November 17, 2008 new Nvidia Big Bang 2 drivers!

[MustangSVT]

im already using 180.42 beta. would I see any difference for the whql version?

 

[Ephemeral]

There has probably been a good amount of fixes/tweaks rolled in since 180.42, you might as well run the official driver.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Anyone download, install and try them out yet?

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Anyone download, install and try them out yet?

I noticed a huge improvement in Far Cry 2.

Very impressed.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Maybe someone should start a new thread so that ATers can post their results/experience on these new drivers.

edit - Post your results in here

 

[AVP]

Why do we need a new thread? anyways, I am downloading now and will let you guys know how it goes in Bioshock and World in Conflict and some not mentioned games though I will probably have to hold off benching tomorrow.

 

[tdawg]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy

Originally posted by: Wreckage

Originally posted by: taltamir
nov 17, two days before the netflix HD streaming and the xbox360 netflix upgrade hit... it will be remembered as the day blu ray died.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008...sical-discs-greatly-p/

Research finds that people still heart physical discs, greatly prefer Blu-ray to streaming

Yeah, while streaming of HD content might work in europe or asia where most people have a really fast broadband connection, there is still a lot of people in the USA who either are on dial up or a slow broadband connection that isnt really fast enough to stream HD.

I'm in the US on a Comcast broadband connection and I greatly prefer physical blu-ray and dvd discs. If I'm buying a movie, I want a tangible copy. I hope physical media for film doesn't die any time soon.

 

[xeonspeed]

Originally posted by: AVP
Why do we need a new thread? anyways, I am downloading now and will let you guys know how it goes in Bioshock and World in Conflict and some not mentioned games though I will probably have to hold off benching tomorrow.

Seems WiC runs good judging by this place:

http://www.beforedark.co.uk/cm...driver-test-about-time

Im not keen on this set myself, I like the XTG 180.42.

But I guess its good that multi monitor SLI exsists now.

 

[MarcVenice]

Pretty impressive !

 

[Leyawiin]

Yay! Digital Vibrance is working again for me with XP (been borked for the past three releases)!

 

[qliveur]

OK, dumb question: I'm about to update my video driver and I want to go ahead and get the latest version. Guru3D only mentions support for GeForce 8, 9, and GT200 cards. Are these meant for the earlier series like the 6 and 7 or not?

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: qliveur
OK, dumb question: I'm about to update my video driver and I want to go ahead and get the latest version. Guru3D only mentions support for GeForce 8, 9, and GT200 cards. Are these meant for the earlier series like the 6 and 7 or not?

No

 

[cmdrdredd]

So they basically don't offer new drivers for those cards?

 

[qliveur]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: qliveur
OK, dumb question: I'm about to update my video driver and I want to go ahead and get the latest version. Guru3D only mentions support for GeForce 8, 9, and GT200 cards. Are these meant for the earlier series like the 6 and 7 or not?

No

Hey, thanks.

I guess I'll install 178.24, then.

 

[reallyfull]

These caused major stuttering in Left 4 Dead on my rig. I didn't try any other games, but I went back to the 178.24 drivers and everything is fine.

 

[Mem]

I've just installed the 180.48 modded version for laptops via LaptopVideo2go on my Dell Vostro(8600M GT chip).

Two minor issues in Control Panel,it won't let me select "application controlled " for AA(always set to "off" ),however I can live with that since I don't game or use AA much on my laptop, the other issue is Nvidia CP reports DX8.1,Vista reports DX10.

I'll probably try a different version later.

 

[Scooby Doo]

Maybe it's something else, but my 8800GT went up 5 degrees C after installing them.

 

[geokilla]

180.60 and 180.70 drivers are out if you guys didn't know.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Originally posted by: reallyfull
These caused major stuttering in Left 4 Dead on my rig. I didn't try any other games, but I went back to the 178.24 drivers and everything is fine.

SAME!!! I guess I should roll back.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte

Originally posted by: reallyfull
These caused major stuttering in Left 4 Dead on my rig. I didn't try any other games, but I went back to the 178.24 drivers and everything is fine.

SAME!!! I guess I should roll back.

I have no stuttering in Left 4 Dead with these new drivers.

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: geokilla
180.60 and 180.70 drivers are out if you guys didn't know.

Wow already ?

Seems like so far 180.60 are really great nvidia drivers from what I been reading.

 

[VirtualLarry]

The new 180.70 drivers allow me to run F@H GPU, with nearly ZERO CPU time used!!!

Before, it used to take an entire CPU core to keep the GPU fed, while running under XP. This is truely an amazing step forward, and key to my building a quad-GPU folding rig, running on a meager AMD dual-core CPU. (See my thread in DC forum)

 

[pcslookout]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
The new 180.70 drivers allow me to run F@H GPU, with nearly ZERO CPU time used!!!

Before, it used to take an entire CPU core to keep the GPU fed, while running under XP. This is truely an amazing step forward, and key to my building a quad-GPU folding rig, running on a meager AMD dual-core CPU. (See my thread in DC forum)

That is really cool.

 

[poohbear]

COD5, Warhead, WiC, and COH opposing fronts are all smoother w/ my rig after these drivers. kudos to nvidia.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: pcslookout

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte

Originally posted by: reallyfull
These caused major stuttering in Left 4 Dead on my rig. I didn't try any other games, but I went back to the 178.24 drivers and everything is fine.

SAME!!! I guess I should roll back.

I have no stuttering in Left 4 Dead with these new drivers.

I have some pretty bad studdering as well.