Question about Forceware Drivers

[banjo]

I have never tried Forceware drivers but am aware of them. Do any of you NV owners use them, and if so, why? I have a 7600GS 500 mb card.

Thanks.

[Quillan]

If you have a 7600, you're using Forceware drivers. That's the name of the official nVidia drivers. I'm running the current set, Forceware 169.21 WHQL (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html).

[DeepIron]

If you have a 7600, you're using Forceware drivers. That's the name of the official nVidia drivers. I'm running the current set, Forceware 169.21 WHQL (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html).I have the same card.... The 169.21 drivers are the last "official" drivers. You can also find a 174.xx series (beta) BUT while it helped DirectX, it broke some OpenGL stuff... I reverted back to 169.21....

If you want to tweak your card you could try Rivatuner: http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner

However, be VERY DAMN SURE you know what you're doing...

[banjo]

Thanks. Interestingly, I had serious stability problems (stirations, blue screen of death, etc.) with the 169 drivers. Went back to the 168 (or whatever the previous set was) and all is well.

[LukeFF]

I have the same card.... The 169.21 drivers are the last "official" drivers. You can also find a 174.xx series (beta) BUT while it helped DirectX, it broke some OpenGL stuff... I reverted back to 169.21....

Same here. The 174.74 drivers are great, but when combined with the 8800-series cards SH4 doesn't really like them (i.e., the game would crash without warning). Thankfully, the 169.21s work just fine with all the games I have on my system, including SH4. :up:

[Sirkam]

I have a 7600GT 256 Mb and i actually use the BETA drivers (Forceware).
If you want to overclok your graphic card, be caution (You can break the graphic card). I overclock my GF (600Mhz core) and i couldn't see any fps gain in SH4.