claylomaxJust two weeks after the last one; last Nvidia WHQL driver was almost two months ago.

Desktop may dim after exiting "Mafia II" game on some cards

Changes to HDMI display scaling might fail to be retained after system reboot

claylomaxJust two weeks after the last one; last Nvidia WHQL driver was almost two months ago.

claylomaxJust two weeks after the last one; last Nvidia WHQL driver was almost two months ago.

nvidiaintelftwnvidia doesnt need to release as many drivers. They are solid already unlike ati's

nvidiaintelftwnvidia doesnt need to release as many drivers. They are solid already unlike ati's

erockerThat's somewhat of a blanket statement. I have not had an issue with an ATi driver in the past year at least. Plus, do these driver make any difference to what you use?

Just started using the 10.9's and so far so good as usual.

nvidiaintelftwnvidia doesnt need to release as many drivers. They are solid already unlike ati's

KenshaiBuddy with a GTX480 was having issues with these drivers retaining 2d clocks in games running in windowed mode. Just be on the lookout if you play games in windowed mode.

overclocking101with this driver i loose all voltage control on my card (GTX280) i cannot increase nor deacrese, WTF!! idk what nvidia changed but they changed something. im rolling back

NVIDIA pulls 196.75 driver amid reports it's frying graphics cards

One of the discussions that arise anytime we bring up a new graphics card from ATI or NVIDIA is about which company has the better drivers. Well, this should help sway the argument a little bit. It would seem StarCraft II Beta players were among the first to notice low frame rates while using the latest drivers from NVIDIA, and further digging has uncovered that the automated fan-controlling part of said firmware was failing to act as intended. The result? Overheated chips, diminished performance, and in some extreme cases, death (of the GPU, we think the users will be okay). The totality of it is that you should avoid the 196.75 iteration like the plague, and NVIDIA has temporarily yanked the update while investigating the reported issues. Shame that the company hasn't got any warnings up on its site to tell those who've installed the update but haven't yet nuked their graphics card to roll back their drivers, but that's what you've got us for, right?

www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/nvidia-pulls-196-75-driver-amid-reports-its-frying-graphics-car/

Nvidia Driver Bug Stops Overclocking; Fix Soon
Nvidia earlier this week released the new GeForce/Ion drivers version 196.21, which added SLI and multi-GPU support for many new gaming titles as well as upgraded PhysX System Software to version 9.09.1112. But as with any new software, there's always the chance of a bug that'll cause some unintended results.

Enthusiasts who like to overclock quickly found that their once trusted overclocking software didn't work as it did in previous versions. Specifically, tweaking software RivaTuner V2.24C, EVGA Precision V1.9.0, and Galaxy MagicPanel HD all had problems in managing at least one of the core, shader, or memory clocks, according to Expreview.

Nvidia today confirmed with Tom's Hardware that the driver's behavior with overclocking tools is indeed a software bug and that an updated driver package is being worked on at the current time. Stay tuned.

www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-driver-software-overclocking-bug,9489.html

Mr McCI might try these if I hear positive reports, thanks for the reminder.

erockerSo far no difference from 10.8's. I have about a 4-ish FPS boost in Mafia II. BCBC2 is working fine, loads up fast. Left 4 Dead 1&2 no issues. One thing I recommend is going into the video settings and turning down all of the "denoise" and "deblocking" type options down to at least 20 for best video quality. It seems the default settings like to overdo things a bit. * I went by the guide, it's 2nd nature to me now. :)

Mr McCThe guide is great, thanks for that. You have persuaded me to try these out.

ERazerwat guide? am i messing out on something?

erockerHere: How To: Reinstall Video Drivers (Quick Guide)

Honestly though, it's really not necessary to do. :)

nvidiaintelftwnvidia doesnt need to release as many drivers. They are solid already unlike ati's

