So now that NVIDIA has rebranded 8 to 9 series cards are they just hoping the 8 series will go away? What is up with no new drivers for the 8 series in almost 4 months?  

What OS you use?

Vista x64, but there has been no new release on any OS since December.

Try these yet? I said the same a few days ago, Im on xp32, but heres some 174.74 for 8 series for Vista 64 hope they work http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceW [...] -1888.html Make sure you go to the second mirror

you can get those @ nvidia's site.... http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_174.74.html

Wasnt sure. I couldnt get my betas from there for my 8800 with 174.74

Ok the release notes say one thing about supported cards

Yet Release Highlights says:

I really dislike incomplete info....silly Nvidia needs to proof read this stuff

I have an 8800GT and the 174.74 betas   gave me a blue screen upon reboot....  I am sticking with the 169.21 as they give me no issues...just a heads up.. nothing above the ones I have installed seem to work for me.. odd but true

Did you go to this link and download on the second mirror these? http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceW [...] -1890.html

Sad that we have to resort to using beta drivers in my opinion.

Thats true. But the 174.74s Im using really rock, and thats on an old GTS320 too.

Im so confused. I went to www.nvidia.com, went to the download section, chose my GPU and OS (8800GTS 512 and z64 Vista) then downloaded the WHQL certified 174.74 drivers...NOT beta.
 
I think you guys are missing something.

I just tried the same thing and 169.25 came up... You sure you chose it right?

Have any of you checked my links? And make sure you use the second mirror

What the heck, right you are. I coulda sworn that had WHQL'd those drivers. Wow.
 
Then I stand corrected I guess. I must have pulled them from the Beta section.
 
The Beta 174.74 drivers do work well for me though. =)

I agree that NVIDIA has left us with 169.21
I would like a new driver too, 174 series are more for 9xxx series and like some said, the notes specifically say 9600gt, 9800gx2 etc nothing from 8xxx

^^^ Theyre not WHQL but they work for the 8xxx series

I had gotten them from the beta section on NVidia's website  after installing fine, I restart and got a blue screen and the culprit was awvid5 a file name I have never seen b4

Theres two sets of betas, the one is/was for the 9xxx series, the other, which can only be gotten thru my link afik. is for the 8xxx series, and they work beautifully

When I went to the nVidia site all I saw was 9xxx series, both WHQL and beta. The newest lited was the 169.xx . Someone pointed me to G3D, and lo and behold, there they were. Im thinking nVidia let these out, then retracted them for their 9xxx series launches, as they offer better fps and to me , a little better IQ as well

I forgot to mention, I am on xp 32 bit atm haven't braved vista 64.. my tv tuner card is not supported and neither are my webcam, scanner,  and my dazzle.. wish they were