Nvidia ForceWare 169.04

martin9887 · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:23

Vista x64 = http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_169.04.html

Vista x86 = http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_169.04.html

XP x86 = http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.04.html

XP x64 = http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_169.04.html

Betas, not WHQL. No idea if they improve Crysis or anything.

Arcane · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:28

Thanks for the heads up...it's raining drivers at the moment...

KNiVES · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:29

Thanks a ton mate.

Do you know if these work with Rivatuner? 169.01 does not let rivatuner adjust clocks (they say N/A).

eyetrip · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:29

With this barrage of drivers, it must be cause they have stuffed things up badly in last couple of driver releases...

I just downloaded the 169.02's last night in anticipation of the 8800gt, now got to download more, and don't even have the card yet

lay-z-boy · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:31

169.01, .02 and .04 within a few days of each other. WOW :eek:

randal · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:33

Anyone found the release notes for these?

Dougsnake · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:34

thanks for heads up go nvidia!

martin9887 · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:54

The 64 Bit mode of Crysis now works for me with these

. And no more yellow/white trees (so far).

KNiVES · 30 Oct 2007 at 14:55

Unfortunately, overclocking via rivatuner is still not possible. Just tried.

Dyson · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:28

Tried the 169.01's, with little success (lost fps in css stress test, and my card o/clock), then went back to 168.71's (my personel fav + RivaTuner). These gave me a constant 40/45 fps in Crysis (All high, except post processing and shadows low @ 1680 x 1050)

Just tried these 169.04's, and my css stress test is now 7fps above my 168.71 reseults, but Crysis has dropped to about 30/35. I can live with that!

LoadsaMoney · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:36

Arcane said:
Thanks for the heads up...it's raining drivers at the moment...

Bloody hell your not wrong. :eek:

Thanks for the heads up, i only got the 169.02's on last neet.

NVIDIA_x64 · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:39

I just put the 169.02 5 mins ago dam lol

Robert · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:39

No improvement for me (I had no bugs but I see no FPS gain).

WDeranged · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:42

Seems like nvidia took all the driver release criticism to heart

WD

redline · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:50

KNiVES said:
Unfortunately, overclocking via rivatuner is still not possible. Just tried.

Try the 2.06 BETA
http://www.nexthardware.com/download/scheda/36.htm

BETA test so use with caution.

elmuzzy66. · 30 Oct 2007 at 15:58

I think Nv are smelling blood as they now the 2 fastest cards out (gt & Ultra) so they raming up the driver support. i think they need to cause when amd/ati sort out the merger problems they will be a force to rekon with

Gerard · 30 Oct 2007 at 16:09

elmuzzy66. said:
I think Nv are smelling blood as they now the 2 fastest cards out (gt & Ultra) so they raming up the driver support. i think they need to cause when amd/ati sort out the merger problems they will be a force to rekon with

Theyve had the 2 fastest cards for ages gtX and ultra. :confused:

Robert · 30 Oct 2007 at 16:10

elmuzzy66. said:
I think Nv are smelling blood as they now the 2 fastest cards out (gt & Ultra) so they raming up the driver support. i think they need to cause when amd/ati sort out the merger problems they will be a force to rekon with

You mean GTX and Ultra?

Super · 30 Oct 2007 at 16:27

This driver crashes crysis for me

"the display driver has stopped responding blah blah blah"

with sli disabled i have no problems though.

lay-z-boy · 30 Oct 2007 at 16:34

elmuzzy66. said:
I think Nv are smelling blood as they now the 2 fastest cards out (gt & Ultra) so they raming up the driver support. i think they need to cause when amd/ati sort out the merger problems they will be a force to rekon with

Um... the 8800GTX that came out last November has been the fastest card for nearly a year, only pepped by the ultra which is a tweaked up gtx. With the HD3 series being slower than the hd2900xt, they don't have anything to really worry about apart from getting the new gts, gtx and their mobile 8800m range through the door.