nVidia and Vista 64-bit

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A few months ago I built a new rig with an 8800 GTS and installed Ultimate 64-bit Vista and had occasional blue screens which were caused by the video card driver. I really like Vista and want to format back -- but I'm not sure if the drivers are there yet.

Anybody else have any similar experiences that have been resolved?

Thanks for the help.
 
I have had no issues with my 8800GTX in Vista Ultimate X64 for the last 2 months
 
I have not had any graphic driver related issues with the latest WHQL drivers.


 
awesome, so glad to hear it. Just formatted back to Vista 64-bit and no problems ^_^
 
Hey.. Ive been outta the loop on 8800 series cards, Windows Vista x64 and overclocking. Is it now possible to overclock the 8800 series cards in Vista x64? If so, what program works? NTune? Ati Tool?
 
officermartinez said:
Hey.. Ive been outta the loop on 8800 series cards, Windows Vista x64 and overclocking. Is it now possible to overclock the 8800 series cards in Vista x64? If so, what program works? NTune? Ati Tool?
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Ntune, atitool and rivatuner all overclock fine for both 7xxx series and 8xxx series in vista 64 bit :)

At least...I use Vista Business x64, and Had no problems with either my 7900gto or my 8800gts with all of the above mentioned programs.
 
JackAshley said:
Ntune, atitool and rivatuner all overclock fine for both 7xxx series and 8xxx series in vista 64 bit :)

At least...I use Vista Business x64, and Had no problems with either my 7900gto or my 8800gts with all of the above mentioned programs.
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OK thanks! I remember when I first went to Vista Ultimate x64, ATI TOOL, NTUNE, Rivatuner and a couple of other little apps would NOT overclock my 8800GTS's in SLi.
 
How do the geforce 8800s game on vista x64 vs x86(32bit)? Is there any performance difference at all? ;)
 
Lord_Exodia said:
How do the geforce 8800s game on vista x64 vs x86(32bit)? Is there any performance difference at all? ;)
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I havent noticed any LARGE performance differences (maybe 1-3 fps - not much in the grand scheme of things)...the only thing i have noticed is problems with certain games which do not properly support 64-bit...C&C3 for example, plays great but the videos are insanely out of sync with the audio, BF2142 had some crazy load time issues (that went away eventually) and so on...nothing that makes me too angry.
 
JackAshley said:
I havent noticed any LARGE performance differences (maybe 1-3 fps - not much in the grand scheme of things)...the only thing i have noticed is problems with certain games which do not properly support 64-bit...C&C3 for example, plays great but the videos are insanely out of sync with the audio, BF2142 had some crazy load time issues (that went away eventually) and so on...nothing that makes me too angry.
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Adding to the 2142 bit, there are some memory issues for some people, the only known fix is to actually use MS C++ visualizer to edit the .exe ...

That fixes the problem, but the game *definitely* runs slower than it did XP Pro.
 
Agras said:
Adding to the 2142 bit, there are some memory issues for some people, the only known fix is to actually use MS C++ visualizer to edit the .exe ...

That fixes the problem, but the game *definitely* runs slower than it did XP Pro.
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For me, slower means im 5 or so frames less....95 instead of 100 :)
 
Yeah, I get 100fps as well, the problem seems to occur randomly though. A few times a game I'll get this massive framerate spike for 2-3 seconds. Nothing unbearable, but rather frustrating. Not sure *entirely* if this is Vista related, but I just formatted to Vista 64-bit again yesterday and this problem showed up. Never had it before.
 
also, you need vista x64 if you want to run company of heroes with ultra texture levels, if you dont there a bug in the 32bit verison which causes the game to crash.

so if you play CoH, x64 is key for DX10


for OC'ing, you may need to do what i did in order to change the clock/memory speed

you have to boot up rivatuner, set that for overclocking, then start up ATI tool, ati tool should find the 8800gtx, and if it doesnt, you can still use rivatuner to manually oc the processor, and ati tool to check for artifacts
 
For overclocking I was able to use nTune under Vista x64 fine as long as I installed it before my graphics driver. Since I modded my BIOS and flashed my card I no longer bother with nTune. I'd say find your card's max OC, mod your original BIOS to those levels and flash it in. It's very easy:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1199078

Save your original BIOS in case you need to go back for whatever the reason.

Overall Vista x64 has been fine for gaming. My sole complaint is in "Oblivion" running through heavy grass the game plays much smoother under XP SP-2 for whatever the reason. FPS is near identical yet there is more "surging" or "chop" as I run along in heavy grass with Vista x64. I have 4GB ram and my system is well tuned and optimized.

Cities and everywhere else are fine. All other games I've tested don't exhibit this behavior. It's very specific to one game and circumstance. It certainly playable and annoying, particularly when I am use to the much smoother action under XP with the same conditions.
 
JackAshley said:
Ntune, atitool and rivatuner all overclock fine for both 7xxx series and 8xxx series in vista 64 bit :)
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Remember that nTune will install with your signed video drivers, but you will have problems with driver signing with ATItool and rivatuner since they don't have signed drivers (or do they now?)
 
I have had mulitple issues with ntune in Vista 32 and XP SP2.......is it as crappy in Vista 64???? I just plain stopped using it and just use Rivatuner.:D

I'm planning on going to Vista 64 as soon as my upgrade disc arrives. Have you guys had any problems with chipset,video or sound drivers???
Or any trouble with games per se???
I'd like to know before I start.
Thanks.
 
magoo said:
I have had mulitple issues with ntune in Vista 32 and XP SP2.......is it as crappy in Vista 64???? I just plain stopped using it and just use Rivatuner.:D

I'm planning on going to Vista 64 as soon as my upgrade disc arrives. Have you guys had any problems with chipset,video or sound drivers???
Or any trouble with games per se???
I'd like to know before I start.
Thanks.
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I originally got my copy of Vista business about a month before vista came out (i think business was available sooner anyways, wasnt it?) and initially there were no chipset or audio drivers (other than default) and I had alot of problems. None of those problems are still around.

As well, logitech decided to drop support on any products older than 3 days, so there were problems there too. Eventually they gave in to the uproar and provided drivers for their products.
 
There are definitely issues in games, but they're easily fixed by a google search.

Hardware, 99% of the time, seems to work perfectly in Vista. The only thing I have that doesn't work is a wireless n router card through some crappy company. And that's because they refuse to write the drivers, not because of Microsoft's OS
 
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