Nvidia 178.24

[pcslookout]

Has anyone else stayed with the Nvidia 178.24 video card drivers ? I am doing that now because they seem to be the most stable. Maybe not the fastest but who cares. At least not noticeable really. I prefer rock solid stable drivers over speed anyday. May be able to go 182.50 sense everyone seems to like those too but something about the 178.24 seem better for now.

A lot of the 186.xx and 190.xx drivers, for some strange reason, shrink my projectors screen on both the left and right side a lot. Really sucks. So I can't upgrade to those unless it is fixed or there is a way to fix it. Not giving that up. New drivers are really going to have to prove themselves 10 fold for me to even think about updating them again. Don't want to mess anything up.

 

[nitromullet]

I didn't go back that far, but I did roll back to the 186.xx drivers. The 190.xx ones didn't seem to recognize changes made in specific profiles, so the only way to change any settings was globally. Of course, I'm running Win 7 RC x64, so that might be a contributing factor.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: nitromullet
I didn't go back that far, but I did roll back to the 186.xx drivers. The 190.xx ones didn't seem to recognize changes made in specific profiles, so the only way to change any settings was globally. Of course, I'm running Win 7 RC x64, so that might be a contributing factor.

Plan on running the 178.24 drivers in Windows 7 as well if I ever upgrade.

 

[Leyawiin]

I always use current. Stability seems the same regardless.

 

[BFG10K]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

The 190.xx ones didn't seem to recognize changes made in specific profiles, so the only way to change any settings was globally. Of course, I'm running Win 7 RC x64, so that might be a contributing factor.

I have the exact same problem with XP.

 

[lopri]

I almost had to reformat my main system thanks to ForceWare 190 series. 182.50 was solid, and 185.18 had a couple small quirks but overall the benefits outweighed the negatives for me.

190 series gave me the "Driver stopped working and recovered" message for the first time in last 6 months, gave me BSODs, and completely screwed Blu-Ray playback.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: lopri
I almost had to reformat my main system thanks to ForceWare 190 series. 182.50 was solid, and 185.18 had a couple small quirks but overall the benefits outweighed the negatives for me.

190 series gave me the "Driver stopped working and recovered" message for the first time in last 6 months, gave me BSODs, and completely screwed Blu-Ray playback.

I believe it. The 190 drivers have been pretty bad sadly. I won't be going to anymore 190 drivers until I know for 6 months + they are not causing anybody serious issues! Even if it means I have to stay with my 178.24 for another year or more. I hope not.

 

[Cali21]

I tried the 190 drivers andf they gave me issues with online yahoo hearts and spades and Open Falcon. So I switched to 186 drivers and I may have to go to 168.

 

[apoppin]

WhatEVER you do, do NOT use 190s

GeForce Driver 190.38 Profile AA is Not Functioning
🙁

XP, Vista or Win7 evidently

From BFG10K

After trying the 190.38 drivers on my XP system, I?ve found that AA settings at the application profile level are not being applied in Direct3D titles; they only work at the global level.

Aside from the annoying fact that you have to change AA values globally, it also means games with special AA flags such as Unreal 3 based games may fail to have AA applied in them.

Interestingly enough, OpenGL games seem to be unaffected by this problem.

 

[Leyawiin]

Edit: I was wrong, it is doing it on mine as well. Just went back to 186.18 until its fixed.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: apoppin
WhatEVER you do, do NOT use 190s

GeForce Driver 190.38 Profile AA is Not Functioning
🙁

XP, Vista or Win7 evidently

From BFG10K

After trying the 190.38 drivers on my XP system, I?ve found that AA settings at the application profile level are not being applied in Direct3D titles; they only work at the global level.

Aside from the annoying fact that you have to change AA values globally, it also means games with special AA flags such as Unreal 3 based games may fail to have AA applied in them.

Interestingly enough, OpenGL games seem to be unaffected by this problem.

Wow glad to see it is not just my system. I thought maybe it was.