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  Morgue, what's with the "4) DirectX 10 support disabled."??? Your card isn't even DirecX 10 capable.
   
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  Playback on my TV for one
  
  I did hook up a video camera to it once without getting any blue screens
  
  What Build are you running?
  
  
   
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  Playback on my TV for one
  

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  ? Does Windows 7 need the nVidia WDM driver in order to detect your TV as a device and display output to it? I think that's more a case of having the correct output on your gfx card and compatible cables or the necessary cable converters. Your TV doesn't care where the source is coming from, nor does it need drivers.
  
  Whereas I'm talking about displaying RF-aerial input (TV signal) on your PC.
  
  

  
  I did hook up a video camera to it once without getting any blue screens
  

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  You hooked up a video camera to what? Your PC via your graphics card? How? What was the cable setup like? And what did you use to view the output of the video camera on the PC?
  
  

  
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  7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us. With all the latest patches.
  
  Perhaps newer versions of nVidia graphics cards that have VIVO capabilities have a more compatible version of the WDM driver (which would have to be part of the graphics card driver, not a separate install). But I haven't seen confirmation of that anywhere.
  
  And even so, it's still remiss of nVidia not to provide a Win7-compatible version of the WDM driver that will work with 7-series cards (which are ONLY a couple of years old, not that I have to remind you of that fact I'm sure).
  
   
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  Some updated drivers fail to support older hardware. Therefore the reason that "upgrading drivers" is not always the best option. Try and verify that the hardware is supported by Windows 7 here > Windows 7 Compatibility Center
  
  
  
  
   
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  Yep, the graphics card is supported (as shown in your screenshot)... but the VIVO capabilities via the WDM driver are not :(
  
  Thanks though =)
   
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  ONLY a couple of years old in graphics cards is ancient.
   
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  ONLY a couple of years old in graphics cards is ancient.
  

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  LOL, so true that!
   
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  Sure. Amongst today's throwaway (or disposable) generation. Oh, it doesn't work? Throw it away and buy another one. Oh, its slightly old? Throw it away and buy another one.
  
  I'm sorry, I don't subscribe to that outlook.
  
  Unfortunately for all consumers, the manufacturers of these products have managed to persuade society as a whole that we need to buy and discard their products in a continuous cycle, even if the products are not faulty. You bought one of their products JUST a couple of years ago, and now you're convinced you need to buy the latest version. Even though your current version works perfectly.
  
  What a sad, pathetic spiral consumers find themselves in. But you know what the worst part is? They did it to themselves. They ALLOWED these manufacturers create the throwaway generation, and to dictate this vicious purchase cycle. If consumers had stood up to them in the first place and said that it was unacceptable, the manufacturers would have had to toe the line. Will the situation ever improve? Only if YOU and I stop allowing ourselves to be forced to cough up our hard-earned money continually for incremental micro-upgrades. The solution starts with those that refuse to adhere to this form of oppressive capitalism.
  
  But I suspect I'm hopelessly optimistic. By and large, the blind sheep of this world will continue to allow themselves to get used in this manner.
  
  Shame.
  
  
  
  I hope that Toxic_Dust saw my questions in response to his last post in this thread (on the previous page).
  
   
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  Morgue, it's not like that at all. I have never thrown away a working part and I have only upgraded when my current hardware no longer does what I require of it. When I do upgrade I sell the part so someone that might see it as a nice upgrade. Also I tend to skip 2 or maybe even 3 (rarely) generations of hardware but cmon. If I had to keep all the stuff that still worked I still woulda had my AMD duron 1100+ with my geforce 4 mx 440 64MB.
  
  As for upgrade cycles, I upgrade my pc between 2 and 3 years. This all varies on whats being released and how prices are affected by it.
  
  Also, your card may be ONLY 3 years old to you but the 7800GTX cards were released mid of 2005, making your card 4 years old.
   
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  Well, you may not literally throw your older components away, but that's not the point I was making. You might want to read my post again to see if you can spot it ;)