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FPSLabs Home: NVIDIA's Latest Vista Drivers

By: Jason Krueger - Published March 06, 2007 at 12:03 AM EST - Writer Archive
The newest updated drivers from NVIDIA for Windows Vista with key bug fixes and performance tweaking.
Via NVIDIA Developers Blog: "Here are our very latest Vista drivers with a host of fixes and some signficant performance gains in some games.

New Features

-GeForce 7 series SLI support
-GeForce 6 series SLI support
-GeForce 7950 GX2 support (both GPUs are now operational)

Key Bug Fixes

-Improved OpenGL performance
-Improved NVIDIA SLI performance at high resolutions
-Brief corruption (flickering, boxes) on screen at Windows Vista login, CTR-ALT-DEL
(Task Manager), or other function that requires Vista User Account Control
-Playback issues when playing TV/DVD/video in Media Center with Aero enabled
-Outputting via TV-Out shows only a black and white display
-HDTV output does not keep HDTV resolution after restart
-Adjusting Video Color settings from the NVIDIA Control Panel are not getting applied.
-Change Flat Panel Scaling page does not correctly work in the NVIDIA Control Panel.
-Brightness, Contrast and Gamma values remain the same in Adjust Desktop Color
settings once closing and opening the NVIDIA Control Panel.
-Corruption on DVI monitor while going to hibernation from standby
-Call of Duty 2 has no performance gain when SLI is enabled
-Madden NFL 07 while playing the screen will freeze, but the game will continue to run
and you hear the in-game sounds.
-General application compatibility fixes"

Download them at Nzone


It's good to see NVIDIA getting on the ball with some solid drivers for Vista. While not yet perfect or WHQL certified, they do give solid performance. I have been using them for days now and have noticed numerous bug fixes, better frame rates, and more overall stability. By no means do these drivers put Vista on par with XP performance, but they are a strong step in the right direction.

Source @ NVIDIA Developers Blog

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