Forceware 162.15 Vista x64/x86 [Archive] - Page 9

Vapor Trail

07-04-07, 09:49 PM

You know that the final version of Dreamscene (beta right now) isn't coming out until the END of summer??

~Ibrahim~

Yeah, I know but it works fine with the older drivers and I really see no improvements in the games I'm playing, so... back to the working ones.

ikjadoon

07-04-07, 10:51 PM

Yeah, I know but it works fine with the older drivers and I really see no improvements in the games I'm playing, so... back to the working ones.

I think you might be right, I think Dreamscene is the cause in some cases. But, fortunately, I haven't had a single "nvlddmkm" error since I upgraded to these 162.15 drivers. I was getting them like mad in 158.45 and 158.22.....

~Ibrahim~

XxDeadlyxX

07-04-07, 11:03 PM

Luckily I haven't had a single nvlddmkm error at all ever :O

noko

07-05-07, 03:56 AM

These made a very big difference in COJ benchmark! Havn't loaded any games yet in Vista 64. Looks like soon Nvidia will have a good driver for Vista meaning I will be able to dump XP from my system.

Vasot02

07-05-07, 04:49 AM

A Comparison between drivers

The official drivers from Nvidia seems to be the best performers in general

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Forceware_9_Serie/Forcew11.GIF

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Forceware_9_Serie/Forcew9.GIF

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Forceware_9_Serie/Forcew8.GIF

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Forceware_9_Serie/Forcew7.GIF

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Forceware_9_Serie/Forcew5.GIF

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Forceware_9_Serie/Forcew4.GIF

Mussels

07-05-07, 06:29 AM

are those tests under XP or vista?

speed aside, the 158.22 drivers arent very stable, lots of bugs around the place.

(oh and hi, been lurking here for ages - unable to post as yahoo emails arent accepted here)

nekrosoft13

07-05-07, 07:05 AM

Vasot02 there is more to drivers then speed. Plus 162.15 is pretty much the same and contains tons of bug fixes.

welcome Mussels

ikjadoon

07-05-07, 10:09 AM

I've caught wind that the 162.18 drivers have been released, but I can't find them anywhere. Just look at the drivers they are using for this review:

Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029&p=2)
(Slow site today, I think)

They clearly say 165.18. Might've been a typo, I'm not sure..

~Ibrahim~

nescelm

07-05-07, 02:43 PM

I've caught wind that the 162.18 drivers have been released, but I can't find them anywhere. Just look at the drivers they are using for this review:

Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029&p=2)
(Slow site today, I think)

They clearly say 165.18. Might've been a typo, I'm not sure..

~Ibrahim~

There is for xp.

8800gtsfan

07-05-07, 03:18 PM

I've caught wind that the 162.18 drivers have been released, but I can't find them anywhere. Just look at the drivers they are using for this review:

Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029&p=2)
(Slow site today, I think)

They clearly say 165.18. Might've been a typo, I'm not sure..

~Ibrahim~

XP
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_162.18.html

Dragunov

07-05-07, 04:58 PM

But I saw a DX0 test with 162.18 on Vista, so they actually exist:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029&p=2

Glus

07-06-07, 11:19 AM

These are about same as every other driver I tried so far.
I get black screen randomly and rarely in games, monitor goes from signal to no signal a few times, then it just sits at no signal and turns itself off. Computer never does turn itself off, but I have to power cycle it.
It never crashes on desktop though. I have 8800 gtx oc from foxconn, 64 bit vista ultimate running and intel chipset.

8800gtsfan

07-06-07, 11:58 AM

These are about same as every other driver I tried so far.

Sounds like a hardware problem to me...

if every driver does the same thing... I would suggest making sure you have the correct monitor inf (drivers) installed. Otherwise it sounds like there is a problem with your GPU.

Revs

07-06-07, 01:45 PM

But I saw a DX0 test with 162.18 on Vista, so they actually exist:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3029&p=2

Godda be a typo, I can't find s**t.

ikjadoon

07-06-07, 03:27 PM

Oh, so there is one for XP? Hmm, they say they are using Vista x86, weird. It probably was a typo, then.

~Ibrahim~

Glus

07-06-07, 05:57 PM

Sounds like a hardware problem to me...

if every driver does the same thing... I would suggest making sure you have the correct monitor inf (drivers) installed. Otherwise it sounds like there is a problem with your GPU.

I doubt it, because some games never crash the computer, and one really old driver I tried took a week until it crashed in a game. That is the only time I got a windows blue screen telling me the problem lies in nvidia driver. Newer drivers never show me a bluescreen.
Plus when I ran xp for a while I did not have any crashes.

El_Sid

07-06-07, 06:38 PM

Oblivion SLI profile is misstyped with Vegas AA
HDR+AA not working and performance is poor.

WMP shows videos with half screen black when SLI is set in auto with nhancer. You have to set single vga in global profile to fix this.

Even IE will eventualy end in a black screen after some time of use...

8800gtsfan

07-06-07, 09:47 PM

Why are we still waiting for Vista drivers?

Geez - so now NVidia will release a driver, pull it and still count that as our "monthly" driver. I'm so ready to dump this card and goto ATI if for nothing else a stable monthly driver release....and after that crap with Brian Del Rizzo I really hate Nvidia as a company. They really come off as a bunch of arrogant aholes.

nekrosoft13

07-06-07, 10:23 PM

Why are we still waiting for Vista drivers?

Geez - so now NVidia will release a driver, pull it and still count that as our "monthly" driver. I'm so ready to dump this card and goto ATI if for nothing else a stable monthly driver release....and after that crap with Brian Del Rizzo I really hate Nvidia as a company. They really come off as a bunch of arrogant aholes.

do you even think or check your facts before saying anything?

June Driver
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_158.24.html

Its only 6th!!! of July. THERE ARE 25 MORE DAYS IN JULY!! FOR THEM TO POST A NEW DRIVER. NVIDIA HAVE NOT BROKEN THEIR ONCE A MONTH SCHEDULE FOR VISTA.

ikjadoon

07-06-07, 10:32 PM

Lookie here, Necrosoft. 158.24 was released on June 1st. The beginning of June. So we've been waiting over a month for our new driver, technically speaking. And we expected it early July, that's all.

~Ibrahim~

nekrosoft13

07-06-07, 10:36 PM

they didn't say every 30 days. Nvidia said once a month.

So like i said they haven't broke their schedule so far.

8800gtsfan

07-07-07, 12:08 AM

they didn't say every 30 days. Nvidia said once a month.

So like i said they haven't broke their schedule so far.

Sorry, but thats bull****. We wont see another driver till August now.
Keep your Nvidia loyalty, personally I'm disgusted with this crap.

nekrosoft13

07-07-07, 12:39 AM

then sell your card, buy ati and move to rage3d

there will be a new driver soon, but you just can't help it and bitch all the time.

XxDeadlyxX

07-07-07, 01:12 AM

If we still had no DV for 8800 I may have moved to ATI, but Nvidia came through with the goods :D :cool:

8800gtsfan

07-07-07, 01:30 AM

then sell your card, buy ati and move to rage3d

there will be a new driver soon, but you just can't help it and bitch all the time.

Must be nice to be on Nvidia's payroll, every post you make is nothing more than NV propaganda. Even Brian Burke doesn't love Nvidia as much as you do!! :D