'New' nVidia 180.84 Beta drivers....

[Mem]

This is on your 7200GS laptop GPU right? Not sure if they promised any earth-shattering gains for laptop parts.....

Actually I have 7800GT card and Nvidia 8600m gt on my laptop,I never expect earth shattering speed improvements since they are always overhyped,stability is what I look for anyway I'm very happy with the 179.14s and CAT8.12s on my systems.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: Mem

This is on your 7200GS laptop GPU right? Not sure if they promised any earth-shattering gains for laptop parts.....

Actually I have 7800GT card and Nvidia 8600m gt on my laptop,I never expect earth shattering speed improvements since they are always overhyped,stability is what I look for anyway I'm very happy with the 179.14s and CAT8.12s on my systems.

Actually the 180s showed very tangible gains on parts and games that could actually take advantage of the improvements. But ya for older/slower parts there's really no need to expect any major updates or improvements, especially if you're already overclocking your laptop!

 

[AlexWask]

I JUST SOLVED THIS PROBLEM:
The problem is with the international version of the Beta driver (which is 103mb) is bugged. It does not form an installation folder in which to install the driver components to which causes the drivers to be entered into the registery but effectively not exist.

THIS IS THE DODGY DRIVER : http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object...xp_180.84_beta_uk.html do not download this driver or it WILL cause your card to crash.

This driver i have just tested is an English version that works fine: http://nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html
Download this it will work with your card whether you are EU or UK, the only thing is it's only in English Language so if you don't speak English then your going to have a problem .

 

[Quiksilver]

My 7900GT still doesn't work with any NEW driver. The last beta to work for me was 174.74 and the last WHQL's that worked was 169.21. On both XP and Vista. I don't care much really anymore sames I don't game at all now... I infored nVidia of this like 6 months or so ago... no fix yet lulz.

 

[CQ]

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CQ

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