Nvidia Forceware 174.31's

[Pirate Neilsouth]

XP 32bit

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=17739

Note: Once downloaded and extracted, the extracted Folder will be called:- 174.31_vista64, but they are XP 32bit.

XP 64bit

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=17741

Vista 32bit

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=17737

Vista 64bit

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=17740

Enjoy.

Also download the modded.inf's for the set you require, then once you have extracted the drivers, drag the modded .inf across into the extracted folder thats created, and say yes to replace, then run the Setup.exe to install.

From OCUK

[Fat Jez]

Thank you!

Cheers,
Jez

[clerick]

Christ, nvidia is pumping out more drivers then rabbits in spring time.

[GanjaStar]

woohooho man i'm so glad to be green this GPU cycle. I got more drivers than socks

[acroig]

Put in drivers sticky. I'll wait for a version after 174 before I change drivers.

[Kowan]

I'll give em a try later. Thanks fer the heads up mate.

[GanjaStar]

well the program detection actually found 90% of my games with these drivers, so that's an improvement. When you press a letter on the keyboard an error box "invalid parameter" pops up. I suppose that's better than nothing happening as in all other 17x.xx drivers At least they will implement it sooner or later. Crysis performance in the flyby up by 0.5 fps, so not much new there. Timeshift still no AA as usual

[xNaquada]

still no official beta/whql since 169.... sigh

Im still on 169.09, dont really feel like the hassle of untinstall/reinstall for little gains. (Not playing Crysis atm, just Sins Of a Solar Empire, and COD4, both of which I am well in the green range as far as FPS goes.

[Emmet Otter]

I need drivers to fix UT2K4 stutteringwith my card

[Hapatingjaky]

I need drivers to fix UT2K4 stutteringwith my card

This will never happen, the issue has been around since the G80 release and probably never will be fixed.

[icecold1983]

This will never happen, the issue has been around since the G80 release and probably never will be fixed.

sad but seemingly true

[Emmet Otter]

*sniff *sniff

Sometimes I wished I went with ATI instead

[Kowan]

Seen posts about the 174.31's do not support SLI. The posters claimed attempting to set SLI required a reboot, but SLI wasn't enabled after bootup.

Not going to test it myself.

[FX-Overclocking]

Can you link the official Nvidia download link, I don't like using 3rd party sites for DLing. Makes me nervous.

[Nunz]

My SLi is working great! not sure what is goin on with other people but they might not be doing it correctly.. not sure, but i didnt require a reboot to enable SLi, it did it without reboot, but i rebooted anyway. Drivers are grrrreat

[clerick]

Drivers working great here.

[acroig]

Can you link the official Nvidia download link, I don't like using 3rd party sites for DLing. Makes me nervous.

I don't think this is an official release so I doubt you'll find them on nV's site. These are leaks from AIBs or other sources.

[FX-Overclocking]

I don't think this is an official release so I doubt you'll find them on nV's site. These are leaks from AIBs or other sources.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll wait for the full "official" one just to be super safe then. I used to use betas, but have since been going with standard since I've just been trying to go for pure stability lately.

[eatyour1337ies]

Haven't tried other games but the one I'm currently playing (FEAR) saw a nice little boost over the 174.12's with these. This is fun playing with all the driver versions Reminds me of back when D-Link was churning out beta firmware like mad for the DI-624 router based on the last of the turbo mode Atheros chipsets (I had to hack the later versions to get static turbo back!).

[cjl64]

links dont work

[Pirate Neilsouth]

links dont work

There forum is down

[eatyour1337ies]

Backup linkage

These things also fixed a shadow flickering issue with Mafia

[Pirate Neilsouth]

These things also fixed a shadow flickering issue with Mafia

[acroig]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll wait for the full "official" one just to be super safe then. I used to use betas, but have since been going with standard since I've just been trying to go for pure stability lately.

I'm using the 174.16s right now and I can tell you they're super stable, all AA work (I was not getting in game AA in CoD4 woth other drivers) and they're fast too!

I'd give them a try.

[mynakedrat2]

i followed the instructions, and added the inf like I have always had to do, but setup will never find the hardware. What am i doing wrong?

[Kowan]

The link eatyour1337ies posted has the mod'd inf file included.
SLI does indeed work on these. Though normal bootup after a driver install has a prompt pop up stating you have a SLI capable system and click to enable etc.
These gave no prompt though opening CP allowed SLI to be set.

[chadro]

is this driver for all geforce cards? Will it work on my 8800GT?

[mynakedrat2]

thank you, yes works on 8800 gt

[Ristogod]

Christ, nvidia is pumping out more drivers then rabbits in spring time.

woohooho man i'm so glad to be green this GPU cycle. I got more drivers than socks

Why is it so difficult for them to release official drivers like ATI, instead of always BETA drivers? I love new drivers. But I like them to be legit. That is what eventually drove me away from nVidia last time. I had a 6800GT and was a fantastic card (at the time), but grew tired of the fact that in the entire time I owned it (over a year), nVidia only release two official drivers.

*sniff *sniff

Sometimes I wished I went with ATI instead

Just came from that camp. And unless you are big fan of cyclical VPU recovers until hard lock or OS crash, I wouldn't be wishing too hard.

[AluminumHaste]

Seen posts about the 174.31's do not support SLI. The posters claimed attempting to set SLI required a reboot, but SLI wasn't enabled after bootup.

Not going to test it myself.

I have these and 2 8700M GT's and SLI is indeed enabled. Was getting 300fps in World of Warcraft @ 1920x1200 with everything maxxed at 8xAA and 8XAF.

[Anth Seebel]

I can confirm AA is working with these in Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Soulstorm. Seem like nice drivers so far. Thanks again Neil for the heads-up.

[Dengin]

I recently swapped from an ATI card to 8800GT, as well as from Xp to Vista, so I have a question regarding driver updates on my new system. Do I still uninstall old drivers, reboot into safe mode, run DriverCleaner, reboot, install new drivers? Is there a preferred way to update drivers in Vista, or with NVidia cards as opposed to what I'm used to? Do I need to change some settings in Vista so it won't try to update my drivers automatically?

[bobmitch]

Dengin

That is what I have been doing, exactly, in Vista since I installed it last year. The procedure is the same...and the problems are NONE!

Bob

[xNaquada]

ok so upgrading from 169.09betas to 174.31, holy cow performance improvements across the board (well... smooth to smoother i guess..added some AA with no perf hit!). Even in the few games I play, and now the Witcher, these drivers are very very nice indeed!.


Anyone still on 169's I advise to upgrade immediately!

EDIT:

Thank you very much for that "backup linkage" that included the modded INF. Much appreciated! +REP

[cjl64]

i dont do the whole mod INF crap.. is there a normal .exe for any of these new drivers beyond the 173.12's?

[acroig]

i dont do the whole mod INF crap.. is there a normal .exe for any of these new drivers beyond the 173.12's?

Don't be afraid, they're OK. The only reason why you need the modded inf is because the drivers are for the 9600 but they work well with all nV cards.

[cjl64]

Don't be afraid, they're OK. The only reason why you need the modded inf is because the drivers are for the 9600 but they work well with all nV cards.

oh i know that.. i would just rather click and be done.. im lazy

[acroig]

oh i know that.. i would just rather click and be done.. im lazy

Same here but I can tell you the 174s are worth the extra install effort.

[icecold1983]

u could always just try the 174.20s. no modded inf needed and they perform the same as the 31s

[GanjaStar]

Same here but I can tell you the 174s are worth the extra install effort.

the extra effort being drag and drop