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Message 1647085 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 0:18:20 UTC

Will the new Windows WDDM drivers have make any change to the nVIDIA and ATI/AMD Drivers that I have installed?

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Message 1647112 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 1:29:31 UTC - in response to Message 1647085.  

Will the new Windows WDDM drivers have make any change to the nVIDIA and ATI/AMD Drivers that I have installed?

Are you referring to WDDM 2.0 which is scheduled to ship with WIN 10?
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Message 1647120 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 1:57:49 UTC - in response to Message 1647112.  

No, The 1.3 that are optional with the latest Win7 updates.

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Message 1647132 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 2:24:41 UTC - in response to Message 1647120.  

WDDM 1.3 is for Windows 8.1 only. Windows 7's kernel cannot use any features newer than WDDM 1.1, so any updates are likely in the driver to be compatible with WDDM 1.3, making the drivers officially compatible with Windows 8.1.

I have not seen any Windows 7 updates from Microsoft updating WDDM to 1.3.
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Message 1647139 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 3:55:38 UTC
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This is the info that I copied from the optional update.


nVidia - Graphics Adapter WDDM1.1, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.2, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3, Other hardware - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Download size: 265.3 MB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Optional

nVidia Graphics Adapter WDDM1.1, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.2, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3, Other hardware software update released in February, 2015

More information:
http://sysdev.microsoft.com/support/default.aspx

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub


Also got this on the box with the GTX 750,


nVidia - Graphics Adapter WDDM1.1, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.2, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3, Other hardware - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750

Download size: 265.3 MB

You may need to restart your computer for this update to take effect.

Update type: Optional

nVidia Graphics Adapter WDDM1.1, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.2, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3, Other hardware software update released in February, 2015

More information:
http://sysdev.microsoft.com/support/default.aspx

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub

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Message 1647142 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 4:09:20 UTC - in response to Message 1647139.  
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Use nVidia ones please Jim, not Windows update ones.
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Message 1647150 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 4:25:16 UTC - in response to Message 1647142.  

Use nVidia ones please Jim, not Windows update ones.

Thanks Jason, I've been running 344.11 for quite a while and they have been running great.

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Message 1647167 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 6:55:51 UTC - in response to Message 1647150.  

Jason beat me to it- ignore the Windows ones.
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Message 1647355 - Posted: 27 Feb 2015, 17:46:52 UTC

To save that happening again, whenever the Windows driver pops up in updates, right click it & click on "Hide update", Windows won't bother you again with that update.

I only use NVidia's site.
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