Main Menu
» Home
» News
» Forums
» Articles
» Files
» Blogs
» Chat
» Search
» Register
» User CP
» Screenshots
» Disclaimer
» Submit News
» News Archive
» Contact Us
Follow Us
» Facebook
» Twitter
» Newsletter
» RSS Feed

nVidia ForceWare 163.69 WHQL
Posted by Regeneration on September 19th, 2007, 11:38 PM

Nvidia Corporation has replaced the ForceWare 163.69 beta driver for Windows Vista with an official ForceWare 163.69 WHQL-certified driver. So basically it means that Nvidia has submitted ForceWare 163.69 to Microsoft’s labs, and now they received their WHQL signature. What’s new? Probably nothing, except of the WHQL signature of course.

Download for Windows Vista x32

Download for Windows Vista x64

3 Comments
ok, look, before anyone one installs this i wanna lay a few guide lines

Firstly, download and install all the latest vista updates, including the Reliability and compatibility packs.

secondly, ALWAYs remove the driver in safe mode and ALWAYS install the driver in safe mode, this causes the least installation issues

lastly, if errors ensue, don't automatically jump to blame the drivers, many senior members of various forums are running these drivers fine, so if errors are occuring, then it is either something, you the computer user has done, a conflict in installed hardware, or as another user of the nvidia boards pointed out, a device connection issue, possibly loose connections of a cable or usb device.

these drivers SHOULD NOT have the TDR and bsod issues that have plagued many people, and i will stress, that if you do get issues, please post as such, and explain the crash issue in detail, in a calm manner, screaming at us that it doesn't work will not get the problem fixed, and again, i can assure you, these drivers are nothing like the original vista releases.

the major problem of TDR appears to be the lack of driver files being cleaned up during uninstall and some members of the NV forums have found that deleting all the nvlddm.sys found on the system as a positive effect, when reinstalling, this is why i recommend the safe mode installation, whe the vgasave driver is used instead of the display driver.

squall.
Quote
So the WHQL drivers are Vista only? Is this a policy change, or just an incomplete list of what is newly available?
Quote
a bug was found in the XP version at the last minute so the drivers are undergoing QA testing then will be submitted to the WHQL Labs for signing
Quote

 

Quick Reply
Message:
Your Username: Click here to log in

Options
 





eXTReMe Tracker

Copyright © NGOHQ.com - All rights reserved
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium
without written permission of the site's owners is prohibited.
Powered by vBadvanced and vBulletin from Jelsoft
Copyright © 2000-2007 Jelsoft Enterprises Limited
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2

Contact Us - Archive - NGOHQ.com - NGOHQ.org - NGOHQ.net - Disclaimer - Top