NVIDIA ForceWare 163.69 Released

malware · Sep 17, 2007

One week after the last ForceWare 163.67 BETA, NVIDIA released new BETA drivers this time version 163.69. What's new in this release:

Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLI technology on Microsoft DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.1 applications.
Improved compatibility for The Way It's Meant To Be Played game titles: BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, and World in Conflict.
Added PureVideo HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
Improved performance of the graphics memory manager on GeForce 8 series GPUs running DirectX 9 applications in single-GPU and NVIDIA SLI configurations.

Release Notes

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newtekie1 · Sep 17, 2007

Figures, I finally just got around to downloading and installing the 163.67 Betas... :mad:

Oh well, at least nvidia seems to be getting back up to speed on their driver game.

Weer · Sep 17, 2007

Well, I for one am glad nVidia is working harder on the drivers.

newtekie1 · Sep 17, 2007

Weer said:
Well, I for one am glad nVidia is working harder on the drivers.

Look at my rigs...I'm glad too! :toast:

WarEagleAU · Sep 17, 2007

Nvidia is on the ball with their driver releases..Im thoroughly impressed.

effmaster · Sep 17, 2007

You think this will be usefull for my Nvidia 7 series card? :confused:

newtekie1 · Sep 17, 2007

Ravenas · Sep 17, 2007

Anyone using these? I'm thinking about downloading them just for the sake of it.

newconroer · Sep 17, 2007

Eh, the last note sounds somewhat appealing, but..

whatever happened to the 'public statement' about the FPS issue with 8800s, particularly the 320mb version, that was supposedly to be fixed 'soon,' which was as of now, a couple months ago ?

Ravenas · Sep 17, 2007

Is this beta stable? Anyone know?

erocker · Sep 17, 2007

The beta has been perfect for me. No crashes whatsoever. (Bioshock, W.I.C., BF2142 & 2, Quake Wars demo etc..)

erocker · Sep 17, 2007

newconroer said:
Eh, the last note sounds somewhat appealing, but..

whatever happened to the 'public statement' about the FPS issue with 8800s, particularly the 320mb version, that was supposedly to be fixed 'soon,' which was as of now, a couple months ago ?

What FPS issue?

Tatty_Two · Sep 17, 2007

I'm using the Xtreme G Warcats 163.44's....their quick! Might give these a try tho.

anticlutch · Sep 17, 2007

I wonder if this update will fix the random FPS drops in CS:S...

erocker · Sep 18, 2007

I can no longer overclock my card with either ati tool or riva tuner with these drivers

erocker · Sep 18, 2007

Looks like RivaTuner 2.04 was just released as of ten minutes ago. How convenient!!!

erocker · Sep 18, 2007

Crap! With the 2.04's the same damn thing!? Can't OC?

Mussels · Sep 18, 2007

newconroer said:
Eh, the last note sounds somewhat appealing, but..

whatever happened to the 'public statement' about the FPS issue with 8800s, particularly the 320mb version, that was supposedly to be fixed 'soon,' which was as of now, a couple months ago ?

that was fixed for some people in the 163.67 drivers. it was mentioned in the release notes, i believe.

malware · Sep 19, 2007

163.69 WHQL drivers are now available:
Windows Vista x64
Windows Vista x32

erocker · Sep 19, 2007

These new drivers work great with W.I.C. and cysis. I can OC again, YAY!

ktr · Sep 19, 2007

These drivers but a nice load of fps on TF2, but still the games suffers plenty of fps spikes.

newconroer · Sep 21, 2007

If the FPS spikes are still occuring then either they didn't 'fix' it, or, people are expecting too much from the GPUs.

erocker · Sep 21, 2007

ktr said:
These drivers but a nice load of fps on TF2, but still the games suffers plenty of fps spikes.

TF2 is still beta isn't it?

erocker · Sep 23, 2007

I know some of you were wondering about the 8800 320mb texture slowdown fix... I found this on firingsquad.com.:

"One undocumented issue that has been fixed in ForceWare 163.69 is the random slowdown bug that affected GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB cards. As a result of the bug, in some cases performance would suddenly drop dramatically. Users would have to alt-tab out and then back into the game (clearing the card’s video memory) to resolve this issue. ForceWare 163.69 fixes this issue, so gamers with GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB cards who have encountered this issue will definitely want to give the new driver a try."

Personally I've noticed an up in perforance all around with my 640mb card.

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Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P rev.2.0
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Noctua NF-S12 Fan
Memory	4x1 GB PQI DDR2 PC2-6400
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Case	Cooler Master COSMOS RC-1000 (sold), Cooler Master HAF-932 (delivered)
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic + Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX
Power Supply	Chieftec CFT-1000G-DF 1kW
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Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
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Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Memory	G.Skill 8192MB @ 1066Mhz \| G.Skill 4096MB \| OCZ 2048MB \| G.Skill 2048MB \| PNY 2048MB \| OCZ 1024MB
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Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
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Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Motherboard	AsRock X470 Killer Promontory
Cooling	CoolerMaster 240 RGB Master Cooler (Newegg Eggxpert)
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Case	Fractal Define R6 C
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 5.1 Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair RMX 850 Platinum PSU (Newegg Eggxpert)
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Mechanical & Corsair K65 Wired, Wireless, Bluetooth)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Memory	2 GB DDR2
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA GEForce Go 7600 256 MB
Storage	120 GB
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Case	metallic grey
Audio Device(s)	Creative xmod (though that doesnt really count as a sound card lol)
Power Supply	power plug and battery
Software	Lots of it

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Processor	AMD Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	Asrock X670E Taichi
Cooling	EK AIO Basic 360
Memory	Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5600 64 Gb - XMP1 Profile
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Storage	Samsung Gen 4 980 1 TB / Samsung 8TB SSD
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Case	Fractal Define R7
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME PX-1300, 1300W 80+ Platinum, Full Modular

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Processor	Ryzen 7600x
Motherboard	AsRock B650 HDVM.2
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Mouse	Razer Naga 2014
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Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
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Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
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Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
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VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
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