New nVidia drivers coming

Pilgrim57 · 14 Sep 2010 at 15:00

Not sure how this will impact SETI or F@H but the developements look interesting:

http://blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/20...utm_campaign=Feed:+nTersect+(The+NVIDIA+Blog)

Biffa · 14 Sep 2010 at 16:09

Looks like you can already download the betas from their site www.nvidia.com/drivers

Biffa · 14 Sep 2010 at 21:37

Switched over on my 460 rig

ToxicTBag · 14 Sep 2010 at 21:48

You'll have to keep us updated Mr Biffa sah gives us the low down wot wot!

Biffa · 14 Sep 2010 at 22:02

No spiffing crashes so far caribou.. croquet!

TheTross · 14 Sep 2010 at 22:24

Splendid word!
No dear, nibbling the croquet hoops.

ToxicTBag · 14 Sep 2010 at 22:36

Aha while i have 2 most learned beans at hand, might one enquire as to a piffling little annoyance i am finding with this terrific ssd thats come into my possession?
It would seem the general opinion is to allow a piffling amount of free unallocated space on said drive so the drive can use it to speed up performance et al.
So fresh out of the box its 80g shows up as 72 (those rotters at intel have been pickpocketting ssd space again) so if i created a prtition of say 63 gig would one consider that ample?
Oh fubar i cant do this posh bit to any convincing degree - so what ya reckon duz that sound right teamies?

TheTross · 14 Sep 2010 at 22:52

To tell the truth Toxic I can't help you with that one as I've never had the privilege of owning/using a SSD, although a quick scout around on t'internet shows mixed results: some say you need to have unallocated space, others say you don't. Still others say it depends on what make/model the SSD is... So in short, sorry but I can't provide any answers

As for the 72GB on an 80GB disk business, that's all down to the fact that 1kb = 1024 bytes

Biffa · 14 Sep 2010 at 23:09

I just used the whole lot.

ToxicTBag · 14 Sep 2010 at 23:12

Cheers for the input guys, to heck with it will format the lot if it slows down over time i know what to do, at £2 per gig i want as much as i can get lol

I take it were all downloading wu's

miniyazz · 15 Sep 2010 at 19:35

If you use the whole lot you can theoretically wear out the drive quicker. In which case, make sure it wears out within 2 years for warranty purposes

Biffa · 15 Sep 2010 at 20:16

Re the OP in this thread. Not sure if it was the drivers but shortly after installing them my machine wouldn't boot up and bluescreened itself to death. Only way back was a system restore point from before the drivers were installed.

edgedemon · 15 Sep 2010 at 20:21

Biffa said:
Re the OP in this thread. Not sure if it was the drivers but shortly after installing them my machine wouldn't boot up and bluescreened itself to death. Only way back was a system restore point from before the drivers were installed.

Im steering clear of these ones then..

Pilgrim57 · 22 Oct 2010 at 23:22

New drivers out as of 18th & new pretty installer.
ver 260.89

Biffa · 23 Oct 2010 at 09:29

Not sure about seti but folding performance seems to be well down on the 260.89 drivers. I've been running them for almost a week and am thinking of rolling back.

datalol-jack · 23 Oct 2010 at 15:34

Sorry to hear that, Biffa. I had them sitting in the downloads folder for a while now, just waiting for a good time to slap them on. I shall steer clear for now, considering all other issues I had this week. -_-'

Pilgrim57 · 23 Oct 2010 at 18:25

Biffa said:
Not sure about seti but folding performance seems to be well down on the 260.89 drivers. I've been running them for almost a week and am thinking of rolling back.

Having checked my stats if would appear they have slowed me down by 2-3 seconds per frame, so I have rolled-back.

Pilgrim57 · 24 Oct 2010 at 11:03

Roll back didn't work :mad:

Probably because I forgot to turn off afterburner.
Seemed ok but was taking double the usual time per frame overnight

Reinstalled this a.m. & touch wood seems ok