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good news. thanks
Wow I like the new look of the interface . Nice , how are the drivers running now?
Who wants to test this out?!
I dont wanna quite install it yet incase it screws over gpugrid.
That new setup interface is really great looking. Very suitable NVIDIA style look.
Unigine Heaven 2.0 score went up from 48.2fps to 53.6 fps and I saw A LOT less stutter at sub-50fps area, seems they improved microstuttering/general stutter with SLI a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkwagen
Two 480's in sli, stock clocks
1920x1080
DX11, all maxed out settings in unigine.
I like the "perform clean install" option. I guess it means you don't need to remove the old driver, go to safe mode and clean up any longer, right?
This driver is not available anywhere else, yet tho.
This driver is just f***ing awesome!!
BC2 is unbelievable smooth now.. gpu utilisation never blow 90%, generally 94-98%
and here a quick bench
12*10, 8xMSAA
GTX460 @890/1780/4600MHz
Q9650 @4GHz
Mission ''High level target'' from begining till our hummer got trushed, test duration ~4mins..
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8011/41914863.png
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/153/94870480.png
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5/47754814.png
bench may be good but with gtx460 sli bc2 doesnt run as smooth, screen flickers black at some points in the map and see no real gain in fps.
258,92
16898 GPU Score
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4...2324922.th.jpg
260,52
17622 GPU Score
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9...2562856.th.jpg
Nvidia What are you doing.
ill tell ya what they are doing a fine job. a real fine job...
Love the new interface and how they let u pic what to install and the Clean Install painless installation. we are coming into the 21th century FINALLY
Sweet, I will be running some tests with my G71s, G92, and G200b. :)
I do not like these drivers for my gtx 480. My frames in crysis benchmark dropped 2fps. Nvidia control panel would not open, and my colors were some how saturated after installation. I love my 259.32's better.
I even did driver cleaner in safe mode before install.
I get have this happen to me every once in a while ? What is making the screen flicker black like this ???Quote:
Originally Posted by OC Nub
these seem good for me in bc2 and l4d with one card. I never had a problem with bc2 with one or 2 470's with anything including gpu utilization. Only time gpu usage drops is between maps.
Tested these drivers!
G92 RESULTS - 3DMARK06:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...2253/25869.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...2253/26052.jpg
Looks like a decent SM3.0 gain on G92s. :)
Nvidia is finding improvements even for the older cards.
Good drivers. :)
Typical. I decide to exchange my KFAs for something quieter and these drivers come out. Won't be able to test them until my other 460s turn up :brick:
Crysis seems faster with these drivers than the 259.32 for me.. Metro definitely lost a few FPS though, but Mafia 2 is definitely smoother!Quote:
Originally Posted by bigKr33
Did you guys notice the new driver panel option "Dynamic tiling?"
WTF does it do? :confused:
Anyway, just remember these drivers are beta guys. They are a week old in fact, so the official drivers which will be released next week should be much better! :up:
Whats desktop quality like with these drivers? One thing I'm not looking forward to when my 460s come back is the blurry desktop :rolleyes:
3DMVA 258.69 = 18493
3DMVA 260 = 18831
one problem tho, afterburner extreme cannot set higher than nvidia's limit 1.1138 no more
Uninstalled afterburner and installed the new 2.0 version?
well i would need an "extreme" version of the 2.0 :D
since the normal edition don't surpass those limits anyway
Thanks for testing, finally going to upgrade my drivers for my 8800GTSQuote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
Hey thanks man. :D :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
I really appreciate that. :)
Usually when I bench new drivers on old cards I get flamed for it. Its nice to see someone appreciates my time. ;)
I will get GF200b results tomorrow.
on the contrary i saw minimal gains ,with GTX470 default,in vantage GPU from 14893(258.96)-> 14980, haven't tested games yetQuote:
Originally Posted by kaktus1907
G80 and older Video cards support 260.52 modded inf:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4OV2NTJ6
And I lost 300 odd vantage points. All of em from GPU score :P
Games are almost same.
@Ket 2D is still the same :(
Not as sharp as ATI.
