x64 driver for 8800 GTX

~sidewinder~ · Nov 9, 2006, 06:59 PM

are there any x64 drivers for this card? mine will arrive next week and i'm using winxp x64.

fobis · Nov 9, 2006, 11:22 PM

Not yet for x64, and I kind of doubt they'll be in a huge rush to release a set for x64, either, with the release of Vista being super close and all...

ProGamer · Nov 19, 2006, 02:23 PM

Is there a was to mod the 32bir driver to use it with Windows X64?

CDsDontBurn · Nov 19, 2006, 03:20 PM

there is no current support for x64 drivers for the 8800 cards.

Note:
on EVGA cards, there is a beta driver on the driver disk available. That is the extent of driver support for x64 w/EVGA produts.

ProGamer · Nov 19, 2006, 03:43 PM

Can I download these Bera Drivers somewhere?

Or can someone upload them and post a link here?

Necrosis · Nov 19, 2006, 03:55 PM

Great...sure glad I didn't buy one of these cards now.

CDsDontBurn · Nov 19, 2006, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProGamer

Can I download these Bera Drivers somewhere?

Or can someone upload them and post a link here?

these beta drivers are not available for download.

~sidewinder~ · Nov 22, 2006, 01:12 AM

mine came with x64 beta drivers too. one problem i've crossed with is when i tried to play Prey, the game won't run 'cause it says there's a problem with the video card and driver combination. other games i play are looking great @ 1680x1050. i can even play oblivion now with max in-game settings, hdr+anti-aliasing.

i'm a little confused about csaa and ssaa because i chose both in nvcp (antialiasing - mode: enhance the application setting
antialiasing - setting: 8x
antialiasing - transparency: supersampling)
i mean, can csaa and ssaa work together or something?

btw, for those who need an x64 driver for 8800, there is one on guru3D. it's the same driver that came with my asus card but they removed all asus things in it.

TurfTavern · Dec 2, 2006, 10:41 PM

Anyone know about this 8800 GTX?? It seems to have up to date driver support:

http://www.palit.com.tw/en/products/...e_8800GTX.html

including winXP x64

I am looking to buy myself a pair for christmas; however, I am not sure on which Cards to get. So many options:

MSI - PNY - BFG - XFX - EVGA - Gigabyte - Asus - Leadtek - Sparkle - Palit - Foxconn

Really need a battle of the boards review. I know most of the boards are based on the refrence design but I have read several reviews on the EVGA Geforce 8800 GTX w/ ACS3 and really have enjoyed what has been said. It seem to run cooler with a better OC; however, and this is the rub, it isn't even out yet (only the non ACS3) and from what EVGA has had to say won't be out until the first or second quarter of next year. I can't wait that long.

fobis · Dec 2, 2006, 11:47 PM

Good brands to choose from: eVGA, XFX, BFG.
Okay to choose from: Asus, Gigabyte, Leadtek, PNY
Of course, this is completely speculative, but I've found that the first 3 I listed are the best (with best customer service, etc.)

TurfTavern · Dec 3, 2006, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fobis

Good brands to choose from: eVGA, XFX, BFG.
Okay to choose from: Asus, Gigabyte, Leadtek, PNY
Of course, this is completely speculative, but I've found that the first 3 I listed are the best (with best customer service, etc.)

Thanks for the info - I like the eVGA & BFG myself.

but just a quick question:

Why is it that the BFG Geforce 8800 GTX has a 256-bit memory bus and all the rest of the geforce 8800 GTX have a 384-bit memory bus??

CDsDontBurn · Dec 3, 2006, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurfTavern

Really need a battle of the boards review. I know most of the boards are based on the refrence design but I have read several reviews on the EVGA Geforce 8800 GTX w/ ACS3 and really have enjoyed what has been said. It seem to run cooler with a better OC; however, and this is the rub, it isn't even out yet (only the non ACS3) and from what EVGA has had to say won't be out until the first or second quarter of next year. I can't wait that long.

the EVGA board w/ACS 3 are available on an extremely limited supply. so limited, that they were given out to reviewers

. don't ask me why there aren't more, that's just all i know.

Prince_Link · Dec 3, 2006, 10:36 AM

nvidia will be releasing a X32/X64 set for the G80's soon.

TurfTavern · Dec 3, 2006, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

the EVGA board w/ACS 3 are available on an extremely limited supply. so limited, that they were given out to reviewers

. don't ask me why there aren't more, that's just all i know.

I called eVGA up and they told me that it is still in the lab under development. He said that they were tweaking the cooling a little bit. Still to have reviews about it and none about the non-asc3 pisses me off.

TurfTavern · Dec 4, 2006, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prince_Link

nvidia will be releasing a X32/X64 set for the G80's soon.

