nVidia 169.21 drivers

XP
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21.html

XP64
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_169.21.html

Vista32
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_169.21.html

Vista64
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_169.21.html

Unbelievable. Any idea what's new?

It seems like new drivers are released every 3 days.

its the 8800GTS 512mb driver basically. At least thats all i could be bother to read from thier useless release notes.

(WHQL 'Candidate')


Can we overclock?!?!


I guess theres one one way to find out...

*Prays* :p:

woow thx for the driver

Thanks man. Saw this and decided to download.

Aren't too many fixes at all..Just small tweaks (cause it's a beta), and nothing new to add to Crysis as far as performance goes.

And I just installed 169.17. I think I am going to start installing every other driver release from now on.

That was about time! At first I thought it supported 3SLI but they got to chop down a flashy release number on it when they do i assume. Like 170 or 200.

:sofa:


*peeks from no where*
since its WHQL candidate I hope vsync + SLI works

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Originally Posted by Danger30Q

Unbelievable. Any idea what's new?

It seems like new drivers are released every 3 days.

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LOL i was thinking along the same lines :D

These suck for my GTX. 3Dmark froze with the same OC settings i had when using the 169.17 (which worked perfectly obviously). Also, ATI tool and gpu-z did not detect my card anymore.

Guess they're best for G92 GTS'es and GT's...

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Originally Posted by Danger30Q

Unbelievable. Any idea what's new?

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Yes, this version weights 30MB less than 169.17 :D
(xp 32)

These are English versions, they are significantly smaller in size than international versions.

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Originally Posted by Piotrsama

Yes, this version weights 30MB less than 169.17 :D
(xp 32)

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That is because the .17 link was to the international version (has more languages in it). This one is English only.

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Originally Posted by Danger30Q

It seems like new drivers are released every 3 days.

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Yea and if every new driver has a performance increase :D we have some badd ass drivers next year :D

Good point guys.
Didn't look into that.

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Originally Posted by Disaster_Master

Yea and if every new driver has a performance increase :D we have some badd ass drivers next year :D

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Performance, Performance, Performance......
What about IQ, does it always stay the same? Do they sacrifice IQ in order to gain 0.5 fps?
They will never tell us that.

I care about IQ also, and yes, I'm on Nvidia cards.

Some Reports:

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Originally Posted by its2cold

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Crysis medium 1680x1050 DX10 Vista x64

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 3.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
4x1Gb DDRAM II A-Data 800MHz 5-5-5-18
MSI 8600GTS 256MB 740/1600/1120

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Originally Posted by NvidiaFreak

Gears of war : play super well now with 169.21. graphic load faster now and no more lag when you load a game.

Guitar Hero 3 : Prefect, run just like xbox 360 version with no slow down.

Crysis : Gain 5fps and now i have 15fps in 1680x1050 mode with max setting and DX 10 64bit, now its tiny bit playable but its better then the other drivers that for sure.

Need for speed pro street : run a little bit better but still its my cpu is making games run like crap.

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Originally Posted by NvidiaFreak

Update : it seem that 169.21 love Unreal 3 Engine, BioShock, GOW, MOH AB, Stranglehold, BlackSite all super great now even with aa no more slow down.

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I'll try it to see if the black models are fixed in CoD 4

Edit: At last, bug is fixed for my part, don't know for those who had it too

Jebus, more new drivers. Thanks for the notification though :)

AA is not working when you force it from profile. Back to 169.09 and it is OK.

hope these are better than the .13's never tried the .17

ppl complain where there is lack of updates and then when there are lots of them hahahaha

i hear there will be some more crazy updates VERY soon ;) :D

had about 85 fps with the .09 drivers, with these i got 120-125 !! in cod4, i really recommend u install it , own a 8600gts.

Hmm... do these allow independant shader OCing? im on the 163.17s for a while now because AFAIK they are the only drivers that support it.

I clock my shaders just fine in RivaTuner w/these drivers.

well we shouldnt complain, its better than a dry spell. I was on the 71's for a while, then tried these new 17's, they seem to work best in what i play right now.

now all we need is a patch for crysis.

did they fix the aspect ratio bug so you can play old games on a widescreen without having :banana::banana::banana::banana: be all stretched out

My nvidia tv-out didn't work properly but with new .17 it works. I don't wonna test this :)

just installed these drivers on my vista 32 running an XFX XXX 8800 Ultra 675/1667/2300 and will be testing HD video playback and then some games (crysis, unreal tournament 3, world of warcraft)... ill come back and post results for anyone interested

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Originally Posted by hecktic

just installed these drivers on my vista 32 running an XFX XXX 8800 Ultra 675/1667/2300 and will be testing HD video playback and then some games (crysis, unreal tournament 3, world of warcraft)... ill come back and post results for anyone interested

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Yes, please. :yepp:

I tried these ones.... but didn't like them.
I don't know why, but it allowed me to use very few resolutions.

Just falled "back" to the last WHQL, for good :D
(bored of trying so many betas)

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Originally Posted by NickS

I clock my shaders just fine in RivaTuner w/these drivers.

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I always do mine fine... I have oced my shaders since 163.67s.... :rofl: