GeForce ForceWare 175.19 WHQL Download / Discussion

slickric21 · *Last edited by slickric21; 06-23-2008 at 07:41.*

Download:

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 Vista (32-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 Vista (64-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 XP (64-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 XP (32-bit)

6,7,8,9 SERIES GPU'S

Guess we aren't meant to be playing with the 177 series then yet on these cards

EDIT
OMFG just checked the .inf file

"DriverVer = 05/16/2008, 6.14.11.7519"

These are 5 weeks old, lol. Nvidia palming us off with old drivers again. Lets all go and buy brand new overpriced GTX280's......................... No lets not, unlucky nvidia.

We'll mod the 177 series drivers and use those instead.
177.39 is dated 06/16/2008 - 1 whole month newer than these !!

Well hope they perfom well.............................................. ..........

Frohman0905 · 06-23-2008, 07:37 | posts: 718 | Location: Belgium | User is Offline

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Improved 3D performance and load times for GeForce 8 and 9 series GPUs in some DirectX 9 and OpenGL applications as a result an improved shader optimizer.

Me likes!

Who · 06-23-2008, 07:59 | posts: 6 | User is Offline

Hi guys this my first post on guru3d (nice forum) , though i have been lurking around the forum for a year but never registered but anyway here i am.

Back to topic , i will download these drivers see how they perform , i had few problems in old games with 177.39, i will report back in a hour or 2 to tell you guys how all round the perfomance has been with games with this drivers.

me3850 · 06-23-2008, 08:12 | posts: 113 | User is Offline

International version:

Vista 32

Vista 64

Xp 32

Xp 64

HarryRag · 06-23-2008, 08:12 | posts: 85 | Location: Behind my Keyboard | User is Offline

going to test them anyway, wonder what the performance is of this set

WhiteLightning · 06-23-2008, 08:15 | posts: 6,549 | Location: Netherlands | User is Offline

Unless someone posts these outperform the 177.39 im not gonna install these

still thanks for the share guys

°L° · 06-23-2008, 08:36 | posts: 56 | User is Offline

I've test 177.39 and no problems.
But i want to try this new forceware

Outrance

Hi guys.....

Ran 3 times through the standard Crysis GPU Benchmark using the 177.39 drivers. Crysis version 1.2.1, custom config 1440x900 resolution.

Averaged 37.49 FPS

Uninstalled drivers - Driver sweeper - Reboot - Driver Sweeper - Intsalled 175.19's - Reboot.......

Same config but averaged 37.15 FPS after 3 runs... marginal difference I know, but I will stick with the 177.39's.....

Tequila · 06-23-2008, 09:08 | posts: 464 | Location: London | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by Outrance

Hi guys.....

Ran 3 times through the standard Crysis GPU Benchmark using the 177.39 drivers. Crysis version 1.2.1, custom config 1440x900 resolution.

Averaged 37.49 FPS

Uninstalled drivers - Driver sweeper - Reboot - Driver Sweeper - Intsalled 175.19's - Reboot.......

Same config but averaged 37.15 FPS after 3 runs... marginal difference I know, but I will stick with the 177.39's.....

Outrance, how in lordies name did you manage to Overclock your CPU and run a 9800GTX on that power supply?

Outrance · **Psu -** 06-23-2008, 09:23 | posts: 198 | Location: Germany | User is Offline

haha

..... I bought the computer without gaming in mind, just producing music. But I missed the gaming and bought a 9800 thinking I would have to buy a new PSU as well, turns out I got lucky. I also run the 9800 at 790 core/linked shaders and 1150 memory.... (with 7 fans and a fan controller).

Turns out you don't need 1000W to run a nice rig as I found out.... watch out for the PSU companies trying to suck your dollars

THEBIG360 · 06-23-2008, 09:31 | posts: 1,010 | Location: Bradford/England | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by Outrance

haha

..... I bought the computer without gaming in mind, just producing music. But I missed the gaming and bought a 9800 thinking I would have to buy a new PSU as well, turns out I got lucky. I also run the 9800 at 790 core/linked shaders and 1150 memory.... (with 7 fans and a fan controller).

Turns out you don't need 1000W to run a nice rig as I found out.... watch out for the PSU companies trying to suck your dollars

You won't be laughing when with out warning it goes BANG... And takes the whole motherboard and cpu down with it. Really mate just because it switches on dosen't mean it's perfect, just a word of warning be careful.

Who · 06-23-2008, 09:58 | posts: 6 | User is Offline

Ok this drives are very stable, old games are running without slowdowns, FPS in most of the games is the as 177.39 but games are very smooth (for me atleast) also the new physx work with this driver , also i am using XP 32 bit BTW.

