xx NEW Forceware 101.02 2000/XP xx

[CallMeSir 0]

As the title

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5155

Been using them for a while and seem just fine, no extra perfomance for me, but give em a try.

[spetznaz14 0]

They dont fix the 8800 fog issue if anyone was wondering.

[lee_h._oswald 0]

Do they fix the frame drop that makes ArmA UNPLAYABLE for me?

MfG Lee

[Maddmatt 1]

Do they fix the frame drop that makes ArmA UNPLAYABLE for me?

MfG Lee

Only way to find out is to try. Other people with your setup seem to be running the game fine. Maybe you have a bad set of drivers for ArmA or something.

[dwringer 45]

I have an 8800 GTS (320mb, evga), and was using the 97.92 drivers that came with the card.... I was getting the abysmal frame rates and texture issues that I see all over the place (missing textures, screwy geometry, little black boxes, i had it all from time to time)... put these on today and have been able to up the detail AND gotten an increase in performance. Plus, I haven't had any of those graphical problems as of yet, although I'll reserve final judgement for a day or two. I will tentatively say that these drivers are vastly improved, just for the fact that I don't need to put shaders or textures on Low anymore. Your mileage may vary , as usual with ArmA...

[fubarno1 0]

101.41 drivers actually show the new cards expected from Nvidia in the ini file.

Quote[/b] ]NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0400.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS"

NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0402.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0421.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0422.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS"

NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0423.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS"

so get your DX10 cards soon

hopefully they will have better drivers by then.

[stephend 0]

Thanks for the link!

These drivers sort out the mouse lag I got when I had postprocessing on, now I can run it with this enabled on my 7900 GS!

[Maddmatt 1]

My 7800GT seems to get a slight performance boost from these drivers .

[lee_h._oswald 0]

Performance is ok with my 8800GTS.

MfG Lee

[jackass888 0]

i got a performance decrease with this(7600gt). and the new control panel sucks

edit: 93.71

[andersson 285]

Its difficult for me to say how the new drivers performe compared to the older as I also have changed my 3 hd Raid0 to a 4 hd Raid5...

But, when I started arma I put myself at my FPS-test place (a dense forrest). My FPS was ~22 instead of ~29. But then I looked into advanced grafic options and noticed I could crank up AA all the way to 8... So I did that and right now I`m back at ~29FPS, but better grafics!

So I`ll keep the drivers! (still foggy though...)

AA options before:

Disabled

Low

Normal

High

Very high

5

AA option now:

Disabled

Low

Normal

High

Very high

5

6

7

8

C2De6600, 2 gig RAM, GF8800GTS, raid5

[Maddmatt 1]

i got a performance decrease with this(7600gt). and the new control panel sucks

What drivers were you using before that had better performance? They might be a better option for me too.

[robert(uk) 0]

Thanks for the info...

[bonko the sane 2]

and the new control panel sucks

if you want, use this regedit to get the old control panel http://chupacabra.no.sapo.pt/NvidiaOLDControlPanel.reg tested it , works fine, i think i got it from Tom's Hardware or Guru 3D, cant remember

[mattxr 9]

As the title

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5155

Been using them for a while and seem just fine, no extra perfomance for me, but give em a try.

i got a virus warning from trying to download that file.. ;/ just to warn peeps...

[dwringer 45]

well just thought i'd report that the missing textures/geometry corruption/etc is back... kind of worries me, now whenever i see even the slightest anomaly in any other game i get paranoid

[Hudson 0]

After installing these drivers I loose any options for control of my GPU fan. The automatic fan control is gone and my GPU is getting rather hot. I have a 8800 GTX and it ran in the 120s idle with the 97.92 drivers, with these drivers I idle over 150 and hit 170 in no time playing a game. This is sad because the new drivers actually give me quite a boost to my framerate. I dont know if its the new drivers or maybe some tweak tool like rivatuner or nvTrayTool thats disabling the fan control options but I have reverted to 97.92 for the time being.

[Maddmatt 1]

I reverted back to 93.71 and they seem to be the best for me. (7800GT).

[awins1 0]

Its difficult for me to say how the new drivers performe compared to the older as I also have changed my 3 hd Raid0 to a 4 hd Raid5...

But, when I started arma I put myself at my FPS-test place (a dense forrest). My FPS was ~22 instead of ~29. But then I looked into advanced grafic options and noticed I could crank up AA all the way to 8... So I did that and right now I`m back at ~29FPS, but better grafics!

So I`ll keep the drivers! (still foggy though...)

AA options before:

Disabled

Low

Normal

High

Very high

5

AA option now:

Disabled

Low

Normal

High

Very high

5

6

7

8

C2De6600, 2 gig RAM, GF8800GTS, raid5

Is there any benefit of using AA of 5, 6, 7, or 8, vs low, normal, high, very high?? What is the difference?

[Claymore 0]

i got a performance decrease with this(7600gt). and the new control panel sucks

edit: 93.71

You should be able to get the OLD controlpanel back with this registry file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NvCplApi\Policies]

"DevPolicies"=dword:00000000

"ModePolicies"=dword:00000000

"ModePersist_GPU:0_Mode:0"=hex:00,00,00,00,40,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

05,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

"LutPersistDesktop_GPU:0_Head:0"=hex:00,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,64,00,\

00,00,64,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,64,00,00,\

00

"LutPersistFSVM_GPU:0"=hex:00,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,47,00,00,00,47,00,00,00,5a,\

00,00,00,45,00,00,00,45,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

"ContextUIPolicy"=dword:00000001

"CplGroupUIPolicy"=dword:00000001

"TaskbarUIPolicy"=dword:00000001

Save it with notepad as enableoldNV_CP.reg and doubleclick.

Should work in Windows XP, don't know for Vista.

Best regards, Claymore.

[rowdied 44]

Try this it is easier

You can enable classic control panel even in new drivers (im using 158.22 on XP) by adding to registry:

in "HKLM\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NvCplApi\Policies" add DWORD key named "SedonaDisable" and set its value to 2.

After that in control panel there will be option to use classic control panel and voila...