Windows 7 Nvidia Display driver

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I already have 179.28 installed, and it says no updates :(
 

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What says no updates?

181.20 Windows 7 x64 display driver is at the nvidia website "NOW"!!

It was posted up today.

X86 is also there.

What is telling you there are no updates?

Your at least 2 revisions behind useing 179!
 

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GeForce Release 181

Go there!

Download!

Uninstall exsisting driver!

Reboot!

Win7 installs generic driver after reboot! ReStart again!

Install new nvidia driver! You will see it identify itself as a Windows 7 display driver, not a Vista driver!

Reboot!

Your done!
 

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What do you mean, it identifies itself as a Windows 7 Display Driver? It says right on the download, Windows VISTA <_<
 

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When the install screen comes up it says Windows 7 display driver.

Disregard what it says on the website.

Try it. It worked here.
 

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Well it doesn't even matter, I can't try them...I have a laptop, and those have different drivers
 

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does the aero peak work with yall nvidia cards my buddy has a nvidia geforce 8400, but the aero peak wont work for some reason...
 

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It appears all the newer drivers are Windows 7 Compatible, not just those - so I've upgraded to the Dell Mobile drivers meant for my computer that are Windows 7 Compatible :)

And I have a 8400M GS with no problems, Aero Peek working properly. Just make sure you're running Build 7000 ;)
 

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yeah he is running build 7000, im going to try installing these drivers and see what happens i find it hard to believe my ooooooooooooooooooold agp vid card can support it but his newer card cant
 

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Good Find

joel406 said:
Its ready for download at Welcome to NVIDIA - World Leader in Visual Computing Technologies.

What are you waiting for?

GO!
Click to expand...

Nice one, what a shame Nvidia can't get their own software to work. I have their System Update software which is supposed to tell me when new drivers are available. Even doing a manual check it doesn't come up with the drivers, you have to go to their site.

Nice find and thanks for the info...now downloading.
 

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I ran Windows Update and the WDDM 1.1 driver below showed up. Should I try this or the new 181.20 with a 280GTX?

NVIDIA driver update for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1)
This driver was provided by NVIDIA for support of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) Released 12/31/2008.
 
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Just to give you an idea - I have dual 260s - and I was pretty impressed with the 181.00 drivers.

Plus, the WDDM has one missing *main* feature - you cannot select which card to run SLI on as the main card. The 180.xx series and above you can.

Not very important, of course, for those not using SLI - but for those using it - it is important - especially in a dual monitor setup....
 

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WDM 1.1's are designed specifically for Windows 7 though, so keep that in mind as well...
 

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I installed the latest nVidia drivers and enabled SLI. I can not play World of Warcraft now as the login screen causes a hard hang. When I use the default drivers, I get about 30 seconds of play then a hang.

Ideas?
 

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Do you have the latest DirectX updates and you can also try the latest nvidia drivers from their website.
 

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doubleblack said:
WDM 1.1's are designed specifically for Windows 7 though, so keep that in mind as well...
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I just installed the 181.25 drivers - and the installation screen said "Windows 7 (64bit) driver installation...."

I *do* get a better WEI with WDDM drivers, but I get a better frame rate in GTA:IV with the 181 driver - so I think you can guess which one wins :p

Mindflayer said:
I installed the latest nVidia drivers and enabled SLI. I can not play World of Warcraft now as the login screen causes a hard hang. When I use the default drivers, I get about 30 seconds of play then a hang.

Ideas?
Click to expand...

Mr GRiM said:
Do you have the latest DirectX updates and you can also try the latest nvidia drivers from their website.
Click to expand...

Mindflayer said:
Yup on all of the updates.
Click to expand...

Have you tried reinstalling WOW from scratch?
 

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WoW did happen to be installed from scratch, but that has no impact. It was not just WoW, either - I found all games went blank or hung.

Darn shame.
 

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