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I know the GTX4X0 users have been waiting for these drivers more so than we GTX200 series owners, but I'm happy to report that I'm seeing some positive performance numbers from them. I've gained about 1500 3DMark Vantage Points and gained about 20-30FPS in BC2. I'm now running around 120FPS in BC2 @ 1920x1080 w/ 16XQ AA and 16X AF with DirectX10! I know such a big jump is hard to believe, I was shocked too. Try them out and see for yourselves! Select your card and OS here! Having a couple issues though. Precsion 1.9.4 is not correctly displaying GPU temperature or loads. And WMP is not playing AVI files at all. Going to restart and see if that fixes the problem. Update: Restarting fixed the Precision issue. And the AVI issue is only affecting certain AVI files. Must be a codec problem. The new drivers also give you the option of selecting how you want to run Physx. You can select which GPU (if you run SLI) or have all Physx calculations done on CPU, or have system auto select (usually GPU1).
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 07:45:43
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I also heard they fixed BC2 loading times
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 07:52:37
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In DX11 yes, which really doesn't apply to 200 series owners. But it's good to see that they fixed it finally.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 08:24:11
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Must be a typo, can only see the 257.15 driver.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 11:12:19
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Yea i just did quick Vantage run here are my results with the new drivers 
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 13:47:22
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Must be a typo, can only see the 257.15 driver.
You are correct. Typo.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 13:50:19
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Here's my latest 3DMark run:  Not too shabby! 
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 16:27:37
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Performance decrease in Just cause 2, still no SLI profile for Splinter Cell Conviction.. These drivers arent as good as i hoped.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 19:02:20
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For some odd reason my advance features are not saving, and my screen feels slugish.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 19:08:17
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nVidia Conrol Panel System Information does not show PhysX. It seems like it wasn't installed in this beta version. Windows control panel does not show PhysX as being one of the installed programs either.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 19:21:36
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 19:53:37
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Dirt2 only runs in window mode with these drivers for me. 
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/24 23:21:52
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Noobie.v1.0
Performance decrease in Just cause 2, still no SLI profile for Splinter Cell Conviction.. These drivers arent as good as i hoped.
The last patch in Splinter Cell added SLI, But it doesn't work right cause the text still strobes like crazy, thought this driver release would fix that sad is hasn't.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 01:31:44
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 07:13:11
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Anybody else running hotter idles? Just 5 degrees.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 11:03:01
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 14:40:15
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The main question i have is....
Do we have the beta version of monitor surround now or will we be seeing it at the end of june? I just want to know if i should order my two extra monitors or wait....
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 15:12:56
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Dirt2 only runs in window mode with these drivers for me.
Press ALT + Enter to switch to fullscreen!
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 16:27:49
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I confirm, poor performance in JC2 with a GTX 295 Co-Op : 28 fps instead of 37 fps in the city test... ****? And no way to find the nvapps.xml file anymore, so it's impossible to edit or add any profile (like SC Conviction) ! I hope it's a joke...
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 16:30:25
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Hog54
Dirt2 only runs in window mode with these drivers for me.
Press ALT + Enter to switch to fullscreen!
That didnt work.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 16:48:52
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Hog54
Dirt2 only runs in window mode with these drivers for me.
Press ALT + Enter to switch to fullscreen!
That didnt work.
Odd... I have quite a few games that refuse to start fullscreen, and that always works with all of them... oh well...
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 18:14:10
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After reading the comments above I think I'll wait until is "cooked" a bit more before I install these drivers :-)
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Re:257.15 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/25 23:07:20
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I tried this driver and my vantage score went down from 22000 to 19500, reinstalled the 197.13 and the benchmark went back up. also bioshock2 would lock up in dx10 using 3d vision, but would work in dx9.
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Re:257.15 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/26 12:55:57
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Just curious how long does Nvidia usually leave drivers in Beta Stage as when I got 197.xx beta the next day they release the WHQL and I had to reinstall drive sweet etc. So any info would be appreciated.
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Re:257.15 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/26 13:58:53
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Absolutely trash!!! I notice no performance difference in JC2 and most importantly I went from 60-140FPS in Starcraft 2 with all settings maxed down to 20FPS. Looks like it is back to 191.07 for me AGAIN!!!!!!!!! When will Nvidia get their heads out of their asses and go back to making good drivers like they used to? God I wish Evga made drivers cause we wouldn't have these issues.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/26 19:38:09
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Dirt2 only runs in window mode with these drivers for me.
you can change it via ini file should be located Documents\My Games\DiRT2\hardwaresettings
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/31 13:07:53
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no sir... i dont like them... the performance is total garbage.. very bad stutter in all 3d aps. i also lost 3k in Vantage with these. went from 32.9k to 29.8k, i think the stutter is the direct result of that lower score. i went back to the 197.45's score back up to 32.9K. I also saw a 20-30fps average drop in most games as well making some nearly unplayable. ex: GTA IV max settings night shadows off (game that already has horrible sli optimization) average tri-sli fps with these 25-30 fps bad stutter. with 197.45's 55-70fps no stutter TF2 max exerything average 125-145fps very bad stutter, with 197's 185-300fps. JC2 max everything average 20-30 fps random stutter, with 197's 55-70 fps crysis max settings game crashed.. wouldnt run at all. with 197's 45-70fps very displeased with these drivers. i wasnt expecting perfection or anything but these are horrible for betas. more like alphas than betas. i do like the new GUI tho.. very nice.. i really like that it allows you to select what card you want to run physx on if you are running dual or tri-sli w/o a dedicated physx card.
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Re:257.17 Beta Drivers Available
2010/05/31 13:31:59
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no sir... i dont like them...
the performance is total garbage..
very bad stutter in all 3d aps. i also lost 3k in Vantage with these. went from 32.9k to 29.8k, i think the stutter is the direct result of that lower score. i went back to the 197.45's score back up to 32.9K. I also saw a 20-30fps average drop in most games as well making some nearly unplayable. ex: GTA IV max settings night shadows off (game that already has horrible sli optimization) average tri-sli fps with these 25-30 fps bad stutter. with 197.45's 55-70fps no stutter
i do like the new GUI tho.. very nice.. i really like that it allows you to select what card you want to run physx on if you are running dual or tri-sli w/o a dedicated physx card.
I actually liked the 197.77 drivers better @ anything 4.2 Mhz or below, wished it would of come with the new GUI tho. your right its very nice. but, the 190.56 driver and add your version of PhysX is the route I take, great spead no stutter and a great performer all round
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