**THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD**

[Neil79]

Strange really, how some don't have issues with nvidia drivers and some do.

This happened with Nvidia some time back with a fan issue, some people had their nvidia fan stopped working, some didn't work propely and others worked fine. All through a Nvidia update

GeForce 320.49 Driver BETA is on the main Nvidia website now, seems a WHQL might be added over the next couple of days. Hopefully that will fix the weird problems people are getting. Until then it may be worth sticking with 314.22..

WHQL is just a microsoft stamp of approval, there is every chance the same issue will show up

 

[se_vietboi]

So whats the general consensus on which drivers is best recommended for a GTX 770?

 

[darael]

Installed 320.49 for my GTX660 and my power consumption and temperatures have both dropped ever so slightly.

Not done any benchmarks.

 

[banjoted]

For what it's worth I got a Windforce 780 last week and have run both sets of the latest drivers without any issues at all.

 

[Andi-C]

Installed the new Beta (320.49) & played BF3 ! safe to say its a fail like the 320.XX ! No fix for BF3 for me...

 

[Kelt]

Tried the 320.49's, noticed my GPU power shot up to 61 at idle from 11 with the 314.22's. These 320.xx series of drivers are a bit of a mess (for me). Reverted back to the 314's.

 

[robin66]

GeForce 326.01 WHQL Windows 8.1 Preview Driver

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/download_geforce_326_01_whql_windows_8_1_preview_driver.html

 

[SkeeterUK]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win8-preview-64bit-326.01-whql-driver.html

 

[Shiari]

Runs like a slideshow (tested with Unigine Valley) here, Win 7 x64 with KFA2 770 EX OC 2048MB. Had to go back to 320.18.

 

[layte]

Win 7 x64

My spidey senses are tingling,

 

[Shiari]

My spidey senses are tingling,

I saw it mentioned somewhere (can't find it now) that it should also support 7, plus some others apparently did install it on 7 without any issues, at least in games. Didn't try any games though. Besides that, the installer doesn't complain about the environment either.

 

[Rroff]

It supports Vista, 7 and 8 but AFAIK these are just for the windows update repository I'd wait for the proper GeForce R325 releases.

 

[Broken Hope]

It supports Vista, 7 and 8 but AFAIK these are just for the windows update repository I'd wait for the proper GeForce R325 releases.

It's a full release with control panel, newer audio driver etc.

 

[Boomstick777]

*326.01 WHQL for Windows 8.1 Preview added to OP*

 

[Rroff]

Anything downloadable from the nVidia website will have anyhow.

 

[kh85]

edit. seems like all the drivers popping up everywhere are dodgy atm.

i'll wait.

 

[Neil79]

*326.01 WHQL for Windows 8.1 Preview added to OP*

Please add -

This driver supports Windows Vista, 7, 8.

 

[Neil79]

This driver supports Windows Vista, 7, 8.

 

[Neil79]

560 Ti Freezes from 320.18 fixed?

ManualG

Not completely. We believe this is more than one bug and we have pushed out one fix for this so far but we are working on more for the next release.

 

[Neil79]

560 Ti Freezes from 320.18 fixed?

ManualG

Not completely. We believe this is more than one bug and we have pushed out one fix for this so far but we are working on more for the next release.