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New nvidia driver 81.94

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fliguy84

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Release Highlights:

* Adds support for GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and GeForce 6800 GS
* Improved performance for Quake 4
* Improved performance and compatibility for Call of Duty 2
* Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
* TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
* Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
* Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs.
* PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support.
* Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV.

Enjoy!
 
Originally posted by: fliguy84
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Release Highlights:

* Adds support for GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and GeForce 6800 GS
* Improved performance for Quake 4
* Improved performance and compatibility for Call of Duty 2
* Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
* TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
* Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
* Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs.
* PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support.
* Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV.

Enjoy!
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Sweet new WHQLs!!


* Improved performance for Quake 4
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*raises eyebrow*
 
Originally posted by: SPARTAN VI
Woohoo. Finally do away with 81.87 beta. These 81.94's working well, fellas?
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These new drivers work INSANELY better...well.....if using 3D Mark 05 counts...at just 475/1210 I scored 8119marks....which is what i used to score at 505/1270

I'm guessing 8300 if I bump it back up to 505/1270

Also seems a little smoother in AOE3 and DOD:S
 
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Originally posted by: SPARTAN VI
Woohoo. Finally do away with 81.87 beta. These 81.94's working well, fellas?
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These new drivers work INSANELY better...well.....if using 3D Mark 05 counts...at just 475/1210 I scored 8119marks....which is what i used to score at 505/1270

I'm guessing 8300 if I bump it back up to 505/1270

Also seems a little smoother in AOE3 and DOD:S
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better than...?
 
nm, i saw ur post at another forum. ur comparing to 81.89, which is what im currently running...gona try these babies when i get home!!
 
Same here MustISO.

After that IRC event with Asus and Intel is over ill try the drivers and see how the run (on retro hardware 🙂)

-Kevin
 
Originally posted by: fliguy84
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Release Highlights:

* Adds support for GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and GeForce 6800 GS
* Improved performance for Quake 4
* Improved performance and compatibility for Call of Duty 2
* Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
* TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
* Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
* Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs.
* PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support.
* Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV.

Enjoy!
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They wont increase your speeds unless they are "optimized" for 512mb use. The 512mb GTX is using the same core as the 256mb fella's not a new one.
 
Originally posted by: Zstream
They wont increase your speeds unless they are "optimized" for 512mb use. The 512mb GTX is using the same core as the 256mb fella's not a new one.
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how about better dual core utilization maybe? or more efficient code than previous versions? certainly support for 512 was not the only change implemented.
 
Originally posted by: chinkgai
Originally posted by: Zstream
They wont increase your speeds unless they are "optimized" for 512mb use. The 512mb GTX is using the same core as the 256mb fella's not a new one.
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how about better dual core utilization maybe? or more efficient code than previous versions? certainly support for 512 was not the only change implemented.
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I'm hoping for better implementation too, though I'm pretty satisfied with the performance gains so far.. 😀
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The question remains - have they fixed IQ with this release?

FPS doesn't mean $hit is the IQ suffers.
 
FYI, the new drivers caused a regression to the previous video error where movies seemed extremely dim - I think the old fix was something about changing the contrast/brightness settings and saving a new default profile, don't remember.

This happened on my 6800Ultra and 7800GTX.
 
If you try the XTreme-G version of these drivers, you will see better Image Quality (IQ) than with the stock drivers, at little-to-no cost in framerate (maybe 1-3FPS). This is definitely a must for those out for the best image quality. Don't be scared of modded drivers either, as they will do NOTHING to harm your card\system (I am 588.9% sure of that 😉 ).

If you have a laptop, check out my XTreme-G Mobile Edition 81.94-v2.21 😉 . Better than Dell drivers for sure 😉 .
 
Well I havent tried CoD2 yet but I ran 3dmark05 and got basicly the same score vs. previous 81.85.

81.85 = 8666
81.94 = 8629

Both tests ran with no overclocking / tweaks etc. just defaults.

Screenshot of 81.85 / 81.94 comparison results here

 
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