Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers

[Brink]

Thank you Skunksmash for the update. The first page has been updated to include this.

Shawn

 

[xguntherc]

has anyone tried these new 177.79 drivers.??

 

[johngalt]

Installing them right now.

 

[xguntherc]

cool let us know your results.. do you knoq 3DMark results without them... see how they change after them..

Cool let me know. thanks!

oh and when you gettin the 260 or 9800+..??

 

[johngalt]

not getting the 9800 - doing the $60 upgrade to the 260.
I just have to figure out a way to beat the eVGA 15 day turn around...y'all would miss my ugly mug for 15 days, now wouldn't you?

 

[xguntherc]

Not sure if we would or not.. But I can say we would if you want me to.

 

[xguntherc]

So how did the drivers work for ya John??

also how can I get and use the 177.71 drivers because they are BETA and not signed. I wanna use them. whats the steps?

 

[Brink]

Hi Gunther,

You would just use the NVIDIA download link on the first page, and enter your cards information (see screenshot below) and click Search. After that, just download and install the 177.79 beta drivers. During install click OK to install anyway for unsigned drivers. They will work just fine.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Spd2Last]

I've got an 8800GT and installed the 177.79 drivers up from 175.19. As of now, I haven't noticed any changes in fps, but the Physx is up and working. I loaded up Unreal Tournament 3 to test it out, and to put it shortly, the maps of regular Heatray and Heatray_Physx resulted in a difference of 30fps bringing me down to a slightly bumpy 28-39 fps in the Physx map. This is with everything turned up to max with a resolution of 1680*1050 and intense postprocessing.
After that I downloaded the free Warmonger game that was made for Physx, and I turned all the graphic settings down (even set my resolution to 1280*800), but I still couldn't smoothly play the game. Too many physical elements in that game for the graphics card to calculate + render everything.

Physx would be great if I had an extra graphics card that supported it, but since I'm not going to be buying an extra graphics card just to have smooth gameplay with extensive physics, I don't see myself playing many Physx games (not that there are many of those anyway).

 

[johngalt]

Vista allows for the installation of non WHQL signed drivers and it uses them just fine. The drivers don't seem to change anything major, but I may be having problems with my sound now due to the drivers - I'll do some major over hauling and check everything and let you all know.

 

[xguntherc]

ya spd2last, don't worry about that. I have the same problem. I've not tried UT3 yet. but I did download and TRY to play the Warmonger game also. I tried all settings on High, Cuz I have the new GTX260, and it was terrible, so I went down to mid, then to LOW. and no matter what the game was still crappy. It's not that physx is that hard on your card and you need something amazing to play it, it's more that the game was a cheapy, real fast, non optimized game just to show what can and will be the future with Physx. It ran just as terrible on my big card with a 3.612 GHz oc.. so it's not the PC that's not enough for that game.. but the way the physx work in the game are really cool, and I'm pretty exited to see it in action in a real, and fun FPS.. like Far Cry2. I can't wait!

and cool brink and john, thanks for the info. I've heard some people with the 200 series are getting some Great benifits from that new 177.79 driver. thats why I asked.. maybe I better see for my self.

Thanks either way

 

[Abiosis]

GeForce ForceWare 177.83 Vista (64-bit)'s here...


GeForce ForceWare 177.83 Vista (64-bit) download from Guru3D.com

tried it ...nothin' wrong by far~

~Peace~

 

[Brink]

Thank you Abiosis.

The 1st page has been updated for this new GeForce 177.83 video driver with a link from NVIDIA.

This driver includes the new PhysX 8.08.01 version for the 8, 9, and 200 series.

 

[johngalt]

And it works like a charm. Thanks to Axxon for IMing me yesterday, and we both went and put these drivers on our systems.

 

[xguntherc]

.83 huh.

Damn. I haven't even installed the 177.79 drivers yet. lol still in my download location.

Anything special about this new driver? notice anything good you guys.
whats the info on it, whats new about this one. The .79 JUST came out.

 

[Brink]

Hi Gunther,

The 177.83 drivers include the PhysX 8.08.01 version with it now.

 

[xguntherc]

ya thats what I heard. I might need to give them a try. but the current .41 are working fine for me. so why change. Don't fix it unless it's broken. but they might be better.. not sure. I will try em soon enough. Thanks for the info Brink.

Cheers!

 

[Brink]

Your welcome Gunther. Let us know how it runs for you with them.

Shawn

 

[johngalt]

The PhysX software is a newer version as well.

 

[Spd2Last]

Copied straight from nVidia's developer page. (Driver 177.89 - OpenGL 3.0)


Driver 177.89 - Open GL 3.0 - Siggraph 2008

The Windows 177.89 Drivers available via the links below, released during Siggraph 2008, enable the latest features including OpenGL 3.0 support.
This special page allows direct access to the new drivers for Siggraph attendees -- the drivers will become part of the standard release NVIDIA Graphics drivers in the days immediately following.
To enable/disable OpenGL 3.0 features, please use the latest nvemulate tool.
OpenGL 3.0 beta driver release notes

This driver is aimed at developers to start coding to the new OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30 features. These features are not enabled by default. They can be enabled using the nvemulate utility, as described here: NVemulate
You need one of the following graphics cards to enable the OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30 functionality.
Desktop: GeForce 8000 series or higher; GeForce GTX 260, 280; Quadro FX 370, 570, 1700, 3700, 4600, 4700x2, 5600
Notebook: GeForce 8000 series or higher; Quadro FX 360M, 370M, 570M, 770M, 1600M, 1700M, 2700M, 3600M, 3700M
This driver implements all of GLSL 1.30 and all of OpenGL 3.0, except for the following functionality:

• One-channel (RED) and two-channel (RG) textures
• Mixed size FBO attachments (mixed-format attachments are supported)
• The Clearbuffer API
• Windowless rendering support (We suggest you use GPU affinity instead)
• Forward-compatible context
• Debug Context

This driver exposes the following new extensions:
OpenGL 2.1 extensions: ARB_vertex_array_object ARB_framebuffer_object ARB_half_float_vertex OpenGL 3.0 extensions: WGL_create_context ARB_draw_instanced ARB_geometry_shader4 ARB_texture_buffer_object WGL_create_context The OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30 specifications can be downloaded here: OpenGL® Extension Registry

For any bugs or issues, please file a bug through the developer website: https://nvdeveloper.nvidia.com/
177.89 Downloads, Available 13 August 2008

• [Download for Windows XP (32-bit)]
• [Download for Windows XP (64-bit)]
• [Download for Vista (32-bit)]
• [Download for Vista (64-bit)]
• nvemulate home page (needed to control OpenGL 3.0 features)