New Nvidia drivers for Windows Vista may fix WoW problems
by Mike Schramm 
Jul 12th 2007 at 3:30PM
Reader Scott kindly dropped us a note (thanks!) that Nvidia released new drivers for Windows Vista on Tuesday, and hidden in the release notes is a note that the "low frame rates" within WoW have been fixed.So if you're running WoW in Vista, have an Nvidia graphics card (with one GPU), and still having graphical problems, a driver update definitely wouldn't hurt. Things seem to have calmed down on the graphics issues since a few patches have hit, but maybe there are still a few of you out there looking for a solution.
As for us Windows XP users, looks like we're still stuck with an older driver version. If you've updated your drivers on XP and are still having problems, the best thing to do is probably just to let Blizzard know about it.
Update: Whoops, Slashrude (and other commenters) point out what I missed: these are beta drivers, which means installing them may not be such a good idea. Update at your own risk.
Filed under: Patches, Bugs, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Slashrude Jul 12th 2007 4:09PM
I find it extremely bad practice to tell people that a BETA driver is a good idea. You should atleast mention that in your article with a disclaimer of "Use at your own risk."
Stronghammer Jul 12th 2007 4:30PM
Oh come on. I have used beta drivers from the respectable graphics card producers like Ati and nVidia for years and not once has it caused my PC to act funky, crash or die in any way.
Also Vista mentions during installation that the driver is not WHQL certified. You can always cancel right there.
It's not like they are sending you to some community hacked up driver that claims it solves the problem.
CVJ Jul 12th 2007 4:36PM
I still got 60FPS in wow under vista with a 7900GTX card with the old drivers.
Kahja Jul 12th 2007 4:54PM
lol beta drivers...
even better yet.. nvidia
HiWay Jul 12th 2007 4:57PM
I'm sorry to anyone who has Vista. Just UPGRADE to windows XP SP2 and all will be well with the world again. It might be worth it in 2 years or so when all the proprietary Vista stuff has been cracked such as the Games Explorer. Simple solution to it all though, Direct X 10 on XP - voila!
Patrick Jul 12th 2007 5:07PM
Just a heads up, this is only for 32bit Vista ... So there's nothing new for us 64bit Vista users.
spinninnzen Jul 12th 2007 9:27PM
I have Vista. Havent really have had any framerate issues. I think I'll just wait till its no longer Beta before I upgrade my drivers. If it aint broke no need to fix it lol ;)
Sterling Jul 12th 2007 9:41PM
FYI:
According to the Nvidia release notes for the XP drivers, if you disable vertical sync from within the game, your framerate will increase. It worked for me. Went from 40 to 60 fps in SLI (dual 6600GTs) to 100 fps. And, I've got a dual-core CPU.
Don't know if that'll help out the Vista users, but it's worth a shot.
Anders Jul 13th 2007 1:07AM
@6
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_162.22.html Here you go :)
Zardilann Jul 14th 2007 4:08AM
@8/Sterling
Thanks for the tip. Game was running fine before, but now it's just WoW =D