actual Vista (32/64bit) driver packs for NF4-7 chipsets

[Fernando 1]

@ all Vista (32/64bit) users with an nForce 4/5/6/7 series chipset mainboard:

Actual information:
For not understandable reasons NVIDIA has yet not been able to present nForce chipset driver packs, which are working for all NF4-7 chipsets. They have tried it in June 2008 with the release of the sets 15.17/15.18, but - due to the problems users got by using them - they had to remove them from their websites 2 weeks later. Since 3rd July 2008 NVIDIA is offering again the various old nForce driver sets, which do not run perfectly with any nForce chipset.
Even NVIDIA's currently "newest" official driverpack 9.64, which is only presented for some NF7 series chipsets, doesn't contain the best combination of nForce IDE and Ethernet drivers. As a result the users get less performance with their system than possible.

These were the reasons why I continued to build and upload some new Vista x86/x64 driverpacks, which might be interesting for a lot of users with different nForce chipset mainboards.
The installation of my driverpacks may be useful for nForce users, who ran into problems with NVIDIA's official packs (for example NF4 RAID users) or who are searching for a driverpack combination, which gives them a better performance (owners of all NF4-7 chipsets).

Last update: 08/08/2008
Changelog:
- Brandnew: Actual NF4-7 Driverpacks (with modded IDE drivers v10.3.50.8 )
- Recently uploaded: Actual NF4-7 WHQL driverpack for Vista x86 (with IDE drivers v10.3.0.27)
- updated HD Audio driver
- new installer

Preliminary notes

Many users with an nForce chipset mainboard, who are running or going to install Vista (32/64bit), are searching for nForce chipset drivers, which are suitable for their special chipset and will give them the best possible performance and stability of their system. For not understandable reasons NVIDIA does not offer them for all nForce chipsets.

This was the reason why I started this thread.

Besides some other nForcersHQ Forum members it was mainly TwL, who helped me to find the best nForce driver mixture for each nForce chipset series. Whithout his assistance and feedback I wouldn't have been able to present these "Best for NF4-7" chipset driver packages.
If you want further informations about TwL's benchmark results and his review about the properties and features of all actual nForce IDE drivers and the impact done by different Ethernet driver versions, you should have a look into this special thread.


Here are my actual nForce chipset driver packages for Vista x86 and Vista x64:

A. "Vista WHQL Driver Packs":

1. "NF4 RAID WHQL Driverpacks"
(Working WHQL driver combination for NF4 RAID systems)

Changelog:
- updated HDAudio driver
- new installer

Although NVIDIA's recently released and meanwhile withdrawn Vista nForce driverpacks v15.17/15.18 were presented as being compatible with all NF4-7 chipsets, the included nForce IDE drivers v10.3.0.21 did not work at all with nForce4 RAID systems.
This is the reason why I have created and uploaded special WHQL signed Vista driverpacks for users with an NF4 RAID system.

Here are the download links (with multilingual installer):

32bit driverpack v3.0 for Vista x86:
Main download link (eSnips)
Mirror 1 (MediaFire)
Mirror 2 (RapidShare)

64bit driverpack v3.0 for Vista x64:
Main download link (eSnips)
Mirror 1 (MediaFire)
Mirror 2 (RapidShare)

These are the components of these special Vista packages:

[jrmpls]

clean install of Vista Ultimate x64, ran your "updated" 9.46 package and everything installed flawlessly. Thanks a ton for your efforts! Now instead of having to dig thru 4 different installation packages to get the good stuff, it's all in one convenient place... again ... thanks a ton!

[Fernando 1]

[whitedragon]

Thanks!

[TwL]

What did you change on these? Don't see any change on compatible chipsets on IDE section all what is on these are the same which are on WHQL.. Hmm, well maybe I am wrong and didn't check those close enough but I know that there was already 6 HardwareIDs supported on WHQL and there still is 6 HardwareIDs on your modified.

Anyhow, It's still working rocksolid as you said v9.98 IDE/RAID are the best there is for nForce 4/7. I'd go with v10.x modded for 5/6 series since those seems as rocksolid as these on 590 and 630i boards and yet faster by some amount.

[bruce_wein]

Hey Fernnando1

Will those driver be compatible with Windows Server 2008 ?

Also will the RAID drivers be recognized while installing vista/server2008 with F6 and floppy ?

10x

[Fernando 1]

[TwL]

[Fernando 1]

[kageon1]