260.99 nvidia driver help(borders)

[sinbin]

Hi with these new drivers i have black borders at the sides at 1024x768 res in games,i cannot fix it or change it,only have to o back to 258 drivers and it works fine.
I contacted nvdida about this,But wondered if any one can help here.
Also it reduces your windows expereience score on vista and windows 7 .mine went from 7.9 on graphics to 7.8 ??

 

[sinbin]

just got mail from nvdia they say try higher res omg!

 

[yowanvista]

Press 'Auto adjust' button on your monitor when playing your games

 

[thefabe]

Reducing the WEI seems to be a common thing with this new release. Try what is posted above or rolling back your driver.
Even better yet why not go back to one that worked best in the past?
I personally don't jump right into the latest release till I've seen some posts on how it is working out for others. Still don't understand why people are so eager to update their GPU driver every time a new one comes out.

I also like to recommend that people create a restore point before they download and install any new driver updates or programs, just in case they don't like them. It makes it much easier to uninstall the driver/app, then restore your system back to where you where before you made any changes.

If it ain't broke why fix it? At least until you know if their is any real world benefit to using it.
I also think that the newer drivers are geared more toward getting the most out of the Fermia's than older cards, but that's just my opinion.
Fabe

 

[Dwarf]

My WEI scores for the 2 graphics categories was 6.7 prior to installing this driver. It still is 6.7. My overall WEI score is 5.9, limited by my HDDs.

 

[ken9122]

I also got a .1 drop it my WEI. I am having problems with PowerDVD10 playing Blueray disks. Not sure it's related. I think I'll revert to my previous drivers and see what happens.

Ken

 

[sinbin]

I also got a .1 drop it my WEI. I am having problems with PowerDVD10 playing Blueray disks. Not sure it's related. I think I'll revert to my previous drivers and see what happens.

Ken

so you got he 1 point drop too.this is very wwierd as the new drivers are ment to increses performance :huh:

 

[sinbin]

Press 'Auto adjust' button on your monitor when playing your games

tried that,im getting a 24 in hd monitor v soon,i see if things are dofferent!

 

[chev65]

To be honest and no offence, you shouldn't be getting anywhere near a 7.9 graphics score with a GTS250 and a Q6600 at 3.2GHz. Maybe you are running SLI?

I only get a 7.7 with my 480gtx and a Q9650 at 4.05GHz.

The reason that score is so high is because of your low resolution. I think the newer drivers assume that everyone is running at least 1680x1250. The new monitor will probably fix the problem but will lower your frame rates and your WEI a bit.

 

[johngalt]

I am reverting to 258.69 (or whatever the number was). I have a pair of GTX260s that I augmented with a GTS250 to dedicate to PhysX use. This setup works perfectly fine with the 258 drivers, but look at what happens under 260.99:



Not kewl. Not kewl at all. If I friggin wanted to use the second 260 as my PhysX card I'd never have bought the 250 in the first place!

 

[spyknee]

Thread I started a couple of days ago.
http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/119548-evga-gtx-260-sc-55nm.html

 

[johngalt]

Nice post. I have mine OC'd to SSC speeds, without overvolting, and I think I am only getting 7.5-7.6.

If i push the cards too hard I start getting artifacting....

Plus, both of my cards are of the 65nm variety....

 

[sinbin]

To be honest and no offence, you shouldn't be getting anywhere near a 7.9 graphics score with a GTS250 and a Q6600 at 3.2GHz. Maybe you are running SLI?

I only get a 7.7 with my 480gtx and a Q9650 at 4.05GHz.

The reason that score is so high is because of your low resolution. I think the newer drivers assume that everyone is running at least 1680x1250. The new monitor will probably fix the problem but will lower your frame rates and your WEI a bit.

I stand corrected,my score was 7.0 ,now its 6.9 with the 260.99 drivers.i just used the highest setting dunno why :shock:
But more to the point why are these drivers causing such issues..we are all not blessed with running a 480 gtx or sli rigs !

 

[alphanumeric]

A lowly GT220 here and my WEI didn't change after going to the 260.99 drivers. Haven't noticed any problems with games yet, although I've only played Medal of Honor Airborne since upgrading drivers.

 

[pat247]

I am reverting to 258.69 (or whatever the number was). I have a pair of GTX260s that I augmented with a GTS250 to dedicate to PhysX use. This setup works perfectly fine with the 258 drivers, but look at what happens under 260.99:

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Not kewl. Not kewl at all. If I friggin wanted to use the second 260 as my PhysX card I'd never have bought the 250 in the first place!

John, the pic you posted looks good to me, the 260's are in SLI as indicated by the green bar and the light blue area shows the 250 as PhysX.

The 260.99 drivers are working good on my system. I like the new installer package for the 260 drivers.

 

[pbcopter]

Rerun the WEI assessment after rebooting, you will get the 0.1 back.