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Re: New nVidia GeForce WHQL Release 175.16 -- 13 May 2008
Just tell NVIDIA you want the driver for a 8500 for example and then it
will down the load the correct driver installation file. there are not
different installation files based on the card you have just different
installation files for the different OS releases.
"Peter" <nobody@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23XxQlmgtIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Yes, I discovered that all I had to do was reduce the gamma. I still
> cannot get them to install in Vista...weird, even fails when I replace the
> inst.inf file..
> There's a couple of ongoing discussions in the nvidia Geforce forum.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP3 x 2/Vista Ultimate SP1
> Triple Boot
>
> "Curious" <spammenot@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:04EA3736-B400-4545-999D-F5DECF24DFAE@microsoft.com...
>> The new NVIDIA drivers have more ability for you to set color and related
>> settings then the older ones. Therefore you may need to evaluate all of
>> the different setting options now available in the new Nvidia control
>> panel.
>>
>> "Peter" <nobody@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:OpERVmetIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>I tried that route and it gave the same problem in Vista. In XP they
>>>installed OK but I had to rollback as the screen had a "washed-out" look.
>>> I'll stick with the tried and true December drivers.
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP3 x 2/Vista Ultimate SP1
>>> Triple Boot
>>>
>>> "John Speros" <JPSperosNOSPAM@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:89185D1A-6FB7-4726-8218-F4BFA8671E93@microsoft.com...
>>>>I also received the error using the NVidia setup program that the
>>>>drivers were not for my 7800GS. I got them to install anyway by going to
>>>>the Display Driver in Device Manager and pointing to the directory where
>>>>the NVidia setup program extracted the driver files.
>>>
>>
>
Just tell NVIDIA you want the driver for a 8500 for example and then it
will down the load the correct driver installation file. there are not
different installation files based on the card you have just different
installation files for the different OS releases.
"Peter" <nobody@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23XxQlmgtIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Yes, I discovered that all I had to do was reduce the gamma. I still
> cannot get them to install in Vista...weird, even fails when I replace the
> inst.inf file..
> There's a couple of ongoing discussions in the nvidia Geforce forum.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP3 x 2/Vista Ultimate SP1
> Triple Boot
>
> "Curious" <spammenot@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:04EA3736-B400-4545-999D-F5DECF24DFAE@microsoft.com...
>> The new NVIDIA drivers have more ability for you to set color and related
>> settings then the older ones. Therefore you may need to evaluate all of
>> the different setting options now available in the new Nvidia control
>> panel.
>>
>> "Peter" <nobody@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:OpERVmetIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>I tried that route and it gave the same problem in Vista. In XP they
>>>installed OK but I had to rollback as the screen had a "washed-out" look.
>>> I'll stick with the tried and true December drivers.
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP3 x 2/Vista Ultimate SP1
>>> Triple Boot
>>>
>>> "John Speros" <JPSperosNOSPAM@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:89185D1A-6FB7-4726-8218-F4BFA8671E93@microsoft.com...
>>>>I also received the error using the NVidia setup program that the
>>>>drivers were not for my 7800GS. I got them to install anyway by going to
>>>>the Display Driver in Device Manager and pointing to the directory where
>>>>the NVidia setup program extracted the driver files.
>>>
>>
>