New Drivers - nVidia 177.83 WHQL, Physx included in driver

Rzeractor · 12th August 2008, 11:05 PM

XP 32bit
http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...glish_whql.exe

Vista 32bit
http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...glish_whql.exe

Vista x64
http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...glish_whql.exe

These are for Geforce 8, 9, and GTX 2xx cards only.

Enjoy.

FLB · 12th August 2008, 11:39 PM

Kaine[zof] · 12th August 2008, 11:47 PM

oh hawt, it's out. Downloading

Wasn't expecting this to be out till late tomorrow.

rav.dusty · 13th August 2008, 12:13 AM

awesome, btw i have PhysX 8.07.18 drivers installed, would i uninstall these before i install the new drivers?

FLB · 13th August 2008, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rav.dusty

awesome, btw i have PhysX 8.07.18 drivers installed, would i uninstall these before i install the new drivers?

I just installed over the top, all seems fine.

Menthu_Rae · 13th August 2008, 1:54 AM

For Nurien... OCAU top tip - in nVidia driver settings - set the Nurien.exe to force AA and AF for smoother looking hair/dresses to enhance your "Korean chicks in Unreal Engine 3.0" experience

jruisan · 13th August 2008, 7:43 AM

Look's good and I'm even going to download everything in that pack...

Don't ask me why!

Saiyan_Overlord · 13th August 2008, 7:52 AM

Might look forward to some unrel 3 engine porn later

. I also will screw around with the badboom encoding app too

.

MR CHILLED · 13th August 2008, 8:27 AM

Oh nice...will have to try these out tonight.

Vampire · 13th August 2008, 8:52 AM

Sweet, downloading now!

Aww, I have a game called Crazy Machines 2 which has some bonus levels for those with PhysX cards, I was hoping I'd be able to play the levels with these new drivers, but I cant

terrastrife · 13th August 2008, 11:20 AM

so what fps do ppl pull in nurien/physx config?

Vampire · 13th August 2008, 2:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrastrife

so what fps do ppl pull in nurien/physx config?

Like 60. Is there any way to increase the graphics settings? So pixellated for me lol.

FLB · 13th August 2008, 5:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrastrife

so what fps do ppl pull in nurien/physx config?

Ok these are the results I got - Nurien on default everything, haven't messed with config files (yet), No modified AA/AF thru NV CP either.

Q6600 @ 3Ghz, BFG280 @ stock, 8600GT @ stock (when used), Vista x64 SP1, PhysX 8.08.1, FW 177.83 WHQL.

GTX280 GFX & PhysX
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Avg: 50.4 FPS
Max: 83.4 FPS
Min: 32.8 FPS

GTX280 GFX, 8600GT PhysX
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Avg: 33.4 FPS
Max: 74.0 FPS
Min: 20.3 FPS

GTX280 GFX, Q6600 CPU PhysX
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Avg: 14.8 FPS
Max: 48.9 FPS
Min: 10.8 FPS

EDIT - Here are results for the GTX280 doing PhysX & GFX, without the desktop extended to the 8600GT (A limitation in Vista Display Driver model requires the second card even if it just used for PhysX to be an active desktop source also.)

GTX280 GFX & PhysX (No 8600GT desktop extension)
------------------------------
Avg: 53.2 FPS
Max: 135.6 FPS
Min: 34.7 FPS

YoSiMeTe_SaM · 13th August 2008, 5:56 PM

Are these only for the desktop version of cards? As i have the mobile 8700GT'S in SLI

Cheers

Aratahu · 13th August 2008, 6:01 PM

GTX280 GFX & PhysX --- although tested this with the older previously released drivers yesterday
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Avg: 69.28 FPS
Max: 91.36 FPS
Min: 47.01 FPS

