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>I just recently upgraded to vista x32 ultimate edition, and I'm having some
> problems with games. I have tried playing counterstrike: source as well as
> battlefield 2142, and during startup they have both froze up. I have a
> NVIDIA
> 7900GT, and have heard that they are having problems with updating their
> vista drivers, should that be my problem or could it be something
> different.
>
> Thank,
> Tim
>
> I'm sure a few people like Paul Smith will enjoy this article
> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nv...vista_drivers/
>
> Judging from what's been an ongoing battle since the RC days, I think
> Nvidia is still struggling to get their drivers cleaned up and working
> well with Vista. Is it safe to assume that you have downloaded the 100.54
> drivers from nVidia's website ?
>
> Hope you have the option to dual boot, else you might have learned the
> hard way, why more people chose to wait a few months before jumping to
> something totally new.
>
> "Tim" <Tim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:14CB8AF2-502D-44AA-BA3A-D5E8D0CE9334@microsoft.com...>>I just recently upgraded to vista x32 ultimate edition, and I'm having>
>>some
>> problems with games. I have tried playing counterstrike: source as well
>> as
>> battlefield 2142, and during startup they have both froze up. I have a
>> NVIDIA
>> 7900GT, and have heard that they are having problems with updating their
>> vista drivers, should that be my problem or could it be something
>> different.
>>
>> Thank,
>> Tim
> Sorry, forgot to throw in actual useful suggestions.
>
> Do you have any other games to test with, maybe like Doom3, Prey Call of
> Duty, FEAR ? Did oyu try running the games as Administrator and\or under
> XP:SP compatibility mode ?
>
> It might seem silly, but games like FEAR and 3dMark96 don't want to run
> without the AUG 06 update of DX 9.0c, I was able to apply teh Dec 06
> update to get FEAR working (though it's a little odd) and I've played
> BF2142 for hours on end. So you might consider, going over to MS and
> downloading the FEB release of the DX 9.0c drivers and see if that makes
> any difference.
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> Just na OBTW, I'm running an AMD\ATI card, so my success could be just
> because of that.
>
>
> "Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
> news:LL6dnWo5PMJJS1nYnZ2dnUVZ_ompnZ2d@insightbb.co m...>>>
>> I'm sure a few people like Paul Smith will enjoy this article
>> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nv...vista_drivers/
>>
>> Judging from what's been an ongoing battle since the RC days, I think
>> Nvidia is still struggling to get their drivers cleaned up and working
>> well with Vista. Is it safe to assume that you have downloaded the 100.54
>> drivers from nVidia's website ?
>>
>> Hope you have the option to dual boot, else you might have learned the
>> hard way, why more people chose to wait a few months before jumping to
>> something totally new.
>>
>> "Tim" <Tim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:14CB8AF2-502D-44AA-BA3A-D5E8D0CE9334@microsoft.com...>>>I just recently upgraded to vista x32 ultimate edition, and I'm having>>
>>>some
>>> problems with games. I have tried playing counterstrike: source as well
>>> as
>>> battlefield 2142, and during startup they have both froze up. I have a
>>> NVIDIA
>>> 7900GT, and have heard that they are having problems with updating their
>>> vista drivers, should that be my problem or could it be something
>>> different.
>>>
>>> Thank,
>>> Tim
> The worst situation is that there is no law stipulating that one has toSure Microsoft could of made Windows Vista so its 100% backwards compatible
> upgrade their drivers for any OS. Microsoft comes out with a new OS and
> they think everyone has to adjust to it regardless. Microsoft itself has
> made Vista so that it is not backward compatible with it own designed
> programs, and other hardware drivers as well.
> "Ludwig" <nobody@somewhere.net> wrote in message
> news:%230AlA%238RHHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...>> The worst situation is that there is no law stipulating that one has to>
>> upgrade their drivers for any OS. Microsoft comes out with a new OS and
>> they think everyone has to adjust to it regardless. Microsoft itself has
>> made Vista so that it is not backward compatible with it own designed
>> programs, and other hardware drivers as well.
> Sure Microsoft could of made Windows Vista so its 100% backwards
> compatible with Windows XP. The trouble is that product would be Windows
> XP.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>
> I'm sure a few people like Paul Smith will enjoy this articleSheesh. Planning to sue because the drivers around at the moment are not all
> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nv...vista_drivers/
> Dale "Mad_Murdock" White wrote:>> I'm sure a few people like Paul Smith will enjoy this article>
>> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nv...vista_drivers/
> Sheesh. Planning to sue because the drivers around at the moment are not
> all they could be? Have these people ever considered getting a grip?
>
> You'd think these people would accept limited driver availability as the
> price to pay for early adoption.
>
> We're pioneers, man! Roughing it in the worst of ways!
>
>
>
> "Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O7wDCc%23RHHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...>> Dale "Mad_Murdock" White wrote:>>>> I'm sure a few people like Paul Smith will enjoy this article>>
>>> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nv...vista_drivers/
>> Sheesh. Planning to sue because the drivers around at the moment are not
>> all they could be? Have these people ever considered getting a grip?
>>
> There are those poor souls out there that think the day a product is
> official launced and a company says they are 100% Vista compliant, means
> everything should work 100%. Anything is deceptive advertising. I can go
> with that to a degree. But nVidia is a proud company with a fair amount of
> history towards having qulaity products (though I'm sure the ATI fan boys
> would totally disagree).
>
> It almost seems idiototic to hear about people trying to sue, just because
> those drivers are not where they wanted them. I can understand their
> frustration, but come on, who migrates to a new OS on day one adn expects
> everything to be perfect ?!? those people should be given a full refund,
> and never allowed to buy a product that's not at least 1 year old ever
> again
>
>
> "Erik Forbes" <erikforbes@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:93EFFC2E-AC8C-4A86-B038-2E7F20BB5A05@microsoft.com...>> You'd think these people would accept limited driver availability as the>
>> price to pay for early adoption.
>>
>> We're pioneers, man! Roughing it in the worst of ways!
>>
>>
>>
>> "Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:O7wDCc%23RHHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...>>> Dale "Mad_Murdock" White wrote:>>
>>>> I'm sure a few people like Paul Smith will enjoy this article
>>>> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/02/02/nv...vista_drivers/
>>>
>>> Sheesh. Planning to sue because the drivers around at the moment are not
>>> all they could be? Have these people ever considered getting a grip?
>>>
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