Why are Nvidia so crap at releasing drivers?

2007-01-02 06:52:37

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Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7041|SE London

The G80s have been out for a while now and since one of their biggest selling points is that they are DX10 compatible ready for Vista, you'd think there would be some drivers for them.

But no, Nivida still haven't released the drivers to use the G80 in Vista. I'm getting quite pissed off by this.

There aren't even Vista drivers for my Nividia chipset.

What are you playing at Nvidia?

2007-01-02 07:00:44

#2

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7176

Bertster7 wrote:
The G80s have been out for a while now and since one of their biggest selling points is that they are DX10 compatible ready for Vista, you'd think there would be some drivers for them.

But no, Nivida still haven't released the drivers to use the G80 in Vista. I'm getting quite pissed off by this.

There aren't even Vista drivers for my Nividia chipset.

What are you playing at Nvidia?

It's called being lazy. I was pissed off about it too.

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2007-01-02 07:03:34

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Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7009|UK

Doubt they will bother there ass untill Vista is officially released.

Martyn

2007-01-02 07:06:48

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jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6982|...

Bell wrote:
Doubt they will bother there ass untill Vista is officially released.

Martyn

Not much point for them to do otherwise ... they won;t support drivers ofr an OS thats not officially releaesed.

2007-01-02 07:07:22

#5

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7009|EUtopia | Austria

jsnipy wrote:
Bell wrote:
Doubt they will bother there ass untill Vista is officially released.

Martyn
Not much point for them to do otherwise ... they won;t support drivers ofr an OS thats not officially releaesed.

Third.

2007-01-02 07:09:07

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7176

jsnipy wrote:
Bell wrote:
Doubt they will bother there ass untill Vista is officially released.

Martyn
Not much point for them to do otherwise ... they won;t support drivers ofr an OS thats not officially releaesed.

Well they should release them first to see if they would work with DX10 properly.

2007-01-02 07:09:22

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jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6982|...

Besides whats the rush with running Vista ... ?

2007-01-02 07:11:51

#8

killinzero1: Member; +14|6847

all companies are lazy untill customers bitch when there products dont work the wat like like it soo then there fat asses will start working more harder.. shit im 16 and i no what i want to b done I WANT MY DAM XFI SOUND CARD DRIVERS FOR VISTA AND I WANT TO PLAY BF2 ON IT AND START FRAGGIN!

2007-01-02 07:14:05

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jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6982|...

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
Bell wrote:
Doubt they will bother there ass untill Vista is officially released.

Martyn
Not much point for them to do otherwise ... they won;t support drivers ofr an OS thats not officially releaesed.
Well they should release them first to see if they would work with DX10 properly.

I agree witht that ... some beta drivers at least .. i was suprised to see its not an all in one driver anymore ... can't wait to this thing run.

2007-01-02 07:18:24

#10

killinzero1: Member; +14|6847

jsnipy wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
jsnipy wrote:

Not much point for them to do otherwise ... they won;t support drivers ofr an OS thats not officially releaesed.
Well they should release them first to see if they would work with DX10 properly.
I agree witht that ... some beta drivers at least .. i was suprised to see its not an all in one driver anymore ... can't wait to this thing run.

heh i say send them firecrackers and tell them to put it in there servers and computers to piss them off

2007-01-02 07:20:21

#11

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7041|SE London

It's not just laziness. They have got working Vista DX10 drivers, I read somewhere. They just aren't releasing them yet. Selfishness is what it is, they could at least release them as beta versions, especially now Vista is finished (not released, but official copies have been distibuted to companies, my friend is running an official copy of ultimate edition).

They've released drivers for all their other GPUs in Vista, just not the G80s (dunno about quadros either).

2007-01-02 07:23:39

#12

killinzero1: Member; +14|6847

but still there fucked up

2007-01-02 07:51:18

#13

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7176

killinzero1 wrote:
but still there fucked up

I think they don't want ATI stealing their technologies =/

2007-01-02 07:52:43

#14

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6982|...

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
killinzero1 wrote:
but still there fucked up
I think they don't want ATI stealing their technologies =/

true, this is new territory

*cough* zerg

2007-01-02 08:07:37

#15

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7041|SE London

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
killinzero1 wrote:
but still there fucked up
I think they don't want ATI stealing their technologies =/

Could be.

They're succeeding in pissing off their target market though.

I'm just concerned that they aren't releasing it because it's full of horrible problems that they don't want anyone to know about.

2007-01-02 08:10:34

#16

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7061|132 and Bush

Bertster7 wrote:
The G80s have been out for a while now and since one of their biggest selling points is that they are DX10 compatible ready for Vista, you'd think there would be some drivers for them.

But no, Nivida still haven't released the drivers to use the G80 in Vista. I'm getting quite pissed off by this.

There aren't even Vista drivers for my Nividia chipset.

What are you playing at Nvidia?

This is why I do not have my primary machine on Vista yet. It's really ironic because it is a DX10 card and no vista drivers...lol. They should have them released by the time Vista is official (January 30, 2007).