Stop It RAWR · 06-23-2008, 10:03 | posts: 149 | Location: Biggleswade, UK | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by slickric21

Download:

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 Vista (32-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 Vista (64-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 XP (64-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 175.19 XP (32-bit)

6,7,8,9 SERIES GPU'S

Guess we aren't meant to be playing with the 177 series then yet on these cards

EDIT
OMFG just checked the .inf file

"DriverVer = 05/16/2008, 6.14.11.7519"

These are 5 weeks old, lol. Nvidia palming us off with old drivers again. Lets all go and buy brand new overpriced GTX280's......................... No lets not, unlucky nvidia.

We'll mod the 177 series drivers and use those instead.
177.39 is dated 06/16/2008 - 1 whole month newer than these !!

Well hope they perfom well.............................................. ..........

As much as I would love to slate nVidia here this situation is not a bad thing, it means that nVidia have 2 teams working on different strands of driver development, 1 team for the 8/9 series, and one for the GTX260/280, which is good.

Also, the dating issue is a red herring, the testing period could have taken longer, as could the WHQL testing (more cards to test), rather than encouraging us to move up, it is a sign that nVida are supporting us, rather than dumping us for support of their new gfx card series.

Going to try these with the physX stuff, report back later

KillerC

Just installed these , set up my DV and then set SLI and they seem to be very nice drivers so far , goin to test some games today!

THEBIG360 · 06-23-2008, 10:26 | posts: 1,010 | Location: Bradford/England | User is Offline

Control panel shows no games for my GX2 lol. So without nhancer no sli profiles lol.

KillerC

Damn that sucks , I almost bought one of those GX2's and instead went for the 2 1gb 9600GT's , glad I did , all my game profiles are werkin flawlessly.

Gator Allen

Seems they finally removed the pre defined profiles, good IQ and frame rates, keepers.

THEBIG360 · 06-23-2008, 10:59 | posts: 1,010 | Location: Bradford/England | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by KillerC

Damn that sucks , I almost bought one of those GX2's and instead went for the 2 1gb 9600GT's , glad I did , all my game profiles are werkin flawlessly.

Ran driver cleaner works fine now not as good as 177.39's though. back to them i go.

slickric21 · *Last edited by slickric21; 06-23-2008 at 11:21.*

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Originally Posted by THEBIG360

Control panel shows no games for my GX2 lol. So without nhancer no sli profiles lol.

Same here dude, even when I untick "show progs on this computer" the list is still blank.
So 175.19 is a lemon.

I ran drivercleaner.net & driver sweeper. Both in safe mode.
Then ran regcleaner.
Then installed new driver.

Still no programs in the list.

update
Just noticed that my nvapps.xml is blank, so thats why then !!!!

What a fubar'd driver

Can someone who has this driver working (ie programs in the list) upload a default/unchanged NVAPPS.XML so I can have some profiles.
I only want one from 175.19 as don't know if it will work taken from another driver !!

skinlab100 · 06-23-2008, 11:07 | posts: 44 | User is Offline

I can confirm that NVIDIA physX 8.06.12 don't work on these drivers so going back to 177.39 instead ..

slickric21 · 06-23-2008, 11:37 | posts: 316 | Location: Norwich, U.K | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by slickric21

Same here dude, even when I untick "show progs on this computer" the list is still blank.
So 175.19 is a lemon.

I ran drivercleaner.net & driver sweeper. Both in safe mode.
Then ran regcleaner.
Then installed new driver.

Still no programs in the list.

update
Just noticed that my nvapps.xml is blank, so thats why then !!!!

What a fubar'd driver

Can someone who has this driver working (ie programs in the list) upload a default/unchanged NVAPPS.XML so I can have some profiles.
I only want one from 175.19 as don't know if it will work taken from another driver !!

Just tried another install, after using drivercleaner & sweeper.
Same thing blank NVAPPS.xml = No profiles

Stop It RAWR · *Last edited by Stop It RAWR; 06-23-2008 at 11:46.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by slickric21

Just tried another install, after using drivercleaner & sweeper.
Same thing blank NVAPPS.xml = No profiles

Strange, on this driver my system found more installed games than the 177.39, so I haven't a clue why your CP shouldn't find your games

The only difference is SLI, but still your system should find the game profile anyway, weird.

Just checked my nvapps.xml, seems ok.

slickric21 · 06-23-2008, 11:50 | posts: 316 | Location: Norwich, U.K | User is Offline

Can someone upload a default NVAPPS.xml for me somewhere pls from 175.19 driver ?

Must be an issue with the 9800GX2 or sli setups then ???????????????

GenClaymore · 06-23-2008, 11:57 | posts: 2,801 | Location: Michigan,usa | User is Offline

I hope these the phsyx drivers for 8800GT series, if there not. I'm staying with the 177.39's which i liking so far.

Stop It RAWR · 06-23-2008, 12:00 | posts: 149 | Location: Biggleswade, UK | User is Offline

Well, it's not an SLI equipped version, but here's mine, HTH

Edit: No, these do not work with phsyX, but the driver appears to be a bit quicker in games that do not use hardware physX (I.E: Most games, 3dMark Vantage does not count as a game).