NVIDIA 163.69 BETA

[troop 0]

First impression is positive.

Testing right now.

Forceware 163.69 Vista 32bit

Forceware 163.69 Vista 64bit

Forceware 163.69 WinXP 32bit

Forceware 163.69 WinXP 64bit

163.69 Release Notes:

WinXP

Vista

[spetznaz14 0]

lol nearly as bad as me, I've tried about the last 6-7 driver releases and now I cant even be bothered any more. Apparently its fixed in 1.09 patch but that is "months" away zzzzzzzzzz.

[frostybits 0]

Has anyone tried these to see if vista 64 bit with 4 gig ram machines can run the game at all?

Im not budging from 158.45 until these work!

update :

Just tried them and no go for above specs ....so a bug fuch u to nvidia ...wankers!!

[bigdog632 0]

has it caused the crash with the error message?

[-duke- 0]

I'm using these BETA Drivers on XP 32 and it's solved all my 8800 GTS (640 MB) issues. I no longer have texture loss, low poly count models rendered nearby, texture flashing and my night vision works without giving me the feeling I'm in a disco.

I thought I'd add that I have between 10 - 15 hours playtime accrued on these drivers and the only issue that remains is fogging and some matted looking colors upon spawn (MP). This is by far the best ArmA has looked and played for me since purchasing the Morphicon.de online dl.

[troop 0]

has it caused the crash with the error message?

Yes, still. (on my setup)

I can play for hours and hours with certain, not maximum

res/viewdistance/detail settings (sweatspot)

but if I change anything to higher/more than these settings,

the crash will occure still. (flying much faster than on foot)

The memory error (VidMem not released properly) on 8800s is

still present with these drivers. NVidia said, it would be fixed with

an september driver release;..however, this one is not it.

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Apart from that, this driver performs *very* well and has got

nice IQ too. Not only with ArmA, but with every other game

I tried with it.

[sickboy 13]

Fog has already been explained and put on the fix list for 1.09, so I dont understand why you even mention it.

Anyway. Too bad the bug with 4GB on Vista64+Hotifxes aint resolved. Wondering if it's a Vista bug or ArmA bug..

[SWAT_BigBear 0]

Anyway. Too bad the bug with 4GB on Vista64+Hotifxes aint resolved. Wondering if it's a Vista bug or ArmA bug..

I say Nvidia's fault....after all...4gig memory worked fine with 158.24 drivers and ArmA.

[sickboy 13]

Anyway. Too bad the bug with 4GB on Vista64+Hotifxes aint resolved. Wondering if it's a Vista bug or ArmA bug..

I say Nvidia's fault....after all...4gig memory worked fine with 158.24 drivers and ArmA.

They changed the memory allocation stuff since 163.xx and the Vista hotfixes. It is possible that ArmA has a problem with this as it expects something different, even while the OS aint supported

I filed the problem at nvidia.com anyway, let's see if it yields anything.

[zulu1 145]

I've got fog with XP and DX9.0c. This new driver didn't seem to make any difference.

[Mehmehmeh 0]

My ArmA won't run with it for long.... Rolled back to older drivers.

[sickboy 13]

I've got fog with XP and DX9.0c. This new driver didn't seem to make any difference.

That's because you can't resolve the fog with a driver update, only with a shader update in the game, which is planned for v1.09.