Nvidia Geforce 182.06 WHQL Driver Released ...

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Prior WHQL Release Candidate Beta was 182.05, so if you're running those already, up to you....


Release Highlights - 182.06 WHQL Driver

This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 182.06:

Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.

Boosts performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 182.06 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings)

Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.

Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.

Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.

Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.

Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.

Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.

Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.

Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.
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XP 32-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_182.06_whql.html

XP 64-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_182.06_whql.html

Vista 32-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_182.06_whql.html

Vista 64-bits
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_182.06_whql.html
 
Thanks, I'll give these a go.

Hopefully it'll be better than the 181.20 drivers as this caused major stabilty issues with Fallout 3.
 
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Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
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On the other hand we go no OpenGL 3.0 games...
 
Well since I'm using the 182.05's...

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read the changes, and its not worth it atm. Maybe when I reinstall windows.
 
I have the .05's too.
Playing FEAR 2 and L4D. No problems for me, so I will probably wait, too.
Downloaded these, tho. It's an obcession
 
Worth getting off the 185.20s? I love those drivers. Don't know if I want to change.
 
Vlad_13 said:
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On the other hand we go no OpenGL 3.0 games...
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Well, I'm hoping that it means OpenGL is fixed UP TO 3.0.

I'm going to find out tomorrow, but I'm interpreting it as opengl is now functional in vista 64 and w7 AND that "full" support now means that trss and hq filtering work with it.

I hope I'm not going to wind up disappointed, but I'm prepared to be, however.
 
honestjohn said:
Looked at the release notes and the only change noted between 182.05 Beta and 182.06 WHQL is ...

Single GPU Resolved Issues

GeForce 9800 GTX/GX2/GT/GTX+, GeForce 8800 GTS/GT/GS: The system hangs when switching between performance states. [516808]
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That's interesting. I wonder if by "switching between performance states" meant the changing clock speed :confused:

My 9800GTX+ has been crashing with driver 180 and above when I play videos

Probably worth a try for me
 
no problems here yet. played some l4d, bf2, and burnout paradise. all good on this end
 
Vlad_13 said:
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On the other hand we go no OpenGL 3.0 games...
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no2censorship said:
Well, I'm hoping that it means OpenGL is fixed UP TO 3.0.

I'm going to find out tomorrow, but I'm interpreting it as opengl is now functional in vista 64 and w7 AND that "full" support now means that trss and hq filtering work with it.

I hope I'm not going to wind up disappointed, but I'm prepared to be, however.
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I don't know what games even use openGL anymore. The last game that used it was quake 4 i think. And if you are thinking this, then no, prey was not an openGL game
 
Hornet said:
That's interesting. I wonder if by "switching between performance states" meant the changing clock speed :confused:

My 9800GTX+ has been crashing with driver 180 and above when I play videos

Probably worth a try for me
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Mine hadn't been crashing with 178.24.

I installed these, hoping they'd solve the issue and I'd be able to start using updated drivers again. Shortly after, I had my first crash since I installed 178.24

I recommend 178.24 for now if you're having trouble with your 9800gtx+ doing that full-screen checkerboard thing.
 
I'm having trouble with these on my 8800GT. My previous drivers were the 181.20's and they seemed fine. But these new ones seem to cause the fan to stick at 31%, causing massive overheating (109 C for the GPU) when running F@H's GPU client. Rolled back to 181.20 in order to get the fan working again.
 
Anyone else have fan problems with 8800 series? the 181.20 were the first set in ages with controlpanel working fan control.
 
Spewn said:
Mine hadn't been crashing with 178.24.

I installed these, hoping they'd solve the issue and I'd be able to start using updated drivers again. Shortly after, I had my first crash since I installed 178.24

I recommend 178.24 for now if you're having trouble with your 9800gtx+ doing that full-screen checkerboard thing.
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Ah, yes, that's exactly what I am experiencing . It crash with checkerboard thing filling up the screen

Thanks for mentioning this. Saves me the trouble with this driver 182

178.24 for me then.
 
Been playing Fallout 3 on an 8800 GTX and the performance is good. I'm able to max all quality sliders and options at 1680x1050 with 4X AA and 8X AF and still get smooth framerates. A few driver sets back (when the game was first released) it would get a bit choppy on those settings at times.
 
Previous drivers didn't downclock for me either. /shrug. This isn't new with this release.
 
this driver has the same fix for lotro's DX10 dynamic shadows as 182.05 did... in case anyone was wondering.
 
Previous WHQL driver would not downclock my (one) EVGA 280 SC, Beta one did, so is this one, works great :)
 
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