nvidia 158.2x and Vista 64

[SunnyD]

I'm getting nvvddm driver errors when doing rather mundane things in Vista Ultimate 64... this is with the 158.22 drivers I believe, just watching video in media center or browsing.

Are the nvidia drivers still this bad? FYI, this is a CLEAN install of vista and the drivers, so it's not user error.

 

[imported_Com80787]

Same issue here. Random BSOD constantly with anything except the drivers included with Vista on my 7900gt.

 

[lavaheadache]

I'm smooth sailing in home premium 64 bit

 

[Gunslinger08]

I'm running fine on Ultimate 64 with the 158.22s and a 7900GT.

 

[ginfest]

No problems here with the 158.18 and Vista x64

 

[nullpointerus]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
I'm getting nvvddm driver errors when doing rather mundane things in Vista Ultimate 64... this is with the 158.22 drivers I believe, just watching video in media center or browsing.

The 158.18 drivers have been exceptionally good for me on Vista Home Premium 64-bit. All my major issues with the control panel and game settings have been cleared up, and there are no more BSODs. My XP 32-bit was never this stable/functional. Specifically, nVidia left the desktop/video color settings broken on XP and Vista for the longest time for my 7900 GTO.

Are the nvidia drivers still this bad? FYI, this is a CLEAN install of vista and the drivers, so it's not user error.

No, they're not "still" this bad. Most of the stability issues disappeared way back when the 100.64 drivers came out. The CP was still a half-working mess at this point, but at least the drivers were stable. The 158.18 release fixed a huge number of CP problems and are actually better for me than the latest stable G7x drivers for XP.

That said, you will *always* find people who have stability problems with certain drivers. Possible causes include unstable overclocks, unstable hardware, and driver bugs--all of which may only manifest themselves in particular situations such as running Vista 64-bit. My advise to you and others have stability problems with the lateast drivers is to make very *certain* there are no hardware problems and then contact nVidia using their Vista feedback link (on the driver index page).

 

[Extelleron]

I can't say that I'm having many real problems here with Vista 32-bit and 158.18 (8800GTS). With Rivatuner 2.01 released now I can finally control my fan... that's the one thing I've been angry about because there was no way to control the fan, even in nTune, on 158~ drivers before. All games that I've played work fine. The only weird thing I've had is that my overclock (513/1584 to 600/2000) does almost nothing to affect 3dmark 06 performance. That makes no sense to me, but likely it has nothing to do w/ nVidia.

 

[SunnyD]

I should also mention, everything on my machine is running stock, with an 8800GTS and X2 3800+. Last night I had a decent run for about 6 hours with no hiccups. But I have gotten the control panel to crash painfully as well.

Oh well, maybe another driver will satisfy stability.