Anyone got those third party Creative Vista drivers? - Page 2

Mark · 02-04-2008, 10:30

I know. I'd already looked on nVidia's site (I'd have been screwed with my 7300 too).

Toby · 07-04-2008, 00:17

I'm sure I read somewhere recently that NVidia drivers were responsible for more Vista error reports to MS than any other manufacturer's drivers!

As for Creative - I have to say that their latest Vista x64 drivers are working fine for me on my X-Fi. Is there anything to be gained by using these hacked ones or are they targetted mainly at Audigy users?

Mark · 07-04-2008, 00:56

Given the number of graphics-related crashes I've had from my laptop (Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M), I can believe that statement. To be fair though I'm usually trying to run four VMs at once (>95% of 4GB RAM in use), use up all available CPU horsepower, melt the disk, and then Windows+Tab through the lot when it goes bang.

LeperousDust · 07-04-2008, 01:21

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...a-drivers.html

nVidia are pretty carp with the whole driver scene, you lot are alright on your desktops. They don't even support the 7400GO on vista at all... They brought the card out and silently dropped it after selling it to a million and one laptop makers as a great mobility card capable of some decent graphical work... Its shocking tbh. Modding the inf's sorts my problems out with new vista drivers compared to the crap dell try and give away, but i shouldnt have to be doing this, and i wonder how many people there are stuck out there thinking their laptop is crap when its nVidia holding them back?

07-04-2008, 00:17	#12
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	I'm sure I read somewhere recently that NVidia drivers were responsible for more Vista error reports to MS than any other manufacturer's drivers! As for Creative - I have to say that their latest Vista x64 drivers are working fine for me on my X-Fi. Is there anything to be gained by using these hacked ones or are they targetted mainly at Audigy users? __________________

07-04-2008, 01:21	#14
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...a-drivers.html nVidia are pretty carp with the whole driver scene, you lot are alright on your desktops. They don't even support the 7400GO on vista at all... They brought the card out and silently dropped it after selling it to a million and one laptop makers as a great mobility card capable of some decent graphical work... Its shocking tbh. Modding the inf's sorts my problems out with new vista drivers compared to the crap dell try and give away, but i shouldnt have to be doing this, and i wonder how many people there are stuck out there thinking their laptop is crap when its nVidia holding them back? __________________

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02-04-2008, 10:30	#11
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I know. I'd already looked on nVidia's site (I'd have been screwed with my 7300 too).

07-04-2008, 00:56	#13
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Given the number of graphics-related crashes I've had from my laptop (Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M), I can believe that statement. To be fair though I'm usually trying to run four VMs at once (>95% of 4GB RAM in use), use up all available CPU horsepower, melt the disk, and then Windows+Tab through the lot when it goes bang.