Monday, March 2nd 2009

NVIDIA GeForce Release 181.71 BETA for Windows 7 Released

NVIDIA has rolled out new Windows 7 GeForce 181.71 BETA drivers for the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 and 200 series cards. The new drivers work with both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of current Windows 7 beta release. Release highlights:
  • Installs WDDM v1.1 for GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series DirectX 10 GPUs.
  • Installs WDDM v1.0 for GeForce 6 and 7-series DirectX 9 GPUs.
  • Supports Direct3D, Direct2D, and DirectWrite.
  • Supports NVIDIA CUDA - Compute Unified Device Architecture.
  • Supports NVIDIA PhysX (this driver package automatically installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203 for all GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series GPUs).
  • Supports NVIDIA SLI on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce Release 181.71 BETA for Windows 7 32-bit | Windows 7 64-bit
Source: NVIDIA
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18 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce Release 181.71 BETA for Windows 7 Released

#1
RadeonProVega
So i am guessing, the WHQL version will be release for all OS's soon right?
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#2
malware
u2konlineSo i am guessing, the WHQL version will be release for all OS's soon right?
Don't count on WHQL version until the final code of Windows 7 is released.
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#3
OzzmanFloyd120
Not all betas ever make it to the WQHL release, I've been using the 185 betas and they've been around for around two months now without an official release.
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#4
Fleck
Does anyone know how to actually get COD4/PB to work in Win7? I tried everything people said about running in XP compatibility mode, I tried running the pbsetup in XP compat mode, running COD4 in XP compat mode, nothing worked.
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#5
johnnyfiive
I had no problem running CoD4 in Win 7. What is the problem your having?
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#6
JrRacinFan
Served 5k and counting ...
I wonder if nVidia fixed the driver problems with NFS:Undercover in this release. 178.24's are the latest package that doesn't black screen CTD's.
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#8
Fleck
It was PunkBuster that was failing out.
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#9
JrRacinFan
Served 5k and counting ...
Oooh so it may be PB not working properly in Win 7 ..

I will look into that and post back.
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#10
1c3d0g
Since when does PB work well in ANY Windows version? Hey, I like what the program does (prevent cheating), but it's way too buggy and makes most PC's I've installed it unusually unstable.
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#11
hat
Enthusiast
It doesn't prevent cheating... I wish it prevented cheating. Then maybe, just maybe it might be worth having two different punkbuster processes running 24/7 for crappy EA games
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#12
Supreme0verlord
This driver does not work well with Fallout 3, the game will stop responding like 30 seconds into it. I've now switched back to the 179.43 drivers and now I don't have that problem.
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#13
LiveOrDie
FleckDoes anyone know how to actually get COD4/PB to work in Win7? I tried everything people said about running in XP compatibility mode, I tried running the pbsetup in XP compat mode, running COD4 in XP compat mode, nothing worked.
no that is a problem with pb not video drivers
Supreme0verlordThis driver does not work well with Fallout 3, the game will stop responding like 30 seconds into it. I've now switched back to the 179.43 drivers and now I don't have that problem.
they work fine on fallout for me
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#14
Edito
Im only having problems with NFS Undercover it just doesn't entrer in the game stops in the first loading but the sound continues... does anyone know how to fix this issue???
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#15
JrRacinFan
Served 5k and counting ...
EditoIm only having problems with NFS Undercover it just doesn't entrer in the game stops in the first loading but the sound continues... does anyone know how to fix this issue???
Same as mine as well. In Win 7 7k, I must use the default Win drive or Vista 64bit 178.24's. Something pre-Physx does the trick and no disabling Physx doesnt do the job.
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#16
Fleck
Live OR Dieno that is a problem with pb not video drivers
That's what I said.
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#17
Hayder_Master
too late from nvidia , ati release driver for win7 before 2 months
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#18
LiveOrDie
these drivers run great on build 7048 x64 will test some games soon

EDIT one big problem i have with these beta drivers for 7 they dont drop you clocks on idle any one know how i can fix this
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