Forcewares 163.44 optimized for bioshock

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#1 stif42
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You can find them on this page ;)

And the graw 2 shadow bug is fixed !

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#2 firefly026
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Already got them.
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#3 smokeydabear076
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Thanks.
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#4 WOP_4_LIFE
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they REALLY make a difference!!
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Thanks bro.
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#6 WOP_4_LIFE
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Already got them.firefly026

they i got about the same pc as u :) what fps u you getting? i got anything from 40 to 130 all max dx10 1280x1024..game RUNS so good i can belive it, I love dx10 water lol

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Awesome thanks.
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#8 nick1689
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Because its in beta stage will it have any negative effects?? When will the final release of the driver come out??
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#9 DarKre
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Because its in beta stage will it have any negative effects?? When will the final release of the driver come out??nick1689

No, sometimes they never release a driver out from beta, other times all they do is put a "WHQL" stamp on it and call it official without doing much else.

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#10 StephenHu
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Do they allow classic control panel? after the new one for XP, I could'nt use classic
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#11 firefly026
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[QUOTE="firefly026"]Already got them.WOP_4_LIFE

they i got about the same pc as u :) what fps u you getting? i got anything from 40 to 130 all max dx10 1280x1024..game RUNS so good i can belive it, I love dx10 water lol

I'm getting an average of 60, occasionally dipping down into the 40's. Very happy with the performance.
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#12 nick1689
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I just had some trouble with installing 163.44. After i installed it i pressed restart later (because i was downloading Bioshock demo), then Vista came up with a message that i didnt install properly. So then all of a sudden internet explorer had 'a problem' and had to close. Bye bye bioshock download.

I then pressed reinstall again, however half way through, a message popped up saying that the problem was that i used the 32 bit driver when my system wasnt 32 bit... well it is. It closed the install wizard so i restarted the computer. When it was booting up it siad configuring updates, this is what it says after i always install a new driver. Do you reckon it installed properly?

How do i find out what driver my system has?? I cant find it..

Thanks

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#14 LagAssassinVash
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And the graw 2 shadow bug is fixed !

stif42

So does this mean I can play GRAW 2 PC for longer then 5 minutes cuz of a grapical Error?

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I just had some trouble with installing 163.44. After i installed it i pressed restart later (because i was downloading Bioshock demo), then Vista came up with a messagethat i didnt install properly. So then all of a sudden internet explorer had 'a problem' and had to close. Bye bye bioshock download.

I then pressed reinstall again, however half way through, a message popped up saying that the problem was that i used the 32 bit driver when my system wasnt 32 bit... well it is. It closed the install wizard so i restarted the computer. When it was booting up it siad configuring updates, this is what it says after i always install a new driver. Do you reckon it installed properly?

How do i find out what driver my system has?? I cant find it..

Thanks

nick1689

go to run>dxdiag

then go to display tab and under Drivers and beside version it should say 6.14.0011.6344

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#17 LagAssassinVash
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[QUOTE="stif42"]

And the graw 2 shadow bug is fixed !

LagAssassinVash

So does this mean I can play GRAW 2 PC for longer then 5 minutes cuz of a grapical Error?

Answer is!!! LOL NOPE!

Crash in application version: 30553.2792

Could not load geometry because IDirect3D9::CreateVertexBuffer failed.
This device does not support the queried technique.

Renderer: threaded
Physics : threaded

GG!

Also BioShock keeps crashing. I have to Reset my PC every darn time.

Intel C2 Duo 2.13ghz
1g ram
Nvidia 7600GT


P.S.This totally blows

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#18 nick1689
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Thanks, but the version says: 7.15.0011.6344 (English)

Thats seems like an updated version of urs, is your driver 163.44, The newest beta driver?

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#19 boyd62
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did you download the drivers for vista or XP? both drivers are on the same page, different link.

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#20 Miguel16
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yup mine is newest beta driver. The bioshock game directed me to the beta downloads page after i finished installing the pc game copy..

Thanks, but the version says: 7.15.0011.6344 (English)

Thats seems like an updated version of urs, is your driver 163.44, The newest beta driver?

