Any solid links to backup this statement, as far as i am aware none of the new ATI cards have been tested anywhere and until they are i would not be spouting unconfirmed rumours.
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Any solid links to backup this statement, as far as i am aware none of the new ATI cards have been tested anywhere and until they are i would not be spouting unconfirmed rumours.
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2142 keeps freezing when optimizing shaders going back to older version
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If you read the inc "Read me" on the site, they are aimed towards improving TimeShift and Crysis.
I'll dig up a few links if I have the time but there is a massive thread in the XS news section on it.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=162985
It seems to be sort of like an 8800gtx to 8800gt. - smaller process, cooler, clocked faster (in some cases), some HD tweaks, pcie 2, dx10.1 and lower memory bandwidth.
The 64 Bit mode of Crysis now works for me with these
Although 64bit works for me too now in Vista I've still got white trees, gone back to 163.69s
Thank you very much friend.
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XP International here :- http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp_169.04_uk.html
Vista 32bit International :- http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winvista_x86_169.04_uk.html
Vista 64bit International :- http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winvista_x64_169.04_uk.html
Well a quick report back, bsod on exit of ut3 has been fixed, for me. VERY HAPPY.
Fps on css/tf2 has gone up over the 02 and 01's and there is no random lag as with the that i got on the 01/02's.
GTR1/2 and the nfs range are not choppy any more and bioshock, sup com seem to be the same.
Overclock works with RT 2.06, seems to be a good driver.
These also work really well on my fx5600, Major Bonus
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Fps on css/tf2 has gone up over the 02 and 01's and there is no random lag as with the that i got on the 01/02's.
GTR1/2 and the nfs range are not choppy any more and bioshock, sup com seem to be the same.
Overclock works with RT 2.06, seems to be a good driver.
These also work really well on my fx5600, Major Bonus
*edit*RavenXXX2, I noticed that your sig is over the limit, change it before you get Don'd
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Aint compaired to older drivers but these have worked well with all the games Ive tryed my 8800 GT on...
Crisis
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Looking around for something to overclock on these drivers, checked out rivatuner 2.06 and it seems its a leaked internal beta going by a thread on guru3d. Think I'll pass for now.
Its quite annoying, I'm getting worse performance with crysis with better drivers due to the fact both my gpu and memory are running more than 100MHz slower than overclocked.
Its quite annoying, I'm getting worse performance with crysis with better drivers due to the fact both my gpu and memory are running more than 100MHz slower than overclocked.
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I just used RT 2.06, got 5FPS gain in Crysis same as others report, but overall crap drivers as same story as .02's in that my desktop RES/HZ are messed up and other functions missing.
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Same as 01/02 they haven't fixed the SLI driver recovery error that happens every time I run Crysis or other DX10 titles, we're due a big driver release within the next 7 days anyway, these are just temporary.
Expert Tool worked for me with the .04s
Do you remember when the Expert Tool, which I use , used to allow you to set the 2D and 3D clocks separate from each other..? That would ensure you were not running at too high a clock speed that you don't need when in Windows etc etc.
For some reason when I am using version 5.6 and the 169.04 drivers I now only have the ability to change the clocks so that the setting would apply regardless of running 3D or not..?
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I can confirm that SLI is completly broken in these drivers and any 169s. Peroformace is either very poor but most often the games crash before finding out, Bioshock and Crysis especially, Turn SLI off and they run ok .
World in conflict(DX10) and HL:EP2 seemed ok in SLI though
Hope for improvements soon
Not even heard of Expert Tool. But found the newest version of ATI Tool seems to work fine. Set my GTX at 680:1085 and it gave me an extra 15-20% performance. Bringing the game up to a fairly solid 20-25 fps in Crysis with everything maxed out @ 1920x1200 . (Yes I'm a graphics whore )
No longer have the ability to adjust 2d/3d clocks separately though. Maybe its a driver thing since it happens with this Expert Tool aswell?
. (Yes I'm a graphics whore )No longer have the ability to adjust 2d/3d clocks separately though. Maybe its a driver thing since it happens with this Expert Tool aswell?