Vista backstabbed by Nvidia drivers

Darius Chang | Mar 28, 2008

Since its release, the latest operating system from Redmond has been blasted for being buggy and unstable. Turns out a major reason for that wasn't Vista itself, but the Nvidia graphics drivers.

Uncovered in internal documents during the lawsuit over the Vista-capable label, issues with Nvidia drivers accounted for 28.8 percent of system crashes, making it the leading reason for Vista instability. Consider the fact that not all machines are equipped with discrete graphic cards, this is an exceptionally high rate of incidence. But in its defence, the method of data collection was not revealed and hence this information is better used as reference rather than gospel. We've contacted Nvidia regarding this issue and are still awaiting a response.

After upgrading our HP desktop equipped with Nvidia GeForce 7500LE graphics card to Vista Service Pack 1, the system does seem to run smoother with fewer crashes. For those with a Vista/Nvidia setup, has Service Pack 1 solved your woes?

Via Arstechnica

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