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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 realmad.gif ) 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.

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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! welcome.gif
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