Where did you read/hear this??? Can you refer an URL please?

jp306 · Dec 4, 2006, 12:09 PM

I saw this thread over at techpowerup about X64 drivers and the 8800's

"NVIDIA forums: people get banned over 8800 & XP64 issue"

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=20995

TurfTavern · Dec 4, 2006, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jp306

I saw this thread over at techpowerup about X64 drivers and the 8800's

"NVIDIA forums: people get banned over 8800 & XP64 issue"

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=20995

thanks

Prince_Link · Dec 4, 2006, 07:40 PM

i would, but my source went and got himself banned from the place where he got the info....

TurfTavern · Dec 4, 2006, 11:25 PM

I just called Nvidia and a very nice woman told me that the winXP x64-bit driver will not be ready until the end of january. A little upset about this considering i just bought the winXP x64 thinking that it would have worked fine with the 8800GTX. Now i find out that the 8800GTX drivers are available when Microsoft vista is launched. I find that to be a bit cheeky on Nvidia's part.

However, if every Video card is the same in essence then can I not download the driver from the Palit website:

http://www.palit.com.tw/en/support/driver.html

They seem to have one ready

CDsDontBurn · Dec 5, 2006, 12:57 AM

the palit drivers are likely to be modified by palit from the beta (?) drivers supplied by NVIDIA. that is if NVIDIA allowed Palit to get a set of beta drivers.

TurfTavern · Dec 5, 2006, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

the palit drivers are likely to be modified by palit from the beta (?) drivers supplied by NVIDIA. that is if NVIDIA allowed Palit to get a set of beta drivers.

So in theory, it should work... as all boards are the same - correct?

CDsDontBurn · Dec 5, 2006, 03:41 AM

in theory, yes.

Prince_Link · Dec 5, 2006, 11:44 PM

Turf taven, she probably confused XP64 with Vista 64.

someone that works with the nvidia drivers has informed nvnews that XP64 and XPx86 drivers will be out soon.

TurfTavern · Dec 6, 2006, 01:41 AM

Thanks for the info guys

Necrosis · Dec 6, 2006, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prince_Link

Turf taven, she probably confused XP64 with Vista 64.

someone that works with the nvidia drivers has informed nvnews that XP64 and XPx86 drivers will be out soon.

Cool I'll pick one of these cards when they do.

TurfTavern · Dec 7, 2006, 09:30 PM

http://www.palit.com.tw/en/support/driver.html

If anybody uses this driver, let us know if there any problems

~sidewinder~ · Dec 8, 2006, 07:41 PM

Nvidia just released new drivers for these cards including x64. im going to install it now.

~sidewinder~ · Dec 8, 2006, 10:36 PM

I just finished installing the new 97.44 driver and now i'm having an issue with the driver saying on startup that the card is not having sufficient power and it had to lower the performance of the card to avoid damage. I'm using an enermax liberty 620w power supply. I've got 2 hard drives and 1 optical drive. I'm confused because when I was using the Asus 96.89 drivers, I never had this issue and I was even able to OC my card to 650/2020. I used drivercleaner and all but still...

I'll try to go back to the Asus 96.89 drivers that came with card and see what happens. What do you guys recommend I do about this?

CDsDontBurn · Dec 8, 2006, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~sidewinder~

I just finished installing the new 97.44 driver and now i'm having an issue with the driver saying on startup that the card is not having sufficient power and it had to lower the performance of the card to avoid damage. I'm using an enermax liberty 620w power supply. I've got 2 hard drives and 1 optical drive. I'm confused because when I was using the Asus 96.89 drivers, I never had this issue and I was even able to OC my card to 650/2020. I used drivercleaner and all but still...

I'll try to go back to the Asus 96.89 drivers that came with card and see what happens. What do you guys recommend I do about this?

might be an issue with the driver. Try the 97.02 driver (if you haven't already) that was prior to this 97.44 driver and see what that does for you. As of right now though, those are the only three drivers you have available to use this card.

~sidewinder~ · Dec 9, 2006, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

might be an issue with the driver. Try the 97.02 driver (if you haven't already) that was prior to this 97.44 driver and see what that does for you. As of right now though, those are the only three drivers you have available to use this card.

I only have 2 choices since I'm using WinXP x64. Anyway, I installed the Asus 96.89 driver again and everything turned out fine. But now, damn, I can't hold myself off wanting to buy a new power supply, maybe 1000w just to be sure and safe, then I'll try the new drivers again.
btw, with the Asus driver, I scored 9696 on 3DMark06. With the 97.44 driver, because it lowered the performance of my card due to "not sufficient power", even if it shows stock 575/1800 frequency settings, I scored a low 2419.

Nov 9, 2006, 06:59 PM	#1
~sidewinder~ DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0	x64 driver for 8800 GTX are there any x64 drivers for this card? mine will arrive next week and i'm using winxp x64.

