Vista Nvidia Driver Updates

Because I gave feedback to Nvidia on their drivers for Windows Vista, I received an email from them today about the latest set of updates to the following boards but not the mobile GPUs:

  • GeForce 6
  • GeForce 7
  • GeForce 8

What's coming with the new drivers:

New Features

  • GeForce 7 series SLI support
  • GeForce 6 series SLI support
  • GeForce 7950 GX2 support (both GPUs are now operational)

Key Bug Fixes

  • Improved OpenGL performance
  • Improved NVIDIA SLI performance at high resolutions
  • Brief corruption (flickering, boxes) on screen at Windows Vista login, CTR-ALT-DEL (Task Manager), or other function that requires Vista User Account Control
  • Playback issues when playing TV/DVD/video in Media Center with Aero enabled
  • Outputting via TV-Out shows only a black and white display
  • HDTV output does not keep HDTV resolution after restart
  • Adjusting Video Color settings from the NVIDIA Control Panel are not getting applied.
  • Change Flat Panel Scaling page does not correctly work in the NVIDIA Control Panel.
  • Brightness, Contrast and Gamma values remain the same in Adjust Desktop Color settings once closing and opening the NVIDIA Control Panel.
  • Corruption on DVI monitor while going to hibernation from standby
  • Call of Duty 2 has no performance gain when SLI is enabled
  • Madden NFL 07 while playing the screen will freeze, but the game will continue to run and you hear the in-game sounds.

General application compatibility fixes

  • Products Supported
  • GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS
  • GeForce 7 series
  • GeForce 6 series

The new drivers will be available over the next couple of days from https://www.nvidia.com/object/vistaqualityassurance.html.

If you want to report a bug to Nvidia, you can do so here:

Report a bug with the NVIDIA graphics driver

 

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