Nvidia update out of date?

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Dxvid

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Can someone please tell me why the latest Nvidia drivers from Windows Update are for Dec. 2007, nearly 12 months old!?

(I have Vista Home Premium x64 and 8800 GTX)
 

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Just download from nvidia's website.
 

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Hi Dxvid and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

mansrm81's advice also holds true for other hardware in your system. Updates for these should be obtained from the relevant hardware manufacturer and not from Microsoft unless, of course, the hardware is manufactured by them. Here is a useful link: http://www.vistax64.com/drivers/162306-drivers-hardware.html
 

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Thanks for the replies. It's just that I have a dual boot with XP and that updates Nvidia drivers regularly, the latest today in fact. So I was wondering why Vista doesn't do the same?

Also I have tried several times to update manually, but they caused so many crashes that I always reverted back to the old drivers. So I was wondering if the Dec 2007 drivers are the only ones recognised as fully stable by Windows Vista 64?

(Although just read somewhere that it might be necessary to uninstall Ageia PhysX before updating. So maybe not doing that caused the instability?)
 

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One other thing - when I do update the drivers manually, Windows Update then tells me it has a recommended update which turns out to be the Dec 2007 drivers, ie an older version than those just installed!? So I'm wondering if my Windows Update is broken? Are other people able to access Nvidia drivers later than Dec 2007 via Windows Update?
 

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lol.... no the update is not broken mine does the same, it tells me i need to install 169.25!! :eek: it seems they have failed to update the update..:sarc:


if you have not already done so....
install This... if there is a problem with the installation or running of these then im afraid to say there is a problem with the machine, im running these exact drivers from this link with x64 & i have 0 issues...

:)SK
 

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Thanks skunksmash but I think I've fixed it. I uninstalled the old version of Ageia PhysX from Programmes and Features and the 178.24 drivers are working fine now, and Update is saying everything is up to date. So it looks like it was the older version of Ageia PhysX causing the problem. (The newer versions don't put a separate entry in P and F so presumably are automatically updated when you update the drivers)
 

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I only get the nvidia drivers direct from nvidia to ensure they are the latest.
 

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Dwarf said:
Hi Dxvid and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

mansrm81's advice also holds true for other hardware in your system. Updates for these should be obtained from the relevant hardware manufacturer and not from Microsoft unless, of course, the hardware is manufactured by them. Here is a useful link: http://www.vistax64.com/drivers/162306-drivers-hardware.html
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Dxvid said:
It's just that I have a dual boot with XP and that updates Nvidia drivers regularly...
Click to expand...

As well as this, the same advice also holds true for any other operating systems (OS), be they Windows, Linux, or some other OS.
 

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This happened to me.. I got an update from windows update for my GTX260. and it was an old driver from when the card first came out.

but my brothers system I built got this same update from windows update a few days ago. but he has an XFX 8800GT with 175.49 drivers I believe. and I figured they'd be old. but he installed them anyways without asking me first. and they were the new 178.13 I was suprised. so not everyone is getting old updates from windows update. but I did.

not sure why..
 

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Dxvid said:
Can someone please tell me why the latest Nvidia drivers from Windows Update are for Dec. 2007, nearly 12 months old!?

(I have Vista Home Premium x64 and 8800 GTX)
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Windows Update does not search for the latest drivers. Windows Update only updates drivers which vendors give to Microsoft. If a vendor has not given MS their latest drivers, MS cannot give them to you.

The reason why Windows Update shows drivers so old is simple: because that's the last set of drivers nVidia gave Microsoft.

This is not unique to video drivers and Windows Update; it's all drivers and Windows Update. If you want current drivers, for whatever part, seek out the vendor and only rely on Windows Update to update Windows.
 

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