Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

Yes. thanks a lot SK. I've just installed them and they seem good.
This is probably a dumb question.
All my games are in my Vista x64 install (I'm dual booting with W7 RC).
I can access all my media files from W7 and they work well but I haven't tried games yet.
Would that work or would I have to install again in W7 to see the benefit of these drivers?

Thanks, John:D
 

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johnwillyums said:
Yes. thanks a lot SK. I've just installed them and they seem good.
This is probably a dumb question.
All my games are in my Vista x64 install (I'm dual booting with W7 RC).
I can access all my media files from W7 and they work well but I haven't tried games yet.
Would that work or would I have to install again in W7 to see the benefit of these drivers?

Thanks, John:D
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its always touch & go running games from another partition or HDD, most of the time they work, but you wont have any ''saved game'' files....:(





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its a continual ''work in progress''....
Most games these days install everything in their own directories without system crosslinked files (or DLLs) so that's typically not a problem. I do it all the time and it's an easy backup method. Saved games usually have to be copied to the perspective partition user directories but that depends on the game.

As for the 185 series drivers... I agree, they are quite awesome. I noticed a huge difference in gaming. I'm very impressed. I'm using the 185.68 drivers that were for Vista but I'll be trying the 185.81 drivers soon.
 

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I'm in the process of installing the 7100 RC build (the official release - I'm a Technet subscriber.) I was initially having problems with the graphics in that I couldn't enable SLI and couldn't seem to tell the system that my second monitor is on the left, not the right.

Well after running the Windows Easy Transfer from a 1TB removeable that I saved everything to prior to the upgrade, the second monitor is on the left and the cursor slides off the correct side to get there. I then went to the Nvidia website and downloaded and installed the 64bit version of the 185.81 driver.

That solved the last of the problems and I was able to enable the SLI support.

BTW, I really like the Windows Easy Transfer utility. It does a good job and produces nice reports on what was transferred and what you are going to need to re-install to bring the new computer in line with the old one.
 

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YupYup said:
And for moblie users.
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Thanx for the links to the notebook drivers!!! I tried to use the desktop one and couldn't get them to work...
 

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With these "Windows 7" drivers, incl. the 185.xx ones, my GTX 260 runs full 3D speed all the time. With the WHQL 182.50 Vista driver it throttles down to 2D speed when I'm not gaming which give a more quiet PC as the GTX260 is running much cooler.

Is this a bug in my Windows 7 installation, or somethimg else wrong?
 

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Sven said:
With these "Windows 7" drivers, incl. the 185.xx ones, my GTX 260 runs full 3D speed all the time. With the WHQL 182.50 Vista driver it throttles down to 2D speed when I'm not gaming which give a more quiet PC as the GTX260 is running much cooler.

Is this a bug in my Windows 7 installation, or somethimg else wrong?
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I'm wondering about this too. I previously have been using the Vista64 drivers in Windows 7 because the Win7 drivers sucked compared to the Vista64 ones. Is this still the case?
 

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Sven said:
With these "Windows 7" drivers, incl. the 185.xx ones, my GTX 260 runs full 3D speed all the time. With the WHQL 182.50 Vista driver it throttles down to 2D speed when I'm not gaming which give a more quiet PC as the GTX260 is running much cooler.

Is this a bug in my Windows 7 installation, or somethimg else wrong?
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its not W7.....its the drivers

this problem has annoyed me over the past 4 months or so...some drivers throttle some don't, my 260 does not like running at full clocks while idle (its highly OCed out of the box so it gets pretty toasty), my card is a full 10c hotter without the driver throttle....:(





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its a continual ''work in progress''....
ya some drivers throttle, some don't. has nothing to do with Win 7.. my 260's have done this for as long as I've had them.. lol

So what is the best Win 7 x64 driver for my 260? I downloaded the BETA.. or should I go WHQL
 

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XGUNTHERC said:
ya some drivers throttle, some don't. has nothing to do with Win 7.. my 260's have done this for as long as I've had them.. lol

So what is the best Win 7 x64 driver for my 260? I downloaded the BETA.. or should I go WHQL
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BETA.... all the way on this one mate, these new ones are EXCELLENT!! ;)




:)SK
 

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its a continual ''work in progress''....
there isn't a WHQL for Win7 is there??

