Nvidia drivers comparison in 3dmarks 01,05,06- 97.94 - 158.16B - 158.19 - 165.01B

[hausner]

Hi everybody! My little comparison between WHQL nvidia drivers and new beta drivers 158.16.Just want to share my results with you guys:p:

Here is my rig setup:
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e6600@3280mhz
Corsairs 6400 (2x512mb) ddr2 5-5-5-12 410
Gigabyte DS3
evga 8800GTS 320mb - stock clocks
OCZ Powerstrem 600 SLI
Win XP sp.2
Drivers - performance

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97.94 vs 158.16B vs 158.19 vs 165.01B

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3dmark 2001

51364 vs 52780 vs 52129 vs 52620
CL-668.9 | CL-685.9| CL-682.9 | CL-686.6
CH-199.2 | CH-201.2 | CH-197.7 | CH-197.5
DL-990.1 | DL-1011.0 | DL-1009.1 | DL-1012.9
DH-504.4 | DH-514.3 | DH-495.1 | DH-515.7
LL-711.3 | LL-710.5 | LL-708.9 | LL-707.0
LH-285.1 | LH-286.3 | LH-279.3 | LH-281.4
N-394 | N-433.5 | N-433.9 | N-433.2
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3dmark 2003

_____ vs 31798 vs 32057 vs 31970

_ | GT1-760.3 | GT1-765.9 | GT1-769.5
_ | GT2-257.8 | GT2-261.3 | GT2-260.0
_ | GT3-198.2 | GT3-199.4 | GT3-198.7
_ | GT4-190.6 | GT4-191.4 | GT4-190.5

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3dmark 2005

15590 vs 16365 vs 16349 vs 16334

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3dmark 2006

8889 vs 9352 vs 9348 vs 9380
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So far this beta drivers is the best choise to bench in 3dmark for me :banana:

Sry no pictures for the moment :p:, i will update this post with oc results, so stay tuned :D

btw.if u dont have this 158.16(B)XP beta drivers , you can download here:RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting

[lowfat]

beta drivers aren't WQHL though....So really not that valid for futuremark and/or HWBOT.

[Babrbarossa]

I have found that my 3DMark has actually decreased since I loaded 158.22- not sure why though- It could be that my memory controller is starting to degrade (I just noticed I have at least one dead ram slots and my SuperPi scores seem lower too). Or it could be from data corruption from all the memory tweaking I've been doing lately...

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by lowfat

beta drivers aren't WQHL though....So really not that valid for futuremark and/or HWBOT.

Doesn't really matter as the Vista 32bit NVidea driver isn't WQHL either so I'd say thats a Futuremark problem as they are the ones dropping the ball on upgrades. I run the test and get the score regardless of their qualified support.
I would certainly like to see a new driver for Vista to try and fix some graphics issues when playing DVD's

[Babrbarossa]

Hausner- would you like this to be put into the member reviews section, or would you prefer it here? Thanks for the results too, by the way!

[hausner]

Originally Posted by Babrbarossa

Hausner- would you like this to be put into the member reviews section, or would you prefer it here? Thanks for the results too, by the way!

Well member reviews is a good place for that i think, lets go