Has anyone tried those with GTS 450 yet? I was unable to do any benchmaking (mostly black screen or crashing) with 259.22.
Thats a shame. I do a lot of desktop work and blurry text isn't very favorable..
When you test BC2, try running with 1XAA vs 8XAA and seeing what your GPU utilization is. You'll see as soon as you turn down AA GPU utilization drops.
There's NO reason for the GPU not to be using 99% unless you're getting 200fps already.
Other games like Metro 2033 don't have this problem. Nvidia trying to ignore the problem and saying that you're CPU bound when you're under 70% CPU usage is hogwash. Switch to a 5870 and watch it use 99%. Obviously it's not the CPU holding you back. BC2 is clearly an ATI game.
i applied these drivers and seems to be runin perfectly fine for me, kinda smoothed things out a bit .
OP Thanks for posting...Other than the control panel hanging, not responding and my color settings dont load at start up
so far so good in game performance
258.96
Performance preset physx off
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5382/75083193.jpg
260.52
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8435/30993493.jpg
258.96
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3276/11005890.jpg
260.52
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7167/cryh.jpg
For those interested: looks very stable for folding. :up:
Man I see you got some improvements. I wonder why my gtx 480 would be worse? Maybe its really a benefit for sli as I see you have. Then again though I couldn't get into nvidia control panel to view settings, who knows what they were set to by default.Quote:
Originally Posted by demo23019
If you can't even get into the control panel, then something happened with your installation. Did you try reinstalling them?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigKr33
Also, remember that these are unfinished drivers, which is why they have so many problems.
I've had two crashes already in fact. Anyway, the final version will be out next week, and that will undoubtedly be much better.
GeForce Forceware 260.52 Win 7/Vista 32-bit
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K11QIH9F
Cool, any word on XP drivers yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by stasio
I would test these but the only computer I have using Vista 32 has a 6200LE in it... :p:
Im not sure what is causing it, it happened with my hd5870 crossfire setup in bc2, but until I installed these latest drivers it hadnt happened with Nvidia cards, single card or sli.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aedubber
Constant hardlocks in BC2 made me uninstall. Apart from that they were good.
Can have a small difference like that just retesting with the same driver and oc.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
Hmm. I will run the test again later. Same OC used during both tests:Quote:
Originally Posted by OC Nub
675/1715/1800
Folding OC... :p:
No good for my 295 quads as i many play sc2 and get weird artifacts with these drivers though vantage ran well i scored 38400 with my setup
I'm kinda iffy about these drivers now :/ Not iffy like testing ATI drivers but iffy. Anyone have any other experience with them?
Wow !!! Am downloading right now. 3rd link is so damn slow ~ 40 KB/sec. :(
I been playing the crap out of bc2 with these drivers on a single gtx 470 and its been awesome.
Nice, i got 330 points extra in Vangate. BFBC2 runs smooth !!!:clap:
I ran the test again today...Quote:
Originally Posted by OC Nub
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...53/26052x2.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...2253/26052.jpg http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...2253/25869.jpg
EDIT: After increasing my OC from 675/1715/1800 to 680/1720/2030, stock CPU and RAM clocks...
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...53/26052x3.png
I am going to see if I can break 12000 tomorrow. :)
These drivers are really stable. :D
Here we go:
8800GTS
Evga Precision
Core 702
Shader 1740
Mem 1008
~~~~~~~~~
driver 195.62
7714 3DMarks
driver 260.52
7677 3dMarks
both are lower than my 2008 scores. Go figure, I don't think futuremark is that great in all honesty. I have a feeling if I was to buy one of the regular version somehow my score would go up too.
Just click no, and it will work just fine.
According to Tweaktown's GTS 450 review, new driver boosts around ~7%..
