ForceWare 174.20 for XP 32bit

gpxjohn

I found that at Chinese Forum (about 164MB)
DriverVer = 02/13/2008, 6.14.11.7420

http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.p...extra=page%3D1

Update - Guru3D Mirror (18MB download):

http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWar...load-1866.html

HarryRag · 02-28-2008, 19:42 | posts: 85 | Location: Behind my Keyboard | User is Offline

that's gonna take a long time to DL, 5KB/s

Venomsword · 02-28-2008, 21:45 | posts: 53 | User is Offline

Wow! 160 megs! Crazy fat drivers. Downloading.

Will test them later.

O.K. Mirror English only (~30 Megs) ->http://rapidshare.com/files/95842292/English.7z

latin · 02-28-2008, 21:57 | posts: 139 | Location: CALIFORNIA | User is Offline

Venom please after you download them host them on rapidshare!!

F_L_C · 02-28-2008, 23:43 | posts: 112 | User is Offline

164MB for XP32? I'm guessing it includes both 32 and 64. With that poor bandwidth, the OP could've have the courtesy to separate them or include mirrors. 174.16 WHQL is still newer by date.

Bruty · 02-28-2008, 23:59 | posts: 16 | User is Offline

Yes,at pack is all version English,International and Nosedona for WinXP 32-bit.No WHQL.

F_L_C · 02-29-2008, 00:41 | posts: 112 | User is Offline

Does it support all cards or only 9600GT?

Can you upload the 32bit English to RS or SS?

http://www.rapidshare.com/

http://www.sendspace.com/

Bruty · *Last edited by Bruty; 02-29-2008 at 01:12.*

support all cards....

Here is English nonWHQL 32-bit WinXP 174.20

http://www.zshare.net/download/82553754cdacd4/

Venomsword · 02-29-2008, 01:20 | posts: 53 | User is Offline

English only WinXP 32 174.20 mirror:

http://rapidshare.com/files/95842292/English.7z

F_L_C · 02-29-2008, 01:45 | posts: 112 | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruty

support all cards....

Here is English nonWHQL 32-bit WinXP 174.20

Thanks for the mirror. Indeed it supports all cards along w/ G92, G94, G96, and G98. Dated 02/13/2008.

latin · 02-29-2008, 07:28 | posts: 139 | Location: CALIFORNIA | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by F_L_C

Thanks for the mirror. Indeed it supports all cards along w/ G92, G94, G96, and G98. Dated 02/13/2008.

INDEED!! thanks venom and bruty!

F_L_C · 02-29-2008, 09:02 | posts: 112 | User is Offline

Here's the International version:

WinXP32 174.20 International (72.5MB)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/864cwx

http://rapidshare.com/files/95940605/174.20xp32int.zip

Hilbert Hagedoorn · 02-29-2008, 09:12 | posts: 11,706 | Location: Guru3D Trenches | User is Offline

I was able to use a pretty hefty compression on the drivers, resized the English install towards an 18 MB download. Can anyone give it a try and see if it installs flawless ?

I'm only on Vista these days:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWar...load-1866.html

alco · 02-29-2008, 09:16 | posts: 714 | Location: holland | User is Offline

Hilbert can i ask what compression program you use for compression
because i mail a lot of photo's to family and the smaller the upload the better

scottsmi · 02-29-2008, 11:32 | posts: 105 | Location: Oregon | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn

I was able to use a pretty hefty compression on the drivers, resized the English install towards an 18 MB download. Can anyone give it a try and see if it installs flawless ?

I'm only on Vista these days:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/ForceWar...load-1866.html

Downloaded and installed without issue on my rig. Don't have any useful benchmark info to compare from last driver set I used (171.23) as I mainly play City of Heroes these days...Crysis IQ looked good and gameplay was smooth. I believe my F.E.A.R. benchmark score went up by a few FPS. Only change in control panel I noticed was in the game profiles section, "show only programs found on this computer" was selected by default. Sadly, the bug with Star Wars: Republic Commando (where the game crashes if bumpmapping is set to anything other than low) remains.

scottsmi · 02-29-2008, 11:36 | posts: 105 | Location: Oregon | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by alco

Hilbert can i ask what compression program you use for compression
because i mail a lot of photo's to family and the smaller the upload the better

He can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's 7-Zip, an open-source version of Winzip.

RaulR · 02-29-2008, 14:32 | posts: 190 | Location: Romania | User is Offline

Installed these drivers and tested in Unreal Tournament III i was happy to see that i can now enable AA in this game, and i looks so good and plays smooth!

BIGWORM · 02-29-2008, 16:10 | posts: 1,052 | Location: Visalia, Ca | User is Offline

I'm going to give these a whirl with some COD4.

Boostland · 02-29-2008, 18:02 | posts: 13 | Location: Australia | User is Offline

Looks like they finally fixed the texture problems that all the 169.xx series had with Call Of Duty 1 (opengl) where the wooden doors texture was corrupted on my 6800 GT, these work great in Cod 1 no fancy looking textures and good FPS.

Cod 4 seems to also get decent frame rates with these and no fancy textures either, but had 2 crashes when I was changing GFX settings, no crashes during normal game play so far.

BIGWORM · 02-29-2008, 19:18 | posts: 1,052 | Location: Visalia, Ca | User is Offline

Ran these with COD4, and everything went smooth. Got roughly a 4-5 FR increase over the 171.xxs. I didn't get any freezes in-game, either.

Keepers for me.

Zenoth · 02-29-2008, 19:28 | posts: 504 | User is Offline

I've just tested them with Counter-Strike: Source's Stress Test, and after three runs I can safely say that I've lost five FPS when compared to my previous drivers, the 171.23's.

However loosing five FPS when you've already got 289.34 is nothing short of ridiculously negligible. I still haven't tested other games, but I've gained 14 points in 3DMark06.

latin · 02-29-2008, 19:34 | posts: 139 | Location: CALIFORNIA | User is Offline

This drivers worked great! for me. All games run smooth.

Estima8tor · 02-29-2008, 19:59 | posts: 2,229 | Location: Virginia, USA | User is Offline

Hmmm, installed these with no problem but COD4 crashed and then I got the BSOD which I haven't seen in a really long time, lol

I rebooted and tried again - same thing.

QuixotiQ · 03-01-2008, 01:10 | posts: 3 | Location: Glasgow, Scotland. | User is Offline

Has anyone managed to use these drivers with a 7600GT?

anything higher than 169. caused a blank screen on booting into windows, a few of have posted regarding this on the forum previously.

I am hoping this is now fixed as 174.20 are WHQL.

jula · 03-01-2008, 04:24 | posts: 55 | Location: Malaysia | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estima8tor

Hmmm, installed these with no problem but COD4 crashed and then I got the BSOD which I haven't seen in a really long time, lol

I rebooted and tried again - same thing.

It also happen to me.