New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

[Talus]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.94.html

Version: 81.94
Release Date: November 14, 2005
Please make sure to read the Driver Installation Hints Document before you install this driver.

U.S. English
File Size: 20.7 MB

Release Highlights:

* Adds support for GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and GeForce 6800 GS
* Improved performance for Quake 4
* Improved performance and compatibility for Call of Duty 2
* Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
* TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
* Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
* Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs.
* PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support.
* Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV.
* Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
* For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.

Single GPU Issues

• GeForce 7800 GT/GTX, GeForce 6800: Corruption of ʺWidescreenʺ
great shot playback mode is corrupt with AFR2 mode set in Tiger
Woods 2006.
• GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Running OpenGL Games after Direct3D
hangs the system.
• GeForce 6800: Incorrect rendering in Half Life 2 Lost Coast / Day of
Defeat.
• GeForce 6 Series: With the latest FarCry 1.33 patch, HDR mode may
not work.
This is an issue with the application, and will be fixed in the next patch for
the game.
• Quadro FX 1300, Quadro FX 3400: Using GLSL
gl_ModelViewMatrixInverse generates warnings.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Battlefield 2 intermittently fails to show fog
on some distant objects.
• GeForce4 Ti, GeForce FX 5600: Java applications crash upon exiting.

SLI Related Issues

• GeForce 7800 GTX, SLI:The PrintScreen function does not capture 8xS
AA, 8x SLI AA, and 16xS SLI AA correctly in Half-Life 2
• GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, SLI: Halo hangs after playing for a few
minutes.
• GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, SLI: Flat Out hangs or causes a system reboot
when launched with SLI enabled.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Sweet, thanks. :)

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Coolness, I picked up about 20 points in 3dMark.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Coolness, I picked up about 20 points in 3dMark.

Thats within the margin of error from one test to another on the same drivers.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Yes, I'm aware of that, but I have run at least a dozen tests on the previous drivers with nothing higher than 8444.

[fdxd]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Any improvements for BF2?

Whats the best driver for 6800 owners?

[scott123]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

I think they are done with performance improvements in BF2. For the 6800, anything from the 78.03 on up.

[fdxd]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Well i can safely say this craps over the 77.xx drivers. So thats not true.

[fdxd]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

oops i meant 78.xx drivers.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

You know you could have just edited your post right?

[fdxd]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Dammit.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

Bah, rolled back to previouse drivers. Had issues using dual monitors.

[BoloMarkXXX]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

I think they are done with performance improvements in BF2. For the 6800, anything from the 78.03 on up.

Not true if you look at the first post there are fix's for older cards like the G4 TI & 5950.

I built a new machine, its 1 week old today anywhos its a AMD 3700 64, 2gig RAM, 6800GT 256 & I run WINDOWS XP 64bit. I have had a wonderful week of trouble free play, no more crashes too the desktop no more sound freaking out with game freeze . Installed 81.85 64bit WHQLs @ build installed 64 bit 81.94s lastnight they 3dMark the same, as far a IQ goes I cant tell I'm still so dazzled with play'n with everything on high.

When I got the game I had AMD XP 3000, 1 gig RAM & a FX5900XT 128 low settings looked like crap but playable. Big fights & CQB meant certain death because it woukd get choppy. Then I traded for a ATI 9800 256 it looked better but still play'd the same. I was also cursed with every kind of crash know to exist for this game.

Now with everthing on high games run 70-80 FPS most the time, in a big Karkand street fight bunch of peeps run around, tanks, APCs & artillary go'n off me in the middle it,ll drop to 45 briefly. To me, use'ta to play'n on crap its as smooth as butter. CQB (close quarter battle) is a blast when your gun accually pionts to where you aim it

[cyborg_ninja-117]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

w00t, thnx talas for the update

[OminousLull]

Re: New ForceWare v81.94 Official Release

This is the first driver above 77.77 I've been able to use with my 5900 Ultra. Higher frames in Bf2 and no fog problems in Karkland that I had with the previous 80 series drivers. Played for 2 hours with no crash to desktop.