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Windows 7: NVIDIA to unify desktop and notebook driver releases
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26 Apr 2010
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
NVIDIA to unify desktop and notebook driver releases
Quote: Originally Posted by Neowin.net 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. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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26 Apr 2010
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#2 | |
Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 |
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. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus G73SW-XN2
OS Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195
CPU Intel Core i7-2630QM@2GHz(2.9GHz Turbo Boost) [Sandy Bridge]
Motherboard Asus G73SW (Intel HM65 Chipset)
Memory Kingston DDR3 1333 16GB (4GBx4)
Graphics Card nVidia GTX 460m 1.5GB
Sound Card EAX Advanced HD 5.0, THX TruStudio
Monitor(s) Displays 17.3 in. primary & 23 in. secondary
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Built-in 102-Key Backlit Keyboard
Hard Drives Seagate Momentus XT (SATA II) 500 GB @ 7200 RPM
Hitachi (SATA II) 500GB @ 7200 RPM
Non Raid because ASUS was crappy to choose an HM65 Chipset
Other Info It's a Laptop.
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26 Apr 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by arkhi  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.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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26 Apr 2010
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#4 | |
Win 7 Ultimate x64 Etobicoke, Ontario |
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, Quote: 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. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me
OS Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Phenom II x4 955 @ 4 GHz.
Motherboard Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory 2x2 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 6850
Sound Card Xonar DGX w/ Logitech X-530
Monitor(s) Displays Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Wave
Mouse Logitech G5 v2
PSU Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case Antec Three Hundred
Cooling Cooler Master 212 EVO
Hard Drives 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
Internet Speed 24000/1000
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26 Apr 2010
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#5 | |
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer 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. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
Internet Speed 3.3Mbps
Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
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26 Apr 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by seekermeister
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer 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.  ? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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26 Apr 2010
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#7 | |
7 x64/ Back-Track 4 Illinois...India? |
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer
Quote: Originally Posted by seekermeister
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer 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 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP dv6000t CTO Entertainment Lappy |My Desktop @ Bottom
OS 7 x64/ Back-Track 4
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 8300@ 2.4 Ghz
Motherboard HP's Own
Memory 4096 MB DDR2
Graphics Card Nvidia 8400M GS
Sound Card Altec Lansing (The usual on Laptops )
Monitor(s) Displays Laptop Screen. 17' Wide.
Screen Resolution 1280 x 800
Keyboard Norm. Cheap Random Keyboard
Mouse Norm. Cheap Random Mouse
Cooling 2 External Fans, Undervolted, Coolant
Hard Drives 150 GB HDD.
Other Info This is my Homemade Desktop :)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 16MB 7200RPM SATA2
And more to come in a bit! :D
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26 Apr 2010
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkDavil
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer
Quote: Originally Posted by seekermeister
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. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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26 Apr 2010
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#9 | |
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer Got something against newegg. ? Without going into details...yes. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY
OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3
Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI
Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS
Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS
Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto
PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000
Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB
Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans
Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black
Internet Speed 3.3Mbps
Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig)
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26 Apr 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
Quote: Originally Posted by seekermeister
Quote: Originally Posted by DarkNovaGamer Got something against newegg. ? Without going into details...yes. I'd like to know what, if you wouldn't mind PMing me them.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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