Geforce 257.15 Drivers Out
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I have literally installed and uninstalled these drivers and the older release set a few times tonight. While these new drivers do fix the Bad Company 2 load times and increases the performance some, I am not seeing the "huge" increases some people are saying. Most of those people are running strictly 2D anyway and any gains we get in performance get basically halved in 3D. I do see some increase with Metro 2033 but only by a few frames per second at 1920X1080, DX11 and everything but advanced DoF turned on. I am using AAA as opposed to 4xMSAA because the game is too slow still for my likes. My synthetic benchmarks are slightly improved but nothing to write home about.

On the other hand, Just Cause 2 too a pretty big hit in performance for me. For my test section I went from low 30s minimum to mid 20s and the performance was consistant that way through out. I noticed about a 20-25% decrease in performance which I consider substantial. I have even had profiles disappear from the control panel for no apparent reason. The deal breaker for me is the fact that with the new way Nvidia handles game profiles, Nhancer doesn't work. There are still some older games I need that program for, like Witcher, for instance.

I am back to the older 197 drivers for the time being and will wait for a new set of beta drivers and/or the release of Nhancer that works for these.
I have literally installed and uninstalled these drivers and the older release set a few times tonight. While these new drivers do fix the Bad Company 2 load times and increases the performance some, I am not seeing the "huge" increases some people are saying. Most of those people are running strictly 2D anyway and any gains we get in performance get basically halved in 3D. I do see some increase with Metro 2033 but only by a few frames per second at 1920X1080, DX11 and everything but advanced DoF turned on. I am using AAA as opposed to 4xMSAA because the game is too slow still for my likes. My synthetic benchmarks are slightly improved but nothing to write home about.



On the other hand, Just Cause 2 too a pretty big hit in performance for me. For my test section I went from low 30s minimum to mid 20s and the performance was consistant that way through out. I noticed about a 20-25% decrease in performance which I consider substantial. I have even had profiles disappear from the control panel for no apparent reason. The deal breaker for me is the fact that with the new way Nvidia handles game profiles, Nhancer doesn't work. There are still some older games I need that program for, like Witcher, for instance.



I am back to the older 197 drivers for the time being and will wait for a new set of beta drivers and/or the release of Nhancer that works for these.

#61
Posted 05/25/2010 11:55 AM   
I have literally installed and uninstalled these drivers and the older release set a few times tonight. While these new drivers do fix the Bad Company 2 load times and increases the performance some, I am not seeing the "huge" increases some people are saying. Most of those people are running strictly 2D anyway and any gains we get in performance get basically halved in 3D. I do see some increase with Metro 2033 but only by a few frames per second at 1920X1080, DX11 and everything but advanced DoF turned on. I am using AAA as opposed to 4xMSAA because the game is too slow still for my likes. My synthetic benchmarks are slightly improved but nothing to write home about.

On the other hand, Just Cause 2 too a pretty big hit in performance for me. For my test section I went from low 30s minimum to mid 20s and the performance was consistant that way through out. I noticed about a 20-25% decrease in performance which I consider substantial. I have even had profiles disappear from the control panel for no apparent reason. The deal breaker for me is the fact that with the new way Nvidia handles game profiles, Nhancer doesn't work. There are still some older games I need that program for, like Witcher, for instance.

I am back to the older 197 drivers for the time being and will wait for a new set of beta drivers and/or the release of Nhancer that works for these.
I have literally installed and uninstalled these drivers and the older release set a few times tonight. While these new drivers do fix the Bad Company 2 load times and increases the performance some, I am not seeing the "huge" increases some people are saying. Most of those people are running strictly 2D anyway and any gains we get in performance get basically halved in 3D. I do see some increase with Metro 2033 but only by a few frames per second at 1920X1080, DX11 and everything but advanced DoF turned on. I am using AAA as opposed to 4xMSAA because the game is too slow still for my likes. My synthetic benchmarks are slightly improved but nothing to write home about.



