NVIDIA Releases 177.83 Forceware, Offers Powerpacks

btarunr · Aug 12, 2008

ntdouglas said:
btarunr, what do you mean extend the desktop at a software level?

Even without a monitor connected to your second card, the "Extend desktop" option is available with Display Properties. Check that and you force your OS to believe there's another display head to send output to.

CDdude55 · Aug 12, 2008

Warmonger is pretty fun, but what the nurien tech demo, i downloaded it but i shut it off because i thought it was going to show some strippers dancing or something. And some of my family was in the room.lol

wolf2009 · Aug 12, 2008

CDdude55 said:
Warmonger is pretty fun, but what the nurien tech demo, i downloaded it but i shut it off because i thought it was going to show some strippers dancing or something. And some of my family was in the room.lol

LOL

Its a fashion show .

CDdude55 · Aug 12, 2008

wolf2009 said:
LOL

Its a fashion show .

lol!. That good news, I thought i was going to have to uninstall it.

:laugh:

ntdouglas · Aug 12, 2008

btarunr said:
Even without a monitor connected to your second card, the "Extend desktop" option is available with Display Properties. Check that and you force your OS to believe there's another display head to send output to.

Ok, thats too easy. I thought I read nvidia is working on a "workaround" for vista.

OnBoard · Aug 12, 2008

8) The Great Kulu: Technology Demo
a. Install The_Great_Kulu_v1.1.2.exe
b. Launch The_Great_Kulu
c. Note: GPU PhysX acceleration is only enabled for GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPU in this demo

Does that mean for single GPU only? I'd think so or it kinda spoils the whole point of using a second GPU as s PPU. Or is it because of the native CUDA? Either way wish I'd read that before the download, as I have neither

johnspack · Aug 12, 2008

Had problems when I just installed the nvidia driver over top my old one. Had to uninstall the nvidia driver, then reinstall, no problems. The physx driver can be just installed over top the old one however. I should listen to my own advice- Always uninstall old video driver first....

AddSub · Aug 13, 2008

Wow, I got a 23.5% boost in Vantage with these new 177.83, compared to what I was getting with 177.41. Must be the PhysX stuff.

ShadowFold · Aug 13, 2008

I can run Warmonger and The Great Kulu fine on my 4850 :wtf:

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chron · Aug 13, 2008

installed on my 8800gt. UT3's two maps are ok. Tornado is kind of cool, it picks up peices of the map and throws it and shit. I couldn't find any servers online playing the physx maps, but i will say, these new drivers make ut3 feel VERY smooth.

ShadowFold said:
I can run Warmonger and The Great Kulu fine on my 4850 ..

lmfao

CDdude55 · Aug 13, 2008

Still have yet to try the UT 3 Mod. Warmonger is fun and is very easy to run.

ntdouglas · Aug 13, 2008

btarunr said:
Even without a monitor connected to your second card, the "Extend desktop" option is available with Display Properties. Check that and you force your OS to believe there's another display head to send output to.

I know I've seen it, but I can't find extend desktop option.

OnBoard · Aug 13, 2008

ntdouglas said:
I know I've seen it, but I can't find extend desktop option.

Right click desktop/Personalize/Display Settings/Click 2nd monitor and there it is below (grayed out on primary display).

..'Ant'.. · Aug 13, 2008

These drivers are stable. Their keepers.

btarunr · Aug 13, 2008

Yup, these drivers are mint.

Wile E · Aug 13, 2008

Hmmm, working great on both XP and Vista x64 for me so far.

SK-1 · Aug 13, 2008

I got a 25% increase in Vantage??? That is more of an increase than the last upgrade I did :twitch:

Are they sacrificing quality for higher FPS? I mean how can a driver do this much?
Amazing. Has anyone done actual game comparisons yet?

AddSub · Aug 13, 2008

I didn't notice any image quality degradation, or improvements for that matter.

I did some quick benchmarks:

177.41 vs. 177.83

177.83 Results:

I ran each benchmark two times (I had limited time) under 177.83 and calculated average vs. averages that I got on 177.41.

Platform: EVGA GTX 260, Vista, Intel Quad + 4GB RAM

3DMark 2001: -2.2%
3DMark 2003: -1.4%
3DMark 2006: +0.6%
Vantage: +23.5%
Fur: +4.1%

TheLostSwede · Aug 13, 2008

How about some quick PPU vs GPU PhysX performance test
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8859&Itemid=1
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8862&Itemid=1
It seems like Nvidia isn't really using the GPU, but rather the CPU for most of the physics stuff... :mad:

Wile E · Aug 13, 2008

I frankly don't care how it goes about it. It makes a nice difference in supported games. I just got done playing a few missions in GRAW2, and the difference in explosions and particle effects is amazing.

CDdude55 · Aug 13, 2008

TheLostSwede said:
How about some quick PPU vs GPU PhysX performance test
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8859&Itemid=1
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8862&Itemid=1
It seems like Nvidia isn't really using the GPU, but rather the CPU for most of the physics stuff...

I agree.

I was playing Tornado_Physx, and when the Tornado came it started to lag really bad. My GPU is a 8600 GTS but for some reason i knew it was my CPU was was making it lag. I would say that, that map really needs a Quad core CPU(im running a slow Core 2 Duo).

Sometime way later on, i will get a Q6700 or something.

mikey8684 · Aug 13, 2008

Here's what I got in 3DMark Vantage running the default Performance settings.
<<<<< Check Specs

175.19 Drivers

3DMark Score
P6101
GPU Score
P5752
CPU Score
P7459

177.83 Drivers

3DMark Score
P7330
GPU Score
P5912
CPU Score
P26179

LOL GPU bottleneck anyone

newtekie1 · Aug 13, 2008

TheLostSwede said:
How about some quick PPU vs GPU PhysX performance test
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8859&Itemid=1
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8862&Itemid=1
It seems like Nvidia isn't really using the GPU, but rather the CPU for most of the physics stuff...

No, it is just the FluidMark is very CPU dependant also, on top of being extremely buggy.

And when the CPU was fully loaded, the GPU still outscored the PPU, so what does that tell you? The GPU is still doing more PhysX calculations when the CPU is taken out of the equation than the PPU is.

Hayder_Master · Aug 13, 2008

i want to stay on some driver for more time , nvidia release driver every week , i think it will be this one

FilipM · Aug 13, 2008

Driver is really good, gives a boost in scores everywhere and seems to have stabilized my OC even better. Think this is a keeper, lol!

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