Nvidia Forceware 177.39 + NVIDIA physX 8.06.12

me3850 · *Last edited by me3850; 06-21-2008 at 11:04.*

Today, NVIDIA officially launched GPU acceleration for PhysX when they released
the PhysX driver version 8.06.12 which enables PhysX acceleration for the following cards :

GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX

You will need to install the latest 177.39 ForceWare driver in addition to the PhysX driver. At this moment,
PhysX support has only been enabled for those four GPUs. NVIDIA will progressively
enable PhysX support in the other GeForce 9 and GeForce 8 graphics over the next few weeks.
______________________________________________
; NVIDIA Windows Vista Display INF file
; Copyright (c) NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.

[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
Provider = %NVIDIA%
ClassGUID = {4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Class = Display
CatalogFile = NV_DISP.CAT
DriverVer = 06/16/2008, 7.15.11.7739

NVIDIA_G92.DEV_0612.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX"
NVIDIA_GT200.DEV_05E1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280"
NVIDIA_GT200.DEV_05E2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260"
NVIDIA_C77.DEV_084C.1 = "NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI"
NVIDIA_C77.DEV_084D.1 = "NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI"
______________________________________________

Vista 32bit

Vista 64bit

XP 32bit

XP 64bit

PhysX 8.06.12

edit
i have change link, the old are expired...right click and save as...or use download manager...

Cybermancer · 06-19-2008, 18:53 | posts: 12,542 | Location: Cyberspace | User is Offline

That's just the one I'm looking for! (Vista x64)

_cTn_ · 06-19-2008, 19:28 | posts: 537 | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybermancer

That's just the one I'm looking for! (Vista x64)

Sure thing !

g000fy · *Last edited by g000fy; 06-19-2008 at 20:02.*

i have an 8800gts 512 (G92) core.
how close is it to 9800gtx?
i mean will this driver work if i add my vcard to the nv_disp.inf

i guess it does.

Billabong · *Last edited by Billabong; 06-19-2008 at 20:07.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by g000fy

i have an 8800gts 512 (G92) core.
how close is it to 9800gtx?
i mean will this driver work if i add my vcard to the nv_disp.inf

i guess it does.

[IMG]image[/IMG]

The driver installs but is the card capable of physx?

anyone tried this? results?

g000fy · 06-19-2008, 20:13 | posts: 156 | Location: Midwest | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billabong

The driver installs but is the card capable of physx?

anyone tried this? results?

how do you test it?
dont forget this is on an 8800gts 512 (which does have a g92 core) and even in the nv_disp.inf file my card falls under
"%NVIDIA_G92.DEV_0600.1% = nv_G9x, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0600"

"NVIDIA_G92.DEV_0600.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512""

btw to the original poster thanks for the drivers mang.

Billabong · *Last edited by Billabong; 06-20-2008 at 16:00.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by g000fy

how do you test it?

I would suggest by visual comparison {Removed game references as the did not support PhysX as I first thought}

I'm at work for another 3 hours so can't test.

EDIT: apparently there are physx demos accessable via the physx control panel, this is from another forum

Quote:

physX demo's included with it in the demo section of the PhySX control panel

g000fy · 06-19-2008, 20:32 | posts: 156 | Location: Midwest | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billabong

I would suggest by visual comparison e.g. take an explosion in games like say Company of Heroes or World in Conflict etc and compare before and after shots to look for Physx implementation.

I'm at work for another 3 hours so can't test.

the games i own are:

call of duty 4
crysis
counter strike source
enemy territory quake wars
battlefield 2
battlefield 2142
quake3
quake4
r6 vegas 1
unreal tournament 3

i do have the grid demo version 1.1
i think the flags use physx from what i read.

BlackZero · *Last edited by BlackZero; 06-21-2008 at 09:18.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billabong

The driver installs but is the card capable of physx?

anyone tried this? results?

Intsalled both driver and latest physx but GPU is not recognised as physx capable.

Here's the modded inf for the XP 32-bit international version (above) incase anyone wants to try for themselves, should work with all cards.

Modded_inf_Geforce_177.39_XP_32bit_international_8 kb

Edit: I see the above driver links are no longer functioning, you can get 177.39 Xp 32-bit international with modded inf included from the link below, should work with all cards.

