Forceware 181.00 + PhysX System driver 8.11.18 released.

[Blazer7]

Guru of 3D has nV's latest Forceware 181.00 (XP 32, Vista 32/64) + PhysX System driver 8.11.18 (Vista 32/64) up on their site.

The new Forceware are not final yet and support the following :

Desktop
Quadro FX 370, 570, 1700, 3700, 4600, 4700x2, 4800, 5600, 5800, Quadro VX200, Quadro CX
GeForce 8000 series or higher; GeForce GTX 260, 280

Notebook
Quadro FX 360M, 370M, 570M, 770M, 1600M, 1700M, 2700M, 3600M, 3700M
GeForce 8000 series or higher

link

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: Blazer7
Guru of 3D has nV's latest Forceware 181.00 (XP 32, Vista 32/64) + PhysX System driver 8.11.18 (Vista 32/64) up on their site.

The new Forceware are not final yet and support the following :

Desktop
Quadro FX 370, 570, 1700, 3700, 4600, 4700x2, 4800, 5600, 5800, Quadro VX200, Quadro CX
GeForce 8000 series or higher; GeForce GTX 260, 280

Notebook
Quadro FX 360M, 370M, 570M, 770M, 1600M, 1700M, 2700M, 3600M, 3700M
GeForce 8000 series or higher

link

Thanks can't believe new drivers already!

 

[Blazer7]

Originally posted by: pcslookout

Thanks can't believe new drivers already!

Yeah that was a bit of a surprise. However I think that the big news here is that the new drivers add OpenGL 3.0 support for so many cards, desktop and notebook alike. This undoubtedly adds some more value to those cards.

 

[Canterwood]

Do these give me back the missing Nvidia tray icon in Vista thats been missing since XP?

I WANT THAT BACK DAAMIT!

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: Canterwood
Do these give me back the missing Nvidia tray icon in Vista thats been missing since XP?

I WANT THAT BACK DAAMIT!

me too

 

[CP5670]

I always disable that thing right away when I get a new driver. I don't need more clutter in the taskbar.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: CP5670
I always disable that thing right away when I get a new driver. I don't need more clutter in the taskbar.

x2 but when are these released for real

 

[Blazer7]

Usually it will take only a few days for nV to ?release? an already "leaked" driver but who knows.

 

[james1701]

So, who has tried them?

 

[Zap]

Holy cow! I just barely got the 180.87 for testing this past week.

 

[geokilla]

These aren't on the NVIDIA site, so they're leaked right? Can anyone post the results of these?

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: CP5670
I always disable that thing right away when I get a new driver. I don't need more clutter in the taskbar.

:thumbsup:

 

[Canterwood]

Originally posted by: CP5670
I always disable that thing right away when I get a new driver. I don't need more clutter in the taskbar.

Well I DO use it frequently when switching between my monitor and HDTV.

There's no excuse for it not to be there in Vista , it SHOULD be an option.

ATI have managed it, why not Nvidia? :disgust:

 

[Blazer7]

Originally posted by: james1701
So, who has tried them?

I've been using them since yesterday and so far everything seems to work fine.

Originally posted by: Zap
Holy cow! I just barely got the 180.87 for testing this past week.

!?! I was under the impression that their latest was the 180.84. nV seems to be releasing/leaking new drivers every single day.

 

[Aenslead]

WTF?

Is it just me, or are Quadro drivers INTEGRATED to the GeForce bundle? That's new. And practical.

 

[slugbug55]

No XP 64Bbit drivers?

 

[darkrisen2003]

There any plans for an official new driver release for vista 64 bit? ( 8600 gts 256 meg ) Still running on 178.24.

 

[FalseChristian]

These 181.00 betas are very good. The 180.84 betas gave me BSOD all over the place. That's why nVidia made the 181.00's so quickly IMHO.

 

[Blazer7]

The 181.00 are indeed quite stable but it's more likely that the real reason behind them is the upcoming GTX295. If so expect a WHQL driver around Jan 8.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: Canterwood
Do these give me back the missing Nvidia tray icon in Vista thats been missing since XP?

I WANT THAT BACK DAAMIT!

That's the other GPU company.

 

[zerocool84]

UT3 didn't like these drivers. It crashed every time so I went back to 180.48

 

[darkrisen2003]

Originally posted by: Blazer7
The 181.00 are indeed quite stable but it's more likely that the real reason behind them is the upcoming GTX295. If so expect a WHQL driver around Jan 8.

Will the WHQL include the 8600 gts 256 meg? Hoping for a newer driver for my card :-(

 

[Blazer7]

Since the betas support your card I'd expect the WHQL to do so too. Anyways with the GTX295 just around the corner we'll find out soon.