NVIDIA ForceWare 169.25 Beta for Windows Vista 32/64-bit Released

malware · Dec 13, 2007

Now that 3-way SLI is released, NVIDIA has updated the ForceWare family to 169.25 BETA. This release adds:

BETA driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
Added support for NVIDIA 3-way SLI Technology.
Added support for GeForce 8800 GTS 512 GPU.
Recommended driver for the latest DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please refer to the release documentation for more information on features, driver fixes, and known issues.

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cool_recep · Dec 13, 2007

it has been a long time since we have seen a Final release of these drivers...

its2cold · Dec 13, 2007

Crysis medium 1680x1050 DX10 Vista x64

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 3.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
4x1Gb DDRAM II A-Data 800MHz 5-5-5-18
MSI 8600GTS 256MB 740/1600/1120

1c3d0g · Dec 13, 2007

Hmm...slight improvement to the minimum FPS...other than that it has pretty much the same performance as the others.

DEFEATEST · Dec 13, 2007

I just got a laptop with a 8600gs in it, and win vista ultimate 64bit, would these drivers help me any? Crysis runs alot worse than I thought it would on this laptop. I know I wouldnt get much but I thought at least 800x600 on low settings, but it's really slow , like 10-15 fps, in windowed mode! lol. even oblivion is pretty bad. Any suggestions? source stuff runs fine over 50 fps.

hp
t5250 duo core
2gig ram ddr 667
340gig hd
8600 gts 256 mb
17" display.

ccleorina · Dec 13, 2007

This driver improvement in Hellgate London and any new games on my old setup with 8800GT in SLI just have some bug on COD4 or COD2... Other just nice..... :rockout:

FatForester · Dec 14, 2007

Wow, it's been only about 8 hours since they've last "released" drivers. Downloading a new driver package every day makes me want to kill them. But, the possibility of getting 1 more FPS in Crysis is worth it.

Firedomain · Dec 14, 2007

these are only beta drivers! this is BS! what the hell do they do all day. when are thay finally gonna start releasing proper drivers instead of continually releasing beta crap (if u chose 2 use it then thats fine) but i prefer to get full releases & the fact that they dont come out very frequently SUCKS!!!! (just my 2 cents!)

newtekie1 · Dec 16, 2007

Who cares if they are Beta drivers, at least we are getting drivers. The only thing official drivers have are WHQL certification, which means nothing. What does it matter if they are Beta drivers, as long as they work?

It could be worse, at least now they are releasing drivers that work with all their cards instead of just the 8 series, leaving the 7 and below users to hack the newer drivers to work with their cards.

Firedomain · Dec 16, 2007

if its an improvement they y not just release it instead of saying beta this & beta that.
it almost looks as bad as the directX 9.bla bla bla crap! (soz, am still hungover!)

joker71 · Dec 16, 2007

nvidia beta or retail driver

what is wrong with nvidia the bring only now beta drivers and the 163.75 is still retail
can someone explain why the dont bring a new retail drive out that is much better than a beta driver

Firedomain · Dec 16, 2007

thats exactly my point.
thanx joker71 for putting that into english! (still hungover!)

Laurijan · Dec 16, 2007

Why does the link in the main post goes to the 196.21 beta version and not the 196.25 beta version?

Laurijan · Dec 16, 2007

Laurijan said:
Why does the link in the main post goes to the 196.21 beta version and not the 196.25 beta version?

I see that only the vista driver version is 196.25 but the xp version 196.21.

Laurijan · Dec 16, 2007

I will get a 8800gts 512 in january so I downloaded all beta drivers for xp 32/64 (196.21) and vista 32/64 (196.25) also all official drivers (but not supported for 8800 gts 512) for xp 32/64 (163.75) and vista (163.75) for the purpose of testing all.

