Beta driver from Nvidia for Vista 64 Release 163.75

[Kue2]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_163.75.html

ForceWare Release 163 BETA
Version: 163.75
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Operating System: Windows Vista 64-bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 43.4 MB

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

gack. Their production drivers are enough of a problem. I can't imagine what
their beta drivers are like.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Its the thought that counts Charlie.

 

[John Barnes]

The last three releases have been pretty good. No problems here, anyway.
Now, how many posters over in Vista can't even get it to install with quite
a few ATI video cards?
Haven't seen anyone who had that problem with nVidia.

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Hey, Andre - long time no see. How are you doing?

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Don't know, since I don't go there. And you know I'll always have a tough
time with the nvidia folks because of the mess that their chipsets caused
all of us. (I'm STILL getting email from folks who have to do the
install/uninstall routine.)

 

[Kue2]

Hi Charlie

I'm still looking for a new driver for my card.The only one that works fine
for me so far is the one installed with the RTM 9746.

 

[Guest]

Andre:
Is that you over there?
Where have you been all this time?
Regarding to NVidia drivers, and I must be an exception, I have had so far
no problems with the subsequent whql releases.
I always took care of uninstalling the old version, rebooting into VGA, and
then installing the newer drivers.
My kids play many games without glitches.
Current card is an MSI8600GTSOC.

Carlos

 

[Guest]

Kue2:
Quite strange.
The latest 163.69's work flawlessly on two different Vista x64 PC's with ECS
N7900GS-256MX card and another one with an MSI 8600GTSOC card.
Games like Lost Planet, Medal Of Honor Airborne work beautifully.
Carlos

 

[Kue2]

I'm using a Asus mother board K8v se deluxe & a Asus Video Card with Nvidia
drivers & have not found one that works properly except for the RTM version
9746. I tried every version since loading the RTM. I still get the Nvidia
nvlddmkm.sys error.
I have been working with Microsoft trying to solve ,but no luck so far. I
had them take my computer over (remote control) a couple times now. I loaded
all the latest hot fixes they provided but still no luck.I have an on-going
support case about this problem.

 

[John Barnes]

They did have a lot of problems the early Vista drivers with a lot of driver
stopped working messages. There was just a funny one with the ATI cards in
Vista, it became obvious that the install was having problems with the video
card, an x1550 card, so he swapped card for an x1300 with his grandmother.
Vista installed on his machine with the x1300, but when he went to swap back
with grandma, she wouldn't give it back.

 

[John Barnes]

I haven't had that driver stopped working and has restarted message for
several months

 

[Kue2]

LOL Grandma knows best.....

They did have a lot of problems the early Vista drivers with a lot of
driver stopped working messages. There was just a funny one with the ATI
cards in Vista, it became obvious that the install was having problems
with the video card, an x1550 card, so he swapped card for an x1300 with
his grandmother. Vista installed on his machine with the x1300, but when
he went to swap back with grandma, she wouldn't give it back.

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

Yeah, there was a known issue with certain ATI cards for a while. The
workaround was actually quite simple - booting to safe mode and installing
an updated driver or explicitly setting a "safe" video mode. But the built
in Windows driver in the Vista media has problems with the 15xx and 16xx
cards, for sure.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Hi Guys,

I haven't been in and out of Jamaica for a while now, been busy with some
contract work, working on some projects for a client in Cayman Islands,
recently got back and just started settling down. Its good to see everyone
is well and still helping out.

 

[Dennis Pack]

Andre:
Welcome back. Have a great day.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

You too my good friend Dennis.

 

[Guest]

Not to bring coals to Newcastle, I have an NVIDIA 6200 which came with my
system (AMD 5200+ w/Vista 32-bit). I bought the system in May and until
Friday, October 26 it worked fine. On Friday I began to see a strange graphic
display, display driver death, constant driver reboots, and eventually the
MS-DOS BSOD. Microsoft sent a notification that the problem was caused by
NVIDIA, but I just installed 3 drivers including a Beta (163.69, 163.75 &
96.85). No luck. Rather than casting blame it might be a good time for
Microsoft to coordinate a solution. My system is effectively dead. The only
solution that I can think of is to scrub the partition and reload the initial
OS and software, and disable automatic update, although I just might go out
and get Windows XP which seems more reliable. Not being particularly adept,
should I uninstall the drivers, reboot and install 163.69?

 

[Kue2]

The latest beta driver is version 169.04.
Go Here : http://www.nvidia.com/Download/betadrivers.aspx?lang=en-us
Uninstall any previous installed drivers for your video card first.
I would not recommend installing "beta drivers" unless you know how to
recover your system if sometimes goes wrong. Here is the site for the
recommended driver:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_163.69.html Please be sure to
uninstall all previously installed Nvidia video drivers. Also turn off your
anti-virus & anti-spyware programs. Including Windows defender.

 

[Kue2]

If all else fails use system restore to go back to a date before Friday.