The Great Vista Drivers Post

[Polarman]

The Great Vista Drivers Post:

Access all the latest drivers for Windows VISTA here.

VERY IMPORTANT!

Always make sure that you always use the porper drivers for your specific brand/model.

In this post, i do not and will not post any beta or 3rd party (modded) drivers. Check elsewhere!

So with that out of the way... Lets start with the most obvious and important ones first.

INTEL:

Latest Intel INF version is 8.3.0.1013

Intel Desktop board only is version 8.4.0.1016

http://support.intel.com/

AMD:

Waiting for Phenom i guess.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Techni...,30_182,00.html

VIA:

Latest Chipset Drivers is 5.13A

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

SIS:

Not much here but there are some vista drivers:

http://www.sis.com/download/

NVIDIA:

Drivers for Graphics and Chipset:

Latest ForceWare Release is 163.69

Latest nFroce release is 15.08

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

AMD/ATI:

Drivers for Graphics, Tv tuners and Chipset:

Latest Catalyst release is 7.9

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

Creative Labs:

Drivers for Sound Cards (X-FI, Audigy)

Latest driver version for Audigy 2 is 2.12.0002

Latest driver version for X-FI is 2.15.0002

Latest Creative ALchemy for X-FI is 1.00.07

Latest Creative ALchemy for Audigy is 1.00.08 (Must Pay 10$ to get this one ) get it here: http://buy.soundblaster.com/

http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/

Realtek:

Drivers for Intergrated Sound and Ethernet.

Latest driver version for AC97 is 6251

Latest driver version for HD audio is 1.76

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/

These are the primary place where to get the latest drives from. If you have any problems, you could always try the drivers

from your Motherboard/Graphics Manufacurer. See the next thread below for various links.

Again... Make sure that you always use the proper drivers for your specific model.

Now on to Secondary (Peripherals) drivers:

Microsoft:

Drivers for keyboards, mice, gaming devices, webcams.

Latest Intellipoint, Intellitype version is 6.1

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/downloads/default.mspx

Logitech:

Drivers for keyboards, mice, gaming devices, webcams.

Latest Setpoint version is 4.0

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_...s/&cl=us,en

Ideazon:

Drivers for gaming devices.

http://www.ideazon.com/us/downloads/drivers.asp

Viewsonic:

Drivers for monitors.

Latest drivers are dated 070914

http://www.viewsonic.com/support/drivers/index.cfm

Samsung:

Drivers for monitors, printers, storage.

http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/index.asp

LG:

Drivers for monitors, storage.

http://us.lge.com/support/download/search.jhtml

Canon:

Drivers for printers and scanner.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controll...ownloadIndexAct

Epson:

Drivers for printers and scanner.

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support...UseBVCookie=yes

Hewlett/Packard (HP)

Drivers Printers, scanners, monitors, storage.

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/suppor...Display=drivers

Lexmark:

Drivers for printers and scanner.

http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentiale...78_0_en,00.html

Brother:

Drivers for printers

http://www.brother.com/E-ftp/info/index.html

Please note that not all websites are listed on this post because there's a whole lot more.

But these a relatively the most popular ones. If you have an additional site that you believe should be on this post,

feel free about sharing it with the community.

PLZ Sticky.

Edited September 19, 2007 by Polarman

[Polarman]

In this thread, i'll put down the web sites of the most obvious manufacturers.

When you visit the websites, make sure you pick your specific model before downloading anything.

Most of these sites are specificly related to motherboards and graphics cards.

WARNING! Some of these websites may contain outdated drivers.

Abit:

http://www.uabit.com/index.php?option=com_...download=driver

Asrock:

http://www.asrock.com/support/Download.asp

Asus:

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx

BFG (Tech):

http://www.bfgtech.com/driverdownload.aspx

Biostar:

www.biostar-usa.com/downloadmain.asp

DFI (Lanparty):

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Support/Download/down...=MB&SITE=US

ESC (Elitegroup):

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads...D=6&LanID=9

EVGA:

http://evga.com/support/drivers/

Foxconn:

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/en-us/support/downloads.aspx

GeCube:

http://www.gecube.com/software-driver.php

Gigabyte:

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Default.aspx

HIS (Digital):

http://www.hisdigital.com/html/driver.php

MSI (Microstar Int):

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloadindex

Powercolor:

http://www.powercolor.com/eng/support_driver.asp

Sapphire:

http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/support/drivers.php

Supermicro:

http://www.supermicro.com/support/resource...rce_drivers.cfm

Tyan:

http://www.tyan.com/support_download.aspx

XFX:

http://www.xfxforce.com/web/support/showSe...versSerial.jspa

Again, fell free to add some suggestions. Thank you!

Edited September 16, 2007 by Polarman