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Old October 30, 2007, 04:13 PM
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NVIDIA ForceWare 169.04 Beta Released
One day after 169.02 we have another set of beta NVIDIA drivers: 169.04 which supports 6, 7 and 8, FX cards on XP

This supposedly fixes some compatibility issues and enhances performance futher and is, of course, the recommended driver for TimeShift and Crysis

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Old October 30, 2007, 04:32 PM
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I'll have to give them a try tonight. Wonder how much of a difference drivers really make
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I wish I had the option, but I have to plan a trip to the land of high-speed with laptop in hand to download such goodies- I'll fetch it tommorrow if I hear good things.
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Heh maybe this will fix my corruption issues with my hda card that keeps happening when I run Crysis.
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Has anyone tested these drivers yet? Do they improve Crysis framerates at all?
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Has anyone tested these drivers yet? Do they improve Crysis framerates at all?
I would tell you but my video card is now a paper weight till I fix my power supply issue.
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Under Vista 64, these drivers did correct a 3D corruption problem that I experienced while playing the Crysis demo. To me, that is the only thing these beta drivers have fixed.
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I would tell you but my video card is now a paper weight till I fix my power supply issue.
that's cruddy
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that's cruddy
New power supply today; new hard drive tomorrow and plan to install XP 64 to see differences between the two OS's
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Is the new one the PSU in your sig, or something else? Planning on a review for the OS comparo?
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