NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M driver on Vista Beta 2

Hi,

is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2 yesterday
and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a great
thing on a high end notebook.

Dell Precision M90
Duo Core @T2600
2GB RAM
100 GB 7200 HardDisk
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available for
early adopters?

Any hint would be a grear help.

Regards,
Andreas

Get the latest drivers from NVIDIA:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_87.15.html

The driver installation might fail at the first attemp, but it will install
just fine on the second one (windows installer sort of runs it in a
compatibility mode or something....)
"Andy Mauer" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
> support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2 yesterday
> and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a great
> thing on a high end notebook.
>
> Dell Precision M90
> Duo Core @T2600
> 2GB RAM
> 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
> NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
>
> Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available for
> early adopters?
>
> Any hint would be a grear help.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas

Sorry, bad info, for some reason the FX 2500 is not included in the supported
hardware. I'll post back if I find another option for you.

"cyanna" wrote:

>
> Get the latest drivers from NVIDIA:
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_87.15.html
>
> The driver installation might fail at the first attemp, but it will install
> just fine on the second one (windows installer sort of runs it in a
> compatibility mode or something....)
> "Andy Mauer" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
> > support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2 yesterday
> > and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a great
> > thing on a high end notebook.
> >
> > Dell Precision M90
> > Duo Core @T2600
> > 2GB RAM
> > 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
> > NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
> >
> > Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available for
> > early adopters?
> >
> > Any hint would be a grear help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas

Hi Cyanna,

thanks for the first info! I'm burning to get this solved, I got to do some
evaluation work to plan a software projects new UX! Pleas remember this is
the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M.

Regards,
Andreas

"cyanna" wrote:

> Sorry, bad info, for some reason the FX 2500 is not included in the supported
> hardware. I'll post back if I find another option for you.
>
> "cyanna" wrote:
>
> >
> > Get the latest drivers from NVIDIA:
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_87.15.html
> >
> > The driver installation might fail at the first attemp, but it will install
> > just fine on the second one (windows installer sort of runs it in a
> > compatibility mode or something....)
> > "Andy Mauer" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
> > > support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2 yesterday
> > > and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a great
> > > thing on a high end notebook.
> > >
> > > Dell Precision M90
> > > Duo Core @T2600
> > > 2GB RAM
> > > 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
> > > NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
> > >
> > > Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available for
> > > early adopters?
> > >
> > > Any hint would be a grear help.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andreas

Not a supported card right now, you need to file a hardware driver request
and contact nVidia about Vista support.
--
--
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"Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
news:2DFD2F2A-9F9B-497B-A7E5-...
> Hi,
>
> is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
> support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2
> yesterday
> and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a great
> thing on a high end notebook.
>
> Dell Precision M90
> Duo Core @T2600
> 2GB RAM
> 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
> NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
>
> Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available
> for
> early adopters?
>
> Any hint would be a grear help.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas

Hi Cyanna,

there is even a ForceWare Vista Beta 2 update on the nvidia site

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_88.61.html

But the update there doesn't have the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M driver either!
This is a real bad supporting issues from NVIDIA since I particular bought
this new high end machine for the Windows Vista evaluation and solution
architecture scenarios. So the Dell Precision M90 has the logo "Windows Vista
Capable" but can't run with a resulution higher the 1200 x something on a
standard VGA driver even though the pc can do 1900 x 1200 this is great isn't
it?

Thanks for you assistance.

Regards,
Andreas

"cyanna" wrote:

>
> Get the latest drivers from NVIDIA:
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_87.15.html
>
> The driver installation might fail at the first attemp, but it will install
> just fine on the second one (windows installer sort of runs it in a
> compatibility mode or something....)
> "Andy Mauer" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
> > support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2 yesterday
> > and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a great
> > thing on a high end notebook.
> >
> > Dell Precision M90
> > Duo Core @T2600
> > 2GB RAM
> > 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
> > NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
> >
> > Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available for
> > early adopters?
> >
> > Any hint would be a grear help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas

Hi Andre,

where do I file such a hardware driver request?
Aou know the strange thing though is this machine is labeled with "Windows
Vista Capable" logo! Could you give me some idea of how to file this driver
request?
I called Dell support today and they had no idea what so ever when there
would be Vista driver for this card awailable.

