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Nvidia ForceWare 96.85 released for Windows Vista RC2

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NVIDIA has released the following WHQL certified drivers for use with Windows Vista RC2 that will enable you to test the basic features and capabilities of the new operating system.

Release Highlights:
* These drivers are only compatible with Windows Vista RC2 build 5744 and higher, and should not be used with other versions of Windows Vista.
* Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
* Includes OpenGL driver for compatibility testing.
* Improved application compatibility and performance.
* For a full list of fixes issues, please view the Release Notes.


http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_96.85.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_96.85.html
 
Great news, best get downloading those then, still on the 96.33's here on RC2.

Shame there is still no SLI support, come on Nvidia, you haven't got long to get this sorted now!
 
Cool cheers guys, I was just being a n00b and waiting for confirmation ;P il give it a go!

How are the new drivers from NVidia tho?
 
cool cool!

XP is boring me just now so I'l download RC2 tonyte wen I get home from work!

Hopefully the performance on the drivers is better than before tho!
 
jrodga2k5 said:
Hopefully the performance on the drivers is better than before tho!
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What were the last drivers you ran? The RC1 96.33's?

I found them to be pretty much par for the course with XP and the 82.41's running one card only (3Dmark06 proven). The thing I have been missing most is SLi support, which now "apparently" appears to be in the drivers, if I can get SLi to work then we shall see if I get anywhere near the same performance as in XP.

Fingers crossed.
 
I ran the RC1 96.33's indeed!

Not all games were noticably different but there was some cases like in BFME2 for example had to lower the detail for some reason! But hey Il give RC2 and the new drivers a go!
 
Well performance (1-card) seems to be on-par with the 96.33's. I can find no head nor tail of the ability to enable SLi within the drivers (the new "control panel" is still extremely bare), and there doesn't appear to be anything within the registry I can change (or add) that forces SLi to be on (I can however break the new control panel lol).

Still not given up hope yet, I will continue to play with the settings of the new control panel within the registry, but I don't hold much hope for enabling SLi :(
 
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