Infinity7 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 NVidia WHQL driver 296.17 is available on Windows Updates for Windows 8 Consumer Preview users. They can be installed on Windows 7 and Vista (per StefanG3D) as well. The drivers are WDDM 1.2 in Windows 8 but they are WDDM 1.1 in Windows 7. The driver version is r295_97-7. The driver cab file is here: http://fg.v4.downloa...422c9207b5c.cab Download the cab file and unzip it into a new folder then go to Device Manager/right-click Display Adapter/Properties/Driver tab/Update Driver/Browse My Computer/Let Me Pick from List/Have Disk/Browse/Go to driver folder/select the inf file that Windows wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo64 Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Whats the deal with the CAT file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 There are two cat files. The smaller one looks like yours - you need the big one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I get a similar looking thing with my nv_disp.cat (Larry there is only one cat file in 296.17) No matter really, without it the driver won't install in Win8, happily installs Win7 with modded INF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 I get a similar looking thing with my nv_disp.cat (Larry there is only one cat file in 296.17) I found a 250MB cat in English yesterday - which, of course, I can't locate today. I think I found the link over at the nVidia forum. It really doesn't matter though - It had the same installation problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity7 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 With driver 296.17 My cat file after extracting it from the cab is 59.7 KB (61,139 bytes). My cab file size prior to any extracting is 150 MB (158,107,450 bytes). My cab file size after all extraction is done is 168 MB (176,527,801 bytes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conscriptvirus Posted March 11, 2012 Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hm, no support for GT 420m? :S Also, would optimus work with these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconed Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 What about modded .inf file ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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