Official Nvidia Forceware 174.16 WHQL Drivers

[iTravis]

Man I just installed 169.39 yesterday. Any reason should I install this driver instead?

[hecktic]

I have a xfx 8800 ultra XXX editon card (675/1667/2300) but every dam driver I try gives me that stupid error about display drivers failing or whatever and then recovers in windows vista 32 and then followed by a BSOD, except for the Omega 169.25 drivers.

So does anyone know if these new drivers have fixed that annoying issue in windows vista which by the way I think effects many 8800 gtx/ultra users ?

[Silaz]

I used to have that problem. Some say it is related to improper ram timings. How, I do not know, but try that.

[hecktic]

I used to have that problem. Some say it is related to improper ram timings. How, I do not know, but try that.

tried it, did not help.

[Rattle]

used these in vista 64 with rivatuner 2.06 with dynamic fan speed control and clocked to 700/1750/1000 and cod 4 rocked all night.

[Jodiuh]

any difference between 169.25?

[takamishanoku]

Ok am i going insane or are these drivers really sharp (everything looks clear = best IQ i've seen with drivers). Also colours seem more vibrant. Again is it just me? (I was playing on my MAME cab which is lower res, but i was on the comp before i installed these nad could see a difference)

GOW works the best i've seen with these, cyrsis, couldn't really see a whole lot of difference other than the better IQ (sharp and colours). COD 4 can't really tell (fps GTX so very high anyway) again looks better, same goes with tf2 and HL2. These have the best IQ i've come across.
Compared to 169.25 omega + Vista 32bit SP1 + 8800GTX. Def sticking with these and FINALLY can get off 169.25.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Some1 reported this driver even force AA2X despite using performance setting so if you notice unusually crisp image quality that may be it.

I also thought colors were unusually vibrant so it's not only you.

[Bootup05]

Not sure if this has just happened with this release, but theres now a Pre Render Limit' option in control panel which I haven't seen avaliable since XP & the Old Control Panel

[Rattle]

what exactly does that do and is there a benefit to changing it ?

[RPGWiZaRD]

Pre render limit has been changable in Rivatuner all the time and I used to set it to '0' with my 7900GTO since I'm not usually using vsync which caused FPS to skyrocket into 1000+ range in some simple menus and some animated scenes etc. and this caused my card to squeek with a high pitched noise which seems to happen also with this 8800GT but in a lot smaller scale and only barely audible in some games. Default is 3 but setting it to 0 reduced the FPS significantly in these scenes making this noise to almost dissappear completely for me. 3D performance wasn't really affected a lot by it, setting it to 0 did affect performance negatively but we're talking perhaps 2~3% or so tops so nothing to worry about, you can also check with 3DMark for example it will lower scores a bit. But some games like Oblivion they even suggest using '0' reading a performance optimization guide so some games may behave differently. It's also said to reduce mouse lag when lowering it but I haven't really experienced any severe mouse lag here so I can't comment on that. How it actually works I don't know though.

[DMH]

Mine says I don't have an 32-bit systems,when I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed,maybe because I have a portuguese systems instead on an english one?

[Mickey Padge]

Mine says I don't have an 32-bit systems,when I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed,maybe because I have a portuguese systems instead on an english one?

Are you using the modified international inf file, or the US one?