Win98SE driver for Geforce 8400 GS

You can't use the drivers from

Going to the Nvidia/GeForce site, the drivers they had did not support Win98SE - the "best" was Win2K, and that is why i asked.

you might have to use a video card of similar vintage (to 98)

(an S3 trio32 based card with 2M or more video ram might be a good starting point)

OTOH if the "Geforce 8400 GS" is vesa compatible it should work using the vesa drivers.

Robert Baer wrote in news:bdudnUMFvoIT8NrUnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@posted.localnet:

I think Microsoft is requiring companies to not provide drivers for "non- supported" MS op systems. I have a printer that HAD a driver supplied for W98SE,but MS got Lexmark to pull the driver off it's CD as of Jun 07. the Printer's paperwork still mentions the W98SE driver. No archive site has it anymore,either.

Interesting! Will see about that. Thanks.

That means some enterprising person could have a site that specifically maintains "legacy" software.

MGDx has a hacked driver for backwards compatibility onto Win98SE on his site

Here you are:

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According to the Readme, the Geforce 8400 GS specifically *IS* supported.

I'd expect such a site to be "visited" by the company's, if not M$', lawyers.

If we really had an effective DOJ it would be M$ that got the visit. Isn't their a "7-year rule" on product maintainability? There sure is for car parts.

...Jim Thompson

In all your years, you still haven't learned that life isn't "fair"? I'd call you a weenie, but... ;-)

I'm sure you can still buy all the bits you need. You have to assemble them yourself, though.

krw wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net:

I can see requiring no NEW drivers created for out-of-support MS-OS,but to rescind drivers already created,sold with product,and archived seems predatory.

MS wants to FORCE people to upgrade.

Not to defend MS, but the drivers come from Nvidia. They won't write drivers for the old OS. I think the latest series to be supported for

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...and your point is?

If I were M$, I'd want to get rid of the evidence too.

Thank you! The 81.98 driver did not list my card; this one does. Thanks again.

The site can be situated in one of those "obscure" and seemly untouchable locations in Europe..

If there was a government rule to that effect, they would be found in the CFRs (did not look).

Lemme see... does this "one" go before or after that "zero"?

Not only that, but their licences *require* that the hardware support the M$ DRM "rules", so that their "newest and bestes" Gooie works THEIR way. BTW, all kinds of personal and computer configuration info gets snagged; any HW changes and you are up a tree..

Does it have to be for Win98SE?

Linux apparently supports that card natively

If you really really need drivers for Win98SE, maybe you can find the NVidia staff directory and email them directly...

Michael