Driver versions?

[x1600c]

As of late, which version of the forceware driver gives the best framerate with the 6800?

 

[Blauman]

I have been using the 71.xx and they seem to be working just fine for me.

 

[Brent_Justice]

71.24 gives you green water in HL2

i've had most success with 67.03

 

[tranCendenZ]

The new 67.66 drivers on nzone are nice.

 

[Brent_Justice]

The new 67.66 drivers on nzone are nice.

aha, seems they just came out http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_67.66.html

 

[Brent_Justice]

Issues Resolved in Version 67.66

This following are changes made and issues resolved since driver version 67.03:

• SLI cards: Half Life 2 performance drops on ʺcanalsʺ demo with SLI
enabled.
• GeForce 6800 Ultra, SLI: No performance difference with the game
Lock On Modern Air Combat when SLI mode is enabled.
• GeForce 6800: Incorrect fog for underwater objects in Half Life 2.
• SLI cards: Shadows flicker with Source engine games like Half-Life 2
and Counterr-Strike when SLI mode is enabled.
• Windows XP Media Center Edition, GeForce 6600: Graphical
distortion appears intermittently when cycling through the Media
Center menus.
• Windows XP Media Center Edition, GeForce 6600: From HDTV
component-out, changing the resolution from 1080i or 720p to 480p
results in 480i being set instead.
• GeForce 6600 GT: NVIDIA Color Correction does not work when
playing video using VMR.
• GeForce 6800 LE, PCI-Express: With an HDTV as the secondary
display in Clone mode, the TV loses sync when changing the
resolution to 1080i with Keep Native HDTV resolution selected.
• Windows Media Center Edition, GeForce PCX 5300: When using
HDTV over DVI, 1080i mode does not sync correctly in native and
underscan modes.
• GeForce2, GeForce4 MX, Windows XP: City of Heroes crashes to the
desktop intermittently.

awesome, i was experiencing that first problem noted above about decreased performance in HL2 canals with SLI enabled