BFG 8800GTS - Driver, which is best atm?

miker1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 10:35

BFG 8800GTS - XP Driver, which is best atm?

By best - I mean for gaming, and for me gaming atm is WoW. My FPS has fallen through the floor since latest WoW patch.
Login and spin the toon when I first installed tha card it was soooo fast, now its slooow.

Anyway best drivers for 8800gGTS 320mb please.

Cheers

Mike

ergonomics · 21 Jun 2007 at 10:47

158.27 is what im using here. no complaints so far

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 10:59

miker1 said:
By best - I mean for gaming, and for me gaming atm is WoW. My FPS has fallen through the floor since latest WoW patch.
Login and spin the toon when I first installed tha card it was soooo fast, now its slooow.

Anyway best drivers for 8800gGTS 320mb please.

Cheers

Mike

would help if you said which OS you're using...

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:01

surely WoW runs on pretty much anything? Have you actually measured the decrease using fraps? You sure it's not just lag on a dodgy server? Can't see a GTS struggling with it using any drivers.

Dyson · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:21

Using 158.45 beta drivers, on Vista 64. Best of the bunch so far for me. Play BF2, TDU, Prey, CSS, and DiRT!

miker1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:25

zytok said:
would help if you said which OS you're using...

Sorry, XP

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:25

Dyson said:
Using 158.45 beta drivers, on Vista 64. Best of the bunch so far for me. Play BF2, TDU, Prey, CSS, and DiRT!

where did you get those from please? Is TDU fully smooth yet under Vista?

miker1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:27

zytok said:
surely WoW runs on pretty much anything? Have you actually measured the decrease using fraps? You sure it's not just lag on a dodgy server? Can't see a GTS struggling with it using any drivers.

There seems to be a prob with Nvidia that is affecting a number of people since 2.10 [see forums].

When I first setup my BFG the FPS was about 90, now its averaging about 35.

So I was wondering which are the "accepted" best drivers from the plethora out there!

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:29

miker1 said:
There seems to be a prob with Nvidia that is affecting a number of people since 2.10 [see forums].

When I first setup my BFG the FPS was about 90, now its averaging about 35

That has to be a problem somewhere unless you're running it at stupid settings :confused:

How does everything else run? I've been very happy with the .22's but I don't play WoW so can't comment on that.

ergonomics · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:43

have you set the AA to 16xQ with supersampling? that slows any game down ive found

miker1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:55

That has to be a problem somewhere unless you're running it at stupid settings How does everything else run? I've been very happy with the .22's but I don't play WoW so can't comment on that.

3d05 gives me 10281 with a64 3700+ [2.2] and 2gb memory, dunno whether that is good or poor or what....

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:03

miker1 said:
3d05 gives me 10281 with a64 3700+ [2.2] and 2gb memory, dunno whether that is good or poor or what....

something's very wrong. You should be getting loads more than that. You sure you're not running everything at silly res, AA, AF etc? I used to get around 13K on 05 with a 4000 and a GTS.

miker1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:04

zytok said:
something's very wrong. You should be getting loads more than that. You sure you're not running everything at silly res, AA, AF etc?

Okay, how do I check that please?

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:06

miker1 said:
Okay, how do I check that please?

ok, for WoW, let us know what res you are running and whether you are running any AA or AF settings. If you're not sure, try resetting the defaults in the nvidia control panel to make sure you've not turned something on without realising. In 3D Mark, it should tell you at the welcome screen whether you're running AA or AF.

LoadsaMoney · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:10

ergonomics said:
158.27 is what im using here. no complaints so far

Another vote for these.

miker1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:26

zytok said:
ok, for WoW, let us know what res you are running and whether you are running any AA or AF settings. If you're not sure, try resetting the defaults in the nvidia control panel to make sure you've not turned something on without realising. In 3D Mark, it should tell you at the welcome screen whether you're running AA or AF.

3D06 = 5803
WoW 1920x1600 [dell 2405fpw]
AA and AF are both application controlled according to Nvidia control panel, and in the game AF is "low"

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:31

miker1 said:
3D06 = 5803
WoW 1920x1600 [dell 2405fpw]
AA and AF are both application controlled according to Nvidia control panel, and in the game AF is "low"

are you running 3D Mark at 1920x1600? If you are then that explains it. Also surprised that you went with the 320MB version if you're running that monitor. It's gonna struggle.

miker1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:38

zytok said:
are you running 3D Mark at 1920x1600? If you are then that explains it. Also surprised that you went with the 320MB version if you're running that monitor. It's gonna struggle.

I have the basic [aka free version :>}] of the 3d software it says that the test will be in 1024 or 1280 depending on the version. I assumed that is what it runs the test in. Am I correct?

zytok · 21 Jun 2007 at 12:42

miker1 said:
I have the basic [aka free version :>}] of the 3d software it says that the test will be in 1024 or 1280 depending on the version. I assumed that is what it runs the test in. Am I correct?

if it's the free version, the res is locked to 1280x1024 on 06 I believe though I think you can still enable AA and AF. Seem to remember that 05 was locked to 1024x768?

Have you tried the ORB? Should give you a better idea of where you stand 3D Mark-wise though I still reckon you're running slow. Anyone else care to help?

Dyson · 21 Jun 2007 at 14:35

zytok said:
where did you get those from please? Is TDU fully smooth yet under Vista?

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html