New 8xxx series drivers are out! - Page 2

Quakindude · September 19th, 2007

Bah, these drivers made no difference in the WIC demo. All scores are pretty much exactly the same.

Maxed out with last set of drivers:

Average - 15
Low - 8
High - 30

With new drivers:

Average - 15
Low - 8
High - 29

So, no real advantage to them from initial impressions.

Panda Man · September 19th, 2007

Actually, the 162.18s have been out (and stamped with the WHQL or whatever approval) for a while now

4 beta drivers have been released since then. Get 'em while they're hot!

BETA Drivers by

onebxr · September 19th, 2007

woot! makes me glad I saved my money and stuck with my 7900gs.
-1

Panda Man · September 19th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by onebxr

woot! makes me glad I saved my money and stuck with my 7900gs.
-1

Well, these drivers are for the 6XXX series on up :P

**UPDATE - The 163.69's now have the rubber stamp of approval :D

32-bit
ForceWare Release 163

64-bit
ForceWare Release 163

onebxr · September 19th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakindude

Bah, these drivers made no difference in the WIC demo. All scores are pretty much exactly the same.

Maxed out with last set of drivers:

Average - 15
Low - 8
High - 30

With new drivers:

Average - 15
Low - 8
High - 29

So, no real advantage to them from initial impressions.

this is what I was referring to

**One4yu2c** · September 19th, 2007

Bah, I still can't get the Bioshock demo to run on my 64-bit Vista w/ these drivers. Poking around Google, it's apparently a pretty common issue.

Quakindude · September 19th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda Man

Well, these drivers are for the 6XXX series on up :P

**UPDATE - The 163.69's now have the rubber stamp of approval :D

32-bit
ForceWare Release 163

64-bit
ForceWare Release 163

Uh, and this information differs from my original post in what manner?

Panda Man · September 19th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakindude

Uh, and this information differs from my original post in what manner?

Oh, rofl, I thought you meant that vista had new drivers as in 162.18. Well winxp has had new drivers as well, they also have 163.69's and according to nZone is supposed to be WHQL certified soon

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September 19th, 2007	#12
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: New 8xxx series drivers are out! Actually, the 162.18s have been out (and stamped with the WHQL or whatever approval) for a while now 4 beta drivers have been released since then. Get 'em while they're hot! BETA Drivers by Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

September 19th, 2007	#13
onebxr BAM-BAM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,201 Blog Entries: 3	Re: New 8xxx series drivers are out! woot! makes me glad I saved my money and stuck with my 7900gs. -1

September 19th, 2007	#16
One4yu2c I don't know how to put this, but, I'm kind of a big deal. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Lounge Lizards Posts: 2,616 Blog Entries: 3	Re: New 8xxx series drivers are out! Bah, I still can't get the Bioshock demo to run on my 64-bit Vista w/ these drivers. Poking around Google, it's apparently a pretty common issue.

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