NVIDIA video card(s) owners read here!

[shataan 1]

I usually use the 190.38s for my GTX 295. I tried these 191.03s. They are nice, but I notice that the redraw for low ground plants for example with the 191.03s, they redraw closer to me (about a 10 foot radius it seems) and it drives me crazy. lol

So I reinstalled the 190.38s. They perform well for me, and the redraw is at a better distance that I find way less distracting, hardly noticeable. I might upgrade to the 191.03s when they are the final release candidate tho. They do seem nice.

[Dwarden 1125]

another thread about new driver ... i merged already like 3 ... argh ... let keep all this inside one area

[Cionara 10]

In my opinion nvidia just could have kept the 185.85 drivers, they run best

[-=seany=- 5]

Tried the new betas, they run absolutely identical to 190.62...no perf increase

[BF2_Trooper 0]

I usually use the 190.38s for my GTX 295. I tried these 191.03s. They are nice, but I notice that the redraw for low ground plants for example with the 191.03s, they redraw closer to me (about a 10 foot radius it seems) and it drives me crazy. lol

So I reinstalled the 190.38s. They perform well for me, and the redraw is at a better distance that I find way less distracting, hardly noticeable. I might upgrade to the 191.03s when they are the final release candidate tho. They do seem nice.

For some reason, I noticed closer redraws after installing 190.62. It's not noticible when I'm on foot, but when I'm driving it's really noticible. It's like the redraw can't keep up with my fast humvee.

[ICE-Raver 10]

BSOD 2 times last night playing warhammer II.

I'm getting rid of these for now.

[S-M 10]

Running the new betas now (as of 30 mins ago, swapped them from v 182 supplied with new card) to be honest they felt no different to me at all.

So i fired up evga and used the FPS counter to do a few tests

Here is my basic system

Q6700 @ 3.31ghz

GTX275 @ stock speeds

2gb ddr2 ram

xp32 bit

1024x768 screen res

jumping out from the osprey in manhatten i get 23fps before i go into the camp

1. disabling Physx does nothing

2. going from very high in the graphics options (detail, objects, shadows etc etc) to the lowest setting gains me approx 2fps (TWO FERKIN FPS??)

3. my GFX memory is set to default, i tried very high, it made no real difference.

4. pre rendering to 8 makes no real difference

5 triple buffering makes no real difference

6. vsynch to off makes no real difference

Something not quite right with my setup maybe ?

The title screen with the ship will jump up to around 74fps with a few little spikes downwards to around 45-50 as the camera is first approaching the front of the ship.

Edited September 26, 2009 by S-M

[Nazul 10]

I dont know what it is but a combination of the 191.03 betas, PROPER game tweaks and beta update has got my game running so good now. Ive put everything upto V.High including objects which has always been my killer.

Im not measuring fps but it really feels a lot smoother, even with htese higher settings

[BF2_Trooper 0]

BSOD 2 times last night playing warhammer II.

I'm getting rid of these for now.

you mean Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 2 right? Anyways, I was getting BSODs from that game ever since 190.62.

[S-M 10]

Running the new betas now (as of 30 mins ago, swapped them from v 182 supplied with new card) to be honest they felt no different to me at all.

So i fired up evga and used the FPS counter to do a few tests

Here is my basic system

Q6700 @ 3.31ghz

GTX275 @ stock speeds

2gb ddr2 ram

xp32 bit

1024x768 screen res

jumping out from the osprey in manhatten i get 23fps before i go into the camp

1. disabling Physx does nothing

2. going from very high in the graphics options (detail, objects, shadows etc etc) to the lowest setting gains me approx 2fps (TWO FERKIN FPS??)

3. my GFX memory is set to default, i tried very high, it made no real difference.

4. pre rendering to 8 makes no real difference

5 triple buffering makes no real difference

6. vsynch to off makes no real difference

Something not quite right with my setup maybe ?

The title screen with the ship will jump up to around 74fps with a few little spikes downwards to around 45-50 as the camera is first approaching the front of the ship.

Anybody got any ideas ?

This video has a slighty different cpu

and mine runs NOTHING like that one (and the video is a higher screen res!?!)

[S-M 10]

Right!

I have Arma2 running in the background right now

Everything on very high except gfx mem (default) and AA (disabled)

Same screen res as above, only now i have the 3D size of 200% instead of 100%

23 FPS ??!!??

So i can run max settings at a 2000 screen distance at 23fps, or i can the lowest settings possible and get around 25fps ?

That can not be right, what the hell :o

I even tried deleting my config file and starting from scratch?

language="English";

adapter=-1;

3D_Performance=-4194304;

Resolution_Bpp=32;

Resolution_W=1024;

Resolution_H=768;

refresh=75;

Render_W=2048;

Render_H=1536;

FSAA=0;

postFX=0;

HDRPrecision=8;

lastDeviceId="";

localVRAM=919601153;

nonlocalVRAM=527433727;

one thing i have just noticed is that it is picking up my screen refresh rate wrong, it is set to 60, but the config file is reporting it as 75 for some reason.......

Edited September 28, 2009 by S-M

[kklownboy 43]

so you think you can get over 23fps with a 2048/1536 rez? you cant. well you can do this and that, but your in need of three 275's to get good frames at that rez. And with high this and that its way over the top for one 275 at that rez... but your talking about the campaign, and thats the way it is,low fps for all... When you get into SP missions and MP stuff you will see a different story. This is as old as the game is. Manhattan is just a pig.

On your refresh, are you using a CRT?

But i would say your CPU is your bottleneck

Edited September 28, 2009 by kklownboy

[-DirTyDeeDs--Ziggy- 0]

so you think you can get over 23fps with a 2048/1536 rez? you cant.

his 3d render is set at this, not his resolution.

