[GI] Nvidia talks up Windows 7

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Kuntz

Discussion Starter · Mar 3, 2009

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Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia, which has been working with Microsoft for the past two year on support for its products in Windows 7, has released new drivers for the beta, announcing an expectation that the new operating system will bring "many graphical improvements" over previous platforms.

The new drivers for GeForce cards - release 181.71 - will apparently offer "increased performance and reliability in both 2D and 3D applications" for users on the Windows 7 beta.

"Since its release last month, the Windows 7 Beta has been eagerly tested by hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GeForce owners, who are excited about the many graphical improvements Microsoft has added into the upcoming operating system," said Ujesh Desai, VP of GeForce desktop business at Nvidia.

And VP of software engineering, Dwight Diercks, added: "We expect that all of our hard work teaming with Microsoft over the past two years will pay off for GeForce GPU owners when Windows 7 officially launches. Our customers are demanding an experience that is faster and more visual, and with the addition of many new GPU-accelerated features, including DirectX Compute, we believe Windows 7 will be well positioned to meet those needs."

Microsoft's EMEA VP for the Interactive Entertainment Business, Chris Lewis, recently told GamesIndustry.biz that the new operating system would be "great for games" although remained coy on specific details.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...s-up-windows-7

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MADMAX22

· #2 · Mar 3, 2009

LOL no wonder vista didnt get any support when it came out. The companies were to busy trying to get stuff ready for win7. Thats nice to know.

vicious_fishes

· #3 · Mar 3, 2009

dx11 plox.

voice

· #4 · Mar 3, 2009

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LOL no wonder vista didnt get any support when it came out. The companies were to busy trying to get stuff ready for win7. Thats nice to know.

Where does it say that?

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Dannythm

· #5 · Mar 3, 2009

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dx11 plox.

why would you want that? it's not like Dx10 have been mastered yed... i think a rush with Dx11 won't be any good yet.

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-iceblade^

· #6 · Mar 3, 2009

if it ain't broke, don't fix it. fix what IS broke.

in other words, stop worrying about windows 7 and fix your messed up 180.xx linux drivers.

ItsJustAName

· #7 · Mar 3, 2009

well dx10 was a sham and a scam like vista.
impress us with dx11 plox cos win7 is the leetness

anyone else been gaming on win7? i got huge texture bugs that sometimes turn into massive and blinding artefacts. fixed problem by using vista drivers

ChielScape

· #8 · Mar 3, 2009

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why would you want that? it's not like Dx10 have been mastered yed... i think a rush with Dx11 won't be any good yet.

go find out what DX11 really is compared to DX10
and THEN make an actually EDUCATED post about it.

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hiiyah777

· #9 · Mar 3, 2009

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go find out what DX11 really is compared to DX10
and THEN make an actually EDUCATED post about it.

Ditto. And while you're at it, learn to spell correctly and use actual words instead of made up internet words like plox. :swearing:

Please.

Thank you.

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Higgins

· #10 · Mar 3, 2009

Dang guys, calm down.

/ontopic:

Glad companies are actually onboard with drivers this time around. Vista betas and even RTM was, as many of you know, a driver nightmare.

Sickened1

· #11 · Mar 3, 2009

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dx11 plox.

I 2nd this 100%. Dx11 has a lot more defined shadows than Dx10

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cougar62

· #12 · Mar 3, 2009

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I 2nd this 100%. Dx11 has a lot more defined shadows than Dx10

Yes but do we know how it performs compared to DX10? i mean 10.1 was good on performance, but nvidia kinda killed it.

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jNSK

· #13 · Mar 3, 2009

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I 2nd this 100%. Dx11 has a lot more defined shadows than Dx10

Fail.

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XFreeRollerX

· #14 · Mar 3, 2009

stupidfanboys reunite. Kids disgust me

On a more serious note: Its nice to see that the OS will be ready at launch instead of waiting a while before it "matures". Given this will happen anyway, its nice to know some are trying to remove the delay.

hokk

· #15 · Mar 3, 2009

Meh vista drivers work fine on win7 im running *181.22*

XFreeRollerX

· #16 · Mar 3, 2009

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Meh vista drivers work fine on win7 im running *181.22*

Same

I actually liked using 182.06 on W7 more than the stupid WDM drivers.. the WDM drivers added like 30 seconds to shut down time due to some bug I guess.. I saw better performance in L4D with 182.06 anyhow, so much for W7 native drivers being faster eh?

Then again the ones I tested were 179.x series versus 182.x

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The_Rocker

· #17 · Mar 3, 2009

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if it ain't broke, don't fix it. fix what IS broke.

in other words, stop worrying about windows 7 and fix your messed up 180.xx linux drivers.

Or why bother wasting your time and money on something which equates less than 0.5% of the video card gamer market.

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Kuntz

Discussion Starter · #18 · Mar 3, 2009

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Or why bother wasting your time and money on something which equates less than 0.5% of the video card gamer market.

More like less than 0.0000001%.

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-iceblade^

· #19 · Mar 4, 2009

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Or why bother wasting your time and money on something which equates less than 0.5% of the video card gamer market.

that's where you made your mistake

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