NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week

*SRTDodge05* · 05-01-2008, 06:03 PM

A reader recently contacted us asking about 3DMarkVantage and NVIDIA WHQL drivers for his GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB. He told us that he wanted to run 3DMarkVantage with WHQL drivers, because he did not want to run teh etst with beta drivers and described NVIDIA’s latest WHQL drivers as "old dinos".
We did some research and found that the most recent WHQL drivers for the GeForce 6/7/8 series of cards in fact are a bit dated and were released back on December 19 and 20 of last year 2007. As of today, these are the current drivers offered by NVIDIA:

NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week - Tom's Hardware

ATINUT · 05-01-2008, 08:01 PM

I'll believe this when I see it actually happen.

PeterT · 05-05-2008, 08:17 PM

Nothing yet...

sammy2066 · 05-05-2008, 08:37 PM

It's only Monday ... lol

*polonyc2* · 05-06-2008, 01:21 PM

Nvidia released another beta set today--175.16

times like this that I miss ATI and their monthly non beta driver releases...5 months between official driver releases is ridiculous!!

JMerrick · 05-07-2008, 04:13 AM

Still using 93.71 found these are best for 7 series.

ATINUT · 05-07-2008, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polonyc2

Nvidia released another beta set today--175.16

times like this that I miss ATI and their monthly non beta driver releases...5 months between official driver releases is ridiculous!!

I switched back to an Intel chipset motherboard with the 975XBX2 in March, and last month, back to ATI when I purchased a Radeon 3870X2 videocard. Nvidia's driver mess, and no decent non beta drivers since December of 2007, was the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak.

*polonyc2* · 05-08-2008, 11:27 AM

"NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week"

it's Thursday and still no official non beta drivers...

I hope Nvidia releases these later today or tomorrow like they promised

**Sandog** · 05-08-2008, 11:35 AM

I admit the drivers are dated but I also have had no problems whatsoever with the current drivers. Still running the original 8800 GTS and it has been a great card. Next card will be ATI though. I want a Sapphire Toxic version of the R770 GPU.

JimTram · 05-08-2008, 03:31 PM

Hi Sandog - yep the 8800GTS is serving us well. Have not had any driver issues to speak of. Hope the updated drivers don't botch things up. What's your next "paper build"? I am thinking about buying some new hardware with the rebate check.

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Originally Posted by Sandog

I admit the drivers are dated but I also have had no problems whatsoever with the current drivers. Still running the original 8800 GTS and it has been a great card. Next card will be ATI though. I want a Sapphire Toxic version of the R770 GPU.

TQ · 05-08-2008, 03:51 PM

We didn't get a rebate check. I'm miffed.

JimTram · 05-08-2008, 03:58 PM

I did not get it yet - but it's spent!

TQ · 05-08-2008, 04:04 PM

We didn't qualify. We did, though, get to pay the government a vast sum in taxes.

**Sandog** · 05-08-2008, 05:08 PM

Hey JT,

I am very slowly upgrading. I plan on keeping what I get next till it breaks if you can believe that. So far I have a great new all in one printer and a new 24" monitor plus I have the new case and power supply. Those parts are done. My new video card will be a single ATI R770 which I plan on getting next. The rest I'm not sure. My intentions are to move on to quad core and do it with minimal power requirements. I already have the DDR3 I want to get but won't bother until I get the mobo/CPU. I am leaning toward the Intel P45 chipset since it uses less power and may even go with an Asus board so I can OC and play with a cheap Penryn.

JimTram · 05-09-2008, 12:55 AM

"I plan on keeping what I get next till it breaks if you can believe that". Nope - I don't believe it. LOL

I have it in my head to get a Q6600 or Q6700. I really don't feel like cracking the case open just for a CPU. The 8800GTS is still performing exceptionally well. ASUS makes great boards and that certainly is an option for me too after a relatively moderate hardware upgrade of only a CPU.

