Forceware 174.16 Beta WinVista Feedback Thread

[nekrosoft13]

UPDATED ON 2/28/08
DRIVER IS NOW WHQL
WHQL officially for 9600GT

32bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_174.16.html
64bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_174.16.html


Release Notes
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/174.16/174.16_NVIDIA_WinVista_Release_Notes.pdf
Updated Control Panel Guide
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/174.16/174.16_NVIDIA_Control_Panel_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf

What’s New in Release 174
• Added support for the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT.
• Added support for NVIDIA Quad SLI technology
• Added the following pages to the NVIDIA Control Panel:
• Manage Custom Resolutions
• Adjust Television Color Settings
• Adjust Screen Size and Position
• Move CRT Position
•Added new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9600 GT:
•Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
•Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements
•Per-display controls for the video settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel
•Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration*
•Microsoft Vista Aero display mode compatibility for Blu-ray & HD DVD playback*

*Note: Users will require updated software from third-party movie players to experience the new Dual-Stream decode acceleration and Aero support for Blu-ray and HD DVD playback features.


Modded Inf by mobilenvidia
NOTE: for modded INF file to work you have to use INTERNATIONAL DRIVER
32bit
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17609
64bit
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17610


thanks mobilenvidia

[ikjadoon]

Quad-SLI? Finally. I guess they realized that some people might want to SLI their 9800GX2s. Wonder if it will help those 7950GX2 users?

Glad it is WHQL. Shouldn't the other cards be receiving this driver soon, as well?

~Ibrahim~

[nekrosoft13]

Quad-SLI? Finally. I guess they realized that some people might want to SLI their 9800GX2s. Wonder if it will help those 7950GX2 users?

Glad it is WHQL. Shouldn't the other cards be receiving this driver soon, as well?

~Ibrahim~

its not WHQL yet, just a Candidate, meaning it has been submitted to MS for WHQL certification process.

[Skinner]

What's a typical score for Crysis right now for a 8800Ultra say 1600x1200x16AFx4AA DX10very high?

I have two X'2 (yes I have CF-X beta drivers) but still havn't seen any satisfacted gameexperience ..(17 fps GPU benchmark and lots of dips into the teens in real world gameplay) When I got the 8800U, I got 12 fps, but is was less jerky.

[AngelGraves13]

So, did Geforce 8 users get the Purevideo HD features like Dynamic Contrast with these drivers?

I'm on a 7 series and thinking of getting a 8800 GTS from eVGA. This one to be exact -> http://www.evga.com/articles/387.asp

This driver is giving me some stutters in BioShock.

[andrebrait]

Shadows are bugged with 169.32. Ugly, low resolution, no matter what settings, also don't respect solid objects, they're casted even thought a wall (Had some obvious advantages in Lost Planet). Trying these ones. Thanks for the modded inf :D

[XxDeadlyxX]

64-bit working fine here. I still don't see this Dynamic Contrast option though...

[andrebrait]

Can't install with the modded inf. Someone with this problem? Using 8600GT here;

[andrebrait]

http://www.tantawi.net/neowin/nv_disp.inf

This one worked fine for me. Thx for Tantawi.

[andrebrait]

Shadows still sux and performance deceased a lot here. Coming back to 169.32. I think this driver is magical. No one offers better performance. Tested 169.21 169.25 169.35 174.16 and 169.32 was the best. More than 30% performance increase when compared to 174.16.

[henrybravo]

<snip> Coming back to 169.32. I think this driver is magical. <snip>

Yes I agree, 169.32 is what I find myself staying with.

HB

[mobilenvidia]

Can't install with the modded inf. Someone with this problem? Using 8600GT here;
Just did a forced install of both versions of the 8600GT and it worked fine, that is in X64 version
Anybody else having install issues with lv2go's INF ?

I've installed it with no problems.
If you are let me know which OS and what GPU (ID# even better)

I'll see what I can do.

[UPDATE]
As per nekrosoft13's PM with his problem:
I see what is happening.

I take it you DL'ed the English only driver.
I base my INFs on the international version.
I have to try to keep happy as many as possible
Hence lv2go driver download with lv2go INF = no errors
Non lv2go English only driver with lv2go INF = file missing error.
In driver update method you can just ignore this.
But with setup.exe the install will fail.

Not much I can do about this.
Best to DL the lv2go driver with lv2go INF for best results.

[newfiejudd]

Will give these a try in the morning.

[Greg]

8800GT, lots of flashing screens and screen regions in Unreal Tournament 3.
A little bit of flickering in Battlefield 2.
Supreme Commander seemed fine.
Crysis was fine, perhaps 1fps faster with GPU benchmark.

[AngelGraves13]

STALKER shadows are all messed up.

[nekrosoft13]

STALKER shadows are all messed up.

screens?

[AngelGraves13]

screens?

The game runs so damn slow I uninstalled it.

[XxDeadlyxX]

Yeah these drivers made Supreme Commander unstable (green flashing, would eventually crash), and STALKER ran like sh!t

[methimpikehoses]

Anyone know why I would be getting an install error "nvidia cannot find any drivers that are compatible with your hardware."

Isn't the 8800GT compatible?

****ing elk.

[AngelGraves13]

Anyone know why I would be getting an install error "nvidia cannot find any drivers that are compatible with your hardware."

Isn't the 8800GT compatible?

****ing elk.

You have to mod the inf.

[methimpikehoses]

You have to mod the inf.

Roger.

[TheSmJ]

Screen would flicker and GPU would crash/reset pretty often in TF2. For the record this happens with and WITHOUT overclocking.

[pingu2]

uninstalled these - graphics are jerky and mouse control laggy in quake wars (although fps stays the same).. unplayable for decent(?) player!

[AngelGraves13]

These drivers do suck. I'm sure some newer ones will be out soon.

[nekrosoft13]

These drivers do suck. I'm sure some newer ones will be out soon.

explain