Nvidia launches set of graphics drivers

[S71NG3R]

Today Nvidia launched a new set of drivers ForceWare rev 158.xx.

 

So post in here how good or not good they are at fixing the sometimes slow FPS in TDU.

 

Here is a link to the news http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39001

 

I will try them tonight or tomorrow.

[Woodo]

alright ill test them out with my card when i cbf isntalling the new drivers

[///AMGedUP]

thanks downloading now, the game really is choppy with my 8800gts

 

 

hopefully this driver will do something

 

if nothing at least gimme some mor performance while runing HDR coz I lag really bad with HDR

[///AMGedUP]

I get a blue screen at start up after installing the driver

 

:|

[S71NG3R]

thanks downloading now, the game really is choppy with my 8800gts

 

 

hopefully this driver will do something

 

if nothing at least gimme some mor performance while runing HDR coz I lag really bad with HDR

 

Yes I got the same card and with everything set on high it's almost imposable to drive in the town part.

[///AMGedUP]

Yes I got the same card and with everything set on high it's almost imposable to drive in the town part.

 

have u installed the driver??/

 

I get the blue screen after installing it

[Woodo]

did u install the right bit 32 or 64 bit and if that happen thats a **** load of ****

[S71NG3R]

have u installed the driver??/

 

I get the blue screen after installing it

 

No I am at work now. I can't believe they've still got it wrong I will check out the forums over at Nvidia to see if it's a major problem. :(

[///AMGedUP]

nope I installed the right one

 

 

Graphics Drivers >> GeForce 8800 Series >> Windows XP / 2000 / Media Center Edition

[S71NG3R]

Could not find a post about blue screen. Only a problem with the control panel, but it could be too earliy. What number was the driver can you remember? They could have mixed the drivers in the dowload section.

 

It looks like this happens when the driver is wrong for the OS.

[///AMGedUP]

Could not find a post about blue screen. Only a problem with the control panel, but it could be too earliy. What number was the driver can you remember? They could have mixed the drivers in the dowload section.

 

It looks like this happens when the driver is wrong for the OS.

 

hmm

 

the number is 158.19

[S71NG3R]

hmm

 

the number is 158.19

 

That is the correct number what one did you download US or international? Maybe try a different download location.

[///AMGedUP]

That is the correct number what one did you download US or international? Maybe try a different download location.

 

theres only one download site

 

primary download site

[S71NG3R]

theres only one download site

 

primary download site

 

There are lots of problems with it looking at the Nvidia forum so another driver for the bin :(

[S71NG3R]

Here's a statement from the news that explain what Nvidia are doing about the problems and the challenges they have had.

 

"An official from Nvidia, a leading designer of system chipsets and

graphics processors, admitted that the company had underestimated

resources it needed to develop proper drivers for Windows Vista, but

said the issues would be shortly resolved. Besides, the company has

outlined its priorities when developing drivers for the new operating

system (OS).

 

Several days after Microsoft Windows Vista operating system was

released, hundreds of end-users reported complaints about

instabilities, erratic behaviour, driver bugs and other kind of issues

that they faced because of Nvidia's ForceWare drivers designed for the

new OS. End-users with various graphics cards, including the latest

top-of-the-range GeForce 8800-series, criticized Nvidia ForceWare for

poor performance and stability, something, which logotype "Vista

Ready" is not meant to say.

 

One person, who wanted to remain fully anonymous, even launched a web-

site called NvidiaClassAction.org in early February to collect the

information about ForceWare issues with Windows Vista, however, in

early March the web-site has been taken down due to an unknown reason.

 

Nearly two months have passed since the last WHQL-certified release of

Windows Vista ForceWare drivers and there is a number of end-users who

still experience issues with their machines and the GeForce graphics

cards. But Nvidia's Keita Iada, who is responsible for content

development at the company, said in an interview with IGN web-site

that the new drivers are near.

 

"We're ramping up the frequency of our Vista driver releases. Users

will probably understand that we release a number of beta drivers on

our site, so we're making incremental progress. We believe that, in a

very short time we will have addressed the vast majority, if not all

of the issues. We've had teams who were working on other projects who

have mobilised to make sure that as quickly as possible we have the

drivers fixed. I'm not going to give you an exact timeframe, but it's

going to be very soon," said Mr. Iada.

 

The director of content management at Nvidia also explained the

reasons why the ForceWare drivers appear to have issues with the new

operating system by Microsoft. According to him, the first priority

for the company was to enable content developers with ability to

create titles for DirectX 10, which is strategically important for the

company. As a consequence, the firm underestimated resources it needed

to design drivers for end-users.

 

"On a high level, we had to prioritise. In our case, we have DX9,

DX10, multiple APIs, Vista and XP - the driver models are completely

different, and the DX9 and 10 drivers are completely different. Then

you have single- and multi-card SLI - there are many variables to

consider. Given that we were so far ahead with DX10 hardware, we've

had to make sure that the drivers, although not necessarily available

to a wide degree, or not stable, were good enough from a development

standpoint," Mr. Iada said.

 

But even though the initial priority of Nvidia when developing drivers

were content developers, right now the company has the priority of

delivering stable drivers for Vista to end-users. It is remarkable

that Nvidia even put performance of its drivers on the second place.

 

"We've had to balance our priorities between making sure we have

proper DX10 feature-supported drivers to facilitate development of

DX10 content, but also make sure that the end user will have a good

experience on Vista. To some degree, I think that we may have

underestimated how many resources were necessary to have a stable

Vista driver off the bat. I can assure you and your readers that our

first priority right now is not performance, not anything else; it is

stability and all the features supported on Vista," the director of

content management at Nvidia added."