read them, and they seem to suggest that they provide SLi Support
> for GeForce 6 and 7 series cards, such as your 7600GTs, the limitation is
> that so far they do not support DirectX 10 for series 6 & 7 cards.
> Looking elsewhere on the web these drivers appear to be successfully
> enabling other people to play their games in Vista, why not give it a go!
>
> Crimliar

Read this line "DirectX 9 and OpenGL NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 6 and 7
series
GPUs will be available in a future driver".
Don't you think that I have downloaded the drivers if I have made a post
about it. The only thing that happens after I turn on SLI and restart my PC
is that SLI is turned back off again.