280 running at 680 synched/1260 mem.
Q6600@3.69ghz
Server08x64 with plenty ram

12th August 2008, 11:39 PM	#2
FLB Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Adelaide Posts: 3,289	Main - http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcewithin/us/index.html Downloads - http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcew...s/download.asp Direct Links for all NV GF8, 9, GTX PhysX related products released on 13/8/08 http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...structions.txt - Instructions http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...glish_whql.exe - Vista x86 177.83 Forceware Driver w/ PhysX Driver 8.08.01 http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...glish_whql.exe - Vista x64 177.83 Forceware Driver w/ PhysX Driver 8.08.01 http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...glish_whql.exe - XP x86 177.83 Forceware Driver w/ PhysX Driver 8.08.01 http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...glish_whql.exe - XP x64 177.83 Forceware Driver w/ PhysX Driver 8.08.01 http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...Alpha_v0.6.exe - Metal Kill Zero Demo/Benchmark http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...ysXModPack.msi - Unreal Tournament 3 PhysX Mod Pack http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...aboom_v0.9.exe - BadaBoom Media Encoder Trial http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...onger_v2.1.exe - Warmonger Full Game http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...GPU_v620nv.msi - GPU Folding @ Home Client http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...Alpha_v0.7.exe - Nurien Demo/Benchmark http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod...ulu_v1.1.2.exe - The Great Kulu PhysX Tech Demo http://nzone.download.nvidia.com/nod..._demo_v1.0.msi - PhysX Fluid Demo EDIT - updated links and info. __________________ I've got some computers :P Last edited by FLB; 13th August 2008 at 6:59 PM.

13th August 2008, 1:54 AM	#6
Menthu_Rae Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Posts: 6,153	For Nurien... OCAU top tip - in nVidia driver settings - set the Nurien.exe to force AA and AF for smoother looking hair/dresses to enhance your "Korean chicks in Unreal Engine 3.0" experience __________________ System Specs: i7 3770K, Noctua NH-U12P SE2, 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3-1600, ASUS P8Z77-V Premium, 2048MB Zotac GTX680, ASUS Xonar Essence One, 120GB/240GB Samsung 840 SSDs, 2x 3TB Toshiba HDDs [RAID1], 2x Zalman ZMMFC-1 Plus, Dell U3011 30" LCD, Creative T-40 Series II 2.0, LianLi PC-A71B, 8x Scythe SFF21G, 1kW Silverstone ST1000P. Over 50 Trades. Last edited by Menthu_Rae; 13th August 2008 at 2:00 AM.

13th August 2008, 7:43 AM	#7
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13th August 2008, 7:52 AM	#8
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13th August 2008, 8:27 AM	#9
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12th August 2008, 11:47 PM	#3
Kaine[zof] Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,136	oh hawt, it's out. Downloading Wasn't expecting this to be out till late tomorrow.

13th August 2008, 12:13 AM	#4
rav.dusty Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 32	awesome, btw i have PhysX 8.07.18 drivers installed, would i uninstall these before i install the new drivers?

13th August 2008, 8:52 AM	#10
Vampire Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hawkesbury Posts: 751	Sweet, downloading now! Aww, I have a game called Crazy Machines 2 which has some bonus levels for those with PhysX cards, I was hoping I'd be able to play the levels with these new drivers, but I cant __________________ [Gaming] eVGA 790i Ultra SLI -=- E8500 @ 4.0ghz -=- 4Gb Patriot DDR3 1600MHz 7-7-7-20 -=- Sapphire HD5850 1GB -=- X-Fi Fatal1ty [FileServer] E6600 -=- 2GB DDR2-800 -=- 14TB HDD -=- CM Stacker 830 -=- Silverstone 850w [HTPC] E2200 -=- GA-73PVM-S2H -=- 2GB DDR2-800 -=- 500GB SATA2 -=- Leadtek DTV2000H w w w . c o d e b y t e . o r g Last edited by Vampire; 13th August 2008 at 9:26 AM.

13th August 2008, 11:20 AM	#11
terrastrife Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ADL/SA The Monopoly State Posts: 16,022	so what fps do ppl pull in nurien/physx config? __________________ D90/35mm1.8/SB900 Main/X58-USB3 F5/4GHz i7 950/48GB RipjawsZ/GTX 670/SSD 520 Series unRAID5/X2 4000+/30TB/16 Disk MidiTower/NeoHE

13th August 2008, 5:56 PM	#14
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13th August 2008, 6:01 PM	#15
Aratahu Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melbourne VIC Posts: 263	GTX280 GFX & PhysX --- although tested this with the older previously released drivers yesterday ------------------------------ Avg: 69.28 FPS Max: 91.36 FPS Min: 47.01 FPS 280 running at 680 synched/1260 mem. Q6600@3.69ghz Server08x64 with plenty ram __________________ Norwegian living Down Under. Mountain bike rider. Programmer. Dad. Antec 902v3, HX1000W, Asus P8Z68 Deluxe, i7-2600k @ 4.5ghz, Asus 6970 DirectCU2. Windows 7/64bit, 16GB, 3x U2412M Eyefinity on Ergotech stand. Vertex3 MaxIOPS 120GB + spinner.