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nVidia GeForce 175.16 WHQL Drivers, Finally! - Release Date: May 13, 2008
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Post #1 post May 15 2008, 12:44


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Windows XP
  • WHQL Certified for Windows XP
  • Supports GeForce FX, 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs including these newly released GPUs:
    o GeForce 9800 GX2
    o GeForce 9800 GTX
    o GeForce 9600 GT
    o GeForce 9600 GSO
    o GeForce 8300
    o GeForce 8200/ nForce 730a
    o GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a
  • Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
  • Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9600 GT and 9600 GSO:
    o Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
    o Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements
    o Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration**
  • Improved performance on many DirectX 9 and OpenGL applications.
  • Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver.
  • GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring is available by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
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Vista
  • WHQL Certified for Windows Vista
  • Supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs including these newly released GPUs:
    o GeForce 9800 GX2
    o GeForce 9800 GTX
    o GeForce 9600 GT
    o GeForce 9600 GSO
    o GeForce 8300
    o GeForce 8200/ nForce 730a
    o GeForce 8100/nForce 720a
  • Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including Quad SLI technology with GeForce 9800 GX2 and 3-way SLI Technology with GeForce 9800 GTX.
  • Supports Hybrid SLI technology to turbo-charge graphics performance and enjoy intelligent power management on the following motherboards:
    o nForce 780a SLI
    o nForce 750a SLI
    o nForce 730a
    o nForce 720a
    o GeForce 8300
    o GeForce 8200
    o GeForce 8100
  • Supports GeForce Boost, a Hybrid SLI Technology, on the following GPUs:
    o GeForce 8500 GT
    o GeForce 8400 GS
  • Supports HybridPower, a Hybrid SLI Technology, on the following GPUs:
    o GeForce 9800 GX2
    o GeForce 9800 GTX
  • Adds support for NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology
  • Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9600 GT and 9600 GSO:
    o Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
    o Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements
    o Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration*
    o Microsoft Vista Aero display mode compatibility for Blu-ray & HD DVD playback*
  • Added the following pages to the NVIDIA Control Panel:
    o Manage Custom Resolutions
    o Adjust Television Color Settings
    o Adjust Screen Size and Position
    o Move CRT Position
  • Improved performance on many DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.
  • Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
  • GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring is available by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
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Post #2 post May 15 2008, 12:45


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Sweet! fresh install of vista on one machine tomorrow and a shiny new 8600GT with updated drivers to boot smile.gif Cheers for the info and link WD
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http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=636727
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry589397426
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=636787

Btw, these drivers work great on Vista x64.
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Post #4 post May 15 2008, 12:49


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Quote - (Avi @ May 15 2008, 08:46) *


They won't install on my Vista x32
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Post #5 post May 15 2008, 14:39


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Thanks for the update.
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Post #6 post May 15 2008, 14:49


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Running fine on Vista 32bit with 8800GTS 512.
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About time - Thanks for the heads up mate !
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Post #8 post May 15 2008, 17:29


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Thanks for the linky smile.gif
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It will not install on a Geforce 7600 GS.
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Post #10 post May 15 2008, 19:41


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Quote - (Gary7 @ May 15 2008, 19:39) *
It will not install on a Geforce 7600 GS.


I have that graphics card and installation went without a hitch.
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Post #11 post May 15 2008, 19:43


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Quote - (miguel_montes @ May 15 2008, 15:41) *
I have that graphics card and installation went without a hitch.


I tried several times. Are you running Vista? This is what I get:

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Post #12 post May 16 2008, 11:26


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Did you remove your previous drivers first?
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Post #13 post May 16 2008, 11:46


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just installed on vista64 with 8800gt 512mb.. so far so good but noticed device manager showing 3 files not signed. does anyone else have this or is it just me?

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Quote - (TCLN Ryster @ May 16 2008, 07:26) *
Did you remove your previous drivers first?


Yes I did.
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i just formatted about 4 days ago

and i installed v169.25 cause when i selected nvidia 7 Series on the nvidia site thats wat version it told me to download

should i download this update version for my Gigabyte 7600GT?
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