ForceWare 174.74 BETA

[weeds]

Some more Forceware.
DriverVer = 03/24/2008, 6.14.11.7474

XP32Bit International
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/174.74/XFa...%20WinXP32.rar

XP64Bit International
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/174.74/XFa...%20WinXP64.rar

Vista 32Bit International
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/174.74/XFa...%20Vista32.rar

Vista 64Bit International
http://pic.xfastest.com/z/174.74/XFa...%20Vista64.rar

[SIrPauly]

Someome actually was quicker than the Pirate, hehe! Thanks!

[Pirate Neilsouth]

Too early for me

Thanks for the news!

[logical]

From what I read these are only for the 9 series.

[Pirate Neilsouth]

From what I read these are only for the 9 series.

Officially yes , unofficially all of the 9 series drivers have been inf modified for use on all nvidia cards

Like this one!

[logical]

Officially yes , unofficially all of the 9 series drivers have been inf modified for use on all nvidia cards

Like this one!

Yeah, but for most people that dont modify(or dont feel like it,me!) only 9 series.

[Pirate Neilsouth]

Yeah, but for most people that dont modify(or dont feel like it,me!) only 9 series.

I basically just said that

Anyhoo if you have a series 8 card install these drivers like i have done , no problems , no need to do anything else except run the setup.exe

[Nunz]

Too many drivers! my head hurts

I just put in the 174.70 about 4 days ago. now 174.74.. How do they run? Any crashes etc? Wierd anomalies?

[Seyiji]

Here are some official download links

Windows XP 32bit

Windows XP 64bit

Windows Vista 32bit

Windows Vista 64bit

XP Release Notes

Vista Release Notes

EDIT:
Also these are dated the same day as OP's drivers so no need to re download

[HonestJohn]

Yeah, but for most people that dont modify(or dont feel like it,me!) only 9 series.

No need for modified INF file if you download from Nvidia. 174.74 Release notes state that this driver supports .....

Supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs including these newly released GPUs:
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a
NVIDIA nForce 730a
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including Quad SLI technology with GeForce 9800 GX2.
Adds support for NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology for GeForce 6, 7, 8, or 9 Series GPUs, including SLI technology.
Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2 and 9600 GT:
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements
Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration*
Microsoft Vista Aero display mode compatibility for Blu-ray & HD DVD playback*
Added the following pages to the NVIDIA Control Panel:
Manage Custom Resolutions
Adjust Television Color Settings
Adjust Screen Size and Position
Move CRT Position
Improved performance on many DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

* Note: Users will require updated software from third-party movie players to experience the new Dual-Stream decode acceleration and Aero support for Blu-ray and HD DVD playback features.

[logical]

Not very many people here arent using low end 8 series cards. Most of us are in the 8800 series.

[HonestJohn]

Not very many people here arent using low end 8 series cards. Most of us are in the 8800 series.

It supports all 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs per my previous post? and I just loaded them for my 8800 GTS 512MB. I'm confused, or perhaps you are?

Supported Cards ...

GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 8800 Ultra 
GeForce 8800 GTX 
GeForce 8800 GTS 512 
GeForce 8800 GTS 
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce 8600 GTS 
GeForce 8600 GT 
GeForce 8600 GS 
GeForce 8500 GT 
GeForce 8400 GS 
GeForce 8400 SE 
GeForce 8400 
GeForce 8300 GS
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a
NVIDIA nForce 730a
GeForce 7950 GX2 
GeForce 7950 GT 
GeForce 7900 GTX 
GeForce 7900 GT/GTO 
GeForce 7900 GS 
GeForce 7800 SLI 
GeForce 7800 GTX 
GeForce 7800 GT 
GeForce 7800 GS 
GeForce 7650 GS 
GeForce 7600 GT 
GeForce 7600 GS 
GeForce 7600 LE 
GeForce 7500 LE 
GeForce 7350 LE 
GeForce 7300 SE 
GeForce 7300 LE 
GeForce 7300 GT 
GeForce 7300 GS 
GeForce 7200 GS 
GeForce 7100 GS 
GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i 
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i 
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i 
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i 
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i 
GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a 
GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a 
GeForce 6800 XT 
GeForce 6800 XE 
GeForce 6800 Ultra 
GeForce 6800 Series GPU 
GeForce 6800 LE 
GeForce 6800 GT 
GeForce 6800 GS/XT 
GeForce 6800 GS 
GeForce 6800 
GeForce 6700 XL 
GeForce 6610 XL 
GeForce 6600 VE 
GeForce 6600 LE 
GeForce 6600 GT 
GeForce 6600 
GeForce 6500 
GeForce 6250 
GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™ 
GeForce 6200 TurboCache™ 
GeForce 6200 LE 
GeForce 6200 A-LE 
GeForce 6200 
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 
GeForce 6150 LE 
GeForce 6150 
GeForce 6100 nForce 420 
GeForce 6100 nForce 405 
GeForce 6100 nForce 400 
GeForce 6100

