Official Nvidia 175.16 WHQL Drivers Released ......

[ManWithNoName]

I'm using 175.12 Betas which are working well for me, guess I'll go with the official 175.16 ones now. Here are some links if anyone wants to give them a shot ....

Official 175.16 WHQL Drivers ....

XP32-Bit
http://us.download.nvidia.com/...32bit_english_whql.exe

XP64-bit
http://us.download.nvidia.com/...64bit_english_whql.exe

Vista32-bit
http://us.download.nvidia.com/...32bit_english_whql.exe

Vista64-bit
http://us.download.nvidia.com/...64bit_english_whql.exe

Release Highlights

WHQL Certified for Windows Vista
Supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs including these newly released GPUs:
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200/ nForce 730a
GeForce 8100/nForce 720a
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI? technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including Quad SLI technology with GeForce 9800 GX2 and 3-way SLI Technology with GeForce 9800 GTX.
Supports Hybrid SLI technology to turbo-charge graphics performance and enjoy intelligent power management on the following motherboards:
nForce 780a SLI
nForce 750a SLI
nForce 730a
nForce 720a
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100
Supports GeForce Boost, a Hybrid SLI Technology, on the following GPUs:
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 GS
Supports HybridPower, a Hybrid SLI Technology, on the following GPUs:
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX
Adds support for NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology
Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9600 GT and 9600 GSO:
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements
Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration*
Microsoft Vista Aero display mode compatibility for Blu-ray & HD DVD playback*
Added the following pages to the NVIDIA Control Panel:
Manage Custom Resolutions
Adjust Television Color Settings
Adjust Screen Size and Position
Move CRT Position
Improved performance on many DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring is available by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Full Release Notes XP

http://us.download.nvidia.com/...orce_Release_Notes.pdf

Full Release Notes - Vista

http://us.download.nvidia.com/...orce_Release_Notes.pdf

Nvidia Control Panel Quick Start Guide

http://us.download.nvidia.com/..._Quick_Start_Guide.pdf

 

[gpse]

sweet just installed these

 

[soonerproud]

<---- Installed and working great here.

 

[crazylegs]

Just Picked up a 9600GT today (keep me going untill the big boys coem out in June/July!) - installed using these drivers all seems well

 

[daveybrat]

Thanks OP, i'll download these tonight. :thumbsup:

 

[ty1er]

Its about damn time! Hopefully the AA/AF profiles per app/game work now.

I'm dling now!

 

[manimal]

300 % increase in frame rates in Crysis when using AF.......JK


Seems stable and running fine

 

[PremiumG]

Should I use these for my 7900GT?

 

[OmegaShadow]

i'm also gonna ask if i should download this for my 8800gs.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: PremiumG
Should I use these for my 7900GT?

Working fine on my 7800GT with Vista x64 .

 

[knightrider]

Thanks buddy...
downloading right away

 

[LOUISSSSS]

about f'in time.

 

[Lithan]

My arthritis is gone!

 

[batmang]

Any bump in Crysis performance?

 

[lopri]

I like it so far. Control panel feels lighter as well.

 

[ty1er]

DAMMIT! There is still stuttering in UT2004. Very very uncool. I guess that this issuse will never be fixed under XP. err

 

[manowar821]

No mention of the Assassin's Creed driver crash and corruption...

 

[Aquila76]

Why does nVidia's driver site still only show the 169.21 driver when I choose my card (6 series)? Looks like several of you guys are running the 6 series on these without incident. Odd.

 

[secretanchitman]

works fine with my 7950GT 512MB in xp pro sp3...and lopri is right, i feel like the control panel is a bit smoother/faster/lighter as well.

 

[Continuity28]

Originally posted by: Aquila76
Why does nVidia's driver site still only show the 169.21 driver when I choose my card (6 series)? Looks like several of you guys are running the 6 series on these without incident. Odd.

Because the website team didn't get around to updating the FX/6/7 series driver pages.

Here's a direct link for you.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_175.16_whql.html

It says plain and clear that the 6 series is supported.

 

[Aquila76]

Originally posted by: Continuity28

Originally posted by: Aquila76
Why does nVidia's driver site still only show the 169.21 driver when I choose my card (6 series)? Looks like several of you guys are running the 6 series on these without incident. Odd.

Because the website team didn't get around to updating the FX/6/7 series driver pages.

Here's a direct link for you.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_175.16_whql.html

It says plain and clear that the 6 series is supported.

Oh, I read in the linked release notes that my card was supported. it just seems odd to me that nVidia wouldn't update everything at once, especially since the FX 5200 is still one of the most readily available cards at retailers (gotta love WalMart & Staples for hanging on to this).

 

[driftwood07]

has anyone seen any performance increases going from the last official release to this ?

 

[Chunkee]

Whats the best way to install these? Uninstall old first? Or install on top?

JCoria

 

[Syrup]

"Best" way is to uninstall old ones first. Especially true for Nvidia for some reason, or so I read.

Syru(p)

Edited my name correctly :0

 

[lopri]

Vista will try to re-install the old drivers upon normal reboot. So I uninstall old drivers, then boot into Safe Mode to install the new driver set.