New Nvidia Drivers

[Richardc269]

So, I just checked out Nvidia's website for new video card drivers. Their last update was back in April, it seems. The last version was at 197.45, and now it's jumped up to 257.21. It was released on the 15th, and it is now the 19th.

Question is: Has anyone here updated to 257.21 and experienced any problems with the new video card drivers? I have a Ge-Force GTS250, and I'm wondering if getting the new set of drivers is a good move or not, even if I don't play the games they list on their website that get % improvements they did the updates on. So, has anyone tried the new drivers? I'd like to know before downloading them.

 

[pebbly]

look again GeForce Forceware 258.49 WHQL 32-bit download from Guru3D.com :roflmao:

 

[Richardc269]

look again GeForce Forceware 258.49 WHQL 32-bit download from Guru3D.com :roflmao:

I go to Nvidia's main website on general rule of thumb: Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

 

[pebbly]

look again GeForce Forceware 258.49 WHQL 32-bit download from Guru3D.com :roflmao:

I go to Nvidia's main website on general rule of thumb: Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

normally i will always choose the manufaturers site first, but Nvidia have a tenency not to be quick on updating their website

 

[Richardc269]

Really? That's odd. Oh well. Still wondering if it's a good idea to download new drivers anyway. I'm still using 197.45 for my Ge-Force GTS250. I don't have any of the games on that list for 257 though.

Edit: Forgot to ask, are those 258 drivers for ALL Ge-Force cards, or just certain ones? It's not really giving those details in the information area.

 

[pebbly]

Really? That's odd. Oh well. Still wondering if it's a good idea to download new drivers anyway. I'm still using 197.45 for my Ge-Force GTS250. I don't have any of the games on that list for 257 though.

Edit: Forgot to ask, are those 258 drivers for ALL Ge-Force cards, or just certain ones? It's not really giving those details in the information area.

if you don't have any probs and can run all the games you need to , then IMO don't update just for the sake of updating

 

[zzz2496]

The 258 driver is for Quadro (it's listed in NVIDIA's site under Quadro), it supports GeForce though, but I'd stick with 257.21 for now...
So far, the driver is stable.

zzz2496

 

[adt]

May I ask what is the difference between the "quadro" and normal 257.21 drivers?

 

[zzz2496]

From experience, the Quadro drivers usually slower. The primary focus for Quadro drivers are for CAD/CAM/Visualizer applications, which most of them will need to use additional drivers like Maxstream (the old version) or custom acceleration/performance driver to accompany the default driver... Other than that, it's the vanilla Forceware/Verde driver...

zzz2496

 

[adt]

From experience, the Quadro drivers usually slower. The primary focus for Quadro drivers are for CAD/CAM/Visualizer applications, which most of them will need to use additional drivers like Maxstream (the old version) or custom acceleration/performance driver to accompany the default driver... Other than that, it's the vanilla Forceware/Verde driver...

zzz2496

So basicly the normal drivers are better for gaming? or can you have both of them installed together?

 

[Sanvean]

You could consider Quadros as "brute force" gpus. They aren't made for high fps situations.
They are mostly used in business for CAD, Maya, 3D Studio Max, Softimage, etc..,
Now I think there is even a line of cards even higher than those, called Tesla which are used for intense calculations.

 

[adt]

You could consider Quadros as "brute force" gpus. They aren't made for high fps situations.
They are mostly used in business for CAD, Maya, 3D Studio Max, Softimage, etc..,
Now I think there is even a line of cards even higher than those, called Tesla which are used for intense calculations.

It's kind of confusing for me because I read this thread Nvidia Quadro driver 258.49 WHQL OUT - Guru3D.com Forums and apparently people have been saying that they are better than the 257.21 driver.

 

[Sanvean]

The architecture is similar, the concept behind the unified drivers, after that the differences appear. The Quadros/Teslas architectures expand upon the consumer/retail models. These cards retail for (Quadro) $2,000 - (Tesla) $5,000 (rough estimate).
These Quadro drivers work for the consumer models because they share a common "base" architecture, there is features in those drivers which become disabled or "dumbed down", when the driver inf detects the signature of a non Quadro.

 

[blackroseMD1]

A lot of people (like myself) upgrade to the newest drivers just because we can. I have seen improvement over the .15 drivers in the 258.21, 258.29 and 258.49 drivers, but I had to use modded inf files to install most of those.

As was said above, if you are seeing good performance in-game with the current drivers, but want to upgrade, always choose the newest WHQL drivers for your card. If it ain't broke, don't fix it as they say.