Confused about 8800 Drivers?

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Kanecnc

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So I got a new computer with an evga mobo and EVGA superclocked 8800 GTX which runs awesome by the way. However, the drivers on it right now are 7.15.0011.6367...which to me seems odd i thought the drivers where XX.XX or XXX.XX for example isn't the newest drivers out right now 163.69. O and I am running vista 32 bit.

I tried to update with the newest G 8 series vista 32 bit drivers such as the 169.69 but it says I still have the 7.15.0011.6367 drivers installed.

I was wondering if anyone else has this issue. Might it be that the drivers I have installed are just bare bone drivers.
 
The last five digits in the driver version string you see in Device Manager correspond to the driver version as posted by nVidia.

When installing nVidia drivers, there is a specific series of steps to take to ensure that new drivers are installed cleanly and correctly. It involves downloading the popular Driver Cleaner program, available from sites such as www.guru3d.com

1) Uninstall your current drivers via the Control Panel -> Add Remove Applications (or Vista equivalent.) Note that if you have multiple nVidia components in your PC, driver un/installation will be consolidated into one program. Be sure to select to only uninstall display drivers in that case (via the uninstall program's interface.)

2) Reboot into Safe Mode (hold F8 after your BIOS has posted but before the loading Windows bar comes up.)

3) Run Driver Cleaner or equivalent program. Be sure to select to remove all traces of nvidia display drivers only.

4) Reboot into normal Windows and run the install file for the new driver.

That should do the trick.

Mark.
 
Well I did the steps. But it is still giving me that message. It says this is not a vista 32 bit operating systems. So for kicks I tried installing the 64 bit evga 8800 drivers and those didnt work either it just said this is not a 64 bit vista OS. .... I am lost. Any suggestions? I clearly have vista 32 bit OS installed for that is what I installed on the machine.
 
Unfortunately I've never heard of that issue. If you open up a command line and type ver, what text is outputted?

Mark.
 
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