New nVidia Vista drivers are out

[Smilin]

Probably a repost from Video.

I'll be trying these tonight on a 7950 gx2 w/ Vista 32bit. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Genx87]

Heh I just grabbed the newest from Nvidia lastnight. Ill wait and see if these have any issues before moving up a notch.

 

[bsobel]

Hmm, the beta supported the Quadro FX 4500, these ones do not 🙁 Strange (the installer says that no drivers to upgrade are installed)
Bill

 

[nerp]

Yeah, looks like the 158.18 are WHQL now. I installed them just fine and can't really tell much different in games from the betas, but it's nice to see them making progress regardless.

Now I'm just waiting for new platform drivers for my nforce 4 board. I feel like the 15.00 still have more tuning and refinements needed. There is a leaked SATA driver floating around with a higher version number than what's included in the 15.00 package. I installed it and it makes a difference.

But things are most certianly coming along. 😀

 

[RebateMonger]

Hope the latest drivers fix the problem with the video drivers resetting themselves every time I perform an "Undo" in Chess Titans. "Undo" is a critical part of my Chess-playing strategy. 😱

 

[bsobel]

There is another refresh yesterday (May 2nd). Fixes my install issue on Quadro FX 4500 cards as well is benchmarking faster (my machine was gettng a 5.7 on video, now up to 5.9, the max)

Bill

 

[cvrefugee]

I'm afraid to try these, last driver gave me a blank screen - reboot didn't help either.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: bsobel
There is another refresh yesterday (May 2nd). Fixes my install issue on Quadro FX 4500 cards as well is benchmarking faster (my machine was gettng a 5.7 on video, now up to 5.9, the max)

Bill

Woohoo, drivers specifically programmed to make benchmarks score better, but don't provide actual game improvements.

 

[bsobel]

Woohoo, drivers specifically programmed to make benchmarks score better, but don't provide actual game improvements.

I haven't benchmarked any games. I have noticed the Dreamescene backgroup is MUCH smoother now, so there are some improvements here.