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DSC · 19-Nov-2008, 20:12

Nvidia has finally released 180.48 WHQL certified Big Bang II drivers it seems.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_180.48_whql.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_180.48_whql.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...0.48_whql.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...0.48_whql.html

Arnold Beckenbauer · 19-Nov-2008, 20:16

And here some kind a preview for 180.xx (180.47):
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...igkeits-check/
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1414
http://www.hardwareluxx.de/cms/artik...on=show&id=657

Fudo talks to the world: Nvidia 180 driver speeds up GTX 260, 216

Quote:

The upcoming 180 driver release from Nvidia allows the Geforce GTX 260 with 216 Shaders to overake the Radeon HD 4870 in top titles like Call of Duty 5, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Left for Dead and Dead Space. Nvidia's new driver is set to launch this week and it will also bring some more functionality

Hm...

ShaidarHaran · 19-Nov-2008, 21:34

Any idea on improvements for older cards, particularly G80 and G92-based? Not many GT200 users out there yet...

That Bjorn3d piece read like a damn advertisement. I like how they had the same graphic as computerbase too. Gee, I wonder if that's straight from an NV "reviewer's guide".

^infinity

Cookie Monster · 19-Nov-2008, 21:40

According to nVIDIA:

Quote:

# Up to 10% performance increase in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)
# Up to 13% performance increase in Assassin's Creed
# Up to 13% performance increase in BioShock
# Up to 15% performance increase in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
# Up to 10% performance increase in Crysis Warhead
# Up to 25% performance increase in Devil May Cry 4
# Up to 38% performance increase in Far Cry 2
# Up to 18% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID
# Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies
# Up to 18% performance increase in World of Conflict

Quite the performance improvements.

ShaidarHaran · 19-Nov-2008, 21:43

I'm playing Bioshock, Fallout 3, Crysis Warhead, and World in Conflict right now (among others) so it would be nice to see some of those performance gains on my 8800 GT as well. Guess I'll just have to do the testing myself

Bludd · 19-Nov-2008, 22:11

Good drivers.

homerdog · 19-Nov-2008, 22:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

According to nVIDIA:

Quote:

# Up to 10% performance increase in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)
# Up to 13% performance increase in Assassin's Creed
# Up to 13% performance increase in BioShock
# Up to 15% performance increase in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
# Up to 10% performance increase in Crysis Warhead
# Up to 25% performance increase in Devil May Cry 4
# Up to 38% performance increase in Far Cry 2
# Up to 18% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID
# Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies
# Up to 18% performance increase in World of Conflict

Quite the performance improvements.

Are these over the 180.43 betas or the last WHQL set?

I am running them now and all is well.

Bludd · 19-Nov-2008, 22:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by homerdog

Are these over the 180.43 betas or the last WHQL set?

I am running them now and all is well.

It is over last WHQL, series 170 drivers.

pjbliverpool · 20-Nov-2008, 00:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaidarHaran

Any idea on improvements for older cards, particularly G80 and G92-based? Not many GT200 users out there yet...

That Bjorn3d piece read like a damn advertisement. I like how they had the same graphic as computerbase too. Gee, I wonder if that's straight from an NV "reviewer's guide".

^infinity

Yeah the results did seem a bit strange compared with what we're used to. And I hate the scewed scaling in the graphs,

But did you see the platorm they were using...? 3.8Ghz i7 with 6GB of RAM! What a beast!

Sc4freak · 20-Nov-2008, 01:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

According to nVIDIA:

Quote:

# Up to 10% performance increase in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)
# Up to 13% performance increase in Assassin's Creed
# Up to 13% performance increase in BioShock
# Up to 15% performance increase in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
# Up to 10% performance increase in Crysis Warhead
# Up to 25% performance increase in Devil May Cry 4
# Up to 38% performance increase in Far Cry 2
# Up to 18% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID
# Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies
# Up to 18% performance increase in World of Conflict

Quite the performance improvements.

Link?

EDIT: I'm blind. It's in the first post.

Davros · 20-Nov-2008, 01:19

"# Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies"

my god their previous drivers must of sucked

suryad · 20-Nov-2008, 02:28

Thanks for the links

Skrying · 20-Nov-2008, 07:50

Ahh, the good ole "up to" qualifier. Meaning in the real world you'll get 1/10th of that at best.

ShaidarHaran · 20-Nov-2008, 16:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skrying

Ahh, the good ole "up to" qualifier. Meaning in the real world you'll get 1/10th of that at best.

Just because it's not the average case doesn't mean it's useless. If we're talking about minimum FPS in particular that's the best kind of FPS improvement. Say minimum FPS at its lowest point in the game used to be 20 and now it's 36, I'd go for that.

Florin · 20-Nov-2008, 16:09

I'll say it. Where are those image quality comparisons? Surely Nvidia is cheating again.

suryad · 20-Nov-2008, 17:28

So does this have the mythical SLI multi-monitor support enabled?

tEd · 20-Nov-2008, 18:19

Fixed visual artifacts when it was raining in stalker clear sky and F@H seems stable now.

