Vista Drivers: ATI Catalyst 7.1 & Nvidia Forceware 100.54

***Zardon*** · Jan 29, 2007, 04:16 AM

Read about ATi Catalyst 7.1 // Nvidia Forceware 100.54
_______________________

Today we have a look at the newly released drivers from both ATI and Nvidia for Windows Vista. Are things in good enough shape for us to forget about gaming on Windows XP?

WhO_KnOwS · Jan 29, 2007, 04:41 AM

Great job! Looks like it will take a while for Vista to become stable/problem free enough to replace XP for the majority of gamers.

PMOS · Jan 29, 2007, 04:57 AM

Hy, i have a little question

I m planning to build up a new highend system and i wanted to buy Vista Ultimate 64bit Systembuilder version for it!
Would you recomend it? Or should i wait for another few mounths or till the drivers work better?
Gruß aus Deutschland
Patrick

***Zardon*** · Jan 29, 2007, 05:11 AM

I would buy Vista as soon as you can afford it and dual boot with XP so you can learn how to set vista up in a non critical working environment using XP as a fall back. This means when the time finally comes that you can move away from XP you have Vista well set up and are aware of all the drivers and installations.

Just remember to get this handy (free) tool for multi booting with Vista, saves so much time http://www.vistabootpro.org/

germanjulian · Jan 29, 2007, 05:40 AM

get the 32 bit version since the 64 bit version has even less support for drivers. i am sure with ultimate u can upgrade with ur license... (NOT sure!!! check)

Cannyone · Jan 29, 2007, 06:33 AM

I personally would like to go with 64-bit Vista, but there just isn't enough real support for 64-bit "anything" currently. Also I think MS has changed their strategy regarding OEM versions of Vista - they will either be 32-bit, or 64-bit, but not both.

Monty1157 · Jan 29, 2007, 07:38 AM

Where are these drivers available from? I can only see the Dec beta release ones when searching for Vista 32-bit drivers on the ATI site.

ET3D · Jan 29, 2007, 07:49 AM

"The driver will support DX9, DX10 (8800 series only), OpenGL and limited DX9.0 SLI support. DX10 support will follow in a future driver..." (from the NVIDIA driver review)

Huh? Is DX10 in or not?

Erroneus · Jan 29, 2007, 08:54 AM

DX10 should be included, but not for SLI.

theonlybabyface · Jan 29, 2007, 04:25 PM

Shouldn't this be stickied in the Windows Radeon Display Drivers section? A little easier to find....

franz_matthaus · Feb 2, 2007, 10:33 AM

This is definitely good news. I haven't bought the new Microsoft OS because I was worried that some of my favorit games, especially the old ones, might encounter incompatibility problems with Vista. It's comforting to know that game manufacturers have addressed this problem. But I'm sure there are some producers who have failed to do so. Don't fret, though. There are Web-based services that offer Windows Vista drivers. I'm currently relying on [COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.radarsync.com/vista[/COLOR] for my impending Vista driver needs. For those of you who are having driver problems on the new Microsoft OS, try the service that I'm using.

FalconFour · Feb 5, 2007, 10:20 PM

Forget gaming, I can't even get the Vista drivers to work at all. Since this is my main computer and I'm not even considering yet another system rebuild to another OS, I'm stuck with Vista and have to wait for them to fix all the kinks. Will AMD ever correct all the massive usability problems with the drivers now that they swallowed ATI? Have a look at my thread in the Mobility forum... they really need to get their crap together. Right now it's darn near unusable...

I almost wonder if going back to an older beta version of the Vista drivers is worth a try... but at the moment, the ATI drivers aren't even usable. I have to rely on the crap Microsoft bundled with the OS...

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Feb 5, 2007, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

I would buy Vista as soon as you can afford it and dual boot with XP so you can learn how to set vista up in a non critical working environment using XP as a fall back. This means when the time finally comes that you can move away from XP you have Vista well set up and are aware of all the drivers and installations.

Just remember to get this handy (free) tool for multi booting with Vista, saves so much time http://www.vistabootpro.org/

Very sound advice. I'm still not brave enough to put and keep Vista on a system. I did the testing and found that experience troubling enough. Eventually they'll get stuff fixed, but Bleeding Edge is not where I want to be.

***Zardon*** · Feb 6, 2007, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theonlybabyface

Shouldn't this be stickied in the Windows Radeon Display Drivers section? A little easier to find....

Easier to find than on the front page?

I guess i could post a mirrored link to it in both Nvidia and ATi forums.......

Jan 29, 2007, 04:16 AM	#1
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,254 Rep Power: 3150	Vista Drivers: ATI Catalyst 7.1 & Nvidia Forceware 100.54 Read about ATi Catalyst 7.1 // Nvidia Forceware 100.54 _______________________ Today we have a look at the newly released drivers from both ATI and Nvidia for Windows Vista. Are things in good enough shape for us to forget about gaming on Windows XP?

