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nvidia 66.93 driver gave slower performance

Maximus96

Maximus96

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i upgrade the other day to 66.93. i downloaded driver cleaner hoping it'll make the upgrade cleaner. i also ran the CAB cleaner as it was recommended in the readme file. After the upgrade, CS:S gave a lower score in the video stress test, dropped from 115 or so to 90's. Doom3 also went from 90s to 70s. did i do something wrong? maybe i shouldn't have used driver cleaner? any help?

thanks
 
everything in-game was same as before. the setting in the display properties were left to 'application controlled'
 
Do you have a nvidia chipset? If you run driver cleaner, it will sometimes take off EVERYTHING that is nvidia, or at least delete certain files by accident, I have had that happen to me before. My guess is that since it is a DFI, it is probably the nforce 3 250Gb chipset, so that could very well be your problem. Try reinstalling all of your chipset drivers and report back.
 
I installed the 70.41 beta from Guru3D yesterday and FPS along with quality are excellent. That happened after doing a trial run of ALL the last dozen or so drivers. I just ran Doom3 at 1600X1200 with no AA or AF and it rocked solid. I was really shocked at the detail even without the AA and AF.
 
You guys need to stop testing with doom 3, because of course nvidia is good with it. Try soemthign that nvidia weak at like directx games. Thats where i htink most of us want the performance increase from becaue there really arnt that mnay new games that are opengl.

just a thought.
 
they failed because they are crap drivers 🙂 Try the 65.73s they so far have the very best allround gaming performance. They suck for 3dmark though, but 3dmark sucks 😱 I mean its a gaming card right ? Not a benchmarking one. Seriously though, the 65.73s are great drivers, good performance and no bugs.
 
I tried to dl the 65.73 becuse i heard great results but i cant find a set that has an installer, I just find it with the componetns then i have to extract my self
 
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