Nvidia OFFICIAL Drivers

[Gamingphreek]

For Win2000/WinXP

I am at school right now but i will test when i get home. People at Guru3d say they offer VERY nice performance gains and better IQ.

Post all scores in this thread.

-Kevin

 

[Bateluer]

DLing now . . . will install once WoW client is done DLing.

 

[Rage187]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
DLing now . . . will install once WoW client is done DLing.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

They not only didn't help the WMV HD issue but exacerbated it Running fullscreen causes serious distortion/IQ issues with MP10 and MSI PowerDVD 5.1, Haven't tried gaming or benching yet.

 

[imported_Harbinger]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
DLing now . . . will install once WoW client is done DLing.

/me is the most envious person on earth...

 

[Concillian]

Why are you jealous? You know the beta is open from now until thanksgiving right? You can download it too.

Though 2.5 gigs through bt takes about a day and a half.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Well im home now and loading these things... Will post my results.

-Kevin

 

[JackBurton]

Let me know if this improves performance in Doom 3 over the 61.77s.

 

[Gamingphreek]

3dMark03: 5832

Restarting and testing DIII.

-Kevin

 

[SpedeRacer]

I uninstalled the old driver and I still have the folder (61.77) with files inside...how do I go about wiping out all of the old driver completely? I'm just really anal about leaving old things behind.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Just Uninstall those are installation files you can just delete them.

DIII: TimeDemo 1 Precached: 46.8 with Current Config up from IIRC 44.6.

Modest Increases, but it is rumored that it is much more significant for you Geforce 6 users.

-Kevin

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

DLing right now will post back with scores.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

It has also been confirmed that the video processor is functional now.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Hmm i thought it was a HW fault. Any links?

-Kevin

 

[Mr. Lennon]

I read it on guru3d forums. Its not loading right now for me, but if you can get through check the the 66.93 thread.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Zeppelin2282
It has also been confirmed that the video processor is functional now.

It sure as hell didn't improve my HD video playback any. :|

These drivers suck ass! I went from 61.77 to 66.93 and my Doom 3 performance took a nose dive. :| I'm going back to the tried and true 61.77s.

 

[Gamingphreek]

You have to be one of the only ones that DIII took a nose dive for. I know HD wouldn't improve but DIII should. I would double check that everything is configured properly because everyone is seeing the same or better performance in DIII.

-Kevin

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
You have to be one of the only ones that DIII took a nose dive for. I know HD wouldn't improve but DIII should. I would double check that everything is configured properly because everyone is seeing the same or better performance in DIII.

-Kevin

Well dude, I had the same issue with the 66.83s (as others had too) and it looks like it hasn't been taken care of in the 66.93s.

How do you KNOW HD wouldn't improve. People have said that the video processor was working now. Apparently it ain't.

BTW, I have a 6800GT.

 

[Gamingphreek]

People have been saying that since IIRC the 65.41 or something like that. And it hasn't. I knew it wasn't going to work because Nvidia already stated that there was a HW problem with the encoder decoder chip, that is why only the 6600 and 6200 series support it (because they have the second revision).

-Kevin

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Well just got back from playing cs source and it deffinitely is a bit smoother. Anyone know why 2xQ looks so blurry?

 

[imported_Harbinger]

Originally posted by: Concillian
Why are you jealous? You know the beta is open from now until thanksgiving right? You can download it too.

Though 2.5 gigs through bt takes about a day and a half.

duh! stupid me , i thought the us open beta is for us only residents.. :/ I signed up and downloading know. thanks mate.. damn my stupid university lan firewall crap. cant get more than 70kbp/s on that port I hoped i'd get it at 400-500kb like most stuff i get from bit torrent but no, blizzard had to use that stupid port

anyway thanks to you i will be playing wow tomorrow gotta get massive free time

 

[Apocalypse23]

Any FX users care to comment on the performance of these drivers?

 

[yezhou]

Hmmm...just installed these. In Doom 3 I gained 6fps at my max resolution of 1280x1024 (60Hz). Far Cry & UT2K4 seemed about the same I guess...those don't have built-in benching programs and I'm too lazy to get fraps or whatever lol. Full Spectrum warrior was more or less the same, however loading times increased by a good amount...which is annoying.

IQ wise, it things seems a bit more vibrant or something to me...even though I don't have Digital Vibrance on.

I played the "Step Into Liquid" video and no change...but I think I need to install something else for that also? Like NVDecode or something?

That's about it for now.

 

[ELopes580]

I wish this driver could turn my 128MB TI4200 into a 256MB 6800GT!!! HAHA

 

[n7]

OMG they finally updated their site.

I wonder if the DEP + A64 + UT2k4 issue is fixed.