Thursday, April 30th 2009

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 185.81 BETA Drivers
NVIDIA today published a new version of its GeForce driver suite, this time including Windows 7 in the update. Version 185.81 of the driver has been released as a beta, meaning it is unsupported by product warranties. The following changes have been brought about:
- Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications
- Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso
- Accelerates performance in several 3D applications and, compared to Release 182 drivers, delivers:
o Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
o Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
o Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
o Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
o Up to 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
o Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror's Edge with antialiasing enabled - Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0408
- Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3
- Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
24 Comments on NVIDIA Releases GeForce 185.81 BETA Drivers
Now I can give some real Win 7 drivers a try, I hope you are right about them downclocking Live or Die, I have been using Vista drivers to solve that issue so far.
Downloading now. :)
These driver updates really do increase performance, and it feels like even more than the %s they give (tested on 9800GX2) Course, after all was said and done, with the latest drivers, my 9800GX2 was beating GTX285s by 5-6%, except on crysis for some reason.
Ill give you an X850XT, it will perform better than the 8400GS. You know you want it, and i know you like AGP.
Edit: Just read your specs: You did upgrade!!! hows it going?
hope they drop the core clock even when steam is running.
30% on a CPU limited application? NICE! :D
Only seem to be happening with the 185.81 or higher?
Its not a big deal, but its kinda scary. Yea most likely i will get it, all depends on what i find at best buy for my price range.