Monday, March 7th 2016
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NVIDIA Releases first WHQL-signed GeForce Driver with Vulkan Support
NVIDIA beat AMD to being the first with a WHQL-signed graphics driver Vulkan API support. The new GeForce 364.47 WHQL drivers include support for the new low-overhead API that gives game developers greater access to hardware features, and saps lower CPU overhead. The drivers are also game-ready for "Tom Clancy's The Division," the 2016 reboots of "Hitman," and "Need for Speed," and "Ashes of the Singularity." Grab the drivers from the links below.DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 364.47 WHQL for Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 32-bit | Windows 8/7/Vista 64-bit | Windows 8/7/Vista 32-bit
67 Comments on NVIDIA Releases first WHQL-signed GeForce Driver with Vulkan Support
I am expecting in the next days to read a FAIR editorial about the WHQL stamp and Nvidia WHQL drivers.
Does this stamp really means better drivers? More stable drivers? or is Nvidia using this stamp for marketing reasons, knowing that they will just have to pay Microsoft to get it. Because these problems are so obvious that I wonder if Microsoft is just selling away that stamp and does no testing at all, before giving it.
Last years editorial about AMD's driver releases, was escalated from the tech press to a discussion about AMD's future. At the same time Nvidia followed with even more frequent driver releases trying to take advantege of all this fuss. Maybe it is a coincidence, but it is obvious that Nvidia is sacrificing driver stability here for marketing reasons.
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People cry over their cornflakes about fucking driver releases. They're not essential - the games actually still work. Tonnes of folks aren't using Crimson because they don't work and lots of folk don't update their NV drivers because the branch from months ago still works.
NEWSFLASH - Bad driver gets released - people read about it and still install it. Duh. Wait for fix (and next fix).
If you want a moral crusade about something worthwhile - go petition your government to do something meaningful. Bitching about your butt hurt feelings because of a bad editorial last year is just weak. Everyone makes mistakes - even TPU. Let it go.
Here is a good read for you (hint - it has nothing to do with nvidia or amd paying anyone:msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff553976(v=vs.85).aspx
Perhaps if AMD got their collective heads out of their asses, focused less on marketing hype and more on the substance of their hardware, they wouldn't be in this position. ;)
The new beta is the same driver, with a fixed noobspress installer. :)
AMD mistake. Do I have to comment?
If you took notice, my 'tin foil hat' statement was in reference to Harry Lloyd's post which talked about bribery for WHQL status (and breit for saying "money" - but his post wasn't directly above mine...should have quoted it). ;)
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But obviously thorough testing couldn't either be a requirement for a WHQL label. Otherwise this fairly obvious bug would've been discovered.