New nVidia-drivers coming soon - S.T.A.L.K.E.R Optimized

Tom|Nbk · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:40

Relating to Firingsquad.com, nVidia will release a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-optimized graphics-driver for the GeForce 8 - series next week.
The new optimized driver should increase the performance especially on GeForce 8800GTX cards, because these cards aren't much faster than their "little brother", the 8800GTS, when playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with current available drivers. Additionally the new driver should provide the missing SLi-functionality in the game.

Rather chuffed to hear this

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http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=14826

Voltage · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:42

will it stop vista crashing with this game?

Tom|Nbk · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:44

Confusion said:
will it stop vista crashing with this game?

Apparantly so.

LoadsaMoney · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:47

Looking forward to this then, thanks for the heads up mate.

Cyber-Mav · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:52

gotta love nvidia and thier driver support.

cognoscenti · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:53

Great news, thanks.

Was beginning to enjoy the game aprt from the random crashes.

MP doesnt seem like a new title,feels dated.
Love the headshots though :eek:

Tom|Nbk · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:54

Cyber-Mav said:
gotta love nvidia and thier driver support.

I hope your joking.

Darkwave · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:56

Cyber-Mav said:
gotta love nvidia and thier driver support.

D:

LoadsaMoney · 28 Mar 2007 at 15:59

Cyber-Mav said:
gotta love nvidia and thier driver support.

Aye **** aint they.

Cyber-Mav · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:00

Tom|Nbk said:
I hope your joking.

Tom|Nbk · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:00

LoadsaMoney said:
Aye **** aint they.

about as good as Genital Wart's and i can imagine that's pretty bad :eek:

mcc49 · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:10

Really hope they fix the 1:1 pixel mapping issue on this update, very annoying to play 1600x1200 res stretched to 1920x1200.

killer_uk · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:21

Well hopefully the new ATI 7.3s improve stalker today

Hamoodii · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:24

cant wait

Tom|Nbk · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:27

killer_uk said:
Well hopefully the new ATI 7.3s improve stalker today

I'd be more on the lookout for the new AA mode ATi are putting in, never the less that will be useless in S.T.A.L.K.E.R :rolleyes:

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Darkwave · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:28

Tom|Nbk said:
I'd be more on the lookout for the new AA mode ATi are putting in, never the less that will be useless in S.T.A.L.K.E.R .

Is EATM still not in? I have been waiting for that since long before my X1900 died.

You're also correct, it wouldn't be worth a damn in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

melbourne720 · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:32

Is this just S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fixes, or is their any chance of fixing the Source fog issue?

<fingers crossed>

Tom|Nbk · 28 Mar 2007 at 16:32

Ulfhedjinn said:
Is EATM still not in? I have been waiting for that since long before my X1900 died.

You're also correct, it wouldn't be worth a damn in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Nope still not in

, I have a feeling they will make it official when the R600 is released as this could be used to promote the new GPU.

Shocky-FM · 28 Mar 2007 at 17:04

I love it when they release optimised drivers weeks or months after a game is released when everybodys completed it already and lost interest...

Tom|Nbk · 28 Mar 2007 at 17:38

Shocky-FM said:
I love it when they release optimised drivers weeks or months after a game is released when everybodys completed it already and lost interest...

Exactly they should already be on the ball with all the new releases, its how it SHOULD be done, "nVidia The way it's meant to be played" pff, yea right. :rolleyes: