Figures, I finally just got around to downloading and installing the 163.67 Betas...:mad:

Oh well, at least nvidia seems to be getting back up to speed on their driver game.

Well, I for one am glad nVidia is working harder on the drivers.

WeerWell, I for one am glad nVidia is working harder on the drivers.

Look at my rigs...I'm glad too!:toast:

Nvidia is on the ball with their driver releases..Im thoroughly impressed.

You think this will be usefull for my Nvidia 7 series card?:confused::confused:

Yes

Anyone using these? I'm thinking about downloading them just for the sake of it.

Eh, the last note sounds somewhat appealing, but..

whatever happened to the 'public statement' about the FPS issue with 8800s, particularly the 320mb version, that was supposedly to be fixed 'soon,' which was as of now, a couple months ago ?

Is this beta stable? Anyone know?

The beta has been perfect for me. No crashes whatsoever. (Bioshock, W.I.C., BF2142 & 2, Quake Wars demo etc..)

newconroerEh, the last note sounds somewhat appealing, but..

whatever happened to the 'public statement' about the FPS issue with 8800s, particularly the 320mb version, that was supposedly to be fixed 'soon,' which was as of now, a couple months ago ?

What FPS issue?

I'm using the Xtreme G Warcats 163.44's....their quick! Might give these a try tho.

I wonder if this update will fix the random FPS drops in CS:S...

I can no longer overclock my card with either ati tool or riva tuner with these drivers:(

:DLooks like RivaTuner 2.04 was just released as of ten minutes ago. How convenient!!!:D

Crap! With the 2.04's the same damn thing!? Can't OC?

newconroerEh, the last note sounds somewhat appealing, but..

whatever happened to the 'public statement' about the FPS issue with 8800s, particularly the 320mb version, that was supposedly to be fixed 'soon,' which was as of now, a couple months ago ?

that was fixed for some people in the 163.67 drivers. it was mentioned in the release notes, i believe.

163.69 WHQL drivers are now available:
Windows Vista x64
Windows Vista x32

These new drivers work great with W.I.C. and cysis. I can OC again, YAY!:D

These drivers but a nice load of fps on TF2, but still the games suffers plenty of fps spikes.

If the FPS spikes are still occuring then either they didn't 'fix' it, or, people are expecting too much from the GPUs.

ktrThese drivers but a nice load of fps on TF2, but still the games suffers plenty of fps spikes.

TF2 is still beta isn't it?

I know some of you were wondering about the 8800 320mb texture slowdown fix... I found this on firingsquad.com.:

"One undocumented issue that has been fixed in ForceWare 163.69 is the random slowdown bug that affected GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB cards. As a result of the bug, in some cases performance would suddenly drop dramatically. Users would have to alt-tab out and then back into the game (clearing the card’s video memory) to resolve this issue. ForceWare 163.69 fixes this issue, so gamers with GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB cards who have encountered this issue will definitely want to give the new driver a try."

Personally I've noticed an up in perforance all around with my 640mb card.