FW 177.92 with Physx v8.08.18 @ nvidia.com

The increase in speed is over the 175.19 drivers which, for whatever reason, are still the "latest" non-beta drivers on the driver page. I don't know what they are calling the 177.83s but they aren't beta drivers or production drivers. They are... uhh... special I guess.

I did some testing with City of Heroes. Looks like no significant difference at all between these and the 177.83s in that game.

Code:

177.83
Demo:		C:\Games\City Of Heroes\client_demos\Frames Per Sec Test.CohDemo
Screen:		2048x1536 (80 Hz) Fullscreen
CPU:		2 x 2666 Mhz Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6700  @ 2.66GHz
Memory:	4095 MB
Video Card:	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Texture:	Ultra		Shadows:	OnPhysics:	5WorldDetail:	2.00		EntityDetail:	2.00
MaxParticles:	50000		ParticleFill:	10.00
Render features:	WATER MULTITEX MULTITEX_DUAL HQBUMP MULTITEX_HQBUMP WATER_DEPTH BUMPMAPS BUMPMAPS_WORLD DESATURATE 

Run	Avg	Min	Max	Frames	Time
1	62.9	4.9	140.0	12731	202.54
2	61.5	18.2	143.1	12452	202.46
3	60.2	5.6	163.0	12184	202.45
-----
Avg*	60.8	11.9	153.0	12318	202.45

* Note that first run is not used to compute average.

177.92
Demo:		C:\Games\City Of Heroes\client_demos\Frames Per Sec Test.CohDemo
Screen:		2048x1536 (80 Hz) Fullscreen
CPU:		2 x 2666 Mhz Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6700  @ 2.66GHz
Memory:	4095 MB
Video Card:	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Texture:	Ultra		Shadows:	OnPhysics:	5WorldDetail:	2.00		EntityDetail:	2.00
MaxParticles:	50000		ParticleFill:	10.00
Render features:	WATER MULTITEX MULTITEX_DUAL HQBUMP MULTITEX_HQBUMP WATER_DEPTH BUMPMAPS BUMPMAPS_WORLD DESATURATE 

Run	Avg	Min	Max	Frames	Time
1	57.9	2.6	151.3	11729	202.53
2	59.2	8.7	148.1	11993	202.45
3	60.8	11.0	159.7	12303	202.46
-----
Avg*	60.0	9.9	153.9	12148	202.46

* Note that first run is not used to compute average.

So, unless there's something specific you need to fix, it's probably best to give these a miss.

P.S. Zloth tries to kick Mumakil but slips on one of those damned banannas

 

Seem all good here no crashes like i was getting with other 177 drivers.

 

anyone have issue when run call of duty 4 and ALT+TAB

COD config 1280*1024@x4AA detail Dx9 max setting

graphic corrupt screen shot
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6677/photoje1.jpg

PS.this issue happen to me with WOW and now I can't resolve it
but it's never happen with COD4 accept this version

Thanks

 

is that a new physics driver in the setup or the last release?

 

It's new but there is an even newer dated (same version but whql) physx set available from the physx site.

 

Just a quick helpful heads up. For the couple people that couldn't get it to install where it says that nothing has been updated, you do know there's a workaround, right? All you do is unrar the .exe and delete the PhysX installer .exe from the unrar'd files. Then it will install from the setup in that directory without that problem. Probably best to do this anyway since PhysX went WHQL already and you'll want to install that driver instead.

 

More unlimited Speed

c1:hey guys its awsome beta driver here i have boosted speed on the games like ut3,crysis,grid and lost planet i play....but without fix the physx installation with the driver...for one more time we need to setup it sepperated...whatever!!!!!!!hehe its cool im out of control with this IQ of picture and the physx hard accel!!!!!!!!:banana::heh::speed:

 

Downloading...
is this set better for OCing the GPU?

 

Drivers up on the Geforce Packs on the website.

 

pPractically an entire page of "downloading" These threads are getting more and more useless and painful to scan through. *sigh* :bang:

 

I,really like this driver runs very smooth np so far games seem a lil faster IQ is great hopefully this will be the next WQHL keepers for now much beter than the 83,84,and 89

 

release notes != "good changelog"

I completely agree with the original poster - nvida changelogs generally provide very little detail with regard to what has changed (almost no info for small minor driver revision increases).

 

Oh thx man for workaround with driver installation. You saved my day.

 

i will post some benchmark scores with my quad sli once i finish up my water cooling. so far they seem decent to people, curious of how good it will be for mine.

 

No bud. The increase in speed is from Nvidia messing with the IQ. COD4 looks blurry with no AF/AA. Textures look washed out. You can force it on in game or with the CP it makes no dif. There are many people reporting this not just me. Also it's not just with COD4 the problem exists.

177.83 isnt "special" they are WHQL yes...but they are the last what I call "working" set to date. 177.89 has the same problem in games as 177.92


177.83 ist he last WHQL set not 175.19.

 

these drivers give me 100+ fps in WoW on Vista 32bit, keepers for me COD4 runs the same

 

Yeah, I know the workaround, I just wished they could make it work without any "workarounds", thats all.

 

These drivers are keepers for me also. :banana:

 

They look ok, and I'm going to test some games tonight. The only complaint I have and I sent it in to Nvidia, is that they are bundling the Physx Software with the damn drivers. They need to be seperated cause right now I'm not using the Physx as I'm not playing any games that use it. So either make them two different installs or make the installer prompt to ask you if you wish to install it or not. Otherwise I had to remove it once I loaded the driver which required another reboot.

just my 2cents on them...

 

no difference with crysis bench