Nvidia prepared for Windows 7 this time
This time around, Nvidia has kicked things up a notch with Windows 7. In reply to AMD’s announcement stating that they were first to market with Windows 7 drivers, Nvidia answered back with an announcement of their own by claiming to be the first hardware vendor to release Windows 7 WHQL Certified Drivers for all PC Platforms. Just a few days after releasing 185.81, they released 185.85 on May 6th.
In addition, rumors are stating that Nvidia might be the first to market a DirectX 11 GPU starting with the GTX 300 in Q3 2009. You may have heard previously that AMD/ATI would be the first but BrightSideofNews has reported otherwise.
DirectX 11 is already on Windows 7 systems but there are no ETA dates yet for supported cards and games.
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Tags: directx 11, NVIDIA, windows 7, windows 7 dx11
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Going to be great for customers! Competition pushes the quality up (mostly) and the prices for graphic cards down.
I agree totally
Too bad if you go to the Technet forums, you will find a lot of rather typical comments about Nvidia drivers crashing machines and/or compromising performance. It sure sounds like the same old Nvidia to me. I still will not buy a machine if it includes a Nvidia adapter. I had more than enough aggravation with the lack of Vista drivers, then flawed Vista drivers, and performance issues with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop (issues that never were completely resolved). It is pretty telling that everytime someone has a problem with Lightroom, one of the first questions asked is whether your machine has a Nvidia adapter….
Stephen