GTX260

ShaidarHaran · 20-Nov-2008, 19:30

Good news about Stalker CS, thanks ted.

Bioshock is running a bit smoother for me as well, subjectively speaking anyway. I perceive fewer dips in fps in intense scenes. I'll need more testing to flesh this out though.

suryad · 20-Nov-2008, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaidarHaran

Good news about Stalker CS, thanks ted.

Bioshock is running a bit smoother for me as well, subjectively speaking anyway. I perceive fewer dips in fps in intense scenes. I'll need more testing to flesh this out though.

Thats good to know considering I am playing that right now!

ShaidarHaran · 20-Nov-2008, 20:51

Another hour+ gameplay and its definitely smoother IMHO.

suryad · 20-Nov-2008, 21:15

Well I know what I am doing right away when I get home is updating the drivers! I wish I had another 30 inch right now to try out the multi monitor support. Maybe I should read the release notes it could have potential information in there. In fact the whole reason why I dont have another 30 inch is because multi monitor never worked.

suryad · 21-Nov-2008, 04:08

You know I am noticing something weird. I think these drivers are no good for my system. I am going to have to roll back. I was watching for example this week's Naruto release and the resolution was not fitting in the MPC Homecinema and so the subtitles were being chopped off...anyone experience that problem?

Just an update...reverted the drivers and it works now.

homerdog · 02-Dec-2008, 19:51

Scaling is broken with these drivers

mito · 02-Dec-2008, 20:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by homerdog

Scaling is broken with these drivers

SLI scaling you mean?

pjbliverpool · 02-Dec-2008, 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by homerdog

Scaling is broken with these drivers

Screen scaling seems ok to me. Except that I can't get 720p to scale correctly but it never has anyway.

19-Nov-2008, 20:12	#1
DSC Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 323	Nvidia Geforce 180.48 WHQL drivers(Big Bang II) Nvidia has finally released 180.48 WHQL certified Big Bang II drivers it seems. http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_180.48_whql.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_180.48_whql.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...0.48_whql.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...0.48_whql.html

20-Nov-2008, 01:19	#11
Davros Darlek ****** Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 9,488	"# Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies" my god their previous drivers must of sucked __________________ Guardian of the Most holy Two Terabytes of Gaming Goodness™

20-Nov-2008, 18:19	#17
tEd Casual Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,088	Fixed visual artifacts when it was raining in stalker clear sky and F@H seems stable now. GTX260 __________________ f@h name griswoold

21-Nov-2008, 04:08	#22
suryad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,454	You know I am noticing something weird. I think these drivers are no good for my system. I am going to have to roll back. I was watching for example this week's Naruto release and the resolution was not fitting in the MPC Homecinema and so the subtitles were being chopped off...anyone experience that problem? Just an update...reverted the drivers and it works now. Last edited by suryad; 21-Nov-2008 at 04:28.

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19-Nov-2008, 21:34	#3
ShaidarHaran hardware monkey Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,900	Any idea on improvements for older cards, particularly G80 and G92-based? Not many GT200 users out there yet... That Bjorn3d piece read like a damn advertisement. I like how they had the same graphic as computerbase too. Gee, I wonder if that's straight from an NV "reviewer's guide". ^infinity

19-Nov-2008, 21:43	#5
ShaidarHaran hardware monkey Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,900	I'm playing Bioshock, Fallout 3, Crysis Warhead, and World in Conflict right now (among others) so it would be nice to see some of those performance gains on my 8800 GT as well. Guess I'll just have to do the testing myself

19-Nov-2008, 22:11	#6
Bludd Eric the Half-a-bee Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The cat detector van from the Ministry of Housinge Posts: 2,050	Good drivers.

20-Nov-2008, 02:28	#12
suryad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,454	Thanks for the links

20-Nov-2008, 07:50	#13
Skrying S K R Y I N G Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,815	Ahh, the good ole "up to" qualifier. Meaning in the real world you'll get 1/10th of that at best.

20-Nov-2008, 16:09	#15
Florin Merrily dodgy Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The colonies Posts: 1,398	I'll say it. Where are those image quality comparisons? Surely Nvidia is cheating again.

20-Nov-2008, 17:28	#16
suryad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,454	So does this have the mythical SLI multi-monitor support enabled?

20-Nov-2008, 19:30	#18
ShaidarHaran hardware monkey Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,900	Good news about Stalker CS, thanks ted. Bioshock is running a bit smoother for me as well, subjectively speaking anyway. I perceive fewer dips in fps in intense scenes. I'll need more testing to flesh this out though.

20-Nov-2008, 20:51	#20
ShaidarHaran hardware monkey Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,900	Another hour+ gameplay and its definitely smoother IMHO.

20-Nov-2008, 21:15	#21
suryad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,454	Well I know what I am doing right away when I get home is updating the drivers! I wish I had another 30 inch right now to try out the multi monitor support. Maybe I should read the release notes it could have potential information in there. In fact the whole reason why I dont have another 30 inch is because multi monitor never worked.

02-Dec-2008, 19:51	#23
homerdog hardly a Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: still camping with a mauler Posts: 3,637	Scaling is broken with these drivers

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