GeForce 185.63 leaked

[kpo6969]

TechConnect Magazine - GeForce 185.63 leaked
Vista32 and Win7 32 (maybe)

After quite a long run in the 180s, we're now back in the 185s, where drivers are leaked and ambient occlusion roams free. Leaked, but only for Windows Vista 32bit (works with Windows 7 32bit too, apparently), the GeForce 185.63, which is to be considered beta, is dated March 27 (making it the newest driver yet), is bundled with the PhysX 9.09.0203 system software and has support for GeForce G92-based 8800, 9 and 200 series cards, including the almost released GeForce GTX 275.

The 185.63 includes an ambient occlusion tab in the control panel like the GeForce 185.20, but unlike its predecessor, the options available are just Off and On, no Low, Medium, High. To try out the GeForce 185.63 (beta) check out good ol' 2Many.

GeForce 185.63 beta WinVista 32bit

User feedback and downloads:

185.63_geforce_winvista32 - Guru3D.com Forums

 

[torrentg]

Very cool, thank you. I'm getting it now for my 6200A-LE in my secondary pc.

 

[blackroseMD1]

Hmm...x86 always leaks first, be it drivers or operating systems...

lol

 

[torrentg]

This doesn't include drivers for my card, unfortunately. I tried installing by device manager and it listed many card drivers to install but nothing as low end as mine here. Have to wait for official release I suppose.

 

[Chappy]

This doesn't include drivers for my card, unfortunately. I tried installing by device manager and it listed many card drivers to install but nothing as low end as mine here. Have to wait for official release I suppose.

Unfortunately, I think fairly soon that card is going to be officially ignored by Nvidia driver releases, they can't support legacy cards forever. While I hope for your sake that the public release of this driver supports your card, I wouldn't hold my breath looking for it...

 

[kpo6969]

This doesn't include drivers for my card, unfortunately. I tried installing by device manager and it listed many card drivers to install but nothing as low end as mine here. Have to wait for official release I suppose.

These might be of interest to you:

Geforce 185.42 all versions - Guru3D.com Forums

 

[torrentg]

Nice, thank you again. I was a little surprised with the o.p. driver version because every nVidia driver has installed flawlessly up till now. Getting this all version one now and I'm sure it will install fine.

A few hours ago, I tried installing Tom Clancy H.A.W.X. on the machine with the 6200A-LE (it's a P4 HT 1.5 gHz overclocked to ~1.6 gHz) and it had an average framerate of 6 lol on lowest possible settings lol. It plays older games like GTA 3 and Madden NFL 2006 very well for what it is though.

It's ok, I laugh at myself sometimes. Glad I have my p.c. upstairs here that does a little better. Now, where's that cI7 system I wanted? heh

 

[SoLoR]

there are 185.65 already uploading them in 20 min...

made post on guru3d if anyone is interested, however wont make it here since this are not win7 drivers, but vista ones.

but 185.65 vista64 seems to work fine for me on Win7 x64.

 

[swarfega]

Ill wait for the win7 version.

 

[torrentg]

Wow, this new 185 series of drivers seems to have great improvements as far as performance goes. I was just playing Tom Clancy H.A.W.X. again after installing the 185.42 that kpo6969 was kind enough to point me to, and it was now playable with a smooth screen. Still on lowest settings but great improvement!

 

[blackroseMD1]

Thanks SoLoR. These gave me a nice little performance boost in 7.

 

[kpo6969]

182.50 WHQL for Vista is out also if anyone is interested.

 

[swarfega]

nothing for win7 yet

 

[Mrki]

185.66 beta is out for 32and64 vista

 

[Mark]

Will have to give that one a go, it has some nice extras like Ambient Occlusion.


GeForce Release 185 BETA 185.66 April 3, 2009 Release Highlights:
New in Release 185.66:
· 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 www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.
· Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
o Up to 11% performance increase in Call of Duty: World at War
o Up to 5% performance increase Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
o Up to 22% performance increase Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
o Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
o Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
o Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
· Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
· Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.

 

[torrentg]

Again, for this 185.66, my downstairs pc card was not listed. I felt all left out, so I edited the .inf with the hardware i.d. of my card, following the format for the other cards that are listed.

So under [NVIDIA.Mfg.NTx86.6.0] section, I added this line:
%NVIDIA_DEV.0222.01% = Section003, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0222

and under [Strings] section I added this line:
NVIDIA_DEV.0222.01 = "NVIDIA AWESOME!"

Lol, now my 6200A-LE shows up in the device manager as NVIDIA AWESOME.

After placing those two lines (the 0222 stands for my card), I used the setup.exe and installed as normal. No compatibility or anything.

So if your card is older and will not accept this beta driver, copy what I did.

 

[haqq]

i had real bad luck with 181 series drivers on windows 7 ultimate x64. had to restore the whole thing.

 

[ilsonoro]

Where can I find the driver please? TNX

 

[poin2]

Where can I find the driver please? TNX

You can currently get 185.85 directly from NVidia at the following if you don't like what's installed with 7 or might come via Windows Update:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspxhttp://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

 

[ilsonoro]

You can currently get 185.85 directly from NVidia at the following if you don't like what's installed with 7 or might come via Windows Update:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspxhttp://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

ooops just noticed it´s the one I had installed... tnx!