Jan 29, 2007, 04:41 AM	#2
WhO_KnOwS The Knows Mister Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 415 Rep Power: 41	Great job! Looks like it will take a while for Vista to become stable/problem free enough to replace XP for the majority of gamers. __________________ How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jan 29, 2007, 05:40 AM	#5
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,794 Rep Power: 0	get the 32 bit version since the 64 bit version has even less support for drivers. i am sure with ultimate u can upgrade with ur license... (NOT sure!!! check) __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Jan 29, 2007, 06:33 AM	#6
Cannyone DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 80 Rep Power: 22 System Specs	I personally would like to go with 64-bit Vista, but there just isn't enough real support for 64-bit "anything" currently. Also I think MS has changed their strategy regarding OEM versions of Vista - they will either be 32-bit, or 64-bit, but not both. __________________ Eagles may Soar! But Weasels don't have to worry about being sucked into a jet engine...

Jan 29, 2007, 08:54 AM	#9
Erroneus Loving my Windows 7 Ent. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 12,921 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	DX10 should be included, but not for SLI. __________________

Jan 29, 2007, 04:57 AM	#3
PMOS DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pforzheim,BW,Germany Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Hy, i have a little question I m planning to build up a new highend system and i wanted to buy Vista Ultimate 64bit Systembuilder version for it! Would you recomend it? Or should i wait for another few mounths or till the drivers work better? Gruß aus Deutschland Patrick

Jan 29, 2007, 05:11 AM	#4
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,254 Rep Power: 3150	I would buy Vista as soon as you can afford it and dual boot with XP so you can learn how to set vista up in a non critical working environment using XP as a fall back. This means when the time finally comes that you can move away from XP you have Vista well set up and are aware of all the drivers and installations. Just remember to get this handy (free) tool for multi booting with Vista, saves so much time http://www.vistabootpro.org/

Jan 29, 2007, 07:38 AM	#7
Monty1157 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Where are these drivers available from? I can only see the Dec beta release ones when searching for Vista 32-bit drivers on the ATI site.

Jan 29, 2007, 07:49 AM	#8
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 2,524 Rep Power: 59 System Specs	"The driver will support DX9, DX10 (8800 series only), OpenGL and limited DX9.0 SLI support. DX10 support will follow in a future driver..." (from the NVIDIA driver review) Huh? Is DX10 in or not?

Jan 29, 2007, 04:25 PM	#10
theonlybabyface GO CANUCKS GO!!! Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 140 Rep Power: 0	Shouldn't this be stickied in the Windows Radeon Display Drivers section? A little easier to find.... __________________ [COLOR=Silver]MY MACHINE : Intel Q6600 \| ASUS Maximus Formula \| 4 x 1GB Team Xtreem DDR2-800 \| EVGA 8800GTS "G92" \| X-Fi Platinum \| Enermax Infiniti 720 \| Samsung 224BW KIDS MACHINE : Intel Xeon 3060 \| Intel BadaXe2 \| 2 x 1GB Kingston DDR2-667 \| BFG 8800GT OC \| Audigy 2 ZS \| OCZ GameXStream 850 \| [/COLOR][COLOR=Silver]Samsung 204B[/COLOR] [COLOR=dimgray][COLOR=Silver] [/COLOR][COLOR=Silver] [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=dimgray][COLOR=Silver] [/COLOR][/COLOR]

Feb 2, 2007, 10:33 AM	#11
franz_matthaus DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Vista Drivers This is definitely good news. I haven't bought the new Microsoft OS because I was worried that some of my favorit games, especially the old ones, might encounter incompatibility problems with Vista. It's comforting to know that game manufacturers have addressed this problem. But I'm sure there are some producers who have failed to do so. Don't fret, though. There are Web-based services that offer Windows Vista drivers. I'm currently relying on [COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.radarsync.com/vista[/COLOR] for my impending Vista driver needs. For those of you who are having driver problems on the new Microsoft OS, try the service that I'm using.

Feb 5, 2007, 10:20 PM	#12
FalconFour DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Forget gaming, I can't even get the Vista drivers to work at all. Since this is my main computer and I'm not even considering yet another system rebuild to another OS, I'm stuck with Vista and have to wait for them to fix all the kinks. Will AMD ever correct all the massive usability problems with the drivers now that they swallowed ATI? Have a look at my thread in the Mobility forum... they really need to get their crap together. Right now it's darn near unusable... I almost wonder if going back to an older beta version of the Vista drivers is worth a try... but at the moment, the ATI drivers aren't even usable. I have to rely on the crap Microsoft bundled with the OS...