Forceware 56.55 "leaked"

[fallguy]

http://www.link-empire.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=170

Things have changed a lot with how you view the settings, here are some pics I took of the changes.

And now it seems you can force Trilinear.

I ran a benchmark of the UT2004 demo. All settings in the demo stock except for the res, I changed it to 1024x768 from 800x600.

53.03

dm-rankin
25.841478 / 49.756676 / 84.357903 fps
Score = 49.818577

as-convoy
12.747531 / 38.135685 / 58.652046 fps
Score = 38.167709

ons-torlan
5.674560 / 49.385880 / 83.721130 fps
Score = 49.448406

br-colossus
16.684879 / 61.103630 / 145.104507 fps
Score = 61.167625

ctf-bridgeoffate
21.161091 / 74.330521 / 163.685287 fps
Score = 74.425644

56.55

dm-rankin
26.331940 / 48.962227 / 83.871132 fps
Score = 49.024502

dm-rankin
20.805101 / 49.058357 / 79.312637 fps
Score = 49.117970

as-convoy
11.767330 / 37.083027 / 58.310032 fps
Score = 37.114983

ons-torlan
5.579250 / 47.961693 / 85.364441 fps
Score = 48.023926

br-colossus
13.697039 / 60.151295 / 143.962112 fps
Score = 60.216438

ctf-bridgeoffate
19.998226 / 73.510818 / 163.325928 fps
Score = 73.603836

Seems virtually the same, with just 1fps loss on most tests.

 

[Visable-assassin]

well bro keep us posted on how they perform overall...I would really like to know how stable they really are
also did the overclocking come stock or did you have to enable it?
it looks stock...but test it with some more stuff and let us know please..cuz now I may have a reason to upgrade
im really interested in how the dual view works.
also there are no openGL controls? or am i just smokin crack

 

[fallguy]

I had to install coobits. One thing that was kinda strange was that I didnt have the "More Direct3D" tab untill I installed coolbits. I kept on looking for it, I knew it had to be there somewhere. Finally gave up and installed coolbits, then it was there. Strange.

I enabled Bilinear, and Trilinear, and then set it to None. The FPS was the same in UT2004 demo, I didnt try another game. I thought it would have taken a hit of some sort.

These drivers were also on Gainwards FTP, but they have since taken them down. I guess they will be officially released pretty soon. Or so it would seem.

 

[hypertexel]

whats their stability like?

 

[fallguy]

I only tried that demo, and Farcry. Both seem fine, but I didnt test them extensively. Its on my daughters PC, and I dont have all my games on it. They seem fine though for me. But on another forum, a guy posted that everytime he goes to advanced properties he gets a rundll error with them.

The long going image sharpening bug is there still. And still just as annoying.

 

[fallguy]

^

 

[scotmod]

Very nice, But what is coolbits? I have a Nvidia card on my second pc and i was wondering what it was?

 

[TechHead]

Registry hack to enable clock and memory speed modification from the context menu. Google it..

 

[fallguy]

Here you go. Just dl it, and double click it. Hit yes to enter it in your reg, and then go to advanced display properties.

 

[Glow]

so is forceware basically an improved version on the default drivers? I'm not sure I have a G4 4200 right now should I uninstal the video drivers and install forceware?

 

[heyheyhey]

No 5900/5950 support

 

[fallguy]

It doesnt list the 5700 either, but the drivers work just fine with all of them.

 

[Glow]

So just unistal old drivers and instal detonator or have both in?
Well I installed it and I do not see the no auto and manual OCing on the ocing screen. and my Geforce screen doesn't quite look like that either is it just because I have a GF4 4200 and not a 5900?

 

[Balderdash]

You have to click on the clock frequencies tab to the left (it's on your own screen shot) to choose auto o/c or manual o/c