Tantawi Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 NVIDIA has new beta drivers up for download! Release highlights: # Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs. # Fixes a resume from Sleep/Hibernate issue with GeForce 8800 GT. # Recommended driver for Crysis (no Crysis changes from Release 169.09). Download for Windows Vista English: 32-bit | 64-bit International: 32-bit | 64-bit Release notes: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/169....lease_Notes.pdf I like how NVIDIA is proud of "no Crysis changes from Release 169.09" to put it like that (N) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Unless you have a 8800GT this is a useless release. I hate it how it takes so long for nVidia to come out with drivers and so often I see like 1-2 MAYBE 3 fixes in the drivers while the ATI ones come out like clockwork and have like 20 fixes for performance (10% increase here and 30% there with a ton of other fixes). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589009583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 yeah, ati are alot better with their drivers BUT the cards are worse. so its worth it in the end, just stick to stable releases not the beta's as there are new ones every few days. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589009601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Unless you have a 8800GT this is a useless release.I hate it how it takes so long for nVidia to come out with drivers and so often I see like 1-2 MAYBE 3 fixes in the drivers while the ATI ones come out like clockwork and have like 20 fixes for performance (10% increase here and 30% there with a ton of other fixes). +1 mate Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589009603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Can someone tell me if these drivers (or the 169.09 drivers, since they're essentially the same) offer any improvement in FPS for Half-Life 2 over 163.75 (the driver that was released when the Orange Box came out)? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589012965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmx220 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 This driver certainly increases performance on directx 10 crysis if u have sp1 rc installed. And everyone can say no blah blah blah but how can u explain my 10 fps increase and my ability to almost max all settings out now (Very high directx 10) without lag on my single 8800gtx q6600 2gbs of ram that was struggling while playing crysis on high be4 i installed these drivers. Either God magically suped up my computer or these drivers increased performance a ton for me. Its funny how nvidia said its the same but its totally different for me plus my crysis benchmarks have also shown a great increase in fps. The only explanation i can give is it has something to do with sp1 rc or something. Soo if ur runing vista sp1 and driectx 10 give these a shot. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589013311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yeah, I got a massive performance increase in Crysis, but I didn't check my HL2 benchmarks before I installed it and was just curious. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589013348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hapbt Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Unless you have a 8800GT this is a useless release.I hate it how it takes so long for nVidia to come out with drivers and so often I see like 1-2 MAYBE 3 fixes in the drivers while the ATI ones come out like clockwork and have like 20 fixes for performance (10% increase here and 30% there with a ton of other fixes). its hard to improve on perfection crashed alien spaceship parts = nvidia Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589014364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pargo Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 ATI may have more scheduled driver releases but i can tell you from experience they are **** compared to nVIDIA drivers Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589014374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Unless you have a 8800GT this is a useless release.I hate it how it takes so long for nVidia to come out with drivers and so often I see like 1-2 MAYBE 3 fixes in the drivers while the ATI ones come out like clockwork and have like 20 fixes for performance (10% increase here and 30% there with a ton of other fixes). ... or maybe NVIDIA don't have as much to have to fix as ATI do. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589014376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 its hard to improve on perfectioncrashed alien spaceship parts = nvidia ... or maybe NVIDIA don't have as much to have to fix as ATI do. There are a ton of bugs still left in their 6-7 series Vista driver. A ton. I shouldn't have to upgrade to an 8800GT to fix BSODs (an interesting side effect of my performance-oriented upgrade). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589014601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 There are a ton of bugs still left in their 6-7 series Vista driver.A ton. I shouldn't have to upgrade to an 8800GT to fix BSODs. Didn't say there wasn't. Not at all. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589014603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 From what I've seen ATI has less to fix, at least compared to that video line from nvidia. And you may not have said it but hapbt called them perfection, post was talking to both of you ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/602419-nvidia-forceware-16912-beta/#findComment-589014606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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