On the other hand, Just Cause 2 too a pretty big hit in performance for me. For my test section I went from low 30s minimum to mid 20s and the performance was consistant that way through out. I noticed about a 20-25% decrease in performance which I consider substantial. I have even had profiles disappear from the control panel for no apparent reason. The deal breaker for me is the fact that with the new way Nvidia handles game profiles, Nhancer doesn't work. There are still some older games I need that program for, like Witcher, for instance.



I am back to the older 197 drivers for the time being and will wait for a new set of beta drivers and/or the release of Nhancer that works for these.

#62
Posted 05/25/2010 11:55 AM   
[quote name='Xerion404' post='1061530' date='May 25 2010, 06:20 AM']To those who have the driver working fine: How exactly did you install it? Uninstalled old driver and ran driversweeper in safe mode and such, or just installed over the old drivers?[/quote]

Boot normally.
Uninstall all drivers associated to Nvidia video/stereo/physx from Add/Remove.
Reboot to safe mode
Run driversweeper.
Reboot back into normal.
Right-click new driver install file.
Run as Admin.
[quote name='Xerion404' post='1061530' date='May 25 2010, 06:20 AM']To those who have the driver working fine: How exactly did you install it? Uninstalled old driver and ran driversweeper in safe mode and such, or just installed over the old drivers?



Boot normally.

Uninstall all drivers associated to Nvidia video/stereo/physx from Add/Remove.

Reboot to safe mode

Run driversweeper.

Reboot back into normal.

Right-click new driver install file.

Run as Admin.

eVGA Z68 SLI | Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.5 GHz | Corsair Hydro Series H100i
16GB G.Skill Sniper Series DDR3 | MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G SLIed | OCZ ZX 1000W
OCZ Agility3 120 GB SSD + Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB SSD
Samsung UN55D6000 + Samsung T240
Win10 Pro x64 / WEI - 8.2 - 8.2 - 8.9 - 8.9 - 7.9
3DMark Fire Strike: 15648
F@H Team: 142900

#63
Posted 05/25/2010 01:46 PM   
[quote name='Xerion404' post='1061530' date='May 25 2010, 06:20 AM']To those who have the driver working fine: How exactly did you install it? Uninstalled old driver and ran driversweeper in safe mode and such, or just installed over the old drivers?[/quote]

Boot normally.
Uninstall all drivers associated to Nvidia video/stereo/physx from Add/Remove.
Reboot to safe mode
Run driversweeper.
Reboot back into normal.
Right-click new driver install file.
Run as Admin.
[quote name='Xerion404' post='1061530' date='May 25 2010, 06:20 AM']To those who have the driver working fine: How exactly did you install it? Uninstalled old driver and ran driversweeper in safe mode and such, or just installed over the old drivers?



Boot normally.

Uninstall all drivers associated to Nvidia video/stereo/physx from Add/Remove.

Reboot to safe mode

Run driversweeper.

Reboot back into normal.

Right-click new driver install file.

Run as Admin.

eVGA Z68 SLI | Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.5 GHz | Corsair Hydro Series H100i
16GB G.Skill Sniper Series DDR3 | MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G SLIed | OCZ ZX 1000W
OCZ Agility3 120 GB SSD + Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB SSD
Samsung UN55D6000 + Samsung T240
Win10 Pro x64 / WEI - 8.2 - 8.2 - 8.9 - 8.9 - 7.9
3DMark Fire Strike: 15648
F@H Team: 142900

#64
Posted 05/25/2010 01:46 PM   
OK I did the exact same thing as the poster above. However I have the problems I stated earlier. Fallout 3 only starts without a crash with SLI disabled and Metro 2033 will crash on start no matter what. I'm now back on the 1.25 CD drivers. I see most are running 480 cards though, I'm on 2x280 with an extra 8800GT for more screens and PhysX. Perhaps the latter is causing it... CBA to remove it though...
OK I did the exact same thing as the poster above. However I have the problems I stated earlier. Fallout 3 only starts without a crash with SLI disabled and Metro 2033 will crash on start no matter what. I'm now back on the 1.25 CD drivers. I see most are running 480 cards though, I'm on 2x280 with an extra 8800GT for more screens and PhysX. Perhaps the latter is causing it... CBA to remove it though...

