Nvidia 280.26 WHQL out now!!!

**~~ToonTotalWar~~** · August 10, 2011, 06:53 AM

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-...driver-uk.html

**♔DARTH LEGO♔** · August 10, 2011, 07:55 AM

schweet....

nice change list too for the 3D stuff....

**Radious** · August 10, 2011, 08:42 AM

Any change in Shogun? Using previous WHQL and cant be arsed to get new ones again if there is nothing usefull changed.

**Totalheadache** · August 10, 2011, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Radious

Any change in Shogun? Using previous WHQL and cant be arsed to get new ones again if there is nothing usefull changed.

well run fine for me but i cant see any diff between these and 270.33.

**Altimis** · August 11, 2011, 03:13 AM

Where is AMD Catalyst 11.8

**Morgan** · August 11, 2011, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Altimis

Where is AMD Catalyst 11.8

I got 11.8 about a week ago, I think. Check your updates.

**AlfonsoVIII** · August 11, 2011, 08:11 PM

no performance increase for me, has to be the game that is the problem.

**Raimeken** · August 12, 2011, 09:44 AM

Will GPU drivers really fix a CPU problem? Doubt it

**DaVinci** · August 12, 2011, 10:36 AM

Last time i researched about video-card/driver issues, it has been said, that many game titles still have issues with dx11. S2 belonged to those titles, has probably less to do with CPU.

Besides that certain game sites stopped their benchmarking on S2 (or to judge about it in detail), because of the fact that the S2 software downgrades video detail settings and video RAM, and a prevention of this wasn't possible.

As for nvidia driver, i'm using still the beta 280.19, and it runs good, at least slight better than the former WHQL. I might update it, if i get enough info about advantages.

**Instance** · August 12, 2011, 04:35 PM

Reluctant to try updating again. Previously anything past 275.27 would resort in graphical errors with SLI enabled. And no, I'm not about to disable SLI.

-Instance

**AlfonsoVIII** · August 12, 2011, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Raimeken

Will GPU drivers really fix a CPU problem? Doubt it

actually the game is the problem, the dx11 is half baked, so it was either the video drivers or the game that is the problem. dont see how the CPU could be the problem.

**DavidtheDuke** · August 12, 2011, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by AlfonsoVIII

actually the game is the problem, the dx11 is half baked, so it was either the video drivers or the game that is the problem. dont see how the CPU could be the problem.

Well I could, easily. It could require an unusual amount of CPU cycles for all kinds of things. All it takes is a bit of bad code to make the battles run horribly from say overcalculating melees, but mostly alright in other ways. Campaign stutter is back unfortunately, though.

**Raimeken** · August 13, 2011, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by AlfonsoVIII

actually the game is the problem, the dx11 is half baked, so it was either the video drivers or the game that is the problem. dont see how the CPU could be the problem.

I was assuming that people were looking for performance upgrades with the new drivers, but really at the high/ultra settings it pushes all the load onto the CPU, so *shrugs*

**Protector** · August 13, 2011, 02:13 AM

I dunno if it has to do with the new driver 280.26 which I also installed on Wednesday.

Since yesterday while I am playing STW2 I get all of sudden a total shut down at turn No. 110 and cant play now any further...game over.
Instead of CTD I get a black screen and my PC shuts down ... but restarted by itself like a reset.
Never before I got such an issue.

**Shader** · August 13, 2011, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Protector

I dunno if it has to do with the new driver 280.26 which I also installed on Wednesday.

Since yesterday while I am playing STW2 I get all of sudden a total shut down at turn No. 110 and cant play now any further...game over.
Instead of CTD I get a black screen and my PC shuts down ... but restarted by itself like a reset.
Never before I got such an issue.

With the lastest release I got the famous message "Display driver stopped working..." while I was on desktop/browsing though, not in the game.
But still, this new version might have some glitches.
Rollback to previous WHQL using clean install to isolate if it's a driver issue or not.

**DavidtheDuke** · August 12, 2011, 06:33 PM

Seems to work a tad faster for me. But it could all be in my head. Still gets a little skippy at times, don't really see how new drivers could fix what seems to be a CPU bottleneck.

**AlfonsoVIII** · August 13, 2011, 02:17 AM

well total war games have always been cpu heavy. so if your game is slow, i would upgrade cpu first.

**Protector** · August 13, 2011, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by AlfonsoVIII

well total war games have always been cpu heavy. so if your game is slow, i would upgrade cpu first.

My game isnt slow at all and I got an excellent cpu:

CPU: Intel i7 2600k 3.4GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
Graphic: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
Graphic (games): 3071 MB total
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB (700GB total)
OS: Win7 64bit
Resolution: 1920 x 1200

And I already played about 40 turns with the new driver but now current campaign is not playable anymore for some reason. I will start a new one to see if it will shut down again at turn No. 110.

**Jaketh** · August 13, 2011, 06:44 PM

Incase anyone didn't read the notes, 280 was entirely about integrating the 3D vision drivers into the main driver update and enabling SLI on certain AMD boards, no performance increases