Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

[swarfega]

Seems I stick with WQHL drivers for a good reason.

 

[Mark]

Good catch Grimm. I haven't tried the 190.40's yet and I guess I'll skip those as well.

Also, as long as I have your attention, do you know why my Sig is not showing up? It's under 600x100 and 45k. Do you have to have a certain number of posts? Thanks for your time.

I think John has changed it so it doesn't appear until you have made a certain number of posts.

 

[honestjohn]

I think John has changed it so it doesn't appear until you have made a certain number of posts.

Ok, thanks Mr.G. I guess 12 isn't the magic number.

 

[streetwolf]

just installed the 190.40 beta. Haven't noticed anything yet. Is there any doc on changes floating around?

 

[Everlong]

just installed the 190.40 beta. Haven't noticed anything yet. Is there any doc on changes floating around?

Had a look around, but can't find one. Will need to wait until it's up on the Nvidia site I think.

 

[johnwillyums]

Finally got time for a bit if gaming. Exactly half an an hout in UT3 with the 190.40 drivers.
First off the game wouldn't run. Windows wanted to report the problem to MS. I ok'd that but it was gonna take half an hour so cancelled.
Second try it launched and I played for half an hour. The game looked fantastic but I didn't check frame rates. Felt fast.
After half an hour GPU-z told me my GPU temps were approaching 60c.
EVGA Precision appeared to have gone weird and had a yellow line in the temp monitor telling me my temps were 3007.01.
I reinstalled the 190.38 driver and played exactly the same half hour pf UT3.
This time GPU-Z said temp 53c but EVGA Precision says 4003c!

The game looked fantastic but these are both weird drivers imho.

John

 

[XGUNTHERC]

yea I've had some weird problems with drivers also, currently my ram speed on GPU is all weird in Precision, and doesn't show any changes I make, but core and shaders change.

 

[Tweety]

I have a Dell XPS Laptop with the 186.3 driver for the 8600m GT on Windows 7 64-bit. Works like a charm and isn't a Beta. I experienced problems on my PC Games prior to installing the new driver, and they completely disappeared after.

 

[SoLoR]

190.56 (opengl beta, they adds support for opengl 3.2)

32bit
64bit

 

[petrossa]

190.56 (opengl beta, they adds support for opengl 3.2)

32bit
64bit

if you try to run stereoscopic wizard screen blanks out on both monitors.
Not quite ready yet....

 

[SoLoR]

if you try to run stereoscopic wizard screen blanks out on both monitors.
Not quite ready yet....

this drivers does not include new stereoscopic driver, so this must be the problem i know because all the time new drivers gets released, i unpack them and remove physx and 3dvision before instalation and this ones didnt have eather of them.

 

[petrossa]

this drivers does not include new stereoscopic driver, so this must be the problem i know because all the time new drivers gets released, i unpack them and remove physx and 3dvision before instalation and this ones didnt have eather of them.

ok. Just that it did work fine before, but no biggie.

 

[streetwolf]

Version 190.56 beta for those who live on the edge. I installed them and no problems so far.

NVIDIA OpenGL 3.0/3.1/3.2 Support

 

[skunksmash]

im running the 190.56 revision, all is well.

except ive now lost the temp sensor in EVGA as well as the 2D downclock & RT wont work AT ALL.....

but other than the heat increase & the monitoring loss.... im happy thus far with performance.

 

[johnwillyums]

"all is well"
Jesus Skunk, don't sound too good mate.
What kind of temps you getting?

Cheers, John

ps. I lost EVGA temp monitor with the 190.40s but it came back after a couple of reboots.

 

[skunksmash]

"all is well"
Jesus Skunk, don't sound too good mate.
What kind of temps you getting?

Cheers, John

lol.....

my GPU is suffering while idle..... its @ 52c at the moment with 50% f.s.

its quite hot today but im about 10-12c hotter while idle.

but as long as i get smashing framerates & zero stutter, im happy.

 

[johnwillyums]

I'm using 190.38 drivers and my idle temps are 44c at 66% fs.
It goes into high 50s after about half an hours gaming. Don't suppose that's that much different really given my higher fan speed.
What are temps like after gaming?

J

 

[skunksmash]

I'm using 190.38 drivers and my idle temps are 44c at 66% fs.
It goes into high 50s after about half an hours gaming. Don't suppose that's that much different really given my higher fan speed.
What are temps like after gaming?

J

it does take a while longer to cool down, but ambient's are slightly higher than usual...

its not really an issue as the cards probably good for 100c , but seeing the clocks jump back & forth just leaves a niggle in the back of my head....lol

 

[XGUNTHERC]

the cards can easily handle 100c.. I had a GTX 280 that within seconds of Crysis it would go to 109c.. but it played smooth as can be and not a single stutter, but the fan was tryin so hard to work and cool that it would start making a pulsating sound.. I went down to a 260 and was all good.

I'm about to install RTM, and not sure what drivers I should install. I'm thinking I'll just do the latest WHQL drivers to be safe

 

[johnwillyums]

Hi Gunther. Sounds like a good plan. I'm running the RTM leaked version and, as you know, have been having some issues with 190.40 so dropped back to 190.38 which I think are latest WHQL drivers.
Haven't tried the 190.56 ones yet but it seems that W7 is pretty robust and handles everything more or less well.
There will be some new ones along any time I reckon.
Are the 190.56 modded?

Cheers, John