Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

[XGUNTHERC]

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NVIDIA drivers responsible for nearly 30% of Vista crashes in 2007

I can see this being another problem for Win7 if they don't get some better drivers coming!

 

[skunksmash]

that sounds like quite a rough time you've had there mate....

but im running the W7 185.85 WHQLs without a hitch..???,

& look....its even throttling as of 1min ago



these speradic problems seem to be increasing of late, & being BETA or WHQL makes no difference, theyre ALL suffering.


SK

 

[XGUNTHERC]

Ya I've noticed that Signed or not, some have problems. and some people don't.

So Skunk, when you right click on the desktop to click refresh, enter the NV Contorl Panel, or to go to personalize and such.. when you right click on desktop is it fast.. mine takes around 5 seconds. It's the NV driver. for sure.

I installed the latest 185.85 and it FINALLY installed. it worked this time. my NV Control panel is working again. and my cards are now finally downclocking Correctly.

right now I'm at 301 on Core, 602 on shader, and the weird part is 1188 on Memory. even though it's set for 999 the stock speed. so the memory reading is my only problem..

I still have to wait forever for my right click on desktop to work. but I'll live with it for now.

I'm going to try and game on .85 and see how it goes.

update* I just played a solid few hours on 185.85 and I didn't have anymore Nvidia related crashes like before. those might have been because I was running a vista driver.. I also played with my SLI at default speeds. when I OC the 260's i think those might make it unstable as well. I'll need to do more testing on that. but I just played about 3 hours with no problems.

awesome!

 

[Zirro]

NVIDIA 185.85 driver problem

I notice quite a few people having problems with the 185.85 driver for Win 7.
The NVIDIA 185.85 64-bit driver appeared to install properly, but it later crashed my system badly. Took me 2 hours to fix it all.
Not happy NVIDIA!

 

[Ex_Brit]

I don't know what nVidia are thinking about, but, as they have such a large market share, one would think that they would get it right once in a while. According to the nVidia forums and from my own experience, this has been going on, off and on, for years.

I replaced my ATI card when I got fed up with their software screwing up and now this...!!

Nowhere to turn....LOL.

 

[XGUNTHERC]

I see what you mean. In the mean time I'm having No problems with the 185.85 except for the long context menu thing on desktop. everywhere else when I right click works fine. It's ONLY on the desktop. So I'm just going to learn not to click on desktop as much. lol.

I sure hope the drivers continue to improve. They usually do so we can only wait.

 

[Zirro]

Nvidia Driver on Windows Update

Wouldn't you know it.
Windows update is today offering me an NVIDIA driver update (for Win 7 64-bit), but the link to more info leads to a dead-end.

I just want to know which version they are offering as I dont want to waste my quota downloading V185.85.

I dont know why Microsoft find it so hard offer a bit of useful info (e.g. version no.) for the driver updates offered.

 

[Ex_Brit]

I agree. Some description of the what the updates are would go a long way.

 

[Ex_Brit]

P.S. It didn't offer me any nVidia updates and I already have 185.85.

 

[tinmanjim]

geForce 6200 in the dark...

I've got a geforce 6200 on a 32 bit system. When I attempt to run 185.85_desktop_win7_32bit_english_whql, it stops to tell me that it has detected no compatible hardware, then quits.

I'm dual-booting xp and 7; xp sees the board just fine, but 7 doesn't seem to see it at all.

What gives??

 

[Ex_Brit]

Did you post you problems over in the nVidia Nzone GeForce Drivers forum also? They usually have an answer.
NVIDIA Forums -> GeForce Drivers

 

[RST101]

185.85 problem here and 181s. They will not run need for speed pro street or undercover.

I also lost 2 points on the wei with the 185s, strange but true. The even stranger thing is they have whql stamp!

 

[torrentg]

I've got a geforce 6200 on a 32 bit system. When I attempt to run 185.85_desktop_win7_32bit_english_whql, it stops to tell me that it has detected no compatible hardware, then quits.

I'm dual-booting xp and 7; xp sees the board just fine, but 7 doesn't seem to see it at all.

What gives??

In my 2nd pc, I have 6200A-LE. 185.85 driver, 32 bit installed perfect for me no problems. On the recent betas however, I had to add 2 lines for my card's id to two places in the .inf, following the format for the other cards. This will enable you to install yours from the device manager. Post back if you need further help or instruction. You can get the id for your card from right clicking the card in the device manager, choose properties, then details tab. Change property to Hardware, then your value is listed below. It is the string of 4 numbers directly to the right of DEV_.

If you want, I'll make the .inf for you if you tell me the 4 number string I described how to find above.

 

[tinmanjim]

Thanks Ex_Brit- I'll re-post over there.

 

[deltawoLf]

Hey, I'm having a bit of trouble here.

I downloaded the 185.85s for Windows 7 64 bit...I'm on a Gateway 7805u FX notebook (which isn't listed as a notebook that is not supported) with a 1GB GeForce 9800GS and I'm running on the Windows 7 RC...

Anyway, my problem is when I go to install the drivers, I start up the exe, works fine, but then when I get to "Select the features you want to install" the only option I get is "NVIDIA HD AUDIO DRIVER (1734k)". As far as I know, my sound card on this laptop doesn't even support Nvidia drivers, so I don't know why that's showing up. Secondly, why won't it let me install the actual graphics card drivers? I have a card that is supported on the list, but yet it won't let me even select the drivers on that list, because they're not there to begin with.

I'm completely out of ideas. I've never had any trouble updating drivers before... especially with an issue like this one.

Anyone know what could be wrong?

Thanks!

 

[Britgeezer]

Problem to run Directv 2PC

Purchased a new GTX 275 and installed with Win 7 -64 and latest 185.85 drivers. Everything seems fine other than Directv 2PC will not run and let me view my DVR content over my network.

Error message is "GPU does not support Screen capture protection for protected content - update SW or modify driver settings"
I don't see an option for that in the nVidia control panel.

Any ideas how to correct this?

I didn't try the drivers that came with the GPU, that may be worth a try in case its related to 185.85.

I also posted this at Nvidia forums.

 

[Capn]

Error message is "GPU does not support Screen capture protection for protected content - update SW or modify driver settings"
I don't see an option for that in the nVidia control panel.

Any ideas how to correct this?

That sounds like the DRM is getting in the way. Did the card that you bought say that it supported HDPC?

 

[Britgeezer]

That sounds like the DRM is getting in the way. Did the card that you bought say that it supported HDPC?

Checked on the box and yes it says the GTX 275 is HDCP capable - Dual Link and HDMI capable.

So you think that someone is worried in case I try to re-record the DVR content? How do I find out? try and contact cyberlink and or directTV?

Update: I checked a little more and my GTX 260 has the same HDCP feature (but doesn't say HDMI capable) it runs 185-85 on XP Pro without issues on Directv 2PC. So I think its more related to Win 7 -64.

 

[Capn]

So you think that someone is worried in case I try to re-record the DVR content? How do I find out? try and contact cyberlink and or directTV?

Not at all sure what the next step should be. I'd try Cyberlink maybe. DirecTV is never very helpful. You'll probably just get a "we don't support that" type answer. Hey, but YMMV.

Good luck and let us know if you work out a solution.

 

[Pinger]

Not sure if this is relevant BUT when I first downloaded nVidia's Windows 7 drivers I kept getting a error message or it just wouldn't install them, I know this is strange but I downloaded them while using Firefox and it's downloader, well I then downloaded them using IE8 and they installed perfectly.. I know this maybe irrelevant but I just had to put it out there in case this is causing others a problem..