NVIDIA drivers responsible for nearly 30% of Vista crashes in 2007

[DigitalDude]

NVIDIA drivers responsible for nearly 30% of Vista crashes in 2007

That huge bundle of damning emails and documents Microsoft produced as part of the Vista-capable lawsuit is full of fascinating information about how the company developed, planned, and launched Vista, but the latest juicy nugget to come out if it suggests that a lot of problems faced by the troubled operating system are actually NVIDIA's fault -- nearly 30% of logged Vista crashes were due to NVIDIA driver problems, according to a Microsoft data included in the bundle. That's some 479,326 hung systems, if you're keeping score at home, and it's in first place by a large margin -- Microsoft clocks in at number two at 17.9 percent, and ATI is fourth with 9.3 percent. Now, the chart doesn't contain a ton of additional information that would help put it in context -- a specific time period in 2007 would be nice, as would and driver and OS versions -- but we've been hearing about NVIDIA issues with Vista from the start, and this seems to confirm it. So that's pressure by Intel to support incompatible chipsets, outrage by Dell and Wal-Mart that the Vista Capable program was confusing customers, Microsoft executives saying they had been "personally burnt" by Vista, and now what looks like a huge NVIDIA driver problem -- who knows what else is going to come out of this lawsuit? At this point we're half expecting a photo of Gates signing a Save XP petition.

Source: Engadget

Read Link: Ars Technica


Do read the comments there




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[nvidia]

I was getting BS when i first installed Vista with some old graphics driver. But now with the new drivers, its fine

[mehulved]

Now where's gx. Woh toh dharam sankat mein pad jaayega

[amitava82]

Hahahahahhahahahaha

[desiibond]

I have ATI onboard. Maybe that's why my Vista never crashes

[abhinandh]

...and see the amount of crashes caused by microsoft!!!!!...and on their own OS.

[ray|raven]

Originally Posted by mehulved

Now where's gx. Woh toh dharam sankat mein pad jaayega

[praka123]

Lol :d

[Gigacore]

Vista $ucks, I've never installed it on my PC after seeing its performance on my friend's rig!

[DigitalDude]

Originally Posted by Gigacore

Vista $ucks, I've never installed it on my PC after seeing its performance on my friend's rig!

then its not a rig.. its a pig



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[Voldy]

Originally Posted by DigitalDude

then its not a rig.. its a pig



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lol well pig makes alot of sound just like vista which create's alot of headache for a user

[praka123]

that "unknown" figure will be much more.vi$ta is controlled NOT by you.even with your firewall or other utils installed,your privacy is at a stake.as vi$ta is made for spying you!60+ spy probes and a vulnerable DRM
Built-in Vista probing tools exposed
if you use vi$ta for eyecandy,you have to see compiz-fusion enabled GNU/Linux distros,then decide!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HyhFeopmjmU

[hellgate]

Originally Posted by DigitalDude

then its not a rig.. its a pig



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well said buddy.

i'm using Vista ever since it has RTM'd and i've only used nVidia gfx cards starting with FX5200.i only had a few probs with nVidia drivers during the initial stages,but after that no probs at all.Vista is running fine for me.it has run all my games and apps that i wud ever care to run.and now with SP1 it has become even more stable.i've never looked back at XP after i've started using Vista.

[gary4gar]

Vista is now somewhat stable after SP1.
still not ready for mass consumption

[DigitalDude]

Originally Posted by gary4gar

Vista is now somewhat stable after SP1.
still not ready for mass consumption

do you have Vista installed in your PC ?



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[d1g1t]

100% = 1,663,748

Survey was conducted on what? 10 people?

[DigitalDude]

Originally Posted by d1g1t

Survey was conducted on what? 10 people?

*points to note before commenting*

> thou shall read the article

479,326 hung systems

FYI these are Microsoft's internal data that was uncovered by CRN while going through the volumes of info in the emails that MS was asked to submit before a judge in connection with the 'Vista Capable' Lawsuit.



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[dr_jimit]

I love Vista SP1, it rocks with all new features.
But but, my rig, sorry, "PIG" cant run vista well

[narangz]

Well I had no problems with NVIDIA. But SoundMax(Analog Devices) Suck! They haven't released a proper driver & jack sensing doesn't work in Vista because of lack of proper driver Although it never crashed my system but it plainly SUCKS!

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by DigitalDude

do you have Vista installed in your PC ?



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yes i have a OEM copy running
why you asking?

[DigitalDude]

Originally Posted by gary4gar

yes i have a OEM copy running
why you asking?

its good then.... I asked 'cos most of the people giving vista advice these days have never even saw it first hand



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[hullap]

ill tell u what happend to me,
when i started to install vista on my friends system(his CD, his computer)
after i started installation it showed the BSOD.

[Voldy]

^^hehe same thing here
lol my friend got angry and said that i ruined his pc

[praka123]

^that's gross! BSOD ruining the PC ?

[iMav]

8 out of 10 BSODs are due to improper or conflicting drivers

[Voldy]

Originally Posted by praka123

^that's gross! BSOD ruining the PC ?

coz he's a noob simple answer and my friend doesnt even know wht BSOD mean so wht u expect frm such guys

[Faun]

Originally Posted by mehulved

Now where's gx. Woh toh dharam sankat mein pad jaayega

lol...ab linux ke liye bhi bana do acche drivers

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by hullap

ill tell u what happend to me,
when i started to install vista on my friends system(his CD, his computer)
after i started installation it showed the BSOD.

Correction: DVD

[Faun]

^^it comes in 5 cd installer too

[nvidia]

Originally Posted by T159

^^it comes in 5 cd installer too

My friend wouldnt have bought a new DVD drive if he knew that before