NVIDIA Geforce 180.48 WHQL (BIG BANG II) RELEASED!

[+shift. MVC]

Awesome, those performance increases look pretty steep (especially the bolded ones :p

[s1k3sT]

I finally figured out my problem. Turns out the drivers wouldn't install right with avg running. After I closed avg they work perfectly!

[+Mystic MVC]

I forgot to mention that I didn't see anything on their for Fallout 3. Hopefully this will remedy some of the frequent crashing issues I have been receiving.

[scrtsqurrl]

nVidia have been doing a fine job lately with their drivers (Y)

Thanks for the update.

[shadowless911]

I don't understand that, so nothing new for my 8600 GT ? ..It's only been a year or something since I got it :(

[raider360]

Nice to see a performance increase in Race Driver: GRID. The only game I have from that list :p

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

has anyone tested from 180.xx to 180.48s? i already have the .43s or whatever installed.

[+Mystic MVC]

Seems to have made a small impact for me playing Crysis Warhead (1280x1024) with 8xAA and everything set to Enthusiast. Averaging at least 5+ FPS. I never tested Fallout 3 extensively before the update but I just used Fraps while playing with everything set to full (AA and AF) and my FPS stays at a constant 60. Definitely need to hook it back up to the TV to check the 1080p performance (1900x1080).

[Ci7]

I don't understand that, so nothing new for my 8600 GT ? ..It's only been a year or something since I got it :(

download the driver and extract it

then download moded inf

and put it in the same location as the driver files

overwrite if asked

then install , it should work

[Xerxes]

Meh, probably waste of time for me to update. I'm guessing the performance increase is only for SLI setups? since this update seems primarily focused on that. Doesn't matter, my single GTX 260 is doing quite well despite my weak CPU holding it back :happy:

[Ci7]

Meh, probably waste of time for me to update. I'm guessing the performance increase is only for SLI setups? since this update seems primarily focused on that. Doesn't matter, my single GTX 260 is doing quite well despite my weak CPU holding it back :happy:

nah it is for non SLI too

[Xerxes]

nah it is for non SLI too

Oh ok, that's alright. Perhaps I will install them then (since the only reason I was going to skip them was cause I thought the performance increase for was SLI only), since I have a few games on that list. Hopefully it will fix FarCry 2, it runs well just the frame rate drops really low for no apparent reason sometimes :/ maybe these drivers will fix it...

[MidnightDevil]

8600gts here too and cant install.. gonna try with the modded inf.

[Premgenius]

Thanks :D

[DELTETHISACCOUNT]

download the driver and extract it

Extract? It's an executable...

[rajputwarrior]

grid runs a lot better with these drivers :) so far so good!

[Belazor]

Extract? It's an executable...

The main setup is nothing more than an extraction program.

If you pay attention, you'll see it extracts files to C:/NVIDIA/<version>.

Therefore, if you have WinRAR, you can right click to extract files.

[Denholm]

Updated drivers. Working flawlessly. Far Cry 2 is discernibly faster.

[exotoxic]

BSOD for me :(

[SMELTN]

Any reviews yet? I am interesting in seeing some performance results.

BTW I uninstalled the Phyx before I installed this driver last night. Everyone else do that also? Or was I suppose to leave it installed?

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

Updated drivers. Working flawlessly. Far Cry 2 is discernibly faster.

which version were you using previously?

Any reviews yet? I am interesting in seeing some performance results.

BTW I uninstalled the Phyx before I installed this driver last night. Everyone else do that also? Or was I suppose to leave it installed?

yeah im not sure about that either. my guess is that it's ok to leave the drivers.

[Kamael]

has anyone tested from 180.xx to 180.48s? i already have the .43s or whatever installed.

Don't expect much difference then, the performance increases and almost everything else is comparing these to the 178's WHQL.

[SuperKid]

I remove the Physx because i noticed, when i removed the Physx from the old 178 or something drivers and whent to the 180.43 beta ones the Physx drivers 'upgrade' from 8.09 to 8.10 version, so i always remove the Physx to get in any Physx upgrades to the software there might of been otherwise i guess it just skips it.

[Ayepecks]

Can't wait to try this when I get home :)

[Ci7]

I remove the Physx because i noticed, when i removed the Physx from the old 178 or something drivers and whent to the 180.43 beta ones the Physx drivers 'upgrade' from 8.09 to 8.10 version, so i always remove the Physx to get in any Physx upgrades to the software there might of been otherwise i guess it just skips it.

physX get automatically upgraded when you install the a newer forceware with update physX bins