Current Rig: |Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6GHz, EVGA X58 Classified 4-way SLI, 6 GB ram, Geforce GTX670| -> |Acer H5360 + Nvidia 3D Vision|

#65
Posted 05/25/2010 02:39 PM   
OK I did the exact same thing as the poster above. However I have the problems I stated earlier. Fallout 3 only starts without a crash with SLI disabled and Metro 2033 will crash on start no matter what. I'm now back on the 1.25 CD drivers. I see most are running 480 cards though, I'm on 2x280 with an extra 8800GT for more screens and PhysX. Perhaps the latter is causing it... CBA to remove it though...
OK I did the exact same thing as the poster above. However I have the problems I stated earlier. Fallout 3 only starts without a crash with SLI disabled and Metro 2033 will crash on start no matter what. I'm now back on the 1.25 CD drivers. I see most are running 480 cards though, I'm on 2x280 with an extra 8800GT for more screens and PhysX. Perhaps the latter is causing it... CBA to remove it though...

Current Rig: |Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6GHz, EVGA X58 Classified 4-way SLI, 6 GB ram, Geforce GTX670| -> |Acer H5360 + Nvidia 3D Vision|

#66
Posted 05/25/2010 02:39 PM   
Take a look at the link in my signature. Follow all the steps and see if that helps.
Take a look at the link in my signature. Follow all the steps and see if that helps.

#67
Posted 05/25/2010 02:46 PM   
Take a look at the link in my signature. Follow all the steps and see if that helps.
Take a look at the link in my signature. Follow all the steps and see if that helps.

#68
Posted 05/25/2010 02:46 PM   
[quote name='DJNOOB' post='1061559' date='May 25 2010, 06:54 AM']For those of you having low GPU usage in BFBC2, try using the SLI AA modes. You'll see your GPU usage go straight up.

JC2, no such luck. Still runs like crap. At this point I'm thinking that the game just isn't coded properly for multi-gpu set-ups.[/quote]


jc2 runs really good in mine with the new drivers.. i can play it really smooth with 3d on.. now am goin to try that bfbc2 settings.
am really new to sli, just got my new rig on friday and i don't understand how do u use sli profiles?
[quote name='DJNOOB' post='1061559' date='May 25 2010, 06:54 AM']For those of you having low GPU usage in BFBC2, try using the SLI AA modes. You'll see your GPU usage go straight up.



JC2, no such luck. Still runs like crap. At this point I'm thinking that the game just isn't coded properly for multi-gpu set-ups.





jc2 runs really good in mine with the new drivers.. i can play it really smooth with 3d on.. now am goin to try that bfbc2 settings.

am really new to sli, just got my new rig on friday and i don't understand how do u use sli profiles?

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Acer HN274H
30" IPS Pro Monitor WQXGA 2560x1600
Mitsubishi 60737 60" DLP HDTV

Core i7 3820 @4.8ghz

16GB DDR3 1600

ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Professional LGA 2011

SeaSonic X-SERIES X-1050 1050W

Windows 7 Ultimate x64

ASUS GTX titan SLI

Sennheiser pc 360 with Asus Xonar Essence STX

Bose Companion 3 Series II

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#69
Posted 05/25/2010 07:29 PM   
[quote name='DJNOOB' post='1061559' date='May 25 2010, 06:54 AM']For those of you having low GPU usage in BFBC2, try using the SLI AA modes. You'll see your GPU usage go straight up.

JC2, no such luck. Still runs like crap. At this point I'm thinking that the game just isn't coded properly for multi-gpu set-ups.[/quote]


jc2 runs really good in mine with the new drivers.. i can play it really smooth with 3d on.. now am goin to try that bfbc2 settings.
am really new to sli, just got my new rig on friday and i don't understand how do u use sli profiles?
[quote name='DJNOOB' post='1061559' date='May 25 2010, 06:54 AM']For those of you having low GPU usage in BFBC2, try using the SLI AA modes. You'll see your GPU usage go straight up.



