New nvidia vid drivers

Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:54 am

nVidia posted 91.47 certified yesterday.

I used them in a couple Descent3 games and Quake4 single player and they seem pretty smooth.

It looks like they have helped tone down that studder effect that Descent3 players get, using DX when first joining a game.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:14 am

Still using 84.21 here, been too lazy to update.

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:00 pm

Linux driver releases are still at 87.74, and I'm using 81.78 at the moment, cause it works. I may update to 87.74 before I upgrade ths machine and see if it makes any difference.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:29 pm

I'm STILL trying to update my Linux drivers.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:05 pm

i hate the new control panel.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:11 pm

all it is, is a GUI for Reg tags. *shrug*. Looks like they're trying to give us some more \"power\". ah well. I don't use it that much anywys. No need for profiles. I've had nothing but trouble with that nonsense.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:13 pm

it actualy takes away power, the classic panel + coolbits gives you ultimate power. add riva tuner and you have even more power

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:34 pm

Well, I updated to 87.74, and it didn't make much difference performance-wise, but now I *am* able to overclock my 6200, which would crash with the older drivers. Made about 30FPS difference, which is pretty much worth it when FPS dips below 60 on a regular basis.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:47 pm

I think the main thing about the 8774 drivers in linux is that they Support the new Xorg 7.1. Sheesh, I made the mistake of upgrating xorg to 7.1 and had to wait almost a month for these new drivers \"oops\".

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:13 pm

Xamindar wrote:I think the main thing about the 8774 drivers in linux is that they Support the new Xorg 7.1. Sheesh, I made the mistake of upgrating xorg to 7.1 and had to wait almost a month for these new drivers "oops".

"Upgrating?" What the heck is that?

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:26 pm

FunkyStickman wrote: "Upgrating?" What the heck is that?

Hmm, I can't spell.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:41 pm

fps9147.txt wrote:487.80 Descent3 v1.4
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