nVidia ForceWare 100.30 beta

De mannen van LaptopVideo2Go hebben een nieuwe set bètadrivers onder de naam ForceWare gevonden voor de videokaarten die uitgerust zijn met een GeForce 8800 GTS of 8800 GTX. Het versienummer staat genoteerd op 100.30 en is alleen geschikt voor Windows Vista, zowel 32- als 64-bit. Ook Guru3D heeft deze gevonden bètadrivers in de aanbieding die via deze en deze pagina binnen te halen zijn. De aankondiging van LaptopVideo2Go ziet er als volgt uit:

The most anticipated driver ever has finally been released/leaked or what ever you may like to call it. 8800 Users can now rejoice in finally having support in Vista which is not even released yet. I wonder if this or a slightly later build will be included with Vista or will become a Windows Update Download.

I've tested the x64 version of this driver for a while now and am not too impressed with them on my go7900 GS (GTX BIOS modded). The Control Panel is very lacking in any usability.

There is no:

• Powermizer page
• Resolution page
• TV control page
• Overlay page

Control Panel takes ages to pop up (a another install of driver has made this shorter, but still takes ages). Resolution always resorts to 1024x768 after a Standby/Resume.

It does have:

• Rotate Page
• Colour Page
• Display Configuration page (Dualview Clone etc.)
• 3D Settings
• Image settings

Now that the x64 version and nTune only work with x86 there is of course no Overclock page. There are good news though: this driver at least detects my LCD TV via HDMI (DVI) with it's proper name, 95 series drivers don't. But some small issues still exist here as well, the TV MUST be selected first, then LCD panel else the TV just displays a blank page.

This driver in it's original state is for 8800 series desktop GPUs only. Also there is no SLI support yet in Vista, but at least your have some support now. A modded INF (supplied below) is needed unless you have a 8800 GPU.

Right, you're probably thinking why all this jabbering... where's the driver?

For 32bit Driver, modded INF and feedback head on over HERE.
For 64bit Driver, modded INF and feedback head on over HERE.

Feedback as usual is encouraged.

De volgende twee bestanden zijn binnen te halen:
nVidia ForceWare 100.30 beta - Vista 32-bit
nVidia ForceWare 100.30 beta - Vista 64-bit