181.22 drivers out now

[roid450]

Just thought I'd let you all know they were released today, the 181.22 WHQL version

I finally found a driver to keep. I had been using the 180.84 and 185.20 back and forth because they handled the best for me. Now the 181.22 are back up to the performance I was looking for.

Here are some benchmark comparisons between all the drivers I've tried on my GTX 260.

The custom setting is all Enthusiast with Performance Motion Blur and 16X AF

I only did one benchmark with stock clocks, every other benchmark is with the 700/1450/2350.

http://i70.photobucket.com/alb...TEC%201200/benchss.jpg

Oh and I'm running Service Pack 2 for now just so there's no confusion.

Also the only comparison I have for SP1 vs SP2 is 1 bench i took in Gamer settings so heres the results:

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DX10 SP1
01/01/2009 22:26:40 - Microsoft® Windows Vista? Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 1

DirectX 10 GAMER 1X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 0xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 25.77 Max: 47.91 Avg: 37.12 ]
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DX10 SP2
01/22/2009 09:54:39 - Microsoft® Windows Vista? Ultimate 64-bit Service Pack 2, v.113

DirectX 10 GAMER 1X @ Map: ambush @ 0 1680 x 1050 AA 0xx
==> Framerate [ Min: 23.55 Max: 48.09 Avg: 37.02 ]
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[nOOky]

Sweet. If I can get newer better nvidia and ATI drivers the same week, I'll be in heaven.

 

[SunnyD]

I'm hoping these are Win7 WHQL as well...

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
I'm hoping these are Win7 WHQL as well...

They are not.

 

[nOOky]

I took the time to download the Vista 64 bit drivers. I used them on my Windows 7 64 bit install. I removed the Windows Update nvidia Win 7 drivers with driversweeper, then installed the Vista drivers. The first restart didn't show the nvidia control panel or drivers, so I reinstalled and restarted again. They seem to work fine, fixed a single player corruption issue I had in CoD4, and no other problems with the rest of my stuff.

 

[roid450]

They were WIN on the benchies, but FAIL on GTA4 and Crysis, made them crash whithin minutes, both gave me nvlddmkm errors, cleaned drivers, reinstalled, same thing.

Oh well, I am back to 180.84 from December 9 2008, beta drivers FTFW

the 180.84 and 181.22 are the 2 drivers that gave me the highest score and smoothest gameplay in all my games. The 185.20s made the games look a lil better as it seems they added somewhat of a anti-aliasing effect.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: roid450
They were WIN on the benchies, but FAIL on GTA4 and Crysis, made them crash whithin minutes, both gave me nvlddmkm errors, cleaned drivers, reinstalled, same thing.

Oh well, I am back to 180.84 from December 9 2008, beta drivers FTFW

the 180.84 and 181.22 are the 2 drivers that gave me the highest score and smoothest gameplay in all my games. The 185.20s made the games look a lil better as it seems they added somewhat of a anti-aliasing effect.

I installed these yesterday and they work fine with GTA4, played something like 6 hours straight without issue. Not sure about Crysis with the 181.22, but the 181.20 WHQL worked fine there as well.

 

[Wreckage]

I wonder when those 185s will show up. With the new IQ settings (if those were indeed real).

I'm also hoping for a new PhysX pack soon.

 

[Schadenfroh]

That was quick

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
That was quick

That's what she said.

 

[FalseChristian]

These drivers are great! I'm now getting over 1,200 fps in GLQuake at 1680x1050!

 

[Drsignguy]

It works well in windows XP x64 if anyone is interested. Usually, for me at least, XP X64 has always given me the most troubles over all the Os's I have. So, this makes me a happy camper.

 

[Painman]

I'm sitting on 180.84 unless/until I hear positive confirmation that these drivers are good and stable in FO3 for single GPU setups... that's my primary poison right now, and 180.84 are doing a good job.

Yeah, I'm still pissed about the WHQL 181.20s. what a crock.

 

[Continuity28]

Originally posted by: Painman
I'm sitting on 180.84 unless/until I hear positive confirmation that these drivers are good and stable in FO3 for single GPU setups... that's my primary poison right now, and 180.84 are doing a good job.

Yeah, I'm still pissed about the WHQL 181.20s. what a crock.

I crashed with 181.20 in The Mall and no longer crash with 181.22, using a single 8800GT in Fallout 3. :thumbsup:

Also, they work great with Windows 7.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Painman
I'm sitting on 180.84 unless/until I hear positive confirmation that these drivers are good and stable in FO3 for single GPU setups... that's my primary poison right now, and 180.84 are doing a good job.

Yeah, I'm still pissed about the WHQL 181.20s. what a crock.

i am using 180.48 for most of my own playing
180.20 was a bit of a disappointment for me over the older drivers also

i just loaded up 180.22 and i am benching it against the last 4 sets of Nvidia's WHQL drivers with GTX280
- it is part of my Q9550-s vs. E8600 - Quad vs. Dual core shootout

i can comment on them tonight .. i use about a 15 benchmark suite of mostly DX10 games that i test at 19x12 and 16x10

 

[wanderer27]

Hey, anyone know how to re-enable the Temperature display with these?

I had been running 174.74 and it had the temp monitor.
I had a Surf-by redirect that totally infested my machine yesterday (Rootkits, Trojans, Backdoors, the works), so I figured I might as well do a clean install.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: Painman
I'm sitting on 180.84 unless/until I hear positive confirmation that these drivers are good and stable in FO3 for single GPU setups... that's my primary poison right now, and 180.84 are doing a good job.

Yeah, I'm still pissed about the WHQL 181.20s. what a crock.

These 181.22 work fine in FO3 for single GPU setups.

 

[Painman]

Cool, I'll give them a try, but... first I need to figure out why Vista has lost track of my 2690, and insists I have a generic 720p display now. I hope it's not the new 260 acting up.

Thanks for the confirmations though.

 

[apoppin]

no issues with them and 14 benchmarks
- a little weirdness with Ut3 bench is all .. probably my e8600 @ 4.3 Ghz

better performance to report over 181.20

 

[Painman]

OK, so far so good. FO3 is behaving itself, no crashes or anomalies. Performance is buttery smooth with 8x AA, 15x AF, ultra detail levels...

...in 720p

It would appear that my 2690 is sick... it's not doing any DDC communication over the DVI ports. Verified with 2 different DVI cables and 3 different video cards across 2 computers. D-sub works, but that has an issue I've uncovered that I need to talk to NEC about as well. Bad enough to eliminate D-sub as a viable interim alternative.

Looks like it's RMA time