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NVIDIA to replace dated GeForce drivers Next Week

Started by Guest_scaramonga_* , May 08 2008 11:00 PM

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#1 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 08 May 2008 - 11:00 PM

images/news/nvidia.jpgThe most recent WHQL drivers for the GeForce 6/7/8 series of cards in fact are a bit dated and were released back on December 19 and 20 of last year 2007. As of today, these are the current drivers offered by NVIDIA:

GeForce 6/7/8 Series
32-bit Windows XP: ForceWare Release 169.21, December 19, 2007
32-bit Windows Vista: ForceWare Release 169.25, December 20, 2007
64-bit Windows XP: ForceWare Release 169.21, December 19, 2007
64-bit Windows Vista: ForceWare Release 169.25, December 20, 2007

GeForce 9 Series
32-bit Windows XP: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008
32-bit Windows Vista: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008
64-bit Windows XP: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008
64-bit Windows Vista: GeForce Release 174.74, April 1st, 2008

The 6/7/8 series are in fact already 18 weeks old, which is quite substantial in this industry segment, especially if you consider that ATI releases new driver packages each month.

However, NVIDIA told us that new drivers are on the way: NVIDIA’s Chris Daniel told us that "the drivers are going through WHQL as we speak. ETA is sometime next week."

NVIDIA seriously dropped the ball here, but the situation is getting fixed. We wonder why NVIDIA does not step up to the table and offer monthly or at least quarterly driver updates for its products.

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#2 m.oreilly

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Posted 08 May 2008 - 11:23 PM

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Are you out of your f*cking mind? Why would NVIDIA need to update drivers monthly? You have just wasted my time.

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NV is top dawg, they don't need to support their customers to keep in business these days.

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#3 eniparadoxgma

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Posted 09 May 2008 - 09:30 AM

I'd also like to know when Nvidia is going to come up with a fix for the video corruption issue in various recent nforce mobos.Nvidia's way of dealing with the issue.

It's already a 30 page thread on the evga forums: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=253891...page=1&key=

(although it isn't 780i specific, much less evga)

Edited by eniparadoxgma, 09 May 2008 - 09:32 AM.