nVidia drivers

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Has anbyody managed to install the nVidia Vista driver?

I'm getting the error message that I don't have Windows Vista installed
(which of course I do). Consequently I can't run OpenGL, etc.
 
I had the same problem, so I tried something different and read the release
notes for 88.61. The release notes page 7 titled "Not NVIDIA issues" will
walk you through the procedure to install the drivers.
 
I appreciate the post and did indeed read the release notes but it's an exe
file that we download and those instructions say we should unzip it. Umm,
how?
 
In any case, I noticed that the default drivers Vista installed were the 53
series from 2004 !!! Luckily I kept most of my old drivers and managed to
install the 78.01 series from September of last year so at least I have
OpenGl support, etc. now.

Why on earth the "latest" OS is installing drivers from two years ago that
don't even give us all of the graphics capabilities we need is beyond me.
 
I went to nvidia and "run" directly the drivers that i needed(Forceware
Release 85 ver 88.61) Beta drivers for Windows Vista. I've only played San
Andreas so far, laggy but playable.
 
Nah - the nVidia driver to be perfectly honest, is absolute shite. Just
stick with the Vista driver which comes with the OS - OK it might not run at
the best of performance, but it seems there's no way to get rid of the
nVidia driver after you install it 8o|

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And then I don't have OpenGL and 3D support and can't play my games? Umm,
think I'll choose NO on that suggestion, thanks.
 
To Zack

I don't want to start anything here, but are you a ATI video card user by
any chance??? As you may have guessed i'm an NVidia user. Never had any
problem what so ever installing or uninstalling drivers. I'm a gamer but i
don't go nuts on fps's.
 
Actually, just using the System Restore worked perfectly for me. I tried
installing the Nvidia Beta Vista drivers three times, and everytime I ended
up with a black screen on rebooting a couple of times.
System Restore fixed it, though no official Nvidia drivers still...
 
Thank God, I'm a nVidia user - but I've had... *experiences* with ATI in the
past...

*cough* arses *cough* ahem...

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Zack Whittaker
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rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!

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Yes I was bale too without problems. Sound is my only issue presently. Its my
old card that needs to be replaced. I am waiting for beta 2 drivers from
creative.
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system:
AMD 64 3000, MSI k8t Neo,1.5 gig RAM, WD Raptor SATA 74G HD, eVGA 6800 GT,
SB live value, Vista beta 2 64 bit/XP Pro 64 bit...
Thanks,
BJBB
 
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