GeForce 180.84 Beta Vista32/64 12/02/08

[F_L_C]

Released for GTA IV: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html

Direct links (English only, no International):

Vista32: http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/drivers/180.84_geforce_winvista_32bit_english_beta.exe

Vista64: http://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/drivers/180.84_geforce_winvista_64bit_english_beta.exe

No INF mod needed, supports all GF 6-200 already.

Edit: something new in this driver that may be of interest to video-editors. There's a new file called "NvPVEnc.ax_" and, if expanded, turns out to be "NVIDIA Pure Video Encoder, Version 180.84".

[XxDeadlyxX]

These drivers still have the same issue as 180.48 with stuttering Blu-ray/HD-DVD movies in PowerDVD, so if you watch them stay away from these drivers (I'm back using 178.24 which works fine). I submitted a bug report to Nvidia, hopefully they will fix it by next release.

[mailman2]

These drivers still have the same issue as 180.48 with stuttering Blu-ray/HD-DVD movies in PowerDVD, so if you watch them stay away from these drivers (I'm back using 178.24 which works fine). I submitted a bug report to Nvidia, hopefully they will fix it by next release.

What if you use another app?

[XxDeadlyxX]

What if you use another app?

Not sure if it's limited to PDVD, TMT doesn't have a trial download anymore so I can't test.

[AdamK47]

These drivers may fix the SLI for WoW, L4D, and GTA4, but it totally breaks SLI for everything else. I get nvlddmkm has stopped responding or a blue screen related to nvlddmkm. I had this happen in Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Far Cry 2, and even Halo 2. Oh well, back to 180.48.

[slaWter]

These drivers may fix the SLI for WoW, L4D, and GTA4, but it totally breaks SLI for everything else. I get nvlddmkm has stopped responding or a blue screen related to nvlddmkm. I had this happen in Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Far Cry 2, and even Halo 2. Oh well, back to 180.48.

Same here. FSX DX10 crashes within seconds :(
Just did a Far Cry 2 mission and it was stable though.

[Grechie]

hrmm if it breaks other sli apps then feck this, ill wait for another WHQL

[Erda]

I'm running 2 GeForce GTX 280's in SLI and have had no issues at all. In fact Far Cry 2 and Mass Effect both run very smoothly. I have also been able to watch Wall-E on Blu-ray though Power DVD 8 Ultra.

Works great so far.

These drivers still have the same issue as 180.48 with stuttering Blu-ray/HD-DVD movies in PowerDVD, so if you watch them stay away from these drivers (I'm back using 178.24 which works fine). I submitted a bug report to Nvidia, hopefully they will fix it by next release.

What version of Power DVD are you using? I have yet to encounter this stuttering issue, but I will test some more.

[AdamK47]

I'm running 2 GeForce GTX 280's in SLI and have had no issues at all. In fact Far Cry 2 and Mass Effect both run very smoothly. I have also been able to watch Wall-E on Blu-ray though Power DVD 8 Ultra.

Works great so far.



What version of Power DVD are you using? I have yet to encounter this stuttering issue, but I will test some more.

It could be the platform. slaWtr and I are running an x58 Core i7 with GTX 280s.

[nekrosoft13]

everything good so far ;)

[Roliath]

Broke SLI for me in Crysis and FC2
Second Card stays at 2d clocks during gaming

[WeReWoLf]

No Stuttering in PowerDVD with either the 180.48's or the 180.84's while watching Blurays

[XxDeadlyxX]

Actually I got it yesterday with 178.24 too, I'd let it run through two movies and it was fine yet when I actually sat down to watch one it started about halfway through.

I had done a registry tweak to allow PDVD to keep Aero on when playing them, I've turned it off and no stuttering so-far... so looks like it isnt directly related to 180.84, however using that driver it started stuttering instantly. Maybe it has to do with the way 180.48/84 handle clock speeds etc that makes it happen a lot quicker.

Anyone else applied that registry tweak and have no random stuttering?

[breathemetal]

Runnin GTAIV great for me

[jcrox]

Broke SLI for me in Crysis and FC2 as well. I didn't even bother checking any other games, just went back to .48

[Grechie]

hrmmm the word going around is how it breaks SLI in a bunch of other games, so im not gonna bother, seeing i play crysis and FC2 the most lol

[breathemetal]

had my first crash with these in gtaIV but it took a solid 20+ hrs of play

[nekrosoft13]

becareful these cause issues on mobile GPUs

[AdamK47]

OK, what don't these drivers cause issues with then?

[Kaguya]

These fixed a flickering texture problem in WoW and my loss of SLi on resume from standby with the 180.48 WHQL drivers. Been having more luck with beta drivers than WHQL lately.

[shilk]

Installed them and not having any issues so far. Going to keep them for now. :)

[breathemetal]

Installed them and not having any issues so far. Going to keep them for now. :)

Same here

[Van_Dammesque]

International version are up now!

[thunderhippo]

GTAiv runs with textures now. No other problems.

[Dr Gonzo]

These don't even install for me. A message pops up telling me that i'm not using vista 32 bit, which i am, and refuse to install themselves.

I've definitely got the 32 bit version and I've downloaded it twice just on the off chance that it was corrupt. Any ideas?