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Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:
nVdia Forceware BETA 163.67 (XP + Vista) |
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This is a second BETA driver release since the recent 163.44 drivers for Vista. The drivers are for Vista 32 and 64 bit. And Windows XP. Fresh out of the oven today 
The changelist is as follows:
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-This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
-Improved compatibility for Crysis and BioShock.
-Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
New Features
Improved performance of the graphics memory manager on GeForce
8 series GPUs running DirectX 9 applications in single GPU
configurations.
These improvements solve cases of reported performance slowdowns in
some 3D applications with high graphics settings and resolutions.
Fixed IssuesWindows Vista 32-bit
Company of Heroes (DirectX 10) ©\ ʺout©\of©\memoryʺ errors may occur
at high resolutions and high antialiasing levels.
GeForce 8 Series GPUs
GeForce 8600 GTS: The Microsoft DirectX SDK Blob demo¨Cthe screen
turns blank when changing the multisample type while in full©\screen
mode. [322023]
GeForce 7 Series GPUs
GeForce 7300GT, GeForce 6150/6100: The display becomes corrupted
after entering Hibenate mode from Standby mode (linked standbyhibernate).
[339269]
GeForce 7050PV/7025, GeForce 6600: Civilization4¨Cthe game menu
doesnʹt show the options. [330106]
Fixed SLI Mode Issues
[SLI]: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl¨Cgame performance with
SLI mode enabled may be lower than under single©\GPU mode in
some areas. [321749]
[SLI], GeForce 8600: Age of Empires 3¨Cblue©\screen crash or blank
screen occurs after exiting the game. [322085]
[SLI], GeForce 8600: 3DMark06¨CʺGT2©\Firefly Forestʺ shows massive
corruption at 1600x1200 resolution with 8xAA enabled. [321355]
[SLI], GeForce 8500/8400/8300: 3DMark05¨Cthe benchmark crashes or
results in an intermittent blank screen when run with Override AA set
(from the NVIDIA Control Panel) and at resolutions higher than
1920x1200. [330368]
[SLI], GeForce 8500/8400/8300: The desktop resolution resets to
800x600 after switching between SLI©\mode enable and SLI©\mode
disable. [327233]
Fixed Issues¨CWindows Vista 64-bit
GeForce 7300GT, GeForce 6150/6100: The display becomes corrupted
after entering Hibernate mode from Standby mode (linked standbyhibernate).
[339269]
Fixed SLI Mode Issues
[SLI], GeForce 8800 GTX: Screensaver crashes after resuming from
preview. [340179]
[SLI], GeForce 8500/8400/8300: The system automatically restarts
when SLI is either enabled or disabled with UAC enabled. [332104]
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The improved compatability for BioShock and especially Crysis proves nVidia are ahead of the pack. Also, I have heard performance increases in pretty much everything compared to the 163.44 drivers.
I know I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd post this
Drivers can be obtained on this address:
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html
Enjoy
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