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New Nvidia drivers (81.94)
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:05 pm
by Tormentius
Nvidia has released their 81.94 drivers and, among other things, they supposedly improve Q4 performance. I haven't had a chance to test them yet but post if they help your fps at all.Version Notes:
Adds support for GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and GeForce 6800 GS
Improved performance for Quake 4
Improved performance and compatibility for Call of Duty 2
Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI
TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI
Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI
Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs
PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support
Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:57 am
by jester!
They didnt really help. Test demo is the ggl demo from the consolidated time demo thread.
P4 3 gig
1 gig of ram
Geforce 3 Ti 200
Old Drivers - 8.1.8.5 - 10/10/2005
28.34 default.
49.93 tweaked.
After Update
29.71 default
49.96 tweaked
Default is whatever the game gives me by default, low settings at 800x600 I think.
Tweaked is fugly mode.
So if anything it helps render shadows just a touch better.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:41 am
by dzjepp
Game performance usually benefits the higher-end card models. Oh and hmmm, looks like they released a 512mb version of the 7800. Damn, wouldn't mind having a gig of video ram in sli mode.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:20 am
by Deathshroud
dzjepp wrote:Game performance usually benefits the higher-end card models. Oh and hmmm, looks like they released a 512mb version of the 7800. Damn, wouldn't mind having a gig of video ram in sli mode.
For some reason I don't think that it would be used as a gig of RAM. However, I would think that both cards would need to load all the same instructions and texture sets in order to make use of SLI; hence why it would only really be 512 megs.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:08 am
by Psyche911
Yeah, you're right Death. But it sounds better the other way?
It is 1GB, but only used as 512.
That thing is fucking insane, though.
Over 400 watts with 2 in SLI along with an A64 4400+. I'd hate to see 2 of them overclocked, along with an overclocked Prescott. Think they could top 600 watts?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:50 pm
by Guest
Wouldn't it be better if each card processed half of the screen?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:13 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
Toxic, please for the love of god look shit up before you post and make more of an idiot out of your self.
Seriously.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:23 pm
by Tormentius
AmIdYfReAk wrote:Toxic, please for the love of god look shit up before you post and make more of an idiot out of your self.
Seriously.
:icon14:
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:47 pm
by Psyche911
AmIdYfReAk wrote:Toxic, please for the love of god look shit up before you post and make more of an idiot out of your self.
Seriously.
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- wiping the tear from my eye.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:38 pm
by Deathshroud
Psyche911 wrote:
It is 1GB, but only used as 512.
That is what I meant.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:41 pm
by Magestic
The 512meg version not only has more RAM, but it also got seriously higher clockspeeds for both the GPU and RAM. It's ownage, and 2 of them in SLI snapped the 3DMark record like it was nothing...
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:30 am
by Psyche911
Magestic wrote:The 512meg version not only has more RAM, but it also got seriously higher clockspeeds for both the GPU and RAM. It's ownage, and 2 of them in SLI snapped the 3DMark record like it was nothing...
$1,500 later...