NVIDIA Forceware 185.85 WHQL - May 6

[nekrosoft13]

These won't load on my 9800m based machine... :(

181.81 load fine, these claim that no compatible hardware was found even though nvidia's site claims these fully support 9800m...

did you download the mobile version?

[Bigbuck]

I have the 9800M GTS and they work ok for me. The only problem I had was the installer would only let me install the HDMI driver and not the video driver. Problem was easily solved by manually updating them through the device manager.

[jcossin]

Thanks Bigbuck, that is the same problem I faced. I'll try that approach.

[john19055]

This is the first time I notice that on my desktop when I right click on the button it takes longer for it to show up,did'nt notice this with the other drivers I had been useing.

[FearMeAll]

This is the first time I notice that on my desktop when I right click on the button it takes longer for it to show up,did'nt notice this with the other drivers I had been useing.

This is definitely true on both of my rigs. This is my first time trying ambient occlusion on other games besides crysis and I like it a lot. Playing Assassin's Creed in my theater and I notice the lighting and shadowing is much better in the darker city streets. It looks less flat. NICE FEATURE!
I'm sure by the next release things will get better with the desktop delay..gotta be a bug. But still keeping these drivers.
Nvidia really has done a decent job of adding usable features to their cards. I love how programmable everything has become.

[Blacklash]

If you want to used DX10 with Windows 7 in AoC use a Vista driver. I couldn't get it to load or work until I installed one of those. I'd get a "failure to initiate the graphics subsystem" with any Win 7 driver. I'm back on 182.50 here yet using Windows 7 x64. CP opens fast, settings apply quickly, and AoC DX 10 works.

[Isola]

Does anyone plays Men of War with these drivers?

Crash at every multiplayer game for me.dammit.

[Gnaddel]

These seem to cause some sort of scaling problem for me. I switched back to Vista64 from the Win7.64 beta today and after installing the driver the picture on my hdtv is "shrinked" though the correct resolution is set (TV reports 1080p input).

Any idea how to resolve this?

edit:

Fixed:
Had to change "Signal or HD Format" to 1080p50 from 1080p24.

[AdamK47]

I also get flickering with Mirror's Edge (main character's hands flicker). Anyone know how to fix this? I didn't get this with the 182.50 drivers...

I get the same thing. SFR seems to fix it, but isn't as fast as AFR2. AFR1 is super slow and still produces the flickering problem.

[namuk]

Been on these drivers a while and there is a defendant Signal issue here over the last WHQL drivers i.e 182.50 drivers .. as the last detected my 1080p24 1.3 hdmi set bang on .. these's i had to set to 1080p then set Hz ..:thumbdwn:

on reboot or start system 185.85 drivers set res to 1920x1080 default not all time , but it happens as i set drivers to a lower res on surfing not game res ..

[AdamK47]

I have weird graphical anomalies in Empire: Total War. All the characters are purple rectangles until I zoom in then they are fine. Time to ditch these drivers.

I get the same thing. It's a driver problem.

[nekrosoft13]

all fine here

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2003606&postcount=45

can you post example? that was with 185.85, now i'm running 186.08 all fine as well.

[namuk]

all fine here

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2003606&postcount=45

can you post example? that was with 185.85, now i'm running 186.08 all fine as well.

Does this sort out Hdmi Detect issues?

[AdamK47]

all fine here

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2003606&postcount=45

can you post example? that was with 185.85, now i'm running 186.08 all fine as well.

I'm running SLI, but get the same problem no matter what SLI profile I choose. In any battle with troops I get squares for units in the distance. I can fix it temporarity by going into display options and changing something that would force a reload.

[nekrosoft13]

so this is a SLI bug.