Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

[Romulinx2]

Great a proper driver dedicated to Win 7.

 

[Ex_Brit]

It took a while to install but it works. Hooray.

 

[Brink]

Nvidia Forceware 181.71 - windows 7

Installs WDDM v1.1 for GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series DirectX 10 GPUs.
Installs WDDM v1.0 for GeForce 6 and 7-series DirectX 9 GPUs.
Supports Direct3D, Direct2D, and DirectWrite.
Supports NVIDIA CUDA - Compute Unified Device Architecture.
Supports NVIDIA PhysX (this driver package automatically installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203 for all GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series GPUs).
Supports NVIDIA SLI on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.

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GeForce Release 181

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GeForce Release 181

Thank you Neil for the update. The first post has been updated.

Shawn

 

[Neilsouth]

Nvidia Forceware 182.08 ( not windows 7 drivers ) but vista does work with win 7 so posting here

Vista 64
http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/182.08/182.08_geforce_winvista_64bit_international_whql.exe

Vista 32
http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/182.08/182.08_geforce_winvista_32bit_international_whql.exe

Release Highlights:
This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 182.08:
· Added support for GeForce GTS 250.
· Added SLI profile support for some newly released games.
· Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.
· Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

 

[Agrevail]

rivatuner doesnt recognise the latest win 7 drivers and I ended up scoring lower on 3dvantage. I went back to 182.06. Course now ill try 182.08

 

[Dwarf]

Excellent news. Have downloaded and installed the new NVidia 64-bit driver for W7. Just wondering if and when the following discrepancy is going to be sorted?

From WEI report:


From Device Manager:

 

[johngalt]

It's not a discrepancy - those really *are* older drivers - the W7 drivers are still a bit behind the current Vista / XP drivers.

Case in point: The 181+ set of drivers (including my 185.2 Betas) have the ability to enable or disable PhysX use, whereas that latest W& driver does not....

Also, you might want to check and see if it even installs any sort o PhysX software, and if so, the version of that.

I am going to try both the 181.87 and the 182.08 drivers, but will probably end up going back to the 185.2 Betas - they have been the most stable for me on W7....

 

[skunksmash]

im running the 182.08s on W7 with no probs.....

it actually stated ''x64 W7 driver'' upon install..?? :sarc:





SK

 

[Everlong]

It did that with me too Skunk when I used to use Vista drivers, but my PC crashed when I had SLI enabled and played games. I tried the beta Windows 7 drivers from Nvidia and SLI works fine now.

 

[Forman]

rivatuner doesnt recognise the latest win 7 drivers and I ended up scoring lower on 3dvantage. I went back to 182.06. Course now ill try 182.08

If you need Rivatuner for OC or fan adjustment, then you kan use EVGA Precision. It works with 181.71

 

[YupYup]

Nvidia Forceware 181.71 - windows 7 for mobile users are now available from windows update.

 

[Montrey]

What the .... ?? I have a strange error , when I trying to install 181 beta drivers. Some like "This file is not a 7-zip archive"? Can someone help?

 

[Mark]

It looks like you have 7-Zip set up to open that type of file and it doesn't recognize it by the looks of it, try removing the 7-zip association or uninstall it.

 

[Montrey]

Yep, I know that. But I'l allready done everething, like install\uninstall & deliting from regedit all about 7-zip. Drivers were packed with 7-zip , u can see it at prope-s . Such a luzer problem =\

 

[Brink]

Hi Montrey,

See if restoring the default ZIP association in Windows 7 may help. This tutorial is for Vista, but it is the same.

ZIP File Support - Restore - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Montrey]

Hm... I think it can help, but when I start it it says something like "not all changes were applyed becaose of a system busy"

 

[nate42nd]

I am getting the same "this is not a 7Zip archive" when running an .exe??? I gave up....although I did get the Nvidia control panel out of the deal. I can use the "digital vibrance" feature I like so much. The driver itself will not install. The new beta 4-2-09.

A day later.....I still have the same problem. If anyone has the solution, let me know. I have never used 7Zip in my life on any computer so it's not file association (i don't think)

 

[nate42nd]

If someone is having this problem with the "non 7 Zip archive" error, I found a way to get around it. Activate your "hidden admin account"

Administrator Account - Vista Forums

It works in Windows 7 too. Then download the driver with IE (not Chrome) I don't know what made the difference....the account or the download with IE.

Then install the driver from the "hidden administrator account" when it's installed...de-activate the account.

This worked for me and I am now running the latest drivers on Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64. (181.71 on 4-6-09) Hope this helps someone.

If anyone can tell me what made the difference...the admin account or IE...let me know.

 

[skunksmash]

just upgraded my drivers..........no probs at all.




ambient occlusion is back......







SK

 

[nate42nd]

You didn't by chance download the driver from the Chrome browser did you? I have a sneaky feeling that does not work on Windows 7 using the Chrome beta. Just a guess. I read another post on a forum about a person with the same exact problem I had. Live and learn.