And with high this and that its way over the top for one 275 at that rez...

1024x768 is his resolution, he should be at all high but for AA and Post processing and get 25-60 fps easily (set your 3D render to 100%)

.

But i would say your CPU is your bottleneck

a quad at 3.0, I doubt it.

my rig (in my sig) runs this game all high settings but for normal AA and low PostP @ 1600x900, xp32.

just today I benchmarked the 191.03beta driver for Nvidia:

benchmark settings: all normal/post low/1600x900/100% 3D render/xp32

[S-M 10]

My quad is @ 3.31ghz, i don't think it is the problem.

I have some findings, i have been doing my recent tests, all on the manhatten mission, for some reason i can not get over 25fps at the start of this mission.

If i go back to the previous one and ride up towards the osprey on the bike, i can get much better results, trying out th scenario missions gives me much better results, infact in one mission i went from max details to low, and the fps jumped up to around 75!

I suspect something may be up with the start of the manhatten mission for some reason?

I have just spent the past 40 mins playing co-op on the kellys heros server, all max details, including 200% 3d res, and averaged around 26fps, so i would assume that things are now running much better, dropping the details down was boosting the fps, but to be honest, 26fps, with no stutters, no little texture flashing, and running on max settings (even post processing!) looked so good, that i just left them alone, it was more then playable for me at them settings, so things could be looking up, although i hate not knowing what the problem is.

How i can go from max to low and only gain 2fps on the manhatten mission is not right.

The scenario modes played awesome, to be honest it is the first time i have even tried them, i bought the game, got up to the manhatten mission and never went anywhere else apart from multiplayer, i just felt it was not runnign right as i was getting a lot of texture flash, microstutters and generally running like it was throttled.

I suspect the new drivers may have fixed things, but i was unable to notice a difference because i was using the manhatten mission as my tester, saying that, i bet i boot up tomorrow and it has all went horrible again!

Edited September 28, 2009 by S-M

[-DirTyDeeDs--Ziggy- 0]

i am not familiar with this Manhatten mission, but if it is heavy on the AI units, it could indeed be your CPU as bottleneck.

turn your 3D render down a bit, I wager some more fps from that setting lowered to a more realistic one ( for your system ).

I use 100% render, sometimes 125%.

my computer complains to me when i use 200% :computer:

[=wfl= sgt bilko 10]

S_M: Running 3D renderer at 200% is a sure fps killer. You're basically rendering 4 times your displayed resolution. You'd be far better off setting it to 100% (same res as your resolution) and work your tweaks from there.

[Akilez 10]

Just wanted to report that after a lot of testing with very repeatable CTDs while in a particular mission that has an insert via AI piloted helo on Chernarus the ONLY thing that has settled this game down for me and allowed me to run uninterrupted is disabling HyperThreading while running the 191.03 Beta drivers from nVidia. No other combination of swtiches, Vid Memory setting, Detail or Config entries was helping.

Hope this helps someone enjoy this brilliant sim.

Rig:

i7 @ 3.2 Ghz

X58 (R2E w/1504 and HyperThreading Disabled)

6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 (3 x 2GB)

GTX 295 w/191.03 Beta Drivers

[S-M 10]

S_M: Running 3D renderer at 200% is a sure fps killer. You're basically rendering 4 times your displayed resolution. You'd be far better off setting it to 100% (same res as your resolution) and work your tweaks from there.

I have been running 100% since release, at around 25fps, but for some reason, i can now run 200%

It will probably go back down to 100% at some point as i need to start running the tweaks again from scratch. but this time, not use the manhatten mission, that for some reason seams to give the same kind of FPS no matter what settings i use.

I used the manhatten one, simply because that was what i was up to in the campaign, and i did not want to start tweaking in multiplayer and bring unknown lag type variables into the equation.

[Sniperdoc 0]

For those individuals who are experiencing driver related issues such as the LOD/Texture issue here (eVGA post) and here (BIS Forum post), please use the following link to address the issue directly with nVidia.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/driverqualityassurance.html

The -winxp and msconfig solution to get the game working properly is not a solution. It is a workaround only and needs to be resolved at the source. The only way we can do this is to address it with BIS and nVidia directly and make ourselves heard.

Edited September 29, 2009 by Sniperdoc

[teaboy 11]

done!

[Dwarden 1125]

merging

[special_air_service 10]

where can I download Nvidia driver 191.03 beta or it is already in WHQL now ?

And is it 191.03 beta is only for 64 bit OS system ?

[Whiskey27 1]

where can I download Nvidia driver 191.03 beta or it is already in WHQL now ?

And is it 191.03 beta is only for 64 bit OS system ?

Search on the nvidia site, I just downloaded them, and I had a noticeable jump up in performance in my FPS.

q9300

4gig ram

9600GT

winvista64 ultimate.

[special_air_service 10]

Search on the nvidia site, I just downloaded them, and I had a noticeable jump up in performance in my FPS.

q9300

4gig ram

9600GT

winvista64 ultimate.

I saw that 191.03 only for 64 bit OS, is that true ?:confused:

Coz I couldn't find the one for 32 bit OS :(

[Akilez 10]

I saw that 191.03 only for 64 bit OS, is that true ?:confused:

Coz I couldn't find the one for 32 bit OS :(

This driver is available for both 32 and 64 bit versions of XP, VIsta and Win7.

You didn't list your OS but here is the link for XP 32.

Link

If this is not your OS just designate the proper one at nVidia's site and search for 'Beta/Archived' drivers.

Good Luck,

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Edited October 3, 2009 by Akilez
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