NVIDIA ForceWare 169.17 Beta Drivers Leaked

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 9, 2007

Following the unofficial release of its 169.13 display driver earlier this week, NVIDIA has once again uploaded new drivers to its downloads server in the form of the 169.17 betas. As these aren't intended to have been released yet, there are no driver information pages, but apparently these drivers are only recommended for people that play Final Fantasy XI. If you want to give them a try, here are the download links (direct to NVIDIA's FTP server):

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

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OrbitzXT · Dec 9, 2007

Interesting, the 8800 cards were awful for FFXI when they first came out. The graphics are very glitchy with shimmering weird looking textures. nVidia kept blaming SquareEnix though, I don't play anymore but I wonder if after a year they finally fixed that.

Tory · Dec 9, 2007

You made a typo and called it 168.17 in the article body.

cdawall · Dec 9, 2007

@tory PM that kinda stuff to the poster it looks tacky on the front page to have someone say that

its2cold · Dec 9, 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

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 9, 2007

its2cold said:
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

So they look like they're better for Crysis.

HaZe303 · Dec 9, 2007

These drivers are great for Crysis, and other games. Great performance, but also they seem to make my gpu run much hotter? Im not sure if it runs hotter, or its another Nvidia Temp Bug in the driver?

erocker · Dec 10, 2007

A whole .28 of a frame better! :rockout:

FatForester · Dec 10, 2007

erocker said:
A whole .28 of a frame better!

Hey, but since that's in Crysis, I'll take what I can get! I finally did the "very high" tweak for XP, and WOW. I don't think I can go back to high settings without feeling guilty... so bring on the drivers!

1c3d0g · Dec 10, 2007

Hey thanks for your quick benchmarks, Jimmy 2004 (I mean its2cold). I really appreciate the effort you put in them. :rockout:

DarkMatter · Dec 10, 2007

Any improvement is a good thing.

Now sorry because I'm going a little bit offtopic.

@FatForester
What temps does your 8800gt with vf-900? And was easy to install?

Thanks :toast:

HaZe303 · Dec 10, 2007

No I got more than 0,28% improvement in Crysis. But for you to have some improvement with these drivers, you actually need a GFX Card that can run the game in decent framerates to begin with(g80, g92). Any card below this is not even worth starting Crysis for.

I actually dont know how high fps I get, I only measure my own "feel" in the game. For an example, with forceware 169.13 Crysis ran pretty well with some slowdowns now and then, but not that often. With 169.17, Crysis runs great, no slowdowns, nowhere. I dont care for FPS in %, most important is how enjoyable games feel. I´d rather have a game with no slowdowns and a steady 30fps, than a game with 60-90fps, but lots of jerkiness and slowdowns.

ThorAxe · Dec 10, 2007

These seem to help Crysis SLI users the most as I got roughly an 18% increase in frames in XP at Very High (Hack) at 1680x1050. The minimum fps was 20.7ish which is pretty good given the settings.

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 10, 2007

1c3d0g said:
Hey thanks for your quick benchmarks, Jimmy 2004. I really appreciate the effort you put in them.

Say thanks to its2cold - he/she posted them originally.

hacker111 · Dec 10, 2007

Just to play Final Fantasy I will download it.... :nutkick:

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