I don't use 3DMark much but I'm guessing it's fairly CPU dependant? I see with RAW-Raptor22's rig I have twice the ram but he has 2 extra cores and a quad vs. a dual core. He gains 4-5000 more points. I really doubt a 9800 adds much power over a 8800GTS
Well, if your 8800GTS is a 512MB its better than my 9800GT, if its a 320 or a 640 its like a 10% difference. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
With 3DMark the key when evaluating purely graphical performance is to look at the SM2.0 (DX8) and SM3.0 (DX9) scores. :)
Hrmm yeah mine is a 512mb where do I find that on here?Quote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
http://service.futuremark.com/home.a...&resultType=19
Yea man, those 8800GTS 512MB are good cards, they are the same as the GTS250... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
I see your problem, I am running 3DMark06 and you are running 3DMark Vantage... :p:
3DMark Vantage is DX10, 3DMark06 is DX8/DX9. ;)
ah. That would explain it, I figured people be using vantage now. Still looking for something better to test I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
I can run vantage if you like and see, I didnt do it before changing drivers so I dont know how much information it would provide... :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
Id just have to reinstall it.
I ran 06 which btw is waaaaaaaaay better to watch I think. I ran with other crap on in the background dunno how much that matters but I got.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
2006
3DMark Score 11605
SM 2.0 Score 5304
SM 3.0 Score 5710
CPU Score 2456
I use performance mode in Vantage for all my runs as many people do as well , kinda depends what you wanna run I guess . Plus use PhysX off :)
06 is still the better benchmark. Vantage is pure fail on a epic scale. Unigine Heaven should be used IMO.
Reinstalled these drivers and now they are working much better, the screen doesnt flicker black anymore.
Funny that with these drivers, the 64 bit Crysis is now faster and smoother than the 32 bit version.. :shrug:
With previous drivers, it was the opposite.
Agreed. Your D3D scores are way better than mine, mine were 4900/5300 and yours are 5300/5700 since you have 16 more SPs than me. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
how does the sm 2.0 and 3.0 translate into games? Cause honestly the last generation of video cards after the 8800 series like the GTX 260 and 4890 just didn't blow me away. Since I can play everything I haven't felt a need to upgrade. Granted I have a copy of Crysis unopened but it doesn't even seem like high end cards can still play that game well.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
I was kinda ehh.... About switching back to Nvidia after their GTX $600 bs, but I've had this card for a few years and most of the drivers have been great except for one which made my vid card or something squeel it was horrible but I've really come around since I've never liked ATI drivers but loved their cards. I'm torn in my upgrade path though.... I don't want to get an intel rig again, I want to go back to AMD but I don't want a 980a chipset. I mean isn't that a few generations back from whats on intel boards? I miss SLI on good AMD mobos like the DFI Ultra-D
The GTX 480 and HD 5870 in single card config can handle Crysis quite easily at 1200p and below with maxed out settings, but at 2560x1600 and above, you need to go multi if you want lag free gaming....assuming you wish to play at maxed out settings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
SM2.0 is DirectX 8 Performance, SM3.0 is DirectX 9 Performance. DirectX is used to render games, most new games use DirectX 10 but most games more than a couple years old use DirectX 9....Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
I played Crysis with my 8800GTS 320MB...
It was rough with too much AA or res but it wasnt bad 1600x1200 with 2xAA. :)
Massive improvement in BC2, smooth, and stutter free.
dudes, 260.63 beta is out on nvidia's site:up:
They never stop now do they lol , we are like the slaves for nvidia
The love just keeps coming atm. I'm not sure how nV are suddenly getting so much performance out of Fermi, but as long as theres no cheating going on its all win.
They are still milking G92 for what its worth. These drivers are awesome. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ket
I know I am I paid a pretty penny for this thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
Whats the difference between 260.52 and the new ones?
I was gonna test them today but I am tired. I will get back to you with G92 data. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
No rush I don't update often so lol I prolly won't even install the new ones. What is your normal rig out of curiosity?Quote:
Originally Posted by RAW-Raptor22
This one, haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
Q6600
9800GT
P45 UD3P
4x 1GB Crucial DDR2
Its pretty pedestrian... :p:
I also spend alot of time on my backup rig:
PD820
7950GX2
945P
2x 1GB Crucial DDR2
Hate to burst your bubble but a modest 100pts in Vantage is within the margin of error, and its only Vantage. Go try some real games and see if you get any FPS increase ;)
I've never had more kernel errors with video drivers crashing than on this set of drivers.