nVidia drivers 3D gaming

Have exactly the same issue here, although PR1 is the first version of Vista
I have tested.

When I installed the Nvidia Beta 2 drivers, the screen went completely
black. The OS was still working, as I heard it's sounds, but the screen was
just black (monitor active, but a black screen).

Seems as though we'll have to wait for Nvidia to release a PR-1 version, as
the drivers bundled with Vista PR-1, as you say, are useless for gaming.
(Input lag - mouse/keyboard, darkness - no gamma management, and low FPS
being a few issues although not all of the above may be related to graphics
drivers).

I have the Nvidia FX 6800 GT, and a 2500+ XP AMD cpu, with 1 gb or ram,
incidently, and the game I'm running is Quake 3 Arena (which works perfectly
with my system, under XP).

Does anyone have any idea sother than 'wait for Nvidias PR-1 drivers?
Thanks.

"Joe Negrau" <JoeNegrau@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:375142AB-38C8-478D-A908-A898FD4789A9@microsoft.com...

> Hi there,
>
> I have an nVidia 6600GT with 256MB. I'm curious which drivers you are
> using
> with Pre-RC1 Build 5536. The default driver that Vista uses is useless
> for
> 3D gaming. (I can't play City of Villains.)
>
> The lastest nVidia beta drivers (ver 88.61) didn't work either. System
> would boot up normally (hearing all the usual sounds) but just a black
> screen. On their site nVidia says the drivers are for Vista Beta 2 only
> and
> won't work with any other versions. When I was runnig Beta 2 with the
> 88.61
> driver, my game worked perfectly.
>
> What drivers are best for good 3D gaming performance? Where do I get
> them?
> Please be specific as to driver version and website.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>