-Win 32/64- ForceWare 81.84 (Drivers Dated 10/03/05)

[wollyka]

Grab them at
ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/81.84/

[Peacemaker]

Finally :)
thx!
Peacemaker.

[macatak]

Thanks :)
They're on Nzone now

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_32bit_81.84.html

Release Highlights:

* BETA driver to support the availability of the game Black and White 2
* Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI
* Performance enhancements for Dual-core CPUs
* PureVideo high definition de-interlacing support
* Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV
* For a full list of known issues please view the Release Notes
* Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support

[jAkUp]

I will not be able to try them on my system until later tonight, but here is some benchmarks off a test system, it appears that the multigpu feature works best in CPU limited instances:

AMD X2 4800+
1GB Corsair Ram
Single 7800GTX

FEAR 1280x960 4x/16x Everything maxed No SoftShadows
Single Core- 40FPS
Dual Core- 40FPS

3DMark05
Single Core- 7,870
Dual Core- 8,079

3DMark01
Single Core- 27,768
Dual Core- 29,574

[Peacemaker]

why there are not a whql ? becouse they don't resolve our issue. Who cares about B&W2 ? Damn, nothing about v-sync, some performance push... ech... why they released another beta, beta, beta... what a crap :(

P.

[GlowStick]

Best driver set EVER!!!

Espically for dual monitor users!!!

Explination. As a dual monitor user, ive not been useing sli for ever since it requried a reboot etc. However now I can stay in dual view mode all the time. The next probelem was I like to play FPS's on my CRT, and RPG's on my LCD. With the new options i can do that, somethign i coudlnt do before!!!

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7568/sli7zp.png

[Graphicmaniac]

The new FW80 drivers family seems always more stable with any new release so i think we can expect an official whql FW80 release in the next weeks.
81.9x ?

[wollyka]

i'm eager to see 7800 benchs even if i don't own one right now!
and jAkUp, u have my dream PC! dual-core and dual 7800 Wow :)

[mrgimble]

do they allow vync in AFR?

[Demigod]

These still dont work with wmd driver 4.09 or 4.13 on the 7800

[64bit]

Major Pausing and locking up in Tiger Woods PGA 2005. BFG 6800 GT

[EverGreen]

On first seight they been keepers....

[64bit]

woops forgot to read the release notes

[jAkUp]

I updated my post with 3DMark05

[fatal1ty]

Glad to see they are newer than the leaked betas...

[Jimi]

Major Pausing and locking up in Tiger Woods PGA 2005. BFG 6800 GT

that's in the release notes as a known issue.

[fatal1ty]

http://nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html

Nzone has them listed now, not on Nvidia official website.

[jolle]

http://nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html

Nzone has them listed now, not on Nvidia official website.
Ah, so they´re beta after all..
was kinda hoping they were releasing a official 80 series.. oh well, maybe next one hehe..

[MikeC]

Major Pausing and locking up in Tiger Woods PGA 2005. BFG 6800 GT

According to the 81.84 driver release notes, this is a known issue affecting the GeForce 6 Series that has yet to be resolved.

ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/81.84/81.84_ForceWare_Release_Notes.pdf

[jAkUp]

hmmm.... they are dated 10/03/2005!!! I guess nVIdia was rushing to get these out the door :D

[MikeC]

I posted this in the 81.82 thread...

I've been experiencing odd behavior with the mouse cursor while working in Windows. For example, when I minimize a window, the cursor occasionally changes from an arrow to a vertical or horizontal resize. The cursor eventually changes back to an arrow when I start using the mouse again. I am using a Logitech MX 1000.

Update: I just checked out the 81.84 release notes and this is a known issue when operating in SLI mode:

GeForce 7800 GTX, SLI: With SLI mode enabled, the mouse cursor image occasionally sticks as the window resize graphic instead of being restored to the pointer graphic.

[fatal1ty]

Release Date: October 4, 2005
BETA driver for Black and White 2


Hrmm so they are really just a beta to fix B&W 2 :rolleyes:

[fatal1ty]

I posted this in the 81.82 thread...

I've been experiencing odd behavior with the mouse cursor while working in Windows. For example, when I minimize a window, the cursor occasionally changes from an arrow to a vertical or horizontal resize. The cursor eventually changes back to an arrow when I start using the mouse again. I am using a Logitech MX 1000.

Update: I just checked out the 81.84 release notes and this is a known issue when operating in SLI mode:

GeForce 7800 GTX, SLI: With SLI mode enabled, the mouse cursor image occasionally sticks as the window resize graphic instead of being restored to the pointer graphic.

Thats cool that u dont have to try and report it, at least they already know.

Same to the guy with the 6800 GT / TW 2005 issues - at least they are aware and already working on it :)

[Electronic Punk]

Yeah definatly observe that there are alot of open issues.
Something I noticed when upgrading from my last lot... some 7x.xx files were left over and not replaced when I installed 8x.xx so I highly recommend you run www.drivercleaner.net before installing these, reboot and then run setup.exe

[jAkUp]

I will not be able to try them on my system until later tonight, but here is some benchmarks off a test system, it appears that the multigpu feature works best in CPU limited instances:

AMD X2 4800+
1GB Corsair Ram
Single 7800GTX

FEAR 1280x960 4x/16x Everything maxed No SoftShadows
Single Core- 40FPS
Dual Core- 40FPS

3DMark05
Single Core- 7,870
Dual Core- 8,079

3DMark01
Single Core- 27,768
Dual Core- 29,574