NVIDIA to unify desktop and notebook driver releases

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    NVIDIA to unify desktop and notebook driver releases


    Posted: 26 Apr 2010
    Neowin.net said:
    NVIDIA announced that they are starting a new initiative to merge driver releases for desktops and notebooks with their Verde program. Starting with the 256 ‘Fermi’ series of cards, all future driver releases will be universally compatible. This should come as great news to many notebook users who have been left behind with older driver versions, and often had to go through their notebook manufacturers for officially compatible releases.

    While gamers are certainly going to benefit from this, it is also good news for those who want utilize programs that incorporate CUDA enabled performance enhancements. NVIDIA's 197 series driver will also enable utilization of 3D displays, and offer significant performance boosts for various games and applications.
    Read the full article here.
    Dark Nova Gamer's Avatar Posted By: Dark Nova Gamer
    26 Apr 2010



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    GEEZ! FINALLY!!! I am an ATI fan, and I had ATI cards all my life. It's only been recently that I got in to nVidia since I just bought a laptop. And apparently, based on very extensive reasearch, only nVidia mobile GPUs seem to have GDDR RAM.

    I don't know if ATI's support for Mobile GPUs is worse or better. Needless to say, I got very impatient waiting for nVidia to release updated drivers for my notebook.

    Shopped at Newegg.
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    arkhi said:
    GEEZ! FINALLY!!! I am an ATI fan, and I had ATI cards all my life. It's only been recently that I got in to nVidia since I just bought a laptop. And apparently, based on very extensive reasearch, only nVidia mobile GPUs seem to have GDDR RAM.

    I don't know if ATI's support for Mobile GPUs is worse or better. Needless to say, I got very impatient waiting for nVidia to release updated drivers for my notebook.

    Shopped at Newegg.
    Not an nVidia user myself right now (soon I will be), although Newegg.com is a great place to get anything.
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    Not much different than from ATI, they started doing this a couple or releases ago. This is from the release notes from the Catalyst 10.3,

    The following notebooks are not supported in this release:
    -Any notebook launched after this driver release
    -Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel chipsets.
    -Toshiba notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver
    support for these notebooks)
    -Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for
    driver support for these notebooks)
    -Panasonic notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for
    driver support for these notebooks)
    With the exception of the three mentioned, pretty much the same thing as what it says in the Neowin article.
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    DarkNovaGamer said:
    Not an nVidia user myself right now (soon I will be), although Newegg.com is a great place to get anything.
    If you don't mind doing business with the devil.
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    seekermeister said:
    DarkNovaGamer said:
    Not an nVidia user myself right now (soon I will be), although Newegg.com is a great place to get anything.
    If you don't mind doing business with the devil.
    Got something against newegg. ?
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    DarkNovaGamer said:
    seekermeister said:
    DarkNovaGamer said:
    Not an nVidia user myself right now (soon I will be), although Newegg.com is a great place to get anything.
    If you don't mind doing business with the devil.
    Got something against newegg. ?
    Rawr! TIGER DIRECT!! No, but i think that TigerDirect is the wallmart(ie: cheap prices, low quality) of tech. online stores. And i think newegg is the bestbuy+wallmart(ie: quality, but still cheap prices) of online tech. stores. So it all works out :P
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    DarkDavil said:
    DarkNovaGamer said:
    seekermeister said:

    If you don't mind doing business with the devil.
    Got something against newegg. ?
    Rawr! TIGER DIRECT!! No, but i think that TigerDirect is the wallmart(ie: cheap prices, low quality) of tech. online stores. And i think newegg is the bestbuy+wallmart(ie: quality, but still cheap prices) of online tech. stores. So it all works out :P
    Newegg was always great with shipping. XD

    Well lets not go off-topic here, if you want go ahead and make a 'Newegg.com opinions' thread in chillout.
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    DarkNovaGamer said:
    Got something against newegg. ?
    Without going into details...yes.
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    seekermeister said:
    DarkNovaGamer said:
    Got something against newegg. ?
    Without going into details...yes.
    I'd like to know what, if you wouldn't mind PMing me them. :)
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