Nvidia GeForce 181.20 WHQL released!!

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce Drivers Section' started by dajife, Jan 8, 2009.

  1. UnrealGaming

    UnrealGaming Ancient Guru

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    Ya I know how to link image, but didn't know I can't upload image from my PC directly to this site... and that's crap.

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    Textures look sharper for me then with 185.20... and light/shadow contrast seems better, especially in cod 4.
     
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  2. ZeBeeDY

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    US version from nvidia.com is corrupt. int. version from nvidia.com is working.
    But there is a huge size difference :
    UK:106mb
    US: 50mb

    btw vantage performance is poor for me:

    185.20 XG : 2702
    181.20 : 2579
     
  3. Vood007

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    I have definitively a speed increase here, at least for the Fan. Duty cycle raised by 1%, was 35%, is 36% now. Lost 2 degrees C while idle. Greenpeace will be happy ;)
     
  4. Vichello

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    Compared to 180.84 Beta :
    - GTA4 : worse, im having more texture pop-up's and stuttering.
    - CoD5 : No difference
     

  5. Weesni

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    Good IQ and Performance, no problems in Grid, COD4/WAW, Fallout 3.

    Keepers for me
     
  6. ricardonuno1980

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    I have same problems* in gta4 (8800gts640mb - dead) but it's normal. ;) because I and you haven't core2quad nor any cpu w/ 4 cores.

    *-180.48wqhl and 180.84beta.
     
  7. Redemption80

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    Not sure why people are expecting performance increases from these after the 185.20 Alpha ones, they are more likely more advanced than these for performance and features, but wont have been tested enough for stability and to iron out all the bugs.

    These seem either the same as 185.20 or a touch slower, prefer 185.20 though, even if they do resize my desktop on a reboot.
     
  8. basilis20

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    OK first of all i haven't done any benchmarking yet but after playing some games they seem stable and fast enough to be keepers.But i'm having crash issues with UT3.The game only runs stable with 180.48 or previous.Every newer driver including this one(or the 180.84 or any leaked beta for that matter) has the same problem.When i start playing a map it crashes after 1-2 seconds.I installed framework 3.5 SP1 as advised on Epic's forums and i followed every advise i was able to find but nothing happens.I can't stop thinking that this has to be a driver issue since none of my other games have this problem and as i wrote UT3 runs flawlessly with 180.48.
     
  9. 1stGuyNut

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    When I extracted the installer, there's a PDSetup file.
    Any1 know what this is or is it needed.
     
  10. sava700

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    The us version or english is 77.6MB.. 50 sounds like you got a corrupted version that didnt' download all the way.



    Edit: the download is working fine now.. just checked. Also I think its 50 when you remove the Physix Software which I have no idea why they are still packing that with the drivers.. I hate that.
     
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    Its performance drivers, i found these the other day aswel and done a quick search. Apparently they are for people who do alot of CAD stuff
     
  12. dabrooks

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    People keep calling the 185.20's alpha drivers. How do you know they are alpha, or as someone else called them , pre-alpha? Is there some documentation that I missed where they were identified by nVidia as alpha or pre-alpha?
     
  13. Anarion

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    Its' corrupted, when I downloaded it it was <5MB. However uk server version is just fine.
    http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/181.20/181.20_geforce_winvista_64bit_english_whql.exe
     
  14. Redemption80

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    Because if they were beta, then they would be on the Nvidia website, and Nvidia won't acknowledge them at all, even if they did leak them themselves, though as far as i can see they are dated Christmas Eve.
     
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    of course not! this mean that your 2C were thrown at atmosphere!

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    great.. 185.20 wasn´t good for me
     
  17. Weesni

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    Mhhh details popup in cod4/waw....

    I mean its very abrupt.
     
  18. THEBIG360

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    08/01/2009 20:42:30 - Vista 64
    Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
    DX9 1680x1050, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
    Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
    Global Game Quality: High
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    TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
    !TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
    Play Time: 35.83s, Average FPS: 55.81
    Min FPS: 39.74 at frame 167, Max FPS: 70.93 at frame 882
    Average Tri/Sec: -54297352, Tri/Frame: -972832
    Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.94
    !TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
    Play Time: 32.53s, Average FPS: 61.48
    Min FPS: 39.74 at frame 167, Max FPS: 77.98 at frame 91
    Average Tri/Sec: -59078140, Tri/Frame: -960978
    Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.95
    !TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
    Play Time: 32.49s, Average FPS: 61.55
    Min FPS: 39.74 at frame 167, Max FPS: 77.98 at frame 91
    Average Tri/Sec: -59090880, Tri/Frame: -959970
    Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.95
    TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
    ==============================================================

    Completed All Tests

    <><><><><><><><><><><><><>>--SUMMARY--<<><><><><><><><><><><><><>

    08/01/2009 20:42:30 - Vista 64

    Run #1- DX9 1680x1050 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 61.515

    And seem smoother in my other games.
     
  19. GhostXL

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    While 185.20 was a fun experience, this set blows them away. I have better color in this set, and textures DO look sharper. I'm not sure what they did, but there was a slight blur in the 185.20's when i look at my screenshots comparing Fallout3. And yes I run x16 AF in both sets.

    I may link the shots in a few.
     
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    waht about ao in vista 64/Gtx 280 ... does it work?
     

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