The Nvidia 174.74 BETA Drivers

AngelfireUk83 · 04-17-08, 05:55 PM

Has anyone had the chance to play with these yet any improvements over the december 169 drivers.

Brolloks · 04-17-08, 06:33 PM

My benchmark scores actually went down a bit with the 174.74, I found that 169.21 yield the best overall results.

defiant79 · 04-17-08, 08:16 PM

My older 8800GTS (G80) didn't like these at all. I had to use driver cleaner pro to remove everything and reinstall the 169 drivers. After which I had to completely remove and re-install crysis to get it working again. I was hoping for maybe a slight increase in performance, but thats what I get for playing with beta drivers.

Your mileage may vary though, this was just my experience

atm743 · 04-18-08, 10:58 AM

i just installed these but never tested them

ill go and do a 3d mark 06 and 05 test as well as a css test later today and post what i got.

Raptord · 04-18-08, 03:52 PM

These drivers are supposed to fix the AA-forcing-in-the-CP issue.

ratbuddy · 04-18-08, 05:22 PM

Is there a difference between 174.74 beta and release? I'm pretty sure I'm running 174.74 WHQL..

Raptord · 04-18-08, 10:37 PM

The only diff is the WHQL part, they didn't actually change anything in the drivers.

redrumy3 · 04-18-08, 10:41 PM

just started using 174.93 betas so far soo good

Socket eh? · 04-19-08, 01:21 AM

Anyone see if these fix UT2004 yet?

Niku-Sama · 04-19-08, 02:02 AM

whats wrong with UT04?

Socket eh? · 04-19-08, 02:05 AM

8800's can't play it, there's a terrible shuttering issue that has to do with dynamic lighting on the weapon and player models. It's been known for a year and nvidia has basically been ignoring it.

04-17-08, 05:55 PM	Thread Starter #1
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04-17-08, 08:16 PM	#3
defiant79 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US of A, somewhere in Ohio	My older 8800GTS (G80) didn't like these at all. I had to use driver cleaner pro to remove everything and reinstall the 169 drivers. After which I had to completely remove and re-install crysis to get it working again. I was hoping for maybe a slight increase in performance, but thats what I get for playing with beta drivers. Your mileage may vary though, this was just my experience __________________ Main Rig: i7 3770K - ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - 2x8 Gig DDRIII 1600 MHZ G.Skill Ripjaws X Series Memory eVga GTX460 - Creative Labs X-FI Xtreme Gamer Fatality Corsair Force Series 240GB SSD - 640GB Western Digital SATA - 1TB Western Digital SATA - 2x2TB Western Digital SATA
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04-18-08, 10:58 AM	#4
atm743 Member Join Date: Jan 2006	i just installed these but never tested them ill go and do a 3d mark 06 and 05 test as well as a css test later today and post what i got. __________________ CPU:INTEL Core I7 2600K (4.5Ghz) RAM:8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600mhz MOBO:ASUS P8P67 Pro rev 3.1 GFX card:EVGA GTX 680 SC HDD#1:Samsung 840 Pro 128Gb OS Drive HDD#2:Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Media/extra programs HDD#3:Wester Digital Green 1TB 7200 RPM Monitor: Acer 23" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920x1080 OS: Windows 7 Professional Build 7600 64-Bit
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04-18-08, 03:52 PM	#5
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04-18-08, 05:22 PM	#6
ratbuddy Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hartford, CT	Is there a difference between 174.74 beta and release? I'm pretty sure I'm running 174.74 WHQL.. __________________ HTPC - 2500k - 212+ - GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 - 2x4GB G.Skill DDR3-1600 - Vertex 2 90GB, Spinpoint F3 1TB w/M4 64GB ISRT Cache - Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB SLI - Silverstone LC10B-E - Corsair TX750W ----- Main - X3 450 - ASRock A790GMH/128M 790GX - 2x2GB G.Skill 4-4-4-12 - 2xWD Green 1TB - Silverstone TJ08 - Corsair CX400W Nothin' up my sleeve..
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04-18-08, 10:37 PM	#7
Raptord Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada	The only diff is the WHQL part, they didn't actually change anything in the drivers. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3.6Ghz @ 1.50v in BIOS, 1.45 load \|\|\| Temps: 37C idle, 55C folding, 69C P95 load Evga GeForce 9800GTX 825/1944/1225 Evga 122-CK-NF68 A1 680i SLI motherboard 2x1 Corsair Twinx DDR800 5-5-5-18 RAM TRUE 120 w/ Scythe S-Flex 1600RPM fan WD Caviar SE16 250GB HDD Corsair HX620W PSU Antec 900 case 3d Mark06 Score: 14,596
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04-18-08, 10:41 PM	#8
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04-19-08, 01:21 AM	#9
Socket eh? Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canada (South Korea)	Anyone see if these fix UT2004 yet? __________________ [Alienware M15x] \| i7 940XM 3.2GHz - 4GHz - 5850m 800/1100 1.05v \| \| 8GB DDR3-1333 - WD5000BEKT - Samsung 2494HM \| The coin is still turning.
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04-19-08, 02:02 AM	#10
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04-19-08, 02:05 AM	#11
Socket eh? Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canada (South Korea)	8800's can't play it, there's a terrible shuttering issue that has to do with dynamic lighting on the weapon and player models. It's been known for a year and nvidia has basically been ignoring it. __________________ [Alienware M15x] \| i7 940XM 3.2GHz - 4GHz - 5850m 800/1100 1.05v \| \| 8GB DDR3-1333 - WD5000BEKT - Samsung 2494HM \| The coin is still turning.
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