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nHancer 2.2.3 released

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New version of nHancer is out, this fixes the problems with SLi not being detected with 158+ drivers.

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Version 2.2.3
· Added compatibility to 160+ Forceware versions
· Bugfix: On some systems, nHancer failed to startup (it hang with 100% CPU utilization).
· Bugfix: nHancer 2.2.x wouldn’t run on Windows 2000 systems, because the registry path to the driver settings looks different, so that the service denied any access to that path.
· Changed the installer so it’s now required to uninstall a previous version of nHancer before installing a new version. Due to various problems with the rather buggy installation routine which comes with Visual Studio 2005, there’s no better solution for the time being.
 
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Ulfhedjinn said:
If there any reason to get this version if you don't use SLI? Still on 2.2.2 here.
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Is there any reason to use nHancer at all? I foudn that 16xAF/16xAA is better than using nHancers version of 16xAA.
 
willhub said:
Is there any reason to use nHancer at all? I foudn that 16xAF/16xAA is better than using nHancers version of 16xAA.
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Eh? I don't get that?

Does it not just use the AA modes it finds in the drivers, even if hidden, no?
 
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melbourne720 said:
Silly question - what is nHancer?
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nHancer is a new advanced profile editor for nVidia cards. Version 1.0 has been released about two month ago and acclaimed much praise in the community.

nHancer offers many more options than nVidia’s own control panel, including advanced SLI options to make almost every game SLI compatible, additional options for anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, optimizations and much more.

A database of profiles is available on the website, and we’re planning to add many more games to this database. With the help of the community, eventually this database is supposed to contain all games, old and new, to make them SLI compatible and offer the best possible image quality for every hardware out there, ranging from a GF 4x00 Ti to a 6800Ultra SLI.

Many more details, including the screenshots, the download link and a detailed manual, can be found on the website.

nHancer's features:

* Create and manage fully automated profiles for all your games
* On-the-fly control of all global settings and all game settings
* Very easy to use, explains all options and their effect, like Anti Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering, etc.
* Special options for nVidia's SLI feature, allowing you to be able to use almost all games with SLI even if nVidia doesn't support them
* Offers addional Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering modes, that are not available through nVidia's control panel
* Flexible user interface: change the size of the window and all sub areas
* Use the online profile database to download profiles for your games, to enhance your gaming experience without having to explore the various options yourself
* Export and share your profiles with other by uploading them into the profile databse
* User interface and help texts available in various languages (right now English, German, Spanish and Polish)
* Coexists perfectly with nVidia's own control panel and other tools, like aTuner or RivaTuner. nHancer will immediately detect any changes made by any other tool.
 
willhub said:
Is there any reason to use nHancer at all? I foudn that 16xAF/16xAA is better than using nHancers version of 16xAA.
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nHancer can enable 16xAF too. It does the same job as the drivers. :confused:

The reason I use nHancer is because I was a die-hard ATI Tray Tools fan when I had red cards, and nHancer lets me control all my AA/AF settings and other image quality settings straight from a right-click menu in the system tray. :)

fornowagain said:
Eh? I don't get that?

Does it not just use the AA modes it finds in the drivers, even if hidden, no?
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Yeah it does, it can even do one or two that the drivers can't. I'm not sure what he's on about. :confused:
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
nHancer can enable 16xAF too. It does the same job as the drivers. :confused:

The reason I use nHancer is because I was a die-hard ATI Tray Tools fan when I had red cards, and nHancer lets me control all my AA/AF settings and other image quality settings straight from a right-click menu in the system tray. :)

Yeah it does, it can even do one or two that the drivers can't. I'm not sure what he's on about. :confused:
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I know nHancer can enable 16xAF too, but the Nvidia control panel can too and I dont really see much better AA/AF iwth nHancer, I use NVTray, in my opinion this does a better job than nHancer, lots of other options too and more AA options too.
 
willhub said:
I know nHancer can enable 16xAF too, but the Nvidia control panel can too and I dont really see much better AA/AF iwth nHancer, I use NVTray, in my opinion this does a better job than nHancer, lots of other options too and more AA options too.
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I'm not getting into a debate about this as it's purely a matter of personal preference, but I just find that nHancer's tray options are a little more thorough and the menu more responsive than the default Nvidia ones.

I think nHancer also supports extra rendering modes that the default control panel can't, like 32xS antialiasing (not tried it though and can't imagine it being anything but a framerate killer at my native resolution.)
 
willhub said:
I know nHancer can enable 16xAF too, but the Nvidia control panel can too and I dont really see much better AA/AF iwth nHancer, I use NVTray, in my opinion this does a better job than nHancer, lots of other options too and more AA options too.
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You won't see better looking modes, they're the same modes. I'm just saying maybe you should take another look. Nhancer can enable things like 32xAA, not available anywhere else. Also it can enable different compatibility modes like HDR+AA for each profile, a major advantage if you have loads of games installed. Global settings can be a pain sometimes.
 
I have to use nHancer because my profiles wont save in Nvidia control panel using Vista.

Its another UAC compatability error, but nHancer does the job fine
 
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