Nvidia 196.21 WHQL Drivers released

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce Drivers Section' started by t1nsoldier, Jan 19, 2010.

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How is this driver working for you?

  1. Better than previous drivers

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  2. About the same as previous drivers

    74 vote(s)
    33.2%
  3. Worse than previous drivers

    70 vote(s)
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  1. Pvfc-Epic

    Pvfc-Epic Maha Guru

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    auto fan control does work in msi afterburner, played mw2 for half hour and all is fine, css fps same as 195.81
     
  2. Markushka141

    Markushka141 Master Guru

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    Installed, no shader clocks, no OC, no fan control, not working evga precsicion, riva tuner, msi afterburner, and nvdia syatem tools for OC'ing... waiting for explanations from Nvidia :) and of course new driver or some sort of patch...
    Got back to modified 195.62 :) now THAT i call a proper fantastic driver :) (the 195.62 modified)
     
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  3. Ade 1

    Ade 1 Master Guru

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    I've always used nVidia System Tools for OClocking but the clocks don't show for my card (295GTX) they're just blank so not sure what's going on. Also, previous versions would always show your clocks in system information but nothing shows there either.
     
  4. darthminus

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    I have just installed and tested. Shader clock is blank on the EVGA Precision but on my logitech lcd screen is shown correctly for some reason. Also I have tried three games and on exit the memory clock have gone down as intended. The fan is also working. I suppose the only problem is that you cant OC cause of shader clock bug.
    For the guy that asked about STO it seems to work better than the 195.81 but only with AA disabled, and shadow and bloom quality to low. Everything else on high. This seems to be the only setup that is playble on me (and on Champions Online as well).
     

  5. YetYhunter

    YetYhunter Maha Guru

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    How could they release a driver like this and it's whql too.Drivers keep getting worse :(
    Vegetation doesn't flicker anymore,the clouds do and stutters like hell!!
     
  6. SoLoR

    SoLoR Master Guru

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    because codemaster still needs to release patch. You could make both gpu runing with custom sli profile before 196.21 as well, but with no preformance gains. What nVidia did is just added profile, now its up to codemaster to release patch. So ye GL. They will release patch that fixes major issue months after game release when most of people that affect them will already got bored of the game.
     
  7. slickric21

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    is that all, I got 5.5mb
     
  8. kingnosser

    kingnosser Banned

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    Dirt 2 SLI works now have a better 50fps, Star Trek Online no stutter in the on foot sections, For me at least these are the best drivers I have had since 186.18's on XP and better them went from a B to A rating in Resi 5 peaking around 90fps but on average on the benchmarks I run 10-15fps boost which isn't bad for my set-up.

    EVGA no OC but can still set fan speeds which is fine for me but I'm sure they will sort that soon enough. Overall very good drivers and images look much sharper and more vibrant with the same settings as my old set but for Win 7 these are the best so far.

    BTW I'm new to posting but have been reading the forums and articles for years.

    Also my res is 1600x900 always bench max settings and AA.
     
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  9. mapel110

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    I already got these SLI profiles with 195.81.

    Mortal Online, Ninja Blade <-- these were the only new one I found.

    /edit
    3DMark06 runs fine here. GTX260/Win7-64
     
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  10. alexandrebr

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    Does anyone have a solution for shader clock control?
     

  11. Cyber-Mav

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    performance seems to be a lot higher in avatar the game with these drivers for me.
     
  12. spike21

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  13. eddieveenstra

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    I was wondering too... Does anyone know a reg trick or something to solve this???
     
  14. sideband

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    Fixed this and no working oc , fan control and other fix. Drivers release soon , guru3d delete section for modded drivers.
     
  15. Burnt_Ram

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    finally :)
     

  16. t1nsoldier

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    Not sure why it is not working for you Marlec but sli visual indicators in control panel are indicating sli is working and Riva tuner reports both temps on graphics cards are being used.
    That and the fact my frame rates have significantly increased.
    Definite sli improvement for me here in Dirt 2.
     
  17. bozotheclown

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  18. coksakinol

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    196.21 driver was removed from Nvidia Site's...
     
  19. SuperBill

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    LOL. Imagine that.

    I knew that was coming. Big driver released hosed up without proper clock control. Hopefully only a day wait until they fix it.

    /edit: I'm still able to pull them they must be in the process of yanking them.
     
  20. spine

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    Every time a driver gets released there's a whole bunch of girls who whine on about broken overclock/fan control.

    Seriously, get nibitor and flash your clocks/fan IC settings into your bios directly.

    Then you'll NEVER have to worry about it ever again.

    That and don't waste your time on Nvidia's latest drivers which have been **** for over a year as the driver team is obviously working hard on FERMI and not the old gen.
     

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