[logical]

Opps I misread "newly released". Sorry Im at work minimizing windows every now and then to avoid problems

[acroig]

Opps I misread "newly released". Sorry Im at work minimizing windows every now and then to avoid problems

Raging @ work!

[GanjaStar]

I hav a feeling these will have random BSOD's like the 174.70's but I just can't resist

[acroig]

I hav a feeling these will have random BSOD's like the 174.70's but I just can't resist

Maybe these are the ones that have AA on Timeshift!

[GanjaStar]

Maybe these are the ones that have AA on Timeshift!

We'll have to keep wishing a bit longer

[Sweetz]

Although the scaling options are greyed out in these drivers for me, custom resolutions actually work!!!

E.g. the backend parameters are actually obeyed if you set them manually. Whenever I tried to do this before, the drivers would override the backend paramters, even when set to manual, and I couldn't get anything to work; but now they stay set.

So I started by creating an entry for my native res (1360x768) and leaving the backend parameters on auto to get the correct settings for my actual native res. I can then edit that entry, set the background paramters to manual to preserve the settings for my native res, and then enter whatever front end res I want and it works.

Because of this, I'm now finally able to play KOTOR in widescreen I created 1706x960 (which sounds odd, but it matches vertically with the game's 1280x960 interface) with the backend parameters set for 1360x768 and it scales correctly.

[acroig]

We'll have to keep wishing a bit longer

FRACK!

[clerick]

[acroig]

Is that your work, clerick, or did you get from somewhere else?

[clerick]

It's from a thread on nvidia offical forums for the 174.74 drivers.

[acroig]

Thanks.

[GanjaStar]

nice to see that the set brught improvements, even if only to the 9800gx2.

They did lower my crysis fps by 1.5-2.5, so it seems that even though they support all cards(probably due to the customer outcry concerning latest betas) they're pretty much tailored for the flagship card. Back to the good ol 174.31's

those are some nice crysis improvements for the 9800gx2, damn!

[Kowan]

The outcry might have been the broken AA game profiles...
About time Nvidia released an other than 9 series only with working AA profiles.

[mynakedrat2]

ganja, tell me if crysis is any faster with te .60's
I didnt try the .31's , but the 60's are boss!

[GanjaStar]

ganja, tell me if crysis is any faster with te .60's
I didnt try the .31's , but the 60's are boss!

174.16-174.70 all have about the same crysis performance. 174.74's have a lower fps than the rest of 174's (which is a bit strange) but still a bit higher than any 169's, so I'd say stick with the 174.60's if theyre stable for ya.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Well, this has been an intersting weekend as far as drivers are concerned for me. I was not holding out any hope of getting these damn TDR errors under control. This was happening about every 20 minutes or so on average. Well, I decided to download the 174.74 betas (yea, I know I said no more beta's), and poof I play Crysis for like 3 hours with no driver errors. So, I've done two things since my last bout with crashes:

1) I installed the new betas (174.74)
2) I installed an additional 2GB (6GB total) of ram taking up my additional 2 memory slots (all four are now occupied).

Sure hope these stay stable!? Anyhoo, these drivers seem to be doing the job, hopefully.

Dc

[acroig]

Anyhoo, these drivers seem to be doing the job, hopefully.

Dc

Excellent! I'm glad you finally found a set of good drivers.

[Dungeoncrawler]

Excellent! I'm glad you finally found a set of good drivers.

Thank you sir. I'm sure it's probably the beta drivers but I really hate not being able to nail the thing down specifically. However, I'm sure the experts will eventually nail it down.

Dc

[Tyr-Sog]

IMO these give much improved IQ.