I instaled 197.45 WHQL stil not working . Got windows 7 64 and game runs in 32 mode do not help me if gog can make a 64 bit pach will help alot about that problem.
But bigest is issue to get game working probely will be need of some paches to make it right.
I also wondering if got multicore isues to?

This whole thing should be fixed soon, someone asked nvidia support and got this reply:
"Yes, this is a known issue with the NVIDIA drivers and the game and Gothic 1 and 2. This issue will be fixed without future driver release in June."
Link to the topic on their forum here
Can't wait.

That's awesome news, thanks for the info. I was just about to get the HDD from my old PC and use it to get XP to my current Win7 rig, seems like I don't have to do this now. Although, actually, I still might do it to get Tomb Raider running. But great news anyway!

FYI, the 257.15 forceware beta set released today did not fix the problem.

It is (allegedly) resolved for 32-bit Vista/Windows 7, but still listed as an open issue for 64-bit. I'm a 64-bit user, can anyone confirm the situation with 32-bit Windows?

Strange. It says "Gothic 1/Gothic 2 –there is corruption and the game crashes. [621170]" on Release note.
Damn it! Who using W7 x86? Nonsense. D'oh!

unfortunately i can confirm for me win 7 x64 with the new drivers from nvidia and a GTX 480 Gothic 1 & 2 is still a no go. They may even be slightly worse!
BOO!!!!
fyi this was posted over at the nvidia forums.
"NVIDIA would like to apologize for the mistake in their release notes. The issue has not been fixed yet. The release notes have been updated to be accurate.
It does seem like the fix for this one should be relatively forthcoming though.
Amorphous"
Glad its clear that A) its not been fixed and B) it will be fixed!

I know for a fact you can get music running perfectly under WINE. Just grab the .dll files listed here from Windows to the WINE System32 folder, set them to native, and you're set.
Though I do vaguely recall having sound and stability issues when using one of the two sound drives. It's been a bit, so I can't remember which you need to use...or even the names. ALSA, OSS, Pulseaudio.I haven't even fired up Linux recently, so it's all escaping me at the moment. But since you only have two options with the default WINE package, if it doesn't work on one, try the other. After, at most, a bit of goofing around, you'll be able to enjoy the full Gothic audio experience.
Oh, and running Gothic in a virtual machine? Probably not too grand an idea, at least not with the Win7 VirtualPC setup. I have Pro, and decided to give XP mode a run to see how it performed. End result? It could barely run Flash, so I doubt very seriously it'll be useful for running any games you can't play in 7.
But if you're really hardcore dedicated, you might have better luck trying it all out with Virtualbox. I ve only used its 3D acceleration capabilities to enable desktop compositing under a Linux guest, but it worked fairly well from what I saw (wiggly windows FTW). With a powerful enough computer, it might be able to eek out enough power to play Gothic under a Win98 guest. Not perfectly, but maybe well enough.
VMWare is also a good option, and supposedly has better 3D acceleration support than even Virtualbox. Based on what I've read, I'd probably use it as my first option if I were trying to get a 3D game up and running.
But whatever. I just wanna play my damn Gothics in Windows 7.

Someone else in this forum mentioned getting it working in VMware Player. You can import your XP Mode VM into it from the menu.

I've tried it on VM with XP. Useless. Not playable at all.

any other work around?...i'm getting either bsod or a complete lockup once i'm outdoor in gothic 2...tried all the compatibilty setting with no luck! :(

I don't think so. Beyond setting up a XP/Linux partition, the only thing you can do is either get an ATI card or wait for Nvidia to fix their drivers.

Hey guys, someone just posted possible fix @ nvidia forums. I've tried it with Gothic 2 and it looks like it really works. It runs bit slow on my laptop, but it's better than nothing I guess. Still I hope that nvidia will fix their drivers soon.

This "fix" does NOT work for me. If i start the game it instantly crashs now.

That fix from Cedr DOES WORK for me now because I changed the resolution in gothic.ini file to :
zVidResFullscreenX=800
zVidResFullscreenY=600
zVidResFullscreenBPP=32
im talking about gothic 2