I just installed 185.81 and now my right click on desktop is extremely slow. I only noticed this after the NV driver install. like when I right click on desktop.. it takes around 3 seconds to open. right clicking on icons on desktop, or taskbar are as quick as can be. but actual right click on desktop is dead slow. I go to refresh often. Personalize to change things and my wallpaper. and to enter the NV control panel. as I constantly change from SLI and not as I can't have SLI enabled while doing F@H.. so I go to right click on desktop often. and it's soooo slow it's irritating.

anyone else have this problem or is yours fast. I almost wanna try 181.71 and see if it fixes it.
 

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Had a similar problem, and also no throttle down when in 2D-mode, so I have installed Vista 182.50 WHQL- and all the problems went away :)
 

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Sven said:
Had a similar problem, and also no throttle down when in 2D-mode, so I have installed Vista 182.50 WHQL- and all the problems went away :)
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Sounds as though the Windows 7 beta Nvidia drivers are still a bit buggy then? I mean it's to be expected, beta drivers on a beta OS. They'll get there. I guess I'll stick with the Vista64 Nvidia drivers for now.
 

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Sven.. so you installed the Vista 64bit 182.50 WHQL on 7 and it works perfect with 2D downclocking. and the right click pause is gone??

I just want the pause gone, I can live with the no 2D

Edit* YUP the Vista x64 WHQL driver fixed it. Awesome. that was my biggest problem with 7 so far. and now it's fixed. Rep+ to you sir.
 
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Performance wise in games, etc, the latest beta drivers are great. I'm willing to bet the right click on the desktop is related to the nVidia control panel and as long as games run like a champ I'll live with that until it's taken care of.

Interestingly enough the lag occurs on my SLI rig whereas my second machine with a single 7900GTX works just fine.
 

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I went back from the win 7 beta driver to the Vista x64 182.50 and the right click works great. just like I said above in edit of post.

I see what you mean. games do run good. but they run just as well in the vista driver so I'm not worried about running a non win 7 driver for my GFX.. I'll wait for the next nvidia driver. a new one comes out every 3 weeks about. So I'm sure a new one is coming soon.
 

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New Windows 7 WHQL driver available ver.185.85

This is a WHQL-Certified driver supporting GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION. This driver package installs WDDM v1.1 for GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series (DirectX 10) GPUs and WDDM v1.0 for GeForce 6 and 7-series (DirectX 9) GPUs.
This driver supports all of the new Windows 7 GPU-accelerated DirectX APIs: DirectX Compute, Direct2D, DirectWrite, and DXVA-HD
New in Release 185 drivers:

  • Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
  • Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs.
  • Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA for more details.
  • Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.
  • Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 181 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
    • Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
    • Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
    • Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
    • Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
    • Up to 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
    • Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
  • Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0408.
  • Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
  • Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Existing Support:

  • Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
  • Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0.
  • Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Learn more here. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
  • Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installingNVIDIA System Tools software.
 

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So if you have 185.81 installed, is it worth going for this one?
 

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Intel DX48BT2
Memory
Kingston PC3-10700H 4Gb
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 5850 BlackEd.
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Samsung SM-T220HD 22"
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 on two monitors
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex 2 120gb 3.5" (OS)
Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
Samsung F3 1Tb (games)
2x Samsung F1 1Tb
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower 850w
Case
Thermaltake Armor
Cooling
Scythe Mugen II
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve USB
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
8128/443
Thank you Grim for the heads up. Downloading now for my 2nd pc with 6200 A-LE. Can't wait to try H.A.W.X. on it like I did when you posted the beta a few weeks ago. It needs all the performance it can possibly get and NVidia seems to be making it better for me with each new install.
 

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At a glance

7600.20510 x86P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHzOCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHzHIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
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