State of 8800 Vista drivers

[Vertigo]

Am about to buy/build a new machine for the gf which will be a 32-bit Vista box with an 8800GTS.

Having read a lot about the state of the beta drivers from Nvidia, I'm a bit wary about this. What is the state of these drivers at present? Are we talking a few graphical glitches in a few odd games or rafts of problems across the board? Try to decide whether to hold fire on the order/build atm.

 

[Vertigo]

This isn't what I want to hear really

Are the problems restricted mainly to SLI setups then?

 

[Vertigo]

TBH, why bother with vista at the moment?

On a self-build I wouldn't but on a whole new machine you don't have a lot of choice now.

 

[Vertigo]

Right, so even if the new machine comes with a copy of Vista, I'm still going to buy a copy of XP aswell!? Don't think so somehow.

 

[Vertigo]

Do you have a licence for xp at the moment? Then you don't need to buy a copy of xp, just get a "back-up" from somewhere and use your existing product key.

Her current copy of XP is OEM and thus dies with the machine.

 

[Vertigo]

That was the same for my sisters one, and it worked fine.

Whether it works or not isn't the issue, it's illegal. You may as well download a pirated copy of XP, it'd be about as kosher.

 

[Vertigo]

running vista 64 bit ultimate with a BFG 8800 GTX - had no issues in windows, css, supreme commander, C&C3 demo, or films. Havent put anything else worth mentioning on it yet but for me there are 0 problems relating to graphics

Can I ask which drivers you're using?