GeForce 185.20 BETA's ALL OS 6/7/8/9/200 Series

LoadsaMoney · 1 Jan 2009 at 15:36

Spotted over at Guru3D.

Drivers dated 26/12/2008.

New Ambient Occlusion option in the Nvidia CP.

XP 32bit
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/NVIDIA%20%C5X%B0%CA/185.20/XFastest%20185.20%20WinXP32.exe

XP 64bit
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/NVIDIA%20%C5X%B0%CA/185.20/XFastest%20185.20%20WinXP64.exe

Vista 32bit
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/NVIDIA%20%C5X%B0%CA/185.20/XFastest%20185.20%20Vista32.exe

Vista 64bit
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/NVIDIA%20%C5X%B0%CA/185.20/XFastest%20185.20%20Vista64.exe

More info here :- http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=283367

Locky · 1 Jan 2009 at 15:36

Thanks mate, What does this new option do then?

Apart from what it says above

LoadsaMoney · 1 Jan 2009 at 15:39

Theres a couple of Crysis shots in the thread showing what it does.

jrodga2k5 · 1 Jan 2009 at 15:45

Nice wee addition in terms of effects

Looks to neaten up the lighting in Crysis a fair bit so I may have to give this a wee go

Rroff · 1 Jan 2009 at 15:53

To put it really simply ambient occlusion gives more apparent depth to a scene by darkening areas that are recessed in the geometry. Its a little more complicated than that in practise and usually comes at a significant performance hit.

straxusii · 1 Jan 2009 at 15:58

Looks really nice from those screenshots, come on ATI do the same please

Strife212 · 1 Jan 2009 at 16:05

Bit confused by the Crysis comparison

Surely that "without" pic is not how it looked without this driver? Was ambient occlusion on by default before?

Final8y · 1 Jan 2009 at 16:20

The bottom shot does look better & that should come under I.Q & if that improvement can be added across the board & not just Crysis then NV has something to shout about because simply put it looks better.
But i don't like loosing some of the brightness on the corrugated fence at the back, there is always a trade-off when it comes to post processed contrast.

RavenXXX2 · 1 Jan 2009 at 16:27

Cheers m8, always count on loadsa to keep us up to date with the latest NV betas.

alex24 · 1 Jan 2009 at 18:14

Anyone using these yet? Stable?

I'd be interested to see if these provide any boost to the dog that is GTA4.

atheos · 1 Jan 2009 at 18:34

Nice find LoadsaMoney. Thank you for posting. Occlusion looks like nice eye candy allright. Even less FPS in crysis

xb8browney · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:08

I can't get more than 50kbps from that server

Any one got another link?

LoadsaMoney · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:11

xb8browney said:
I can't get more than 50kbps from that server

Any one got another link?

Yes, they are now up on LatopVideo2go

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

xb8browney · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:13

I downloaded them directly to my hosting instead.

Links

Rapidshare (Vista 64Bit)

Also

Here Also Vista 64bit Version

RaV · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:21

So on XP you dont get the option in the control panel. driver seems fine though. had a look in crysis but impossible to tell if anything looks different.

tommy6206 · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:32

I dont get the option in control panel with XP..

w3bbo · 1 Jan 2009 at 20:44

Nice, thanks for the heads up.

wingnuttzz · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:04

thanks for da head-up.

thought Xfastest did custom/re-do's/tweaked versions of current nvidia drivers though???

LoadsaMoney · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:38

They just leak Nvidia's drivers as far as i know.

Rroff · 1 Jan 2009 at 22:30

Driver seems to be missing quite a few bits and pieces under the "bonnet" so might be worth giving it a miss.