Regards,
Andreas

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Not a supported card right now, you need to file a hardware driver request
> and contact nVidia about Vista support.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
> news:2DFD2F2A-9F9B-497B-A7E5-...
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
> > support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2
> > yesterday
> > and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a great
> > thing on a high end notebook.
> >
> > Dell Precision M90
> > Duo Core @T2600
> > 2GB RAM
> > 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
> > NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
> >
> > Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available
> > for
> > early adopters?
> >
> > Any hint would be a grear help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas
>
>
>

Andreas;
You should ask both Dell and NVIDIA.
I am not sure if there are specific places in either to as for driver
support, but this may be a start fro NVIDIA:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/support..._email=&p_sla=

--
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http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
news:6BE3708B-5980-460A-815D-...
> Hi Andre,
>
> where do I file such a hardware driver request?
> Aou know the strange thing though is this machine is labeled with "Windows
> Vista Capable" logo! Could you give me some idea of how to file this
> driver
> request?
> I called Dell support today and they had no idea what so ever when there
> would be Vista driver for this card awailable.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Not a supported card right now, you need to file a hardware driver
>> request
>> and contact nVidia about Vista support.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
>> news:2DFD2F2A-9F9B-497B-A7E5-...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
>> > support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2
>> > yesterday
>> > and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a
>> > great
>> > thing on a high end notebook.
>> >
>> > Dell Precision M90
>> > Duo Core @T2600
>> > 2GB RAM
>> > 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
>> > NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
>> >
>> > Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available
>> > for
>> > early adopters?
>> >
>> > Any hint would be a grear help.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Andreas
>>
>>
>>

The limitation to 1600x1200 screen resolution in VGA mode is in the specs for
the video card.
"Vista capable" doesn't mean much, essentially that you will be able to load
the OS, period. It is in no way a guarantee that you can have aero and other
fancy stuff. Just out of curiosity, how did the machine rate?
Any way, I'm not saying that your machine will not be able to run Vista with
aero, it's just that this version of the OS is a beta and the manufacturers
are not quite ready with drivers for all the different hardware. Look at the
situation for all the 64-bit systems. Although Vista is meant to run on a 64
platform, there are even less drivers available for that platform then for
the 32-bit. It's just a matter of not enough customers screaming loud
enough....yet.


"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Andreas;
> You should ask both Dell and NVIDIA.
> I am not sure if there are specific places in either to as for driver
> support, but this may be a start fro NVIDIA:
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/support..._email=&p_sla=
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
> news:6BE3708B-5980-460A-815D-...
> > Hi Andre,
> >
> > where do I file such a hardware driver request?
> > Aou know the strange thing though is this machine is labeled with "Windows
> > Vista Capable" logo! Could you give me some idea of how to file this
> > driver
> > request?
> > I called Dell support today and they had no idea what so ever when there
> > would be Vista driver for this card awailable.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
> >
> >> Not a supported card right now, you need to file a hardware driver
> >> request
> >> and contact nVidia about Vista support.
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >>
> >> "Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
> >> news:2DFD2F2A-9F9B-497B-A7E5-...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
> >> > support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2
> >> > yesterday
> >> > and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a
> >> > great
> >> > thing on a high end notebook.
> >> >
> >> > Dell Precision M90
> >> > Duo Core @T2600
> >> > 2GB RAM
> >> > 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
> >> > NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
> >> >
> >> > Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card available
> >> > for
> >> > early adopters?
> >> >
> >> > Any hint would be a grear help.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Andreas
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

He can use the Feedback link on the desktop which will provide both a link
to Feedback form for Windows Vista and link to download the Microsoft
Reporting Tool.
--
--
Andre
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Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:OFuZU%...
> Andreas;
> You should ask both Dell and NVIDIA.
> I am not sure if there are specific places in either to as for driver
> support, but this may be a start fro NVIDIA:
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/support..._email=&p_sla=
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
> news:6BE3708B-5980-460A-815D-...
>> Hi Andre,
>>
>> where do I file such a hardware driver request?
>> Aou know the strange thing though is this machine is labeled with
>> "Windows
>> Vista Capable" logo! Could you give me some idea of how to file this
>> driver
>> request?
>> I called Dell support today and they had no idea what so ever when there
>> would be Vista driver for this card awailable.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andreas
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>>
>>> Not a supported card right now, you need to file a hardware driver
>>> request
>>> and contact nVidia about Vista support.
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>>
>>> "Andy Mauer" <> wrote in message
>>> news:2DFD2F2A-9F9B-497B-A7E5-...
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > is there some information about the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M video card
>>> > support for Windows Vista Beta 2? I installed Windows Vista Beta 2
>>> > yesterday
>>> > and jsut got the basic standard VGA driver installed, which isn't a
>>> > great
>>> > thing on a high end notebook.
>>> >
>>> > Dell Precision M90
>>> > Duo Core @T2600
>>> > 2GB RAM
>>> > 100 GB 7200 HardDisk
>>> > NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
>>> >
>>> > Does Microsoft have any beta WDDM drivers for this video card
>>> > available
>>> > for
>>> > early adopters?
>>> >
>>> > Any hint would be a grear help.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Andreas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>