New nVidia Drivers [WHQL] 163.69 - September 18, 2007 - [Link Inside]

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

WHQL Certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.

Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLITM technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.

Improved compatibility for The Way It's Meant To Be PlayedTM game titles: BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, and World in Conflict.

Added HD video post-processing for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 HD content on the GeForce 8500 and 8600 series GPUs.

Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

you got my hopes up, its only for Vista.markebici

probably in a day or two, or even less, the xp whql will be up :D.

I've installed Beta few hours ago & Vista gaming rate got down to 5.5.

I will install them now (WHQL)

My 3dmark06 score increased with these drivers.

If I back off all overclocking my rig now racks up a respectable 9900 marks. With the drivers from about three months ago it was more like 9200.

They're improving...ever so slightly enough to let me break 11k in Vista...

so, if I understand other comments in other threads, you don't need to delete old drivers to update to new versions? People say different things on this, but I will install them in safe mode either way.Munkyman587

lol, i just download the setup and start to install.

[QUOTE="Munkyman587"]so, if I understand other comments in other threads, you don't need to delete old drivers to update to new versions? People say different things on this, but I will install them in safe mode either way.r3351925

lol, i just download the setup and start to install.

When I was having issues, both evga and BFG told me to only install drivers in safe mode (mobo, gfx, sound) because it is a "cleaner install." I don't know what that means exactly, but I have nothing to lose by doing it.

[QUOTE="r3351925"]

[QUOTE="Munkyman587"]so, if I understand other comments in other threads, you don't need to delete old drivers to update to new versions? People say different things on this, but I will install them in safe mode either way.Munkyman587

lol, i just download the setup and start to install.

When I was having issues, both evga and BFG told me to only install drivers in safe mode (mobo, gfx, sound) because it is a "cleaner install." I don't know what that means exactly, but I have nothing to lose by doing it.

lol yeah, nothing except restarting, pressing f8, waiting for the slow loading, the slow install in safe mode, then restarting. absolutly nothing :D.

[QUOTE="Munkyman587"][QUOTE="r3351925"]

[QUOTE="Munkyman587"]so, if I understand other comments in other threads, you don't need to delete old drivers to update to new versions? People say different things on this, but I will install them in safe mode either way.r3351925

lol, i just download the setup and start to install.

When I was having issues, both evga and BFG told me to only install drivers in safe mode (mobo, gfx, sound) because it is a "cleaner install." I don't know what that means exactly, but I have nothing to lose by doing it.

lol yeah, nothing except restarting, pressing f8, waiting for the slow loading, the slow install in safe mode, then restarting. absolutly nothing :D.

You honestly consider the start time for safe mode to be a "loss?" I am not exactly sure what an appropriate response to that would be... Needless to say, I would rather have the job done right than done quickly and incorrectly.

Damn, Performence to gaming rate is 5.5 with WHQL drivers & performence to Aero is 5.9.

Before both were 5.9 now firrst one is 5.5. WTF

Well, of course this driver doesn't fix my BioShock game from crashing, great, stupid drivers.ATLReppa770

Maybe the problem is from the game not the drivers ?

I've runned 3D Mark06 & my score is 3662 with this driver.

Before I've used 162.44 driver & got 4395 score. Nearly 800 difference.

Maybe I will reinstall my old drivers. WTF with these new drivers ?

I've runned 3D Mark06 & my score is 3662 with this driver.

Before I've used 162.44 driver & got 4395 score. Nearly 800 difference.

Maybe I will reinstall my old drivers. WTF with these new drivers ?

LahiruD

Sweet lord, am gonna uninstall them and install the 162 drivers. gonna b off for 5 mins :P.

[QUOTE="LahiruD"]

I've runned 3D Mark06 & my score is 3662 with this driver.

Before I've used 162.44 driver & got 4395 score. Nearly 800 difference.

Maybe I will reinstall my old drivers. WTF with these new drivers ?

r3351925

Sweet lord, am gonna uninstall them and install the 162 drivers. gonna b off for 5 mins :P.

I'm sorry not 162.44, it's 163.44

the installation instruction said a window will automaticly pop up saying ''previous drivers found'' and then unistall in automaticly... well that wasnt the case for me. Stupid **** just continued installing it and now I have 2 drivers lol :P

[QUOTE="r3351925"][QUOTE="LahiruD"]

I've runned 3D Mark06 & my score is 3662 with this driver.

Before I've used 162.44 driver & got 4395 score. Nearly 800 difference.

Maybe I will reinstall my old drivers. WTF with these new drivers ?

LahiruD

Sweet lord, am gonna uninstall them and install the 162 drivers. gonna b off for 5 mins :P.

I'm sorry not 162.44, it's 163.44

So what's the verdict? Get these new drivers or no? I'm currently on 163.44 and I can't say my performance sucks. Getting over 9000 on 3DMark06 already and I would rather it not go down.Koinuboy

I can tell a difference with the new drivers. Got a 8800gts, and Bioshock would give me crappy framerates at random times (mostly when just starting the game). It was obviously a driver issue, since the framerate drop wasn't dependent on the amount of action on the screen. Now it's very smooth.phan1