NVIDIA Forceware 78.05 Beta for Windows 2000/XP
Posted by Steven Parker on 26 September 2005 - 15:05 · 8 comments & 1406 views
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#1 Posted by petrolxl on 26 Sep 2005 - 15:25
- Damn! I just updated to 78.01...Oh well. *Opens up drivercleaner Pro*
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#2 Posted by IGx89 on 26 Sep 2005 - 15:54
- Do these drivers also have the multi-threading enhancements that make some games go 10-40% faster on dual cores/CPU's?
[edit] The previous driver with that enhancement appears to be 81.26, so I'm guessing not [/edit]
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#3 Posted by xero01uk on 26 Sep 2005 - 16:47
- these dont bloody work for ****e!!
im still getting the BSOD's!!!!! damm bloody valve!!
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#4 Posted by toadeater on 26 Sep 2005 - 20:06
- 78.05 is out. This is more stable and have the DoD fixes in them. 8x drivers are for the newest Nvidia cards and are still experimental. 7x drivers are for mainstream use and older cards.
Windows 2000/XP - Official Beta
ForceWare Release 75
Version: 78.05
Release Date: September 26, 2005
BETA Driver
Release Highlights:
* Fixed compatibility problem for Half Life 2: Lost Coast and Day of Defeat: Source
* Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
ForceWare 78.05
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#5 Posted by GCNaddict on 26 Sep 2005 - 23:52
- This could (0.00001% chance) escalate to an Antitrust suite... I can imagine it now:
The Government of the United States, Nvidia, Valve customers v. Valve, ATI
geez that would be massive
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#6 Posted by STanger on 27 Sep 2005 - 01:28
- I keep upgrading drivers for my fx5200 ..even tried the 82.01 set and I haven't had any problems.....yet
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#7 Posted by j0j081 on 27 Sep 2005 - 03:33
- don't mess with 81.26. Nvidia made an official announcement saying it's actually an alpha driver.
It is no conincidence that these drivers have appeared today, the day that Day of Defeat: Source is released as it includes fixes for both the Lost Coast and Day of Defeat: Source, perhaps Valve are going to suprise us and release both today? (but don't get your hopes up, Valve are just too damn strange). The drivers are not WHQL signed and should be considered beta, although they have appeared on the official NVIDIA site.
Heres what Electronic Punk has to say about 82.10
In other news I playing with 82.10 which are a lovely little set compiled on the 23rd September. I am still really getting to grips with them but they seem to work well (not too beta-ish), and while there is still an issue with not rebooting while enabling SLI, it will let me disable SLI without rebooting - so I guess that is a start. There is apparently a new control panel interface but I managed to miss that, so will check it out later and post some screenshots if things get exciting enough.