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CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,849 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	there is no current support for x64 drivers for the 8800 cards. Note: on EVGA cards, there is a beta driver on the driver disk available. That is the extent of driver support for x64 w/EVGA produts. __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Dec 2, 2006, 10:41 PM	#9
TurfTavern DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: States at the moment Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Palit GeForce 8800GTX Anyone know about this 8800 GTX?? It seems to have up to date driver support: http://www.palit.com.tw/en/products/...e_8800GTX.html including winXP x64 I am looking to buy myself a pair for christmas; however, I am not sure on which Cards to get. So many options: MSI - PNY - BFG - XFX - EVGA - Gigabyte - Asus - Leadtek - Sparkle - Palit - Foxconn Really need a battle of the boards review. I know most of the boards are based on the refrence design but I have read several reviews on the EVGA Geforce 8800 GTX w/ ACS3 and really have enjoyed what has been said. It seem to run cooler with a better OC; however, and this is the rub, it isn't even out yet (only the non ACS3) and from what EVGA has had to say won't be out until the first or second quarter of next year. I can't wait that long.

Dec 2, 2006, 11:47 PM	#10
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 741 Rep Power: 36	Good brands to choose from: eVGA, XFX, BFG. Okay to choose from: Asus, Gigabyte, Leadtek, PNY Of course, this is completely speculative, but I've found that the first 3 I listed are the best (with best customer service, etc.) __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

Nov 19, 2006, 02:23 PM	#3
ProGamer DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Is there a was to mod the 32bir driver to use it with Windows X64?

Nov 19, 2006, 03:43 PM	#5
ProGamer DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Can I download these Bera Drivers somewhere? Or can someone upload them and post a link here?

Nov 19, 2006, 03:55 PM	#6
Necrosis DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,577 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	Great...sure glad I didn't buy one of these cards now.

Nov 22, 2006, 01:12 AM	#8
~sidewinder~ DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0	mine came with x64 beta drivers too. one problem i've crossed with is when i tried to play Prey, the game won't run 'cause it says there's a problem with the video card and driver combination. other games i play are looking great @ 1680x1050. i can even play oblivion now with max in-game settings, hdr+anti-aliasing. i'm a little confused about csaa and ssaa because i chose both in nvcp (antialiasing - mode: enhance the application setting antialiasing - setting: 8x antialiasing - transparency: supersampling) i mean, can csaa and ssaa work together or something? btw, for those who need an x64 driver for 8800, there is one on guru3D. it's the same driver that came with my asus card but they removed all asus things in it.

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Prince_Link DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 272 Rep Power: 0	nvidia will be releasing a X32/X64 set for the G80's soon. __________________

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jp306 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 309 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I saw this thread over at techpowerup about X64 drivers and the 8800's "NVIDIA forums: people get banned over 8800 & XP64 issue" http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=20995

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Prince_Link DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 272 Rep Power: 0	i would, but my source went and got himself banned from the place where he got the info.... __________________

Dec 4, 2006, 11:25 PM	#19
TurfTavern DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: States at the moment Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	bummer I just called Nvidia and a very nice woman told me that the winXP x64-bit driver will not be ready until the end of january. A little upset about this considering i just bought the winXP x64 thinking that it would have worked fine with the 8800GTX. Now i find out that the 8800GTX drivers are available when Microsoft vista is launched. I find that to be a bit cheeky on Nvidia's part. However, if every Video card is the same in essence then can I not download the driver from the Palit website: http://www.palit.com.tw/en/support/driver.html They seem to have one ready Last edited by TurfTavern; Dec 4, 2006 at 11:42 PM.

Dec 5, 2006, 12:57 AM	#20
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,849 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	the palit drivers are likely to be modified by palit from the beta (?) drivers supplied by NVIDIA. that is if NVIDIA allowed Palit to get a set of beta drivers. __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Dec 5, 2006, 03:41 AM	#22
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 21,849 Rep Power: 133 System Specs	in theory, yes. __________________ CD's Corner // Her first day // A year later // RX-8 Club 3Dmark06 - 4176 // 3Dmark05 - 7459 // 3Dmark03 - 14289 // PCmark05 - 4453 // PCmark04 - 6297

Dec 5, 2006, 11:44 PM	#23
Prince_Link DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 272 Rep Power: 0	Turf taven, she probably confused XP64 with Vista 64. someone that works with the nvidia drivers has informed nvnews that XP64 and XPx86 drivers will be out soon. __________________

Dec 6, 2006, 01:41 AM	#24
TurfTavern DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: States at the moment Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the info guys

Dec 7, 2006, 09:30 PM	#26
TurfTavern DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: States at the moment Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	http://www.palit.com.tw/en/support/driver.html If anybody uses this driver, let us know if there any problems

Dec 8, 2006, 07:41 PM	#27
~sidewinder~ DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0	Nvidia just released new drivers for these cards including x64. im going to install it now.

Dec 8, 2006, 10:36 PM	#28
~sidewinder~ DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0	I just finished installing the new 97.44 driver and now i'm having an issue with the driver saying on startup that the card is not having sufficient power and it had to lower the performance of the card to avoid damage. I'm using an enermax liberty 620w power supply. I've got 2 hard drives and 1 optical drive. I'm confused because when I was using the Asus 96.89 drivers, I never had this issue and I was even able to OC my card to 650/2020. I used drivercleaner and all but still... I'll try to go back to the Asus 96.89 drivers that came with card and see what happens. What do you guys recommend I do about this?