nVidia Quadro 258.96 modified driver for GeForce cards

[DragoonXX]

I'll have to request a PW and try them out when I get my rendering system up and running (will be using an 8800GT)

[[XC] Oj101]

I've been trying to download for two days now, please host it somewhere that gives decent service :/

[Alien Grey]

I'm uploading the driver to my DropBox account and post the download link in the thread. You'll still need the password from Ket to extract the driver.


@Ket

If don't like that, I'm going to remove the download link when you ask me to do that.



Download link: nVidia Quadro 258.96 modified driver

[hema]

and what the aim of asking a password from each one want to down this mood
it should be without password for general useful

[Funkwagen]

and what the aim of asking a password from each one want to down this mood
it should be without password for general useful

So only xtremesystems members can use it..

That and possibly to prevent some people outside XS downloading it and being like "OMG IT BROEKED MY PC"

[[XC] Oj101]

I'm uploading the driver to my DropBox account and post the download link in the thread. You'll still need the password from Ket to extract the driver.


@Ket

If don't like that, I'm going to remove the download link when you ask me to do that.



Download link: nVidia Quadro 258.96 modified driver

Many thanks

[Ket]

I'm uploading the driver to my DropBox account and post the download link in the thread. You'll still need the password from Ket to extract the driver.


@Ket

If don't like that, I'm going to remove the download link when you ask me to do that.



Download link: nVidia Quadro 258.96 modified driver

Nah thats fine, I was gonna upload somewhere else if some people were unable to download nyway, you just saved me a job

So only xtremesystems members can use it..

That and possibly to prevent some people outside XS downloading it and being like "OMG IT BROEKED MY PC"

Yep thats more or less right. Theres a lot of n00bs out there who won't even understand how to properly uninstall their current driver nevermind boot so safe mode and use driversweeper. I can't be arsed with a bunch of n00bs whining how do they do this an that.

[Helloworld_98]

http://img839.imageshack.us/gal.php?...7312106215.png

all Crysis after shots btw, didn't get any before shots

1920x1200 4xAA custom config

[Ket]

Damn that looks real nice. Pretty sure it looks better than on ATi cards. Can't remember the last time I could say that when standard Forceware drivers were used. Seems like these Quadro drivers are indeed doing a better job. Somebody needs to get before and after screenshots though

[stasio]

Nvidia Quadro 259.12 WHQL already out today.

[Ket]

You can DL those drivers, extract them and just replace the NV_DISP file with the one from the package I uploaded

[flashnc]

well,finally had the time to get them installed. I dont have any before and after screenshots as I only do 2 different simulations, ( one being Iracing, and the other being Secondlife ) so for me its not about benchmarks but rather IQ, stability, and performance in those two sims.

personally, I did find them to be better as far as color brilliance** performance was roughly the same as the whql reg drivers.
I think the quality is better overall....stability so far as been solid, before with the previous 2 whql drivers ive had crashing with second life as a constant battle, and so far not a single crash.

for me they are keepers...thanx Ket*

[Ket]

NP I'm going to sniff around the Quadro 259s, see if anything is worth switching to those for.

[Gaul]

work's for GTX 460 ?

pm me the PASSWORD plzz, i'll compare IQ as soon as i got the PASS

[Ket]

The drivers work for pretty much all cards, including all Fermi cards.

[Gaul]

KET, A is Nvidia,
B 258.96 MOD driver


A




258.96

[Ket]

I can't tell much as I'm just on the laptop atm, but IMO the Quadro drivers seem to have more realistic colours and the sunlight on the water looks better. Anyway, as people seem to have much better stability with these Quadro drivers vs. Forceware I'm editing the latest 259.12 Quadro drivers now. Heres whats new in the Quadro 259.12s;

New in Release 259.12:

* Support for newly announced Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000 and Quadro 4000.
* Adds support for CUDA 3.1 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.co.uk/cuda for more details.
* Adds support for OpenGL 4.0
* Adds support for DirectX 11
* ECC State
o New page for GPUs that support ECC (error correction code). The page lets you
+ Change the Error Correction Code (ECC) state for GPUs.
+ View GPU memory details.
* EDID Management
o Accessible from the View System Topology page, this feature lets you:
+ View the connector information
+ Get an EDID from a connected display and save it to disk
+ Force an EDID at a connector
+ Remove a forced EDID from a connector
* The SDI Capture page is now available with Windows Vista and Windows 7 drivers.
* Workstation application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

Existing Support:

* Support for the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.0 in Quadro FX Series x700 and newer as well as the FX4600 and FX5600.
* Supports NVIDIA SLI technology (two-way SLI) for DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboard based system from select OEMs.
* Support for DDC-Ci/MCCS over the DisplayPort AUX channel.
* 10-bits per color (10bpc) DisplayPort support for full-screen applications on supported products.

[Ket]

Modded Quadro drivers are up guys. Check first post for DL link, PW is the same

EDIT: Looking at those screenshots now I'm on my PC I can deffinately see a difference. Check out the dirt to the left in both screenshots. The Quadro drivers are rendering colours much better, and distant textures aren't as blurry vs. Forceware. Overall I'd say for the cost of all of 1FPS the improved image is well worth it

[Stormad]

Hey Ket can you also modify the 32 bit driver.
The NV_DISP file will be enough, because this file from the 64 bit driver isn't compatible with the 32 bit one.

[Ket]

I'll get on it later tonight. By pure accident I've had a breakthrough with my GTX460 problems so I'm just tweaking things up atm

[TJ TRICHEESE]

ill show some screenies when i get my new cards.

[Ket]

Looking forward to it

[Olivon]

Thanks Gaul

Difficult to see some differences, with high-res shots maybe ?

Framerate is good ?
Graphics seems better Gaul ?

[Ket]

With high res shots probably the easiest thing to notice is smoke / fog. The Quadro driver will render it more accurately, at a small cost to FPS.

[Boogerlad]

is this for 7 x64? If so, pm password please.