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 VID: 1.2125
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3P rev.2.0
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + Noctua NF-S12 Fan
Memory	4x1 GB PQI DDR2 PC2-6400
Video Card(s)	Colorful iGame Radeon HD 4890 1 GB GDDR5
Storage	2x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32 MB RAID0
Display(s)	BenQ G2400W 24-inch WideScreen LCD
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
Software	Laptop: Lenovo 3000 N200 C2DT2310/3GB/120GB/GF7300/15.4"/Razer

System Name	GS43VR 7RE
Processor	Core i7 7700HQ
Motherboard	MSI GS43VR 7RE
Cooling	Stock
Memory	8 GB DDR4 2400 MHz
Video Card(s)	GTX 1060
Storage	Samsung 950 PRO
Display(s)	14" IPS
Case	Metal
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC 898
Power Supply	Adapter
Mouse	Rival 100
Keyboard	SteelSeries
Software	Windows 10 Version 1703

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Processor	2500k
Motherboard	p5b d
Cooling	stock
Memory	8gigs ddr 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus Turbo GTX 970 4 gig
Storage	sata II 500 gig
Display(s)	30inch Dell ultrasharp
Case	Haf 922
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Prelude
Power Supply	600w OCZ stealthxtream
Mouse	Razer Death Adder
Keyboard	Logitech G15
Software	Win 7 home premium 64 bit.

Processor	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 4.2GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME Intel X58
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 120mm SSO CPU Cooler
Memory	G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 2000Mhz
Video Card(s)	2 XFX GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 SLI
Storage	2 WD VelociRaptor 300GB RAID0 + WD GP 2TB Data
Display(s)	2 Samsung 30W" LCD 6ms
Case	Thermaltake SwordM Black Liquid Cooling Case
Audio Device(s)	Creative Falat1ty X-Fi
Power Supply	Ultra X3 1600W Modular PSU
Software	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit SP1 OEM

Processor	Intel e2180 2.0ghz @ 2.8ghz w/ stock volts
Motherboard	ASUS P5K-e Wifi-AP
Cooling	Zalman 9500 w/ AS5
Memory	G.Skill Black PI's DDR2 @ 896MHz 4-4-4-12 1.9v
Video Card(s)	EVGA 8800GT w/ Zalman VF-900
Storage	2x Crucial C300 64GB, Samsung F3 2TB & 1TB, F1 1TB & 750GB
Display(s)	ASUS VW246H 24" 16:9
Case	Ultra / Chieftec Black Tower
Audio Device(s)	X-fi XtremeMusic -> Z-5300e's
Power Supply	PCP&C 610 Silencer
Software	Windows 7 x64

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Motherboard	ASUS ROG Rampage III Formula
Cooling	All are 12cm LED fans: 2x front, 1x side, 1x back, 2x inside top under CPU radiator, 2x 14cm Top.
Memory	12GB DDR3 1600 3x4GB DIMMs
Video Card(s)	2x MSI HD 6950 2GB flashed to 6970 2GB... Damn fast :p direct exhaust.
Storage	2x GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSDs' in RAID 0 (500MB/s read/write). 3x 2TB WD Green in RAID 5
Display(s)	52" Sony Bravia LCD 200hz motionflow
Case	NZXT Tempest Evo
Audio Device(s)	6950/6970
Power Supply	1200w Thermaltake Toughpower
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	7.7 in Windows Experience Index.... CPU holding me back...

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
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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Motherboard	ABIT IX38 QUADGT
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Memory	OCZ 8 GB DDR2-1150 Kit
Video Card(s)	evga ULTRA 8800 XXX Edition 768mb
Storage	6 X Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 on raid 0
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 275T
Case	Zalman GT1000
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D2 7.1 + logitech z5500 digital speakers
Power Supply	Antec TruePower Quattro 1000 watt
Software	vista 64 bit ultimate with sp1

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Motherboard	ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus
Cooling	CPU: Noctua NH-D14 with LED fans, Case: 2 front in - 1 rear out
Memory	2x16GB Kingston Fury Beast RGB 6000MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF RTX 4070Ti OC
Storage	Samsung Evo Plus 1TB NVMe , internal WD Red 4TB for storage, WD Book 8TB
Display(s)	LG CX OLED 65"
Case	Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh C Performance
Audio Device(s)	HDMI audio powering Dolby Digital audio on 5.1 Z960 speaker system
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
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