Friday, April 1, 2011

Nvidia Geforce 5 FX Series drivers for Windows 7

Windows 7 drivers are available UNOFFICIALLY for the cards listed below:

  • FX 5100
  • FX 5200 / FX 5200 ULTRA /FX 5200 LE
  • FX 5500
  • FX 5600 / FX 5600 ULTRA / FX 5600 LT
  • FX 5700 /FX 5700 ULTRA / FX 5700 LE / FX 5700 VE
  • FX 5800/ FX 5800 ULTRA
  • FX 5900/ FX 5900 ULTRA / FX 5900 XT/ FX 5900 ZT
  • FX 5950 ULTRA
  • PCX 5300
  • PCX 5750
  • PCX 5900
To use these graphic cards with windows 7 operating system, kindly follow these instructions:
  1. Download windows vista driver of your graphic card from NVIDIA website using the link below. The driver type must match with operating system (32-bit or 64-bit).
  2. After done downloading, right-click on the driver setup file and choose 'Properties'. Click 'Compatibility' tab and tick the box saying 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:'. Choose windows vista from the drop down menu and click 'Apply'.
  3. You are done ! Install the driver and restart your computer !
  4. Have fun :)
  • Note: This setting might not work on some graphic cards. If the blue screen appears, please uninstall the driver.

My test setup:
  • Pentium 4 Northwood socket 478,2.40Ghz, FSB: 533MHz, L2 cache: 512 kb
  • ZOTAC Geforce FX 5200, agp 4x/8x, 256MB DDR, 128-bit
  • WD 160 GB
  • IBM 6824-6AA Motherboard
  • 1GB DDR SDRAM [Apacer]
  • Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit

Result:














Pic_1: Desktop view with glass effects
















Pic_2 : Windows 7 OS vs Windows vista driver :)


Driver Download Link: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

2 comments:

Adolfo said...

I put it does not find any Any solution?

fooman64 said...

i have found a driver package 311.15 for the quadro/tesla series which is said to support and install under windows 7/8 without the compatibility under vista chosen the list of supported gpus match some of the fx 5 series, once the download finishes i am going to attempt the installation and hope the package will support the card i am attemtping to test which is the 5200 gpu, i will report back shortly.