6785077276 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 FORCEWARE 169.21 Go get em: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/betad...px?lang=en-us;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viserov Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 It says beta... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pargo Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 nvidia's official beta drivers are basically completed drivers that have yet to receive WHQL, the majority of their actual beta are internally tested, though most of the time they are leaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6785077276 Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Anyone noticed any performance increase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htwho Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I hate how we have to play around with drivers to find the best performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amano Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Windows Vista x86 Windows Vista x64 * WHQL candidate driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs. * Added support for GeForce 8800 GTS 512 GPU. * Recommended driver for the latest DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications. * Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please refer to the release documentation for more information on features, driver fixes, and known issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 would have been if the poster had said if they where vista or XP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettetech Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 It says beta... Beta doesnt matter. Awesome driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjgore Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I notice that Windows Update (as of yesterday) is trying to push some nVidia drivers for my 8800GTX. I wonder if they are the WHQL version of 169.21? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Frothy Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Is NVidia ever going to WHQL one of these releases or will there just be Beta drivers forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PermaSt0ne Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Is NVidia ever going to WHQL one of these releases or will there just be Beta drivers forever? DX10 just came out. and that's what all the latest drivers are messing with they have a lot to figure out before their drivers can be concidered "final" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakByte Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 It says beta... Man i can't mention the last time i used a WHQL driver.. Beta is just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Should be good. Vista and XP drivers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ir0nw0lf Subscriber² Posted December 11, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted December 11, 2007 Don't forget the link to the user's guide for this release which will tell ya about the fixes in this release and such: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/169....lease_Notes.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elagizy Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Is NVidia ever going to WHQL one of these releases or will there just be Beta drivers forever? I'm not sure, I think Nvidia pays to Microsoft to get their drivers WHQLed, so they are waiting to get their drivers good enough to WHQL it. They are not going to do it with every driver they release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Man i can't mention the last time i used a WHQL driver.. Beta is just fine Yea it's not like it's a totally new driver.. these are all based off of past WHQL and Beta drivers to begin with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raider360 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Thank you. Downloading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 If you're running dual screen, installing these drivers may disable your primary display! Be warned and check your secondary display if you get this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lothodon Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I notice that Windows Update (as of yesterday) is trying to push some nVidia drivers for my 8800GTX. I wonder if they are the WHQL version of 169.21? just odd timing, they were pushing the .06 release if i recall. i stupidly installed it and it downgraded my drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phemo Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 DX10 just came out. and that's what all the latest drivers are messing withthey have a lot to figure out before their drivers can be concidered "final" What do you mean just came out? It's always been part of Vista which RTM'ed over a year ago now so I don't understand what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted December 12, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 12, 2007 I'm not sure, I think Nvidia pays to Microsoft to get their drivers WHQLed, so they are waiting to get their drivers good enough to WHQL it. They are not going to do it with every driver they release! I'm not sure about right now, but WHQL certification used to cost like ten thousand of dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannlich Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 If you are an SLI user, be careful with these. It has been pointed out that the SLI profiles in these drivers are all set to Single GPU. I installed them myself and found that to be the case. I went back to the 17s. Just a heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted December 12, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2007 If you're running dual screen, installing these drivers may disable your primary display! Be warned and check your secondary display if you get this problem. hmm.. didnt know about this. i'll watch out then. im running the 169.17s (.19s?) and dual screens work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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