New Nvidia Driver ... Real performance gains

[3Sqn_Fudd]

Looks like the new set has some real improvements, not just some 3dMark tweaks... Grab them and report... doing so now

 

XP32 158.19 = http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=10

[SuperKungFu]

i really do hope that nvidia would look into the dark shadow problem for lock on and fix it in their drivers. I assume this one doesn't fix it as well? But ill look into the performance gain.

[PoleCat]

Working well here! Nice performance increase for me.

 

Out

[hitman]

Ill have to wait until they have a mod inf file for it...

[SuperKungFu]

yea same here, need the inf file, when someone makes it, could you post it here.

[Mustang]

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=2224526

[hitman]

I dont see anything there pertaining to a modded inf file...or anything that suggests that its compatible with go7300 cards :(

[rockwelder]

Hey Polecat whats your specs?

[Mustang]

Heres an .inf file for the 165.01's http://files-upload.com/172350/nv_disp.inf.html

[hitman]

Still no-joy. Ill try again when registering.

 

Edit: still no joy.

[SuperKungFu]

bump, just wanted to see how mant were getting increase fps in lock on.

[3Sqn_Fudd]

bump, just wanted to see how mant were getting increase fps in lock on.

 

Well my rig is a bit out of sorts right now... im on one stick of ram, but I can tell there was a jump

[hitman]

Well that link Mustang provided for the modded inf works now...Ill give it a shot and post results here momentarily.

 

Ok...Now I get this dumbass error saying that it doesnt detect a Vista 32 operating system.

[VMFA-Blaze]

I just installed them and tried them out in game play... I've found on my rig that there's about a 10 to 15 FPS increase..

 

The detail is now much clearer than before.. You can get a visual on aircraft much sooner.. And it addressed some of the shader issues that I had before..

 

There were actually some seams visible in ground texture, this has been completely eliminated .. Although the cockpit shimmering around the gauges is still present it has been diminished..

 

So I'm quite happy with these as they have made a good improvement..

 

I'll need to do some further testing though to get the complete picture...

 

~S~

 

Blaze

[Rhino104]

I am still having the shader issue with the 8800 GTX

[VMFA-Blaze]

The shadow bug unfortunatly still exists for me even with these new drivers.. The white splotches are still persent around the leading edges of aircraft with full shadows, again causeing me to lower this this setting from full to all planer..

 

Everything else is either on high or at full settings..

 

So all in all, I'm finding that there is real improvement with these drivers they still don't totally correcting all of the infamous Lock On issues...

 

But Lock On was written in DX8, so they're are awsome considering this... And because of this inheriant problem, I'm definatly going to try out the the new ATI card for DX10 with the AMD GPU chip, and if its a winner I'll most likely go with crossfire...

[VMFA-Blaze]

DP sorry