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Jul 27, 2004, 11:07pm

To those that have Nvidia video card.
Nvidia just have release a new series of video drivers, for their products.
I did upgrade mine, and my performence did go up alot in AW.
Ver. 61.77 can be found here:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

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Tengel

www.3D-Nordic.com

Jul 27, 2004, 11:50pm

Which GeForce chip do you have?

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Jul 28, 2004, 12:12am

mine is fx 5600 256mb

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Tengel

www.3D-Nordic.com


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Jul 28, 2004, 12:54am

Ruddy US English >_< Why can't they do the sensable thing and put US English
/ UK English as either seperate files, or just the 2 of them together so you
dont have to go downloading international versions... i mean... appart from
the Americans massacaring the English language in their own dialect whats
wrong with an "English" pack >_< >_<

- MR
3:42 am


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Jul 28, 2004, 12:55am

256MB... thats just not funny....


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Jul 28, 2004, 1:39am

I tested the 61.76 (not 77 though) a few days ago, and, on a GeForce4TI
card, the results were extremely bad. Occasional flying polygons and
frequent holes in the terrain using mode DD8+TL, while the performance
was not better than before. I went then back to the last stable version
56.64.




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Jul 28, 2004, 3:40am

You want the error message to say "Blimey!" instead of "Holy crap!"?

Jul 28, 2004, 7:08am

Mine is FX5200 128 MB :-p

LOL

John (finally - I spelt my name correctly!)

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Jul 28, 2004, 7:17am

opz 256 im told by the about dialog.

John

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Jul 28, 2004, 3:31pm

< Eclipse Code >

dim avFind
if (avatars.find(session, avFind) = 0) then
call bot.aw_say("Cor Blimey Govna! Cant be findin' that bloke!")
end if

Yes

- Mark R

Jul 28, 2004, 4:43pm

I dloaded it my framerate in aw improved, but my comp has been going slower
0_0
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Jul 28, 2004, 7:21pm

helpness!!!!!!

how do I revert back to older instillations? I got this and my framerate
goes up but when I rightclick parts of the screen for aw turn blue 0_0, or
disappear entirely, and also my comp has been slowing down a bit
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Jul 28, 2004, 7:35pm

Did you do as Nvidia suggest at thier Install hints?
a.. "Download Accelerator" utilities should be disabled when downloading
any drivers.
b.. Do not run virus protection software in the background while
installing the drivers. This prevents the driver from configuring itself
properly.
c.. Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
display drivers from the Windows Control Panel. Browse to the Start Menu >
Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and search for "NVIDIA Windows
Display Drivers" or "NVIDIA Display Drivers" and select remove.
old drivers can be found here anyway:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html


Also suggest that you use DX9 if you run older.

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Tengel

www.3D-Nordic.com


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Jul 31, 2004, 9:08am

is there a reason that this helps a ton for some people but destroys a ton
for others?

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Jul 31, 2004, 6:50pm

I imagine the benefits really only apply to the FX series. I wish nVidia would list what exactly has changed from driver version to version, including which chipsets will specifically benefit from them.

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Jul 31, 2004, 11:09pm

No idea really - I tested now 61.76 also on a GF5900 with the same
problem-result. :-(


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Jul 31, 2004, 11:11pm

The current release deals mostly with DX9 and the fx6800 series, but it
seems it makes Dx8 worse for some other models - however, as we know
from ATI for a long time, not always is the latest driver also the best
one <g>.



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Jul 31, 2004, 11:18pm

What DX version do you run, so far you just say 8, but if you run 8.0 that
is very crapy version. And some i have talk to, use 5900, and it work
perfect, so maybe it is something wrong at your place, I dont know. I test
it on 3 putters and work fine


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Tengel

www.3D-Nordic.com


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Aug 1, 2004, 12:34am

List the specs (video card, DirectX version, and OS) of the machines you see an improvement on with the new drivers.

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Aug 1, 2004, 11:41am

It does not work on 3 of my computer with GF4/4400, GF5900 and the
directx versions 8.1, 9.0a and 9.0b. :-)

It works neither with W98SE nor with X/P, I got reports from some others
that they have similar problems, might be a problem with certain cards
or certain configurations (I did not try all possible settings, only the
performance-noantialias-nofilter setting which is use all the time).

I tried then the last 3 nvidia drivers, they all work perfect in all
regards, the (for me broken) 61.76 one results in ca. 3% higher
framerates though, but this can origin in the non-correct rendering.

But anyway, I do not bother since almost all new features in this driver
only apply to dx9 and GF 6xxx anyway, which I both do not use. :-)


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Aug 1, 2004, 11:46am

BTW, the changes in 61.76 are:

- WHQL Certification
- Add support for GeForce 6800 series support
- Complete support for NVIDIA PCI-E GPUs
- Consumer electronic display support for DVI-based digital displays,
such as widescreen plasma screens (CEA/EIA-861B)
- QuickZoom – ease eye strain and enable ergonomic computing with easy
Windows magnification
- Updated application profiles allow users to assign multiple profiles
for each application
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0b and OpenGL® 1.5 support





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Aug 1, 2004, 12:00pm

From a gamers forum:

I've done some research, and i found out that; with ASUS cards like the
5600XT, 5700, 5900 & 5950 Ultra (at the moment i only found these cards)
has a driver-level overclocking issue with the current 6X.XX driver
series (i only checked up to 61.76).
In many forums, (such as NvPlanet & Guru3D), you can find alot of people
complaning about low 3D performance on their ASUS cards as soon as they
enable CoolBits 1/2 overclocking in the NV Display Properties in the
ForceWare 60 Driver Release Series(or with RivaTuner/Asus SmartDoctor or
anyother driver-level overclocking utility)
I just thought it would be nice to share the results of my small
frustrated research...as i'm also one of these victims.

6X.XX drivers works perfectly with out driver-level overclocking and it
also works perfectly when its ONLY hardware overclocked from utilities
like PowerStrip 3 (I tried 3.50 & powerstrip claims it hardware
overclocks, not that i'm 100% sure of this)
<<<

My problems happen on an ASUS 4400 and MSI 5900 card, but in Non-OC
state, though (however, the PC itself is 10% OC, which might be the
reason here - no idea). But at least I know definitely I am not the only
one having problems with the series 60 drivers <g>.



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Aug 2, 2004, 4:29am

geforce 5500 256MB here :P
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Aug 2, 2004, 4:29am

geforce 5500 256MB here :P
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Aug 2, 2004, 4:37am

OOOHH GOODY I SEE GRAPHICS

like i said i have a 5500 256MB... winxp directx9 excellent update here :D

wish nvidea would sign these things with MS so windows update would tell me
when new ones come out... out of all the crap i have on my comp the only
driver that is signed with MS is the viewsonic MONITOR... wow thanks let me
know when you change ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! lol anyways thanks for the
notification i like to keep my stuff up to date :D
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Aug 2, 2004, 4:38am

went from about 33fps to about 38... not a drastic change, but noticable
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Aug 2, 2004, 4:58pm

There is a signed one, I think the 61.77(s).


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Aug 2, 2004, 8:39pm

actually i meant to say gone through windows logo testing or whatever... in
other words i dont get that message box where i have to hit "continue
anyway" with xp.
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