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2007-01-02 08:13:53

#17

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7041|SE London

Kmarion wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
The G80s have been out for a while now and since one of their biggest selling points is that they are DX10 compatible ready for Vista, you'd think there would be some drivers for them.

But no, Nivida still haven't released the drivers to use the G80 in Vista. I'm getting quite pissed off by this.

There aren't even Vista drivers for my Nividia chipset.

What are you playing at Nvidia?
This is why I do not have my primary machine on Vista yet. It's really ironic because it is a DX10 card and no vista drivers...lol. They should have them released by the time Vista is official (January 30, 2007).

They'd better do.

they already announced them for early December, which then became late December,and we're still waiting. Bastards.

2007-01-02 08:18:34

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Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7083|Camp XRay

in time grashopper, mine is still sitting in the box. i just decided to build a whole new machine so maybe by the time i build it they will have some drivers for it.

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2007-01-02 11:33:10

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unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,077|7232|PNW

Bertster7 wrote:
It's not just laziness. They have got working Vista DX10 drivers, I read somewhere. They just aren't releasing them yet. Selfishness is what it is, they could at least release them as beta versions, especially now Vista is finished (not released, but official copies have been distibuted to companies, my friend is running an official copy of ultimate edition).

They've released drivers for all their other GPUs in Vista, just not the G80s (dunno about quadros either).

I haven't really looked into the matter, but it probably has something to do with an agreement with Microsoft.

2007-01-02 11:35:54

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jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6982|...

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
It's not just laziness. They have got working Vista DX10 drivers, I read somewhere. They just aren't releasing them yet. Selfishness is what it is, they could at least release them as beta versions, especially now Vista is finished (not released, but official copies have been distibuted to companies, my friend is running an official copy of ultimate edition).

They've released drivers for all their other GPUs in Vista, just not the G80s (dunno about quadros either).
I haven't really looked into the matter, but it probably has something to do with an agreement with Microsoft.

That makes sense.

2007-01-02 11:59:19

#21

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7041|SE London

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
It's not just laziness. They have got working Vista DX10 drivers, I read somewhere. They just aren't releasing them yet. Selfishness is what it is, they could at least release them as beta versions, especially now Vista is finished (not released, but official copies have been distibuted to companies, my friend is running an official copy of ultimate edition).

They've released drivers for all their other GPUs in Vista, just not the G80s (dunno about quadros either).
I haven't really looked into the matter, but it probably has something to do with an agreement with Microsoft.

I doubt it. If that were the case they wouldn't have announced earlier driver release date.

2007-01-02 12:07:29

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7176

Bertster7 wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
It's not just laziness. They have got working Vista DX10 drivers, I read somewhere. They just aren't releasing them yet. Selfishness is what it is, they could at least release them as beta versions, especially now Vista is finished (not released, but official copies have been distibuted to companies, my friend is running an official copy of ultimate edition).

They've released drivers for all their other GPUs in Vista, just not the G80s (dunno about quadros either).
I haven't really looked into the matter, but it probably has something to do with an agreement with Microsoft.
I doubt it. If that were the case they wouldn't have announced earlier driver release date.

Probably Microsoft doesn't want DX10 secrets out!!!!!! Lol but on a serious note, why aren't there any DX9.0c drivers anyway?

2007-01-02 12:30:21

#23

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7041|SE London

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:

I haven't really looked into the matter, but it probably has something to do with an agreement with Microsoft.
I doubt it. If that were the case they wouldn't have announced earlier driver release date.
Probably Microsoft doesn't want DX10 secrets out!!!!!! Lol but on a serious note, why aren't there any DX9.0c drivers anyway?

There are, for XP.

Drivers don't determine that. All they do is provide an interface between the hardware and the OS. DX10 is an integral part of Vista so any working G80 driver would work for DX10 in Vista.

2007-01-02 12:36:34

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7176

Bertster7 wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
I doubt it. If that were the case they wouldn't have announced earlier driver release date.
Probably Microsoft doesn't want DX10 secrets out!!!!!! Lol but on a serious note, why aren't there any DX9.0c drivers anyway?
There are, for XP.

Drivers don't determine that. All they do is provide an interface between the hardware and the OS. DX10 is an integral part of Vista so any working G80 driver would work for DX10 in Vista.

I mean for vista dammit. There should be at least a DX 9 driver for vista...

2007-01-02 12:41:01

#25

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7041|SE London

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Probably Microsoft doesn't want DX10 secrets out!!!!!! Lol but on a serious note, why aren't there any DX9.0c drivers anyway?
There are, for XP.

Drivers don't determine that. All they do is provide an interface between the hardware and the OS. DX10 is an integral part of Vista so any working G80 driver would work for DX10 in Vista.
I mean for vista dammit. There should be at least a DX 9 driver for vista...

The drivers don't determine whether it is DX9 or 10, that's the job of the graphics hardware. Any sort of driver for a DX10 card will allow DX10 content to work (in the right software environment).

I suppose it would be possible to write a driver for a G80 in Vista that disabled DX10 functionality, but it would probably be more hassle than making a driver that does support it.

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