80.40 Driver for Wink/XP Leaked!!!

Ok in your first screenshot post you said you were using 8xAA and 16xAF. Did you mean 6xAA (NVIDIA doesn't support it in the Source engine), 4x, or 8xS through the NVIDIA CP?

In your last screenshot, both AA and AF are definitely working, but I think in your first one, AF wasn't working correctly.

 

Tarkan.

I meant 6AA and 16AF I set ingame, but in NVControlPanel I Forced 16AF and AA = 8xS. I have noticed in certain areas that you are facing your FPS takes a hit when using full effect settings

 

Ok. The first picture you sent me wasn't antialiased. NVIDIA can't do 6xAA in the Source engine, the highest you can use is 4x unless you force it through the driver properties.

Yes, in my screenshots the FPS takes a hit with the effects on. The difference between 8xAF and 16xAF (which is messed up, so no filtering is performed at all) is very noticeable in those screenshots.

Go into an outdoor area and use the game properties to enable 16xAF. The difference should be much more noticeable then. If you force it through the NVIDIA CP it will work so don't use that for now, see if the in-game setting works. I can't tell from your first screenshot whether it's working or not, it's too dark.

 

Tarkan, OK I will post 2 outside screenies 1 using my original settings ingame, but will set the NV Control Panel back to application controlled for AA and AF and 1 using ingame original settings and forced driver properties in the control panel just for comparison

 

The last 2 days I've been using these drivers, everything was performing great. However, when I was playing CS: S today, I had a drastic reduction in FPS, I was barely able to move in the game, as if it was a slideshow. Anyone have this problem?

 

RE: Half-Life 2 using NVIDIA 80.40 beta

Using NVIDIA 80.40 Beta Drivers

1. Set at 1280X1024@75 NVCtrlPanel Set at Application Controlled. In-Game Set to AFX16, AAX6 and V-Sync is Disabled.





2. Set at 1280X1024@75 NVCtrlPanel Set at Force AFX16 and AA8XS. In-Game Set to AFX16, AAX6 and V-Sync is Disabled.

 

just got that error when I booted this morning, installed the driver yesterday. Gonna deal with it or go back to something else.

 

darkrenegade80, HL2 doesn't support 6AA on nVidia hardware so that's why your first screenshot looks very jagged... it's actually doing 0AA instead.

 

Yeah, it won't do 6xAA. If you also notice in the first screenshot of that last pair he posted, the textures of the boat deck aren't even receiving bilinear filtering. The 16xAF setting in HL2 is broken on these drivers. If you force it through the NVIDIA CP it still works but if you try to set it in-game instead it won't work; only 8x and down works.

 

So what settings do u suggest I use and would you say its worth moving to 77.50 drivers that work well with this game?

 

No, don't switch back. It's a small bug that will be fixed eventually (the 16x AF setting). Use 4xAA and 8xAF through the in-game settings. If you want higher levels of filtering, you can just force it through the NVIDIA CP. You CAN get 16xAF with these drivers, it's just that it won't work if you try to set it in-game. It has to be forced.

 

Tarkan,

SO are you saying I should force settings AF16 and AA8XS in NV Control Panel and In-Game AF16 and AA4? Just notices FPS went up with AA4, so is the AA8 setting just for ATI cards?

 

No no. If you force settings in the NVIDIA driver properties, it doesn't matter what the settings are in the game. For example, if you have 16x AF and 8xS AA set in the driver properties, but 8xAF and 4xAA set in the game, you're going to get 16xAF and 8xS AA. The NVIDIA CP overrides in-game settings.

I personally recommend you don't use 8xS AA, it's pretty expensive and some text will blur on that setting. 4x is your best bet. Between 8xAF and 16xAF, your choice. If you want 8x, set it in-game. 16x, set it in the drivers.

 

is 16x af broken in all games or just hl2?

 

lol got my AQ score in gaming mode from 15480 to 52654

 

wha???

 

Weren't these the drivers that were supposed to offer a 5-30% performance boost on dual-core CPUs, as they were multi-threaded?

Being the first multi-threaded driver could certainly explain the large number of bugs reported, as well.

 

very much so

 

Tarkan,

What do you mean by 8XS being expensive?

 

Video Performance: All test based upon Asus Z71V nVidia GO 6600....

nVidia Driver v71.13 - Asus Stocked Video Driver
3D Mark 2005: 1720 (Stocked Setting)
3dMark 2005 2018 (275/563)

Using XtremeG nVidia Driver v71.84
3D Mark 2005: 1780 (Stocked Setting)
3D Mark 2005: 1970 (300 Core / 500 Memory)

By CMYK (his Asus Z71v - Driver: v76.44)
3DMark05: 1787 (Stocked Setting)

nVidia 77.30
3DMark05: 1813 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2060 (300 Core / 500 Memory)

nvidia 77.50
3DMark05: 1820 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2060 (300/500 OC Setting)

nVidia 77.62
3DMark05: 1820 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2055 (300/500 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2120 (290/575 OC Setting)

Using XG 77.62-HD Type 2 nVidia Driver v77.62
3DMark05: 1820 (Stocked Setting)
3DMark05: 2074 (300/500 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2169 (290/575 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2215 (300/600 OC Setting)

XG 77.62-HD Type 1 with the org. Tweaks
http://www.tweaksrus.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=224&Itemid=41
XG 77.62-HD Type 2 with that Tweaks what they're improve 4 best
http://www.tweaksrus.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=225&Itemid=41

nVidia 77.72 Official WHQL Release
3DMark05: 1820 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: 2069 (300/500 OC Setting)
3DMark05: 2223 (300/600 OC Setting)

nVidia 80.40 Beta Leaked
3DMark05: 1811 (stocked setting)
3DMark05: (290/575 OC Setting)
3DMark05: (300/600 OC Setting)

Discussion: http://www.**************.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7427
Download: http://download.**************.com/drivers/8040.exe
INF: http://www.**************.com/forum/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=17834&index=0&mid=117



How To Install:
1) Download the nvidia driver
2) Extract it to a directory
3) download the latest INF file from http://www.**************.com/forum/ and save it
to the same directory you had extracted earlier.
4) Right click on the desktop and go to properties. This will take you
to the display control panel.
5) Click on the settings tab
6) Click on Advanced button
7) Click on Adapter tab
8) Click on Properties button
9) Click on Driver tab
10) Click on Update Driver button
11) Click on "No, Not this time" when asked "Can Windows Connect To Windows Update..."
12) Click on "Install from a list or specific location"
13) Click on "Don't Search, I will choose the driver to install"
14) Click on "Have Disk"
15) Browse to the location where you had saved the INF file earlier
16) Select the video card from the list, in Asus Z71V case it is nVidia GeForce Go 6600
17) Continue with install...