nVidia 169.21 drivers

[lukija]

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

[Danger30Q]

Unbelievable. Any idea what's new?

It seems like new drivers are released every 3 days.

[Syn.]

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

[Bootup05]

(WHQL 'Candidate')


Can we overclock?!?!


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

*Prays*

[guess2098]

woow thx for the driver

[Reinvented]

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.

[cantankerous]

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

[Malmedahl]

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.

[JAG87]

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

[Solarfall]

Unbelievable. Any idea what's new?

It seems like new drivers are released every 3 days.

LOL i was thinking along the same lines

[AriciU]

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...

[Piotrsama]

Unbelievable. Any idea what's new?

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

[lukija]

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

[CJ145]

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

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

[Disaster_Master]

It seems like new drivers are released every 3 days.

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

[Piotrsama]

Good point guys.
Didn't look into that.

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

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.

[HamidFULL]

Some Reports:

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

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.

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.

[Mad1723]

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

[NickS]

Jebus, more new drivers. Thanks for the notification though

[lukija]

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

[Rattle]

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

[dinos22]

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

[trance]

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.

[Kain665]

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.

[NickS]

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