nVidia Beta Drivers for BioShock

[DavidJB]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_163.44.html

These are supposed to be optimized for BioShock.

Anyone have the links to Vista and x64 versions? I was only given the XP/2K link.

 

[Motley]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_163.44.html

 

[DigitalEmperor]

Anyone know how to edit these drivers to work for the 7900 GS/GTX mobile cards, or have a link for drivers for mobile chips from nvidia?

 

[Mike90]

So how necessary is this Beta driver with regard to playing Bioshock? The Hardocp page said it is required. I don't think that's accurate as I would think if that were the case, Nvidia would have made a formal statement about it.

 

[dj_2004]

So how necessary is this Beta driver with regard to playing Bioshock? The Hardocp page said it is required. I don't think that's accurate as I would think if that were the case, Nvidia would have made a formal statement about it.

I didn't bother to install them and the game run fine for me.

 

[stoney_titan]

So how necessary is this Beta driver with regard to playing Bioshock? The Hardocp page said it is required. I don't think that's accurate as I would think if that were the case, Nvidia would have made a formal statement about it.

Ive heard many people going from 20ish fps to 35-40fps. Alot of people are praising it for making bioshock playable.

 

[l3ender]

How do you guys find beta drivers? I was on Nvidia's site earlier today with no luck.

 

[stoney_titan]

How do you guys find beta drivers? I was on Nvidia's site earlier today with no luck.

Just go to the drivers portion where you select your model and in the top right there will be a box saying "beta drivers" or something of the like.

 

[DavidJB]

Alright, I installed these drivers and it seemed to improve BioShock's performance quite a bit. I was running at a constant 60 FPS with all settings maxed, v. sync, and 1600 x 900 with an 8800GTS 640mB, X2 4600+, and 2gB RAM.

 

[Nettwerk]

Anyone know how to edit these drivers to work for the 7900 GS/GTX mobile cards, or have a link for drivers for mobile chips from nvidia?

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

download the modded .inf

 

[the_transporter]

Yes, these drivers are damn amazing for Bioshock. I was getting a few fps drops here and there, so I downloaded and installed those beta drivers and wow, Bioshock runs like a dream. No fps drop whatsoever.

 

[doox00]

anyone know how to show fps in bioshock, fraps does not seem to work with this game, I am running vista 64

 

[Oompa]

Fraps works for me, but I'm using XP 32.

 

[Einhanderkiller]

They didn't change my frame rates much, but it did stop the crashing. I was previously using 162.50.

 

[PoweredBySoy]

These new drivers broke Civ IV for me. All menu items were invisible in-game. Uninstalled the drivers and everything was fine again.

 

[PoweredBySoy]

anyone know how to show fps in bioshock, fraps does not seem to work with this game, I am running vista 64

FRAPS worked just fine for me with Vista 32. Hmmm....