New drivers this week?

fuelrod · 09-11-05, 11:18 PM

I was checking out the forums on EVGA's web site and came accross this post (4th post from bottom) that claims Nvidia will release new drivers this week to fix a problem with 7800GTs. If you read on to page 2 it seems to be confirmed by an EVGA employee (see post by EVGA_WShelley)

http://www.evga.com/Community/messag...08&whichpage=1

Eliminator · 09-11-05, 11:31 PM

more reason to see that nvidia has forgotten about the 6800s and theyll never fix the stuttering but instead worry about 7800s which a lot less people have and we're talking minor fixes here like the shimmering..... damn you nvidia....

mike2h · 09-12-05, 12:12 AM

'forgetting' the previous generation of gpus is classic nv. really am getting tired of it.

Darkfalz · 09-12-05, 12:36 AM

The only people worse at it are Creative Labs.

MidnightWatcher · 09-12-05, 01:25 AM

Somehow I think that the nForce3/GeForce 6800 issue isn't hardware. It has to be driver related if OpenGL games don't suffa from da stutta. The fact that nVidia has admitted squat about this tells me they don't give a **** about the end user, just the bottom line.

jAkUp · 09-12-05, 01:33 AM

Sweet new drivers

Nvidia really needs to hurry up and release those 80.XX's though...

OWA · 09-12-05, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike2h

'forgetting' the previous generation of gpus is classic nv. really am getting tired of it.

How so? They provide unified drivers that work on every card they've made (except...what model was dropped not too long ago...think it was the TNT).

Electronic Punk · 09-12-05, 03:28 AM

I wouldn't hold my breath.

Knacki99 · 09-12-05, 03:50 AM

An EVGA employee seems to have been posting to that thread. Lets wait and see. Hope dies last...

rewt · 09-12-05, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightWatcher

Somehow I think that the nForce3/GeForce 6800 issue isn't hardware. It has to be driver related if OpenGL games don't suffa from da stutta. The fact that nVidia has admitted squat about this tells me they don't give a **** about the end user, just the bottom line.

OpenGL applications have almost always run smoother than Direct3D on nVidia cards. I think the studdering issue most likely has to do with a combination of factors, not just drivers, but hardware as well (namely chipset and RAM).

Graphicmaniac · 09-12-05, 07:20 AM

They had 1 year for "repair" nv40 probs, if they weren't able to fix them with so much time .. i don't think they will be able do now that they have a new businness.

i think they already did all the possible with nv40 as u can see with drivers there is never been a big improvement in performance but just fixes here and there, so if they didn't fix somethign i think is coz they can't.

Ruined · 09-12-05, 07:51 AM

Yeh if theres one thing I learned with video cards, if you don't see it in the first 6 months the card is out you'll never see it. Has always been that way with every company as far as I can remember.

09-11-05, 11:18 PM	#1
fuelrod Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 140	New drivers this week? I was checking out the forums on EVGA's web site and came accross this post (4th post from bottom) that claims Nvidia will release new drivers this week to fix a problem with 7800GTs. If you read on to page 2 it seems to be confirmed by an EVGA employee (see post by EVGA_WShelley) http://www.evga.com/Community/messag...08&whichpage=1 __________________ i7 2600K @ 4.6 Ghz, Gigabyte Z68, 16GB Crucial DDR3 PC3-1600, EVGA GTX 670 FTW, SB X-fi

09-11-05, 11:31 PM	#2
Eliminator The Man With Brisk Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,673	Re: New drivers this week? more reason to see that nvidia has forgotten about the 6800s and theyll never fix the stuttering but instead worry about 7800s which a lot less people have and we're talking minor fixes here like the shimmering..... damn you nvidia....

09-12-05, 12:12 AM	#3
mike2h Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 354	Re: New drivers this week? 'forgetting' the previous generation of gpus is classic nv. really am getting tired of it.

09-12-05, 12:36 AM	#4
Darkfalz Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 195	Re: New drivers this week? The only people worse at it are Creative Labs.

09-12-05, 01:25 AM	#5
MidnightWatcher Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 53	Re: New drivers this week? Somehow I think that the nForce3/GeForce 6800 issue isn't hardware. It has to be driver related if OpenGL games don't suffa from da stutta. The fact that nVidia has admitted squat about this tells me they don't give a **** about the end user, just the bottom line.

09-12-05, 01:33 AM	#6
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 17,744	Re: New drivers this week? Sweet new drivers Nvidia really needs to hurry up and release those 80.XX's though... __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 3x evga gtx 480 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

09-12-05, 03:28 AM	#8
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09-12-05, 03:50 AM	#9
Knacki99 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 92	Re: New drivers this week? An EVGA employee seems to have been posting to that thread. Lets wait and see. Hope dies last...

09-12-05, 07:20 AM	#11
Graphicmaniac GraphicLover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Milan, Italy Posts: 533	Re: New drivers this week? They had 1 year for "repair" nv40 probs, if they weren't able to fix them with so much time .. i don't think they will be able do now that they have a new businness. i think they already did all the possible with nv40 as u can see with drivers there is never been a big improvement in performance but just fixes here and there, so if they didn't fix somethign i think is coz they can't. __________________ Support GeForce FX owners againts the unfair business of ATI & Valve vote for this petition!!! http://www.petitiononline.com/nvidiafx/petition.html

09-12-05, 07:51 AM	#12
Ruined Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,447	Re: New drivers this week? Yeh if theres one thing I learned with video cards, if you don't see it in the first 6 months the card is out you'll never see it. Has always been that way with every company as far as I can remember. __________________ We're all in it together. Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz CPU \| Intel G965WH mobo \| 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2-667mhz CAS5 RAM (1066MHz FSB) \| BFG GeForce 285 GTX OC 1GB \| Dell E228WFP 22" DVI-HDCP LCD Monitor \| 1TB Western Digital RE3 SATA2 Main Drive \| 500GBx2 Western Digital RE3 SATA2 Scratch Drives in RAID0 \| Western Digital RE3 1TB SATA2 Media Drive \| External 2TB Western Digital MyBook Backup Drive \| Adaptec eSATA 3.0gbps PCI-E interface \| Sandisk External 12-in-1 Flash Card Reader \| LG GGC-H20L HD DVD/BD reader, DVD writer \| LG GGW-H20L HD DVD/BD reader, DVD/BD writer \| Microsoft E4000 Ergonomic Keyboard \| Logitech Trackman Wheel \| Antec P182 ATX Case \| Thermaltake ToughPower XT 850w modular PSU \| KRK RP-8 Rokit Studio Monitors \| Windows Vista Ultimate x64

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