nvidia quadro fx 2500m driver 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. -- -- 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

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 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_readme.html?p_sid=ug8Q4u8i&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzAmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9dmlzdGE*&p_srch=1&p_email=&p_sla=
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org
"Andy Mauer" wrote in message

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 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_readme.html?p_sid=ug8Q4u8i&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzAmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9dmlzdGE*&p_srch=1&p_email=&p_sla=
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org
"Andy Mauer" wrote in message 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 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 Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote in message

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_readme.html?p_sid=ug8Q4u8i&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzAmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9dmlzdGE*&p_srch=1&p_email=&p_sla=
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org
"Andy Mauer" wrote in message 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 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

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"Andy Mauer" wrote in message

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 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

If you don't have the right drivers, how could a rating ever say something meaningful?
"cyanna" wrote:

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_readme.html?p_sid=ug8Q4u8i&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzAmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9dmlzdGE*&p_srch=1&p_email=&p_sla=
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org
"Andy Mauer" wrote in message 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 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,
I posted a driver request to the Vista feedback channel. I contacted NVIDIA and they said that the card is on the Vista supported list but that I had to wait until Dell would ship a driver. Well, I have to do evaluation work and start with a UX prestudy for a new software project that runs on Vista and utilizes the AERO interface. So if I have to wait until Dell ships a driver than I have to wait until end of the year and I can't do this. So there must be a way to get a beta driver from someone or what do you advice? (I can't buy another notebook that's for sure)
"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 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

I guess thats your only alternative right now, to get another system that fully supports Vista. Sorry. -- -- 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" <Andy Mauer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Hi Andre,
I posted a driver request to the Vista feedback channel. I contacted NVIDIA and they said that the card is on the Vista supported list but that I had to wait until Dell would ship a driver. Well, I have to do evaluation work and start with a UX prestudy for a new software project that runs on Vista and utilizes the AERO interface. So if I have to wait until Dell ships a driver than I have to wait until end of the year and I can't do this. So there must be a way to get a beta driver from someone or what do you advice? (I can't buy another notebook that's for sure)
"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 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

I got my D820 w/nvidia to support Aero. Try www.laptopvideo2go.com see http://nickeandersson.blogs.com/blog/2006/05/installing_wind.html
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

I guess thats your only alternative right now, to get another system that fully supports Vista. Sorry. -- -- 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" <Andy Mauer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Hi Andre,
I posted a driver request to the Vista feedback channel. I contacted NVIDIA and they said that the card is on the Vista supported list but that I had to wait until Dell would ship a driver. Well, I have to do evaluation work and start with a UX prestudy for a new software project that runs on Vista and utilizes the AERO interface. So if I have to wait until Dell ships a driver than I have to wait until end of the year and I can't do this. So there must be a way to get a beta driver from someone or what do you advice? (I can't buy another notebook that's for sure)
"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 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