Windows 8 on macbook pro

hey guys im new to these forums, so hopefulluy im asking this question in the right place
so i have completly install windows 8 on my bootcamp, but folloing a tutoiral, its great, but there is one important piece missing, my nvidia graphics drivers, i tried using the bootcamp drivers again to repair missing drivers, but it didnt work, does anynone else have this problem?

mrflash23 wrote:
WOW, no one really? your telling me that no apple macbook pro user has installed windows 8 or 7 on there computer? lol wow
Maybe we are waiting for you to tell us what operating system you are running. Read and follow the correct Boot Camp Installation Guide for your version of operating system http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
There are thousands of Macbook Pro users who have installed Windows 7 using Boot Camp Assistant. Windows 8 has not been released yet so there would be fewer users who have installed the pre-release version of Windows 8. There are no Windows 8 Boot Camp drivers but a search of this forum will result in some posts where users have been successful.

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