JC2, no such luck. Still runs like crap. At this point I'm thinking that the game just isn't coded properly for multi-gpu set-ups.





jc2 runs really good in mine with the new drivers.. i can play it really smooth with 3d on.. now am goin to try that bfbc2 settings.

am really new to sli, just got my new rig on friday and i don't understand how do u use sli profiles?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Acer HN274H
30" IPS Pro Monitor WQXGA 2560x1600
Mitsubishi 60737 60" DLP HDTV

Core i7 3820 @4.8ghz

16GB DDR3 1600

ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Professional LGA 2011

SeaSonic X-SERIES X-1050 1050W

Windows 7 Ultimate x64

ASUS GTX titan SLI

Sennheiser pc 360 with Asus Xonar Essence STX

Bose Companion 3 Series II

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#70
Posted 05/25/2010 07:29 PM   
Anyone have a problem using Fraps with the new Drivers?
it's not giving me a refresh rate anymore
Anyone have a problem using Fraps with the new Drivers?

it's not giving me a refresh rate anymore

Intel Core i9-9820x @ 3.30GHZ
32 gig Ram
2 EVGA RTX 2080 ti Gaming
3 X ASUS ROG SWIFT 27 144Hz G-SYNC Gaming 3D Monitor [PG278Q]
1 X ASUS VG278HE
Nvidia 3Dvision
Oculus Rift
HTC VIVE
Windows 10

#71
Posted 05/26/2010 02:29 AM   
Anyone have a problem using Fraps with the new Drivers?
it's not giving me a refresh rate anymore
Anyone have a problem using Fraps with the new Drivers?

it's not giving me a refresh rate anymore

Intel Core i9-9820x @ 3.30GHZ
32 gig Ram
2 EVGA RTX 2080 ti Gaming
3 X ASUS ROG SWIFT 27 144Hz G-SYNC Gaming 3D Monitor [PG278Q]
1 X ASUS VG278HE
Nvidia 3Dvision
Oculus Rift
HTC VIVE
Windows 10

#72
Posted 05/26/2010 02:29 AM   
Alright, my Fallout 3 problem is solved by disabling XD bit in bios. I'm not sure why the driver/fallout3 combo was accessing memory it really shouldn't but it works now. Metro 2033 also works now, perhaps because of the same change, but I can't be certain as I didn't test it right before disabling the XD bit and have made several more changes before that.
Alright, my Fallout 3 problem is solved by disabling XD bit in bios. I'm not sure why the driver/fallout3 combo was accessing memory it really shouldn't but it works now. Metro 2033 also works now, perhaps because of the same change, but I can't be certain as I didn't test it right before disabling the XD bit and have made several more changes before that.

Current Rig: |Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6GHz, EVGA X58 Classified 4-way SLI, 6 GB ram, Geforce GTX670| -> |Acer H5360 + Nvidia 3D Vision|

#73
Posted 05/26/2010 06:55 PM   
Alright, my Fallout 3 problem is solved by disabling XD bit in bios. I'm not sure why the driver/fallout3 combo was accessing memory it really shouldn't but it works now. Metro 2033 also works now, perhaps because of the same change, but I can't be certain as I didn't test it right before disabling the XD bit and have made several more changes before that.
Alright, my Fallout 3 problem is solved by disabling XD bit in bios. I'm not sure why the driver/fallout3 combo was accessing memory it really shouldn't but it works now. Metro 2033 also works now, perhaps because of the same change, but I can't be certain as I didn't test it right before disabling the XD bit and have made several more changes before that.

Current Rig: |Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.6GHz, EVGA X58 Classified 4-way SLI, 6 GB ram, Geforce GTX670| -> |Acer H5360 + Nvidia 3D Vision|

#74
Posted 05/26/2010 06:55 PM   
Now that the NVidia Control Panel has an option for Cuda, I wanted to fire up Just Cause 2 and turn on the GPU accelerated water. There used to be an option in-game for it but now it's gone. Anyone else having this problem?
Now that the NVidia Control Panel has an option for Cuda, I wanted to fire up Just Cause 2 and turn on the GPU accelerated water. There used to be an option in-game for it but now it's gone. Anyone else having this problem?

#75
Posted 05/30/2010 05:57 AM   
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