Posted on 02/14/2007 12:59:04 PM PST by aft_lizard
I really like Vista, it is very nice looking and has some neat gadgets and some appreciated security upgrades. However the once steady videocard company, renowned for its quality drivers, has really laid an egg with Vista.Because of nVidias inability to properly put forth quality drivers I am left with turning all of the eyecandy down on my system, not playing games and instead of letting my PC whisk gently off to sleep I have to shut it down anytime I am going to be away for such a period that the screensaver may be needed or sleep or hibernation modes are too be required, which sucks I like to just sit down and move my mouse and wa la my computer comes back on, or worst just push the power button and it instantly resumes. Not anymore I have boot from cold and wait the long loading time for it to boot, because Vistas load time is not as quick as XP's. Meh I shouldnt complain its a free computer and it sure as heck beats a Mac.
/soapbox
Here's another little FYI:
No need to upgrade to Vista right now.
Where you using RC1? I heard that the nVidia drivers for RC1 were good, but the final release was closer to RC2.
Good for you, however I had little chice in this matter, my old PC's mobo died and this was purchased for me. The issue is not Vista in this case anyways, its the hardware companies fault, otherwise Vista is a great OS.
Yessss ... kissss the nice worm thing that crawled in your ear and extended its tendrils onto your spinal cord, your gut, and your heart.
What elsssse can you do.
Call a doctor?
You're trippin, dude.
I'm using RC2.
Another Vista thread.
I havent needed too, and this time the problem isnt MS, surprise its a vendor, the same company also provides cards for Macs also so I could potentially face the same stupid unneeded problem like in the forthcoming Leopard OS. Nope I stopped using Macs in middle school and have preffered the PC since.
Well, since AMD acquired ATI, there does seem to be more emphasis on driver development, especially in the Linux arena, which was long over due.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ahh, I knew it had to be one or the other.
At the end of the day, Vista is not a great OS yet. That remains to be seen; like when Windows XP first came out, it was a little rocky, but not for long. As far as your Video card, it's not just NVidia. It is a host of hardware problems and compatibility that is conflicting with Microsoft’s new bloated piece of garbage no one asked for or needs right now, Vista. We are talking software incompatibilities, video card driver problems, performance issues, slow boot times, more required memory ad nauseam. Tell me Microsoft shouldn't shoulder the blame, or part of the blame here. I'd suggest contacting NVidia, and asking them about the driver problem, or get a new "Vista compliant" video card. And you will need a video card, because Vista doesn't run well with integrated graphics.
I havent heard of any compatibilty problems with other companies products, perhaps its because they havent come out with updated drivers yet. This I understand, with a new OS not everything will be a plug and play situation the other companies have to catch up.It was the sameway when moving from 98 to XP. However nVidia advertised there cards as Vista Ready, or built for Vista, which is the basis of a current class action that may be filed(not by me I dont do that stuff), being a first adapter comes with inherent risks however that doesnt mean a company, in this case nVidia, can make claims and then not back them up, or take there own sweet time with it.
Microsoft delayed Vista for many reasons, one being was to give the major players a chance to catch up. I simply cant fnd any fault in MS on this one as of yet, they did there job now its the vendors time to do theirs.
As far as you saying its not great, that a matter of opinion then. Once it loads its very smooth running(save for the video driver issues), applications run very smooth and they have a pop to them, the aero glass feautre is great, it allows previews of windows that are minimized and there are lots of other things that impresses me over XP, such as gadgets and a better organizing of files.
Did the title give it away? :)
It's a beta driver, just released yesterday and your 7900GT is on the list of products supported.
Hope this helps!
As for vista delays being because they wanted to give vendors time to catch up is laughable. According to some of what I've read, they didn't officially release Vista to the vendors for driver dev and testing until something like October of last year.
And don't let M$ off the hook here either. I'm sure vista is buggy as hell. You did know that YOU PAY M$$$ to beta test their products, didn't you? One can't really say that an M$ O$ is an official production release until SP1. And I'm sure there are issues with DRM (esp. for video) along with their change in driver arch to cause headaches and problems.
Did you overwrite XP? Should have installed into another partition and dual booted.
Are you a gamer? Is that why the high end video? You might find that some of your games have issues with vista as well.
You should have stuck with a known quantity. The days of rushing out to get the latest and greatest coming out of redmond is over. And I suspect that's one of the reasons why they pulled XP from retail shelves, and forbade vendors from offering XP on new systems. Because they could let the public have a tried and true fall back position when all these problems came to light.
Caveat Emptor
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