Nvidia Drivers Installed.. 2.90 GBs????

phil178821 · 02-03-09, 10:01 AM

Yesterday I re-installed my copy of vista ultimate. I used v-lite to incorporate the most recent, signed copy of the nvidia drivers (for my 8800GTS 640mb). It appears to have worked well. Rivatuner and others read the card as using the most up to date drivers, which is 181.22.

now, i dont remember if it was like this before i redid the OS. I never really looked, plus, I was using a prior version of the drivers installed, so maybe this is something new with this driver update.

Ultimately, I see in my programs list,

Nvidia Drivers, 2.90 GBs.

this seems odd to me. I dont ever remember it requiring so much space.

kellygtp · 02-03-09, 10:27 AM

woah hahah, you better look into that...they shouldn't be that big...

Poffik · 02-03-09, 10:34 AM

its a bug or something , i have similar problem with Blood Rayne 2 game... it shows as 47 213 MB (47 GB) HDD space , but i don't even have the game on my PC... uninstalled long time ago and did a thru search and nothing...
or find Nvidia folder > rght click mouse > properties

Mr.Guvernment · 02-03-09, 10:40 AM

it is likely an error from using V-lite, they wouldnt take up that much room,. i dont think that windows size thing is very accurate at all.

Freezer7Pro · 02-03-09, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Guvernment

it is likely an error from using V-lite, they wouldnt take up that much room,. i dont think that windows size thing is very accurate at all.

It isn't. It isn't at all. You can never trust the programs list for size. EVER.

phil178821 · 02-03-09, 02:15 PM

hmm its odd. the drivers, since i had them inserted into the OS install, don't have there normal directory folder. as a result, I really have no idea what that is referring to in the programs list. i may just try uninstalling it to see what happens.

thanks guys

phil178821 · 02-03-09, 05:19 PM

it appears a spazz on the OS's part. Even though I know the file size listing can be off, I have never noticed something this off before. well, after uninstalling it, I noticed about 40MB were freed up, not 2.9 GBs. Now I am goin to reinstall the drivers and see if it comes up as 2.90GB again.

thanks

AngelfireUk83 · 02-21-09, 01:27 PM

Ha Ha since reading this post I had to check what size they showed in my rig below and it says 1.1GB lol I doubt they are that big just a file size bug me thinks.

02-03-09, 10:01 AM	Thread Starter #1
phil178821 Member Join Date: Mar 2008	Nvidia Drivers Installed.. 2.90 GBs???? Yesterday I re-installed my copy of vista ultimate. I used v-lite to incorporate the most recent, signed copy of the nvidia drivers (for my 8800GTS 640mb). It appears to have worked well. Rivatuner and others read the card as using the most up to date drivers, which is 181.22. now, i dont remember if it was like this before i redid the OS. I never really looked, plus, I was using a prior version of the drivers installed, so maybe this is something new with this driver update. Ultimately, I see in my programs list, Nvidia Drivers, 2.90 GBs. this seems odd to me. I dont ever remember it requiring so much space. __________________ MM Pinnacle 24 Case E6600 (8x400) 4x1 GB OCZ Platinum Rev. 2 Gigabyte P45-UD3R GTX 260 TC 120.3pa DD MC-TDX; MCW-60; MCW-30 D5 vario MCRES rev2
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Poffik Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: EUROPE >:)	its a bug or something , i have similar problem with Blood Rayne 2 game... it shows as 47 213 MB (47 GB) HDD space , but i don't even have the game on my PC... uninstalled long time ago and did a thru search and nothing... or find Nvidia folder > rght click mouse > properties __________________ CPU: Q6600 @3.4 RAM: 4gb DDRII Graphics card: msi gtx 460 1gb Hard drives: 400gb samsung, 1tb seagate (in couple of days) Motherboard: DP35DP (POS) Monitor: philips 22 inch Case: vento 7700 Power Supply: Asus U-75HA 750w
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phil178821 Member Join Date: Mar 2008	hmm its odd. the drivers, since i had them inserted into the OS install, don't have there normal directory folder. as a result, I really have no idea what that is referring to in the programs list. i may just try uninstalling it to see what happens. thanks guys __________________ MM Pinnacle 24 Case E6600 (8x400) 4x1 GB OCZ Platinum Rev. 2 Gigabyte P45-UD3R GTX 260 TC 120.3pa DD MC-TDX; MCW-60; MCW-30 D5 vario MCRES rev2
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02-03-09, 05:19 PM	Thread Starter #7
phil178821 Member Join Date: Mar 2008	it appears a spazz on the OS's part. Even though I know the file size listing can be off, I have never noticed something this off before. well, after uninstalling it, I noticed about 40MB were freed up, not 2.9 GBs. Now I am goin to reinstall the drivers and see if it comes up as 2.90GB again. thanks __________________ MM Pinnacle 24 Case E6600 (8x400) 4x1 GB OCZ Platinum Rev. 2 Gigabyte P45-UD3R GTX 260 TC 120.3pa DD MC-TDX; MCW-60; MCW-30 D5 vario MCRES rev2
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02-21-09, 01:27 PM	#8
AngelfireUk83 Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: England	Ha Ha since reading this post I had to check what size they showed in my rig below and it says 1.1GB lol I doubt they are that big just a file size bug me thinks. __________________ OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Board: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Rev.1 F8 CPU: INTEL i7 2600k 3.40ghz (Stock) RAM: Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB 1866mhz DDR3 (1600mhz@1.60v) Storage: Crucial 128GB M4 SSD (FW 040H) Storage 2: Seagate 500GB 7,200rpm HDD GPU/Audio: HIS 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Card (Stock) PSU: OCZ Fatality 750w Modular PSU Optical: LG GH24NS90 24x DVD-RW
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