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#21 nick1689
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hmm, its the vista one. Ill try installing the driver again once i install the bioshock demo. Ill come back then

Thanks for all the help

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#22 Miguel16
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hmm, its the vista one. Ill try installing the driver again once i install the bioshock demo. Ill come back then

Thanks for all the help

nick1689

oh well thats i have was 8800 drivers for XP. Your drivers are probably all set.

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#23 MikeE21286
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I got them....definitely looks crisper than the 360 version....however I am disappointed in the difference between the two versions. I believe that the 360 and PC difference is minimal honestly. I mean the biggest things are this.

360 runs at what seems to be a locked 30 FPS and the Bioshock runs muuuuch smoother

Kb/M is obviously better than the control pad

The game seems to be very well optimized....People told me I couldn't max it out on my CPU in DX 10 (which I max out a HIGH FPS actually)

Dx10 features do not stand out if they are even really there at all. I honestly couldn't tell the difference sometimes.

No AAoption for the PC version is disappointing......

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#24 LagAssassinVash
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No AAoption for the PC version is disappointing......

MikeE21286

Im hoping Full has AA!

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#25 Deihmos
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I got them....definitely looks crisper than the 360 version....however I am disappointed in the difference between the two versions. I believe that the 360 and PC difference is minimal honestly. I mean the biggest things are this.

360 runs at what seems to be a locked 30 FPS and the Bioshock runs muuuuch smoother

Kb/M is obviously better than the control pad

The game seems to be very well optimized....People told me I couldn't max it out on my CPU in DX 10 (which I max out a HIGH FPS actually)

Dx10 features do not stand out if they are even really there at all. I honestly couldn't tell the difference sometimes.

No AAoption for the PC version is disappointing......

MikeE21286

There isn't much going on in this game hence the reason it looks so good and plays smooth. Doesn't seem to be a game that will have many characters on screen at the same time either.

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#26 greatmax1
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i really doubt there will be AA, because i think this engine uses deferred shading (or lighting ) and AA and AF have no effect at all, just like in stalker.
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#27 BounceDK
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162.18 works great, nothing wrong with those.
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#28 nick1689
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Could someone confirm for me that when you go into dxdiag the version of the latest driver (163.44) is 7.15.0011.6344 (English). This is for Vista 32bit

Thanks

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#29 stif42
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Yep this is the same.

For installing a new driver : first, uninstall them, reboot, run driver cleaner, then install new driver.

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#30 irelevent
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I just had some trouble with installing 163.44. After i installed it i pressed restart later (because i was downloading Bioshock demo), then Vista came up with a message that i didnt install properly. So then all of a sudden internet explorer had 'a problem' and had to close. Bye bye bioshock download.

I then pressed reinstall again, however half way through, a message popped up saying that the problem was that i used the 32 bit driver when my system wasnt 32 bit... well it is. It closed the install wizard so i restarted the computer. When it was booting up it siad configuring updates, this is what it says after i always install a new driver. Do you reckon it installed properly?

How do i find out what driver my system has?? I cant find it..

Thanks

nick1689

when that comes up your supposed to say that the driver installed correctly...

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#31 the_ChEeSe_mAn2
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The demo version that I downloaded came with the beta drivers. I installed them but when it asked to replace some file that was newer than the source, which I thought were the beta drivers), I declined. Anyways, the game still looked amazing and performance doesn't take a hit.
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#33 ikwal
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[QUOTE="firefly026"]Already got them.WOP_4_LIFE

they i got about the same pc as u :) what fps u you getting? i got anything from 40 to 130 all max dx10 1280x1024..game RUNS so good i can belive it, I love dx10 water lol

What program do you use to see the FPS in games?

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#34 rimnet00
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Thanks, but the version says: 7.15.0011.6344 (English)

Thats seems like an updated version of urs, is your driver 163.44, The newest beta driver?

nick1689

Look again :P
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#35 stif42
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[QUOTE="WOP_4_LIFE"]

[QUOTE="firefly026"]Already got them.ikwal

they i got about the same pc as u :) what fps u you getting? i got anything from 40 to 130 all max dx10 1280x1024..game RUNS so good i can belive it, I love dx10 water lol

What program do you use to see the FPS in games?

You can use latest version of fraps to have fps ingame, take screenshots and videos.

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#36 zeus_gb
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Just downloaded them and i'll install them tonight.