Author Topic: new beta Nvidia forceware drivers (Read 1354 times)

38ruk · « **Reply #15 on:** May 27, 2006, 10:25:32 PM »

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Geez I remember having a GF2 GTS, I'm getting old, lol.

HEHE , i still have a monster 3d addon around here somewhere 8)

Krusty · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2006, 12:19:02 AM »

I still have the GeForce 256 that I used to have in this machine, it's in win98 print station I set up on another floor of the house.

Brenjen · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2006, 01:02:53 AM »

And I thought my 6000 series AGP was old....

Krusty · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2006, 12:47:23 PM »

These drivers have artifacting problems on the 4400. I tested them out. While I do get a nice boost in fps (10-20fps across the board) I absolutely HATE the control panel interface, and I have issues with flame trails (i.e. you set a plane on fire) disappearing and then coming back for very short periods of time then disappearing again. I guess I'll revert to my old set of drivers.

Brenjen · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2006, 03:26:55 PM »

Well the artifacting may not be preventable in that old card...but the new control panel interface is an added interface...you don't have to use it, just click the tab at the top called "advanced control panel" or something like that & it switches back to the old style

in other words, you have two control panels to choose from, the old one & the new one.

For my 7900 & I would imagine the old 7800's I had, these drivers flat out rock.

Krusty · « **Reply #20 on:** May 28, 2006, 06:17:00 PM »

Ah, I didn't see that "use classic" option in the "View" menu. That helps a lot.

As for the artifacting, it's caused by the more modern drivers. I have to use 61.77 or before for it to work proplery. No biggy, I've got those.

Brenjen · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2006, 11:12:14 AM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Ah, I didn't see that "use classic" option in the "View" menu. That helps a lot.

As for the artifacting, it's caused by the more modern drivers. I have to use 61.77 or before for it to work proplery. No biggy, I've got those.

Yeah, at least your expiramentation (sp?) with them allows others with similar setups to know the outcome, & that's helpful. A lot of people like seeing other peoples outcomes before trying it themselves.

I really thought it would be worse than just a little artifacting to tell you the truth.

Bronk · « **Reply #22 on:** May 30, 2006, 03:16:12 PM »

Hmmm almost tempted to try on my 6600gt.
But I am figuring the drivers are to optimize 7xxx cards.

Bronk

Skuzzy · « **Reply #23 on:** May 30, 2006, 04:12:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Are they gonna help us poor schmucks running 4400Tis?

You'd be foolish to be using any driver past the 61.77's for that video card. NVidia stopped doing any optimization work for those old cards a long time ago.

You can make a mess of things by going to such later drivers and back to older drivers. If you do that, be sure to use some driver cleaner between changes.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #24 on:** May 30, 2006, 04:22:38 PM »

yea but do ya still have your 2 mb "Monster" card

Bronk · « **Reply #25 on:** May 30, 2006, 04:29:02 PM »

Skuzzy do you think there might be a chance this driver might help 6xxx cards?

Bronk

38ruk · « **Reply #26 on:** May 30, 2006, 10:18:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Roscoroo
yea but do ya still have your 2 mb "Monster" card

actually i think its an 8 meg monster hehe

RedDg · « **Reply #27 on:** May 30, 2006, 10:47:11 PM »

The first Monster 3D's were a whopping 4MB apiece. For another $400 you could get a 2nd Monster 3D card and run this new-fangled thing called SLI.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #28 on:** May 31, 2006, 07:25:58 AM »

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Originally posted by Bronk
Skuzzy do you think there might be a chance this driver might help 6xxx cards?

The architecture of the GPU's did not change that much from the 6000 to 7000 series, so it is possible for newer drives to be better.

The 5000 series was NVidia's bastard child. They were akin to Intel's Willamette/Prescott. They could not hardly wait to get past those GPU's. They were terrible.

Kev367th · « **Reply #29 on:** May 31, 2006, 08:20:43 AM »

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Originally posted by RedDg
The first Monster 3D's were a whopping 4MB apiece. For another $400 you could get a 2nd Monster 3D card and run this new-fangled thing called SLI.

Yup and it was PROPER SLI.
Not alternate frames or split frames like the reinvented SLI, but each card did odd or even lines on a frame.