NVIDIA ForceWare Beta 174.74 Released

Jimmy 2004 · Mar 27, 2008

NVIDIA has updated its beta ForceWare driver to version 174.74, which supports just about all GeForce FX, 6, 7, 8 and 9 series graphics cards. The changes in this release include improved performance for DirectX9 and OpenGL applications, as well as a number of game and application compatibility fixes. Download locations are as follows:

Windows XP 32-bit - here
Windows XP 64-bit - here
Windows Vista 32-bit - here
Windows Vista 64-bit - here

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Mussels · Mar 28, 2008

mmm drivers.

oh it should be noted these are still betas

YES YES YES!

the release notes say they added custom resolution support to vista - AT LAST!
(i cant use component HDTV output and had to buy a DVI->HDMI adaptor cause this was missing)

my HDMI screen is now detected as a digital flat panel, so i can use Nvidias settings to disable scaling - previously, i had to use the TV remote to toggle to 4:3 mode for example, whereas now the video card does it for me.

Woot!

mikey8684 · Mar 28, 2008

Thank you sir

1c3d0g · Mar 28, 2008

EGGcellent. Finally some new 174.xx Beta drivers coming from NVIDIA themselves. :cool:

nicolais86 · Apr 1, 2008

FU%k
I got bluescreen after installs this drivers, i had to run in safe mode and reinstall my previous drivers, because the BSOD was permanent at windows log on.

In running E6300 @ 2.52 ghz,2 giga ram 900 mhz, msi 975x, 8600GTS. on windows XP SP3 build 5503.

:slap:

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NVIDIA ForceWare Beta 174.74 Released

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