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New nVidia Drivers = Lower Performance?

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tjmaxwell

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Hey all,

I have an A64 3200+ rig with 1GB Ram, and a 6800GT card from BFG. I got the card about a week ago and initially loaded the drivers from the CD. I was able to achieve rock-solid stability at 420 MHz with 1.1 GHz memory. I scored about 12,200 in 3DMarko03 with this setup, and UT2K4/Far Cry ran perfectly without a hitch.

Since installing the new nVidia drivers, 420MHz is no longer stable. The machine crashed and rebooted itself once during 3DMark, and the second time, it seemed like it locked during the Mother Nature test, but kicked back in a few seconds later and only scored about 11,400. Furthermore, I'm seeing blinking patches of color and other oddities while playing Far Cry (which I've patched to 1.2).

Should I consider going back to the drivers on the CD?
 
I don't think 61.21 (the version on the CD) supports SM3 in Far Cry 1.2.

Try stock speed as suggested above.
 
I just installed the drivers and got a bump of 100+ in 3dmark03. Of course that is with a ti4600 so I am not sure that means anything. Maybe the new drivers took 100 points from you and gave them to me. :)
 
Definitely try everything stock before trying to run things on an oc.

I know my 5900xt's oc dropped significantly after updating from the 56.34's to the 61.something's, but I'm hoping the new 61.72's will fix that.
 
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