New nVidia Drivers are out.

2008-05-13 08:58:13

#1

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

Version 175.16

Windows XP 32-Bit
Windows XP 64-Bit
Windows Vista 32-Bit
Windows Vista 64-Bit

All Other OS's

Release Highlights wrote:
* WHQL Certified for Windows XP
* Supports GeForce FX, 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs including these newly released GPUs:
o GeForce 9800 GX2
o GeForce 9800 GTX
o GeForce 9600 GT
o GeForce 9600 GSO
o GeForce 8300
o GeForce 8200/ nForce 730a
o GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a
* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
* Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9600 GT and 9600 GSO:
o Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
o Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements
o Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration**
* Improved performance on many DirectX 9 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.

Have at it.

Edit: These drivers are for all nVidia video cards to date.

https://www.digital-sickness.net/Uploader/files/1/175-16.jpg

Drivers 169.21/175.17

https://www.digital-sickness.net/Uploader/files/1/175-70.jpg

Drivers 175.70

I got almost the exact same scores with all three so I just combined the first time drivers and the new beta drivers scores are separate.

Last edited by Naturn (2008-05-13 14:33:24)

2008-05-13 09:02:33

#2

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7114|Reykjavík, Iceland.

Let's see if there's any performance boost.

2008-05-13 09:06:09

#3

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6902|Finland

Let's see if nVidia has managed to add "Fullscreen video on 2nd display" onto the control panel.

I need around tree fiddy.

2008-05-13 09:14:12

#4

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6717|Amsterdam‫

there are newer ones I installed 175.70 yesterday. I will post link in a minute

http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1926.html Vista 32bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1925.html Vista 64bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1924.html Xp 64bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1923.html Xp 32bit

got them form guru 3d
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=261658

Last edited by menzo2003 (2008-05-13 09:22:14)

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2008-05-13 09:23:22

#5

jamiet757: Member; +138|6893

menzo2003 wrote:
there are newer ones I installed 175.70 yesterday. I will post link in a minute

http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1926.html Vista 32bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1925.html Vista 64bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1924.html Xp 64bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1923.html Xp 32bit

got them form guru 3d
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=261658

Those are beta drivers, the 175.16 are the latest stable version.

2008-05-13 09:24:30

#6

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6717|Amsterdam‫

jamiet757 wrote:
menzo2003 wrote:
there are newer ones I installed 175.70 yesterday. I will post link in a minute

http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1926.html Vista 32bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1925.html Vista 64bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1924.html Xp 64bit
http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWare-1 … -1923.html Xp 32bit

got them form guru 3d
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=261658
Those are beta drivers, the 175.16 are the latest stable version.

They work fine for me, got a 300point increace in 3dmark 06.

Last edited by menzo2003 (2008-05-13 09:24:53)

2008-05-13 09:36:14

#7

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

yea but there still beta

2008-05-13 10:00:23

#8

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6734|cuntshitlake

DonFck wrote:
Let's see if nVidia has managed to add "Fullscreen video on 2nd display" onto the control panel.

Report back how much improvement the 8600GT gets, measured in 3dmarks

main battle tank karthus medikopter 117 megamegapowershot gg

2008-05-13 10:02:16

#9

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6902|Finland

DeathUnlimited wrote:
DonFck wrote:
Let's see if nVidia has managed to add "Fullscreen video on 2nd display" onto the control panel.
Report back how much improvement the 8600GT gets, measured in 3dmarks

Might be too late for that, installed already. Now I'm downloading teh free steam gheimz.

I need around tree fiddy.

2008-05-13 10:14:43

#10

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

I'll run some before and after tests on my XP 32bit OS. I'm running an 8800GT. I'll post the results tonight sound good guys?

2008-05-13 11:54:28

#11

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

Driver scores have been posted in first post.

2008-05-13 14:18:15

#12

-101-InvaderZim: Member; +42|7114|Waikato, Aotearoa

I wonder if the new drivers will (FINALLY) allow SLI on Vista, or vice-versa

2008-05-13 14:21:47

#13

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

I'm glad I'm on ATi now. I'm tired of the nVidia control panel, it went shit with the new layout. ATi drivers are, even if they need .NET, a lot better to manage right now.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-13 14:28:14

#14

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6902|Finland

Just got BSOD:d at the end of a film (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, lol), running fullscreen on secondary in dualview. Asus 8600GT 512.

Nice.

I need around tree fiddy.

2008-05-13 14:36:20

#15

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

I think nVidia has let their success go to their heads. They are rolling out less drivers than they use to and releasing new cards too fast IMO. The 9 series from what I can tell is not a big step over their 8 series line.

2008-05-13 14:40:28

#16

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6801|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

-101-InvaderZim wrote:
I wonder if the new drivers will (FINALLY) allow SLI on Vista, or vice-versa

It won't even allow SLI on m rig (Xp with 2x 88GTS G92)

2008-05-13 14:52:14

#17

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6460|Canada

Well it went up 32 points in 3dmark06
Better than nothing

2008-05-13 14:55:01

#18

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
-101-InvaderZim wrote:
I wonder if the new drivers will (FINALLY) allow SLI on Vista, or vice-versa
It won't even allow SLI on m rig (Xp with 2x 88GTS G92)

Thats because nVidia has stoped SLi in their newest drivers for XP. Obviously they are trying to get you to switch to Vista.

2008-05-13 14:56:19

#19

_NL_Lt.EngineerFox: Big Mouth Prick; +219|6801|Golf 1.8 GTI Wolfsburg Edition

Naturn wrote:
_NL_Lt.EngineerFox wrote:
-101-InvaderZim wrote:
I wonder if the new drivers will (FINALLY) allow SLI on Vista, or vice-versa
It won't even allow SLI on m rig (Xp with 2x 88GTS G92)
Thats because nVidia has stoped SLi in their newest drivers for XP. Obviously they are trying to get you to switch to Vista.

Fuck'm, I'll go back to 174.40

2008-05-13 15:05:29