Open Windows XP Issues in Version 258.96
As with every released driver, version 258.96 has open issues and enhancement requests
associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not
implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly
investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround
solutions.
For notebook computers, many of these issues are system‐specific and may not be seen
on your particular notebook.
 “NVIDIA Recommendations” on page 9
 “Windows XP 32‐bit Issues” on page 9
 “Windows XP 64‐bit Issues” on page 11
NVIDIA Recommendations
 Single display modes such as TV‐only, DFP/LCD‐only, or CRT‐only provide the best
performance and quality from Windows Media Center Edition.
Dual display modes such as Dualview and nView Clone and Span modes are not
recommended when using the Windows Media Center.
Windows XP 32-bit Issues
NVIDIA Issues—Single-GPU
All GPUs
 HQV DVD shows corruption when played using Windows Media Player.[302235]
GeForce 400 Series
 GeForce 400/200 Series: Borderlands–while playing the game with ambient occlusion
enabled and Dynamic Shadows turned on, shadow corruption occurs when changing
the game resolution. [646331]
GeForce 9 Series
 GeForce 9800 GT: Lineage 2–the game world is extremely dark. [531486]
 GeForce 9800 GTX: Changes made on the “Adjust Screen Size and Position” page are
not saved after changing the HD formats. [524751]
 GeForce 9600 GT: The HDMI TV momentarily goes blank when playing an audio clip
(using HD audio) and then switching to full‐screen mode. [674934]
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GeForce 8 Series GPUs
 GeForce 8800 GTX: Flat panel scaling control is unavailable when the display
resolution is less than 1920x1440. [501230]
 GeForce 8800 GTX: Half‐Life 2 Episode 1–purple textures appear with 16xQ CSAA
enabled at 2560x1600 resolution.[302602]
 GeForce 8800 GTX: The TV desktop cannot be resized using the NVIDIA Control
Panel. [674417]
 GeForce 8400: The primary Dualview display cannot be switched. [508817]
 GeForce 8400 SE: The NVIDIA Control Panel shows non‐HDCP capable GPUs as
HDCP capable. [521675]
GeForce 8M Series GPUs
 GeForce 8800M GTX: NHL 2009–forcing Vertical Sync off using the NVIDIA Control
Panel causes the game’s main menu to not be displayed. [619351]
GeForce 7 Series GPUs
 GeForce 7 Series: Supreme Commander 2–blocky corruption appears at the edges of
the water at all detail levels. [657045]
 GeForce 7 Series: 709 color space is not present during playback of Blu‐ray discs or HD
DVDs.[263124]
 GeForce 7600 GT: ʺThe Battle Of The Middle Earth IIʺ–corruption occurs when loading
the game.[261274]
 GeForce 7300 GS: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition–color corruption appears after
launching with the default settings. [359015]
GeForce 6 Series GPUs
 GeForce 8 Series, GeForce 6600: HQV DVD shows corruption when played using
Windows Media Player.[302235]
NVIDIA Issues—Multi-GPU
All GPUs
 [SLI]: The NVIDIA logo in the Adjust Image Settings with Preview page does not
rotate and shows corruption after switching to the display connected to the SLI slave
GPU. [402589]
GeForce 200 Series
 [SLI], GeForce 200 Series, GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce 8500 GT: World in Conflict–the
radar in the game flickers. [532526]
GeForce 9 Series GPUs
 [SLI], GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 8500/8400/8300: Changes made from the Resize
HDTV Settings page are note saved after enabling SLI mode. [529759]
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GeForce 8 Series GPUs
 [SLI], GeForce 8600 GT: Battlefield 2–there is texture corruption on the wall in ʺGulf
Of Omanʺ map. [350931]
 [SLI], GeForce 8300/8400/8500/8600: Blue‐screen crash occurs when using the Set SLI
Output control to switch from a display on the SLI master GPU to a display on the SLI
slave GPU.
This occurs with “bridgeless” SLI configurations. When there is no SLI bridge connector, you
can use only the displays connected to the SLI master GPU.
GeForce 8M Series GPUs
 [SLI], GeForce 8800M GTX: With SLI mode enabled, The NVIDIA Control Panel does
not refresh the DVI monitor entry after hot unplugging and then hot plugging the
DVI. [536617]
 [SLI], GeForce 8700M: Dead Space–the application launches to a black screen. [544198]
Windows XP 64-bit Issues
NVIDIA Issues—Single GPU
 GeForce GTX 280: Call of Duty: World at War–there is flickering within the smoke.
[531341]
NVIDIA Issues—Multi-GPU
 [SLI]: After installing the driver, the nView Desktop Manager option is not available
in the system tray, and no ʺSLIʺ pop‐up appears. [663291]
 [SLI], GeForce 200 Series, GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce 8500 GT: World in Conflict–the
radar in the game flickers. [532526]

Windows Vista/Windows 7 32-bit Issues
Single GPU Issues
 GeForce 9800 GX2: After overinstalling the graphics driver without rebooting the
system, the driver vanishes/unloads while trying to disable multi‐GPU mode from the
NVIDIA Control Panel. [626740]
 GeForce 9600M GT: HD resolutions 1080p, 1080i, and 576p cannot be applied.
[616739]
 Quadro FX 3700M: Blue‐screen crash occurs when hot‐plugging the DisplayPort
panel. [663922]
 Quadro FX 1600M: With the notebook connected to a docking station, the DVI display
is not detected when hot‐plugged. [657660]
Windows Vista/Windows 7 64-bit Issues
Single GPU Issues
 Half Life 2: Episode 2–the in‐game brightness is greatly reduced if Enhanced or
Override AA is enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [429254]
 ION: Several DirectX games (e.g. RUSE or Assassin’s Creed) are not rendered
properly when played at 1600x900 resolution. [681809]
 GeForce GTS 250M: With Dualview mode enabled and the desktop set to either
portrait or portrait‐flipped rotation, the primary display cannot be changed. [662136]
Multi-GPU Issues
 [SLI]: The NVIDIA Control Panel takes a long time to open. [673062]
 [Quad‐SLI], GeForce GTX 295: On a Quad‐SLI system, the NVIDIA Control Panel
shows an Enable Multi‐GPU option instead of Enable Quad SLI. [638635]
 [SLI], GeForce 9600 GT: The display resolution switches to 800x600 from1920x1200
after enabling SLI mode. [592469]