05-01-2008, 06:03 PM	#1
SRTDodge05 Grab Life By The Balls Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,819	NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week A reader recently contacted us asking about 3DMarkVantage and NVIDIA WHQL drivers for his GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB. He told us that he wanted to run 3DMarkVantage with WHQL drivers, because he did not want to run teh etst with beta drivers and described NVIDIA’s latest WHQL drivers as "old dinos". We did some research and found that the most recent WHQL drivers for the GeForce 6/7/8 series of cards in fact are a bit dated and were released back on December 19 and 20 of last year 2007. As of today, these are the current drivers offered by NVIDIA: NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week - Tom's Hardware __________________
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05-06-2008, 01:21 PM	#5
polonyc2 Helter Skelter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 7,179	Nvidia released another beta set today--175.16 times like this that I miss ATI and their monthly non beta driver releases...5 months between official driver releases is ridiculous!! __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) *** EVGA 8800GT Superclocked 512MB Intel E8400 * Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital RE2 500 GB WD5001ABYS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX620 AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Lite-On DVD-RW w/LightScribe LH-20A1L-06 * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Vista Business 64-bit w/SP1 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black)
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05-07-2008, 04:13 AM	#6
JMerrick Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 348	Re: NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week Still using 93.71 found these are best for 7 series. __________________ OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 3.0 GHz (Conroe) Motherboard ASUS P5B-E RAM 2 GB Kingston DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT PCI-E 512 MB Audio SoundMAX HD Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with HT (Northwood) Motherboard ASUS P4P800 Deluxe RAM 1 GB Kingston DDR400 3-3-3-8 Dual Channel Video NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP 256 MB Audio SoundMAX Digital Audio OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz (Coppermine) Motherboard ASUS P3V4X RAM 256 MB Kingston PC133 2-2-2-6 Video NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 AGP 64 MB Audio Creative Sound Blaster Live!
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05-08-2008, 11:27 AM	#8
polonyc2 Helter Skelter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 7,179	"NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week" it's Thursday and still no official non beta drivers... I hope Nvidia releases these later today or tomorrow like they promised __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) *** EVGA 8800GT Superclocked 512MB Intel E8400 * Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital RE2 500 GB WD5001ABYS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX620 AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Lite-On DVD-RW w/LightScribe LH-20A1L-06 * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Vista Business 64-bit w/SP1 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black)
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05-08-2008, 11:35 AM	#9
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5,980	Re: NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week I admit the drivers are dated but I also have had no problems whatsoever with the current drivers. Still running the original 8800 GTS and it has been a great card. Next card will be ATI though. I want a Sapphire Toxic version of the R770 GPU. __________________ Vista Ultimate 64bit//Intel DP45SG with Q9650//SuperTalent DDR3-1600 4GB (2X2GB) CL7//Antec Three Hundred Case with NeoPower 550 PS//Sapphire HD 4850 TOXIC Edition//Western Digital VelociRaptor and WD5000AAKS(backup)//Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP Monitor//Logitech G5 Mouse//MS Digital Media Keyboard 3000//ASUS DRW-2014L1T DVD Burner with LightScribe//Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks 210D Speakers//Cannon MX700 All-in-One Printer
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05-08-2008, 03:51 PM	#11
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JimTram Seabees, USN-Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Camarillo, California Posts: 2,856	Re: NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week I did not get it yet - but it's spent! __________________ Intel DP965LT rev 209, Q6700, KVR800D2 4096M (4x1024), eVGA 9800GTX, Seagate ST3300620AS (2x), Audigy 2ZS Platinum, SyncMaster 940BX, Brother MSC7420, Creative Inspire T3000, Sony FDD, Iomega Ext HDD 80GB, Pioneer DVR-212D, Logitech 518, Logitech Extreme 3d Pro Wingman, Antec SLK 3000-B, Antec 550W-Trio, and XPPro SP3. Dell XPS M140, Intel Pentium M750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB), 1024M DDR, 80GB HDD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, TV Tuner, and XPMCE.
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TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week We didn't qualify. We did, though, get to pay the government a vast sum in taxes. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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05-08-2008, 05:08 PM	#14
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5,980	Re: NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week Hey JT, I am very slowly upgrading. I plan on keeping what I get next till it breaks if you can believe that. So far I have a great new all in one printer and a new 24" monitor plus I have the new case and power supply. Those parts are done. My new video card will be a single ATI R770 which I plan on getting next. The rest I'm not sure. My intentions are to move on to quad core and do it with minimal power requirements. I already have the DDR3 I want to get but won't bother until I get the mobo/CPU. I am leaning toward the Intel P45 chipset since it uses less power and may even go with an Asus board so I can OC and play with a cheap Penryn. __________________ Vista Ultimate 64bit//Intel DP45SG with Q9650//SuperTalent DDR3-1600 4GB (2X2GB) CL7//Antec Three Hundred Case with NeoPower 550 PS//Sapphire HD 4850 TOXIC Edition//Western Digital VelociRaptor and WD5000AAKS(backup)//Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP Monitor//Logitech G5 Mouse//MS Digital Media Keyboard 3000//ASUS DRW-2014L1T DVD Burner with LightScribe//Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks 210D Speakers//Cannon MX700 All-in-One Printer
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05-09-2008, 12:55 AM	#15
JimTram Seabees, USN-Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Camarillo, California Posts: 2,856	Re: NVIDIA To Replace Dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL Drivers Next Week "I plan on keeping what I get next till it breaks if you can believe that". Nope - I don't believe it. LOL I have it in my head to get a Q6600 or Q6700. I really don't feel like cracking the case open just for a CPU. The 8800GTS is still performing exceptionally well. ASUS makes great boards and that certainly is an option for me too after a relatively moderate hardware upgrade of only a CPU. __________________ Intel DP965LT rev 209, Q6700, KVR800D2 4096M (4x1024), eVGA 9800GTX, Seagate ST3300620AS (2x), Audigy 2ZS Platinum, SyncMaster 940BX, Brother MSC7420, Creative Inspire T3000, Sony FDD, Iomega Ext HDD 80GB, Pioneer DVR-212D, Logitech 518, Logitech Extreme 3d Pro Wingman, Antec SLK 3000-B, Antec 550W-Trio, and XPPro SP3. Dell XPS M140, Intel Pentium M750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB), 1024M DDR, 80GB HDD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, TV Tuner, and XPMCE.
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