**Video Card Drivers**

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McArra

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Ok I found a problem with this XGs. DVD playback CPU load has increased in 30% with WinDvD with the exact same config.
 

hans030390

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yeah, how good are the new beta drivers (76.41)? Is it worth changing to them from the official 71.84?
 

Gamingphreek

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Originally posted by: hatim
Nvidia Omega 61.77 Win2K/XP : Tagged 25 December 2004. Bugs fixed and themes added. Supports all Radeon cards.

Very wierd :p

Fixed. When i updated the drivers a long time ago what i think happened is i put a } instead of a ] , therefore it screwed everything up. I had to redo everything. Thanks for the heads up.
 

Gamingphreek

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Just linked to new benchmarks.

Link

I dunno guys i find it really hard to believe the DNA drivers are double the speed in some of those games. At any rate decent review IMO.
 

Gamingphreek

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Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
also why doesnt the tweaksRus link work?

They are moving (might have moved now) to a new server and doing maintenance etc.... They said it is very unstable right now and hopefully the site will be back up in a couple of days.

-Kevin
 

Minotar

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Originally posted by: X Factor
Do you not have refresh rate problems? Or are you not using a CRT monitor? My desktop runs at 85Hz but when I boot up a game it drops. Can't override. Tried Refresh Force and some games wouldn't run. Anyone know a fix for refresh rate overrides with 71.84 drivers?

Try a program called refresh lock! It works great, just can't remember the website. Try a search in google or something.
 

hans030390

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The 76.41 have strange effects on Far Cry and HL2...also, on some computers, they lower the performance horribly...
 

deadseasquirrel

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Originally posted by: hans030390
The 76.41 have strange effects on Far Cry and HL2...also, on some computers, they lower the performance horribly...

I have noticed that after a quicksave or a loading point in HL2, sometimes it will "kick" out of SLI mode. I run at 16x12 4xAA 8xAF and when it kicks out it is pretty obvious. Framerates drop hard and fast immediately. I simply hit the quickload button and it will "kick" back in.

Using XG 76.41.
 

Gamingphreek

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Give em a chance :) .... Seems like all my stickies wore out at the same time.

Beta drivers are coming out kinda slow after the WHQL release :p

-Kevin