NVIDIA releases RC2 Vista driver

[RR Johnson Jr]

Hi Everyone,

NVIDIA released a new RC2 video driver for Vista today. I'm going to
download it and check it out.

regards
Robert

 

[Guest]

Links:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_96.85.html <-- 32 bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_96.85.html <-- 64 bit

 

[RR Johnson Jr]

So far the driver seems to be fine but I had to adjust the paging file from
automatic to system managed to avoid some type of lag.

regards
Robert

 

[James Welch]

Not really any performance increase for me on Counter-Strike Source. 51fps
vs 104fps on XP

 

[NightOwl]

i found these drivers to be crap once again..

media center cant be used now, the sound stutters horribly from it. full
screen vids are useless. games cant be played, even the built in games sound
like shit.. the only good thing i can see with these drivers is games that
locked up befor now work properly.. but what good is then when the sound is
crap..

 

[Guest]

Hi Guys

Vista does have some issues with Videos. I ve been reading a lof of reviews
and the media center is still not upto the mark. More than the drivers
casuing problems its a combination of codecs media center and a few Sound
drivers that are the issue.Lets hope its fixed soon. Gold is so close now

 

[Jason Cambre]

Yuck I see what you mean about Media Center. Has nvidia ever released a
vista driver that wasn't crappy? At least I now have OpenGL support with
these drivers though.

 

[busbar]

I've been using a 6800 GT XFX and had so much trouble with Vista RC1 and
later (most of the problems reported on this thread). It finally took the
fattest dump and I replaced with 7600 BFG OC series. I have none of the
problems I had before 'cept for the 'once in a while' moments when my
screens (yes, dualview) go black (out of sync) when calculating my 'Windows
Experience' or trying to watch TV.

 

[Guest]

So far no difference from the MS included RC2 driver.
Same graphic corruption in games (HL2).

Actually worse, now if I'm playing a game and I get graphic corruption,
after I quit the game I get screen flashing in windows/desktop, until I
reboot.

RC1 worked so much better.... Seems like they took a huge step backwards.

 

[EdricFilho]

Forceware 96.65 is working perfectly in my system (mobo Intel 945 GTP,
CoreDuo 930 3GHz, 2 GB DDR2-400, integrated Intel High Def Audio, Vista RC2
64-bit), both DirectX games (like Flight Simulator X, LoMAC, etc.) and
OpenGL (IL-2 Sturmovik, Pacific Fighters) are running like XP or even
better. UI components great, too.

Can't complain at all...

Edric

 

[Guest]

Does anyone have install problems with the RC2 driver? My rc2 recognizes the
64bit version as a 32 bit version and wont let me install. Is there anything
im missing?

 

[Mark W Scheidell]

There are two separate driver packages - one for x64 and one for x86. The
64 bit version clearly has winvista_x64 in the middle of it's name. I had
no problems installing it on RC 2 x64.

 

[Guest]

tx Mark,
im aware of the distinction between the 2 packages. Nevertheless my system
doesnt recognize them as such. I've also checked if i had the latest version
of my bios. Its up to date. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Tx in
advance!

(i have a dual boot system with XP MCE 2005, 32 bit)

 

[RR Johnson Jr]

There are many items not yet supported in this driver. Please read the
release notes for the driver to find out what items are not yet supported:

http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/96.85/96.85_ForceWare_WinVista_Release_Notes.pdf

regards
Robert

 

[Guest]

Had same problem with you had with VISTA RC2_nvidia drivers. Here is how i
got them to install. Find folder where drivers were extracted to. The folder
labels itself as NVIDIA. Next, open folder, and click on the setup.exe. This
will install the drivers for you.

 

[will_s]

Hi Everyone,

NVIDIA released a new RC2 video driver for Vista today. I'm going to
download it and check it out.

regards
Robert

still nothing for sli mode

 

[Hugh Jass]

The newest Nvidia driver would not give me 1440 x 900 resolution for my 19"
widescreen. Anyone else have this problem? I had to go back to the previous
version.

 

[Guest]

I had screen problems with RC2 drivers :

BF2142 ... menu is jumping around, game play is corrupted
CS:S ... game play is corrupted (can`t play at all)
Gothic III ... can`t start ( with any nvidia driver )

Switched back to RC1 drivers. Running Vista RC2.

 

[RR Johnson Jr]

please report this on the NVIDIA forum as well

I had screen problems with RC2 drivers :

BF2142 ... menu is jumping around, game play is corrupted
CS:S ... game play is corrupted (can`t play at all)
Gothic III ... can`t start ( with any nvidia driver )

Switched back to RC1 drivers. Running Vista RC2.

 

[Guest]

Play in windowed mode. Slower but it works.

There's some bugs in full-screen mode.