182.46 beta Nvidia drivers available

[ginger_hammer]

Direct download from Nvidia website. Unfortunately there is no mention of ETW. Can't test now as at work

New in Release 182 Drivers:

• Boosts performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 182.46 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  
  • Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
  • Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
  • Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.
  • Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.
  • Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.
• Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
• Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.

Existing Support:

• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and OpenGL including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Supports NVIDIA SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Learn more here.
• Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Learn more here. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
• Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #2. Download these free PhysX and CUDA applications now!
• Supports CUDA.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

[No_Limit]

182.46 no SLI Support for Empire Total War

nvapps.xml
<PROFILE Label="Empire: Total War">
<APPLICATION Label="empire.exe "/>
<PROPERTY Label="multichip_rendering_mode" Value="0x00000004" Default="0x00000004" Itemtype="predefined"/>

[Stoferr]

Is there any way to contact Nvidia? Im pissed that my 8800 SLI system isn't supported anymore at all.

[hamzta09]

Meh, why bother with old beta drivers and get the 185.20 if any beta driver at all.
Or stick with the 182.06 one.

[MoZo_101]

Does these work on etw?

[ginger_hammer]

Meh, why bother with old beta drivers and get the 185.20 if any beta driver at all.
Or stick with the 182.06 one.

Well these 'old' drivers have been released today, while the 185.20 have a higher number but are older Probably a reason for the higher number is that Nvidia never released them (officialy).

Anyway I'm downloading now to try them out....

[hamzta09]

Well these 'old' drivers have been released today, while the 185.20 have a higher number but are older Probably a reason for the higher number is that Nvidia never released them (officialy).

Anyway I'm downloading now to try them out....

Wont try to explain to someone who simply dont get it.
Back to school will ya.

:sparta:

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Man i had so much fun.

[ginger_hammer]

Ha, well I managed to reach one more turn in my sweden campaign before my machine locked up. However I can't blame ETW & these drivers as am having general stability problems with my pc requiring hard-resets daily, booo.

[hamzta09]

Ha, well I managed to reach one more turn in my sweden campaign before my machine locked up. However I can't blame ETW & these drivers as am having general stability problems with my pc requiring hard-resets daily, booo.

The computer reboots automaticly random? Might be your powersupply or the CPU being overheated.

Had the problem myself this autumn, PSU blew up, had to send it into 'datorbutiken.com' but they went into..... whatever so i never got a new one, so bought a new one, and comp has been fine since then lol.

[ginger_hammer]

Nah the pc just freezes, no input from mouse/keyboard/etc so have to press the reset button. Really cannot track it down, tried Motherboard BIOS flash, changing RAM timings/voltages, CPU speed/voltages, most software drivers. Also getting freeze ups on 2nd hard disk with Win7 on too, which would lead me to expect a hardware fault...although after first 2-3 freezes its rock solid for until I turn it off...ah well back to the drawing board!

[Stoferr]

Sounds like your chipset is overheating. If so you should improve your airflow, or get a new motherboard

[ginger_hammer]

Thanks for the tip Stoferr, am thinking my motherboard could be the caulprit however airflow is good with 6 fans, temps are low. Really difficult to isolate problem.

[Average Ping]

Thanks for the tip Stoferr, am thinking my motherboard could be the caulprit however airflow is good with 6 fans, temps are low. Really difficult to isolate problem.

Slightly off topic, but I had exactly the same problem - it turned out that while i had good airflow the GTX280 default fan setting was 41% so the card itself was over heating. Once I ramped up the onbvoard fan on the GPU the problems went away...

Only to be replaced by a driver compatability problem with ETW

I went from 182.08 back to 182.06 yesterday and it seemed to work slightly better ( only a couple of crashes ) however today it crashes before loading the campaign map so I need to try something else


Vista64/i7/GTX280

[Average Ping]

Ok i just updated to 182.46 and still same problem - crash after main menu - maybe this is something else.

[Totalheadache]

tried these with a 295. they are a no-no.

best i found is 185.26 with nhancer. playing darth mod with full smoke mod and am generally not dipping under 50fps with all ultra @1920x1200. (mostly over 100fps).

its a lot more playable than 1 week ago. actually getting to like it!

[ShiBDiB]

Ok i just updated to 182.46 and still same problem - crash after main menu - maybe this is something else.

use 181.22

[Totalheadache]

use 181.22

depends. for my 295. i found 185.26 better than 181.22..

but yeah they do work with sli and most nvidia gpu's/

[Yojimbo]

What so the new drivers still suck for performance? That sucks. What works best with a 8800gt for people here?

[ShiBDiB]

181.22 r a stable set of drivers. I had the newest release and the game kept crashing, downgraded and i havent crashed once and ive played ALOTTT

[Brusilov]

I've been using the 185.20 beta drivers as these are the only ones I've found so far that allows me to use my two GTX280s in SLI mode.

I may try the beta.....