Geforce_177.39_XP_32_bit_International_modded_inf_ 61mb

You can get the Physx driver here:

NVIDIA_physX_8_06_12

Billabong · 06-19-2008, 20:34 | posts: 2,390 | Location: Ex NZ, now in Oz | User is Offline

177.35 .inf?

g000fy · 06-19-2008, 20:36 | posts: 156 | Location: Midwest | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protocol_48

Intsalled both driver and latest physx but GPU is not recognised as physx capable.

Here's the modded inf for the XP 32-bit international version (above) incase anyone wants to try for themselves, should work with all cards.

Modded_inf_Geforce_177.39_XP_32bit_international_8 kb

from what i see in your screenshot it looks like its recognized...
what am i missing.

BlackZero · *Last edited by BlackZero; 06-19-2008 at 20:39.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billabong

177.35 .inf?

No it's the inf for the 177.39 version.

@Goofy: It doesn't recognise any physx processor and the demo's work the same as before, I havent tested it with any games though.

Billabong · *Last edited by Billabong; 06-19-2008 at 20:40.*

Ah typo in your link header, I see, nice edit

I guess you can't run any of the physx demos from the physx control panel then Protocol 48??

EDIT: Damn it, 1.30pm on friday afternoon, do I bolt from work and play with this or not???

LOL

g000fy · *Last edited by g000fy; 06-19-2008 at 20:47.*

oh yea baby
they work on this 8800gts 512 with vista 32bit
looks neat to..
well i just did the first one i doing the rest now.

wait it says no physx card installed
and there are no settings that i can adjust

maybe its running off the CPU?

lol
i never dloaded the physx app
getting it now
will post results in a min

Slam · 06-19-2008, 20:47 | posts: 2,788 | Location: Dallas, TX. | User is Offline

damn...no Vista64 driver. What a tease. lol

Cybermancer · 06-19-2008, 20:50 | posts: 12,542 | Location: Cyberspace | User is Offline

I found one source (http://www.tweakpc.de/forum/download...do=file&id=166) for the Vista x64, but they only have the corrupted version, too.

BlackZero · 06-19-2008, 20:52 | posts: 3,836 | Location: England | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billabong

Ah typo in your link header, I see, nice edit

I guess you can't run any of the physx demos from the physx control panel then Protocol 48??

EDIT: Damn it, 1.30pm on friday afternoon, do I bolt from work and play with this or not???

LOL

Yeah it was a typo in the title

Well I can run the demos, I'm pretty sure I could before too but it just doesn't recognise any physx hardware on the main physx page.

g000fy · 06-19-2008, 20:59 | posts: 156 | Location: Midwest | User is Offline

installed the physx driver and everything is working fine as far as all the demos.

much faster then the cpu

BlackZero · *Last edited by BlackZero; 06-19-2008 at 21:04.*

I'm pretty sure it's not working for my cards as the nvidia physx hardware detection section is all greyed out.

Billabong · 06-19-2008, 21:07 | posts: 2,390 | Location: Ex NZ, now in Oz | User is Offline

I'm getting real antsy here, I think an early end to the day may be in order (means the beer flows earlier too

)

g000fy · 06-19-2008, 21:08 | posts: 156 | Location: Midwest | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protocol_48

I'm pretty sure it's not working for my cards as the nvidia physx hardware detection section is all greyed out.

when its working here is what it looks like.

Soviet Spartan · 06-19-2008, 21:12 | posts: 5 | Location: Soviet Industries | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by g000fy

when its working here is what it looks like.

I wonder what the effect on framerates are. The CPU is doing less work so maybe CPU centric games like FSX might get a boost if they use physix ;p. Or you might get worst performance because your GPU is crapping out.

Stormyandcold · *Last edited by Stormyandcold; 06-19-2008 at 21:27.*

Even though I test nearly every driver I'm just loving 177.35!

Since theres no 8800gtx support I'll be skipping this one and wait patiently for the next version.

Hopefully in a few weeks everything will be worked out and run properly

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_physxgames_home.html

I only have "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas" from that list anyway so is nearly useless for me right now.

Re-testing Cell-factor maybe interesting?

Hope more devs now use physx!

YellowDart18

That german site updated and posted new version of the Vitsa 64 177.39 driver.

177.39_geforce_winvista_64bit_international_NEW.ex e

YellowDart18

Site is getting hammered, 20KB/sec DL rate.