Finally, GeForce Go 7600 Drivers for Vista

[...] Have GeForce cards that you haven’t been able to get native drivers for Vista? Ok, so maybe not officially released ones, but working ones none the less. I finally found a way to get this driver installed and wanted to share it with those of you that are using GeForce cards that you haven’t been able to get native drivers for Vista for.read more | digg story [...]

Installed 10065_vista.exe and the patched nv_disp.inf file on my HP dv9207us laptop (Go 7600 with 256MB dedicated ram) and Windows Vista Premium. The vendor-supplied drivers did not allow for setting desktop contrast, gamma,etc. and their default settings gave the laptop display a washed out appearance. Soooo I thought I would give these a try.

Pros: These drivers support desktop color settings, and after some fine tuning it made a VAST improvement in the look of the display. The drivers also work well with games I have tried (Half Life 2, Far Cry, Serious Sam Second Encounter). They also work well with Windows Media Center DVD player.

Cons: These drivers (or possibly the .inf settings) do NOT play well with Windows Media Player or HP QuickPlay when viewing DVD’s. There is a lot of shearing and an odd effect where the color layers are shifted in position relative to each other, and gradually change intensity.

Conclusion: I am still using the drivers in spite of the DVD player problems – Luckily at least 1 of the DVD player apps works. The improvement in the screen colors and contrast is well worth the tradeoff.

*begins worshipping the creators of the inf file*
This is so amazing, great work to whomever did it. I am running a cyberpower laptop with the geforce go 7600 graphics card and this fix works great. I got a blank black screen with sound when trying to run Fable the Lost Chapters. It now runs on maximum graphics settings. I also went from running Lord of the Rings Online on medium settings to ultra high and it looks amazing.

THANK YOU! Since 7/07 when I upgraded to Vista WMP, Office Picture Viewer and other programs would bluescreen crash whenever a file was opened in them. These drivers fixed the problem and added 3 points to my Windows performance index. Thanks for the help.

Hi again. Sorry about double posting, but I reallly need help with this matter. I need the original, unedited version of the Nv_disp.inf file, so I can replace it. I had thought my cousin left a copy on my desktop, but he just made a copy of the changed version. I really need this, and fast!

Hmm.. does this work for widescreen too? i have tried installing this and it works gr8.. ty.. but i have a nice fat black frame i cant use now?

I’ve tried everything to get rid of the infamous NVLDDMKM.sys error and there are MANY MANY dead posts on this subject. This is the only thing that worked for me. Whoever made this ROCKS.

Hi,

I have an HP Pavilion dv9260 Notebook, originaly it has Vista, now i formate it and installed xp, i have problems with drivers soecially the display driver, i can not find this driver for xp : NVIDIA Geforce Go 7600 , and webcam and modem driver, any one can help ? thanks

I wanted to thank you for your post and let you know that I have Dugg it. You have saved my Spore and WoW playing.

hey guys i was in the middle of downloading this and at the same time looking around for an afficial relese (you cant trust everyone) and i thought oh what the hell and i checked out the nvidia web site and they have just relesed the latest driver 2 days ago this is what it says…just thought you might want to know……

GeForce Release 178 WHQL
Version: 178.24
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 85 MB

I have read and agree to the terms and conditions of the NVIDIA Software License Agreement.

New in Version 178.24:
Adds support for newly-released GeForce 9-series motherboard GPUs.
Includes several application compatibility fixes. Please read the release documentation for more details.
Release 178 Highlights:
WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6-series, 7-series, 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
Adds support for GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, 9500 GT and 9400 GT GPUs.
Adds support for NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory (this driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.09.04).
Experience GPU PhysX acceleration in several full games and demos today by downloading the GeForce Power Pack.
Adds support for 2-way and 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology with GeForce GTX 200-series GPUs on Intel® D5400XS motherboards.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLIâ„¢ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way and Quad SLI technology.
Supports CUDAâ„¢.
Supports NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology.
Supports Folding@home distributing computing application. Download the high performance client for NVIDIA GPUs here and join the NVIDIA team: #131015.
Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
Includes several 3D application performance improvements. The following are examples of improvements measured with v178.24 WHQL versus v175.19 WHQL driver:
Single GPU increases up to 11% in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)
Single GPU increases up to 11% in Assassin’s Creed DX10
Single GPU increases up to 15% in Bioshock DX10
Single GPU increases up to 15% in Call of Duty 4
Single GPU increases up to 8% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
2-way SLI increases up to 7% in Bioshock DX10
2-way SLI increases up to 10% in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts DX10
2-way SLI increases up to 12% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
2-way SLI increases up to 10% in World in Conflict DX10
Includes numerous 3D application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9500 GS
GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 9400
GeForce 9300 GS
GeForce 9300 GE
GeForce 9300
GeForce 9200
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8600 GS
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 SE
GeForce 8400 GS
GeForce 8400
GeForce 8300 GS
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a
GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a
GeForce 7950 GX2
GeForce 7950 GT
GeForce 7900 GTX
GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 7800 SLI
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 7800 GS
GeForce 7650 GS
GeForce 7600 GT
GeForce 7600 GS
GeForce 7600 LE
GeForce 7500 LE
GeForce 7350 LE
GeForce 7300 SE
GeForce 7300 LE
GeForce 7300 GT
GeForce 7300 GS
GeForce 7200 GS
GeForce 7100 GS
GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i
GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a
GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 Series GPU
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 GS/XT
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6700 XL
GeForce 6610 XL
GeForce 6600 VE
GeForce 6600 LE
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6500
GeForce 6250
GeForce 6200SE TurboCacheâ„¢
GeForce 6200 TurboCacheâ„¢
GeForce 6200 LE
GeForce 6200 A-LE
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
GeForce 6150 LE
GeForce 6150
GeForce 6100 nForce 420
GeForce 6100 nForce 405
GeForce 6100 nForce 400
GeForce 6100

Release Notes – 178.24
Control Panel User’s Guide

@inspireD: Always important to pay attention to the post date, this driver I stick out there like two years ago.