Nvidia 266.44 Modded Drivers for R2 (Possible PunkBuster Fix)?

on a side note I want to let everyone know that this driver is still newer than what Nvidia have release recently the 266.35. not saying that this is a better driver given its newer but its an open choice for you guys which you think run better for you that is more impt.

I will also be looking into 266.35's inf to see if I need to further optimize the inf for my mod, if so I will release a V2 for it. Thanks for the support


I decide to update this release as I found a way to fix the wrong version displayed in the uninstall program. Package is already up. More details will be updated in the first post when the upload is done.

 

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Version 2 of 266.44 has been release. Recommend those who have the first one installed to update with this release. Enjoy....

 

thanks! ill uninstall the 3d

 

So am I correct in assuming that all I have to do is download and install V2 of this driver? And there is no modding an inf. I am currently still running 257.30

 

download > extract > Run setup.exe > Reboot > Done

 

Thanks, Just got done playing New Vegas and Arkham Asylum and seem to be getting great FPS increases. Thanks for all your hard work!!

 

These drivers greatly improved my Bad Company 2 FPS!

 

the V1 or V2?

 

Hey Kopicha, I am getting an error saying that the driver version isn't for my version of windows, like its for a 32-bit system or something, am I doing something wrong? Also the Intel driver you posted seems to be for 32-bit system unless I am doing something wrong there as well (the Intel site has it listed as a 32-bit)

Thanks!

 

I installed the version 2 of this driver and have good and bad news. With Bad Company 2 in the single player I have added around 15FPS, but when I try and find servers the game shuts down and says the game has stopped working. Any suggestions?

 

tried version 2, but when I try to play bfbc2 it just keeps loading. same thing when I try to get into a game on multiplayer, just keeps loading

 

The Nvidia driver is for 64bit and its international version so everyone should be able to install it.

For the Intel It could have been my mistake. Thanks for pointing that out. I just edited the link.

 

I will give BFBC2 online another shot later when I get home. It was working well with V1 but I did not test BFBC2 with V2. Am at work at the moment. So I cant verify on my side. But I have tested some other stuffs before posting and they are working fine. I hope more ppl can feedback so I can know if this is an isolated issue or everyone are experiencing the same issue.

 

is your BFBC2 steam copy or retail from disc? Would appreciate if you can give V1 a try as well and see if it's the same. Some Optimus core files are different in both version that I posted. The V1 link is still there as I purposely kept it online still in case need to revert.

 

@josh roberts and jourelemode

Before switching to V1. I would like the both of you to try reinstall the V2 again. But I need both of you to perform a driver sweep this time round.

get Driversweeper from here if you dont have it.

Uninstall all Nvidia related components from your Uninstall Programs then reboot your machine.

After the Alien Head screen press F8 to for windows boot menu and select Safe Mode.

Launch your Windows explorer and look up for program files and program files(x86) and delete the Nvidia folder you find in there.

Run DriverSweeper and remove all Nvidia components and reboot when prompt to do so.

Install the 266.44 and try your game again.

PS: I notice this could be isolated to the 2 of you as I have other ppl reporting BFBC2 working fine online with V2

 

alright, thanks...ill give this a shot tomorrow afternoon. Ill let you konw how it goes. Thanks again!

 

let me get this right. So at the moment, I'm on V1. So you want me to reinstall V2, then go into the uninstall programs and uninstall all the nvidia stuff and reboot. then get into safe mode and uninstall the nvidia folder in the x86 and run driversweeper and reboot. then intall v2 again?

 

whichever version u maybe on now V1 or V2 does not matter. just go uninstall program and uninstall all Nvidia stuff and reboot. Then get into safe mode and manually delete those Nvidia folders you can find in both program files and program file(x86) then run driversweeper and reboot. Then install the V2. I recommend V2 over V1 unless you really have any specific problem with it

PS: its quite unexplainable when I look at your problem that you said V2 dont work but revert to V1 is ok. Technically this should not be related to the video driver. Because only 2 scenario should happen. Either the game completely wont launch or it will launch but will kick you out when attempt online (PB Issue) or if you can launch and no PB kick then game should work fine. I cant really explain why V1 is ok for you but not V2. But I will give BFBC2 a try with V2 for both campaigne and online personally later when I get home from work to verify that.

If you have the steam version of BFBC2 I do suggest to take an additional step to try verify the integrity of your game client too.

 

Ok so I tried all of your suggestions and re-installed version 2, and the game still quits running on me. Its stops directly after i sign into EA account when it says "loading your stats". Should I now try version 1? I have not tried them yet, if so would i need to use driver sweeper or chose clean install option?
Thanks for your help in advance!

 

do you have firewall of any sort installed on your computer? listening to the description dont sound like a gfx driver issue to me althou you did mentioned V1 used to work. you can try repeat the steps I mention but install V1 instead and see how is it. Thanks for taking the trouble to tests all these... I know it can be tedious since I go thru such thing all the time when I am modding and testing driver before releasing them.

 

No, Firewall is not the issue. But I don't think it is a driver issue either. I will tinker and see if there is anything that works, aside from BFBC2 multiplayer not working all other games are amazing.

 

understand... but honestly imo the importance of this driver is to fix the PB issue. if this dont work for BFBC2 there is no point for me to work hard on modding the driver and we can just continue using 260.99 till Nvidia come up with something better. Thats why I am also pretty eager to see what is wrong and hopefully it's something within my ability to fix and so everyone can benefit from it. nonetheless later when I get back home I will try out BFBC2 personally on both SP and MP and report back here on the result as I am running on V2 personally

I feel that this is one of the best mod driver I have release so far after 189.79 and 258.96. This driver actually perform pretty well.

 

My version of BFBC2 was not a steam version P.S, but I did run a shortcut through steam. I decided to run as Admin. from the original file and it began to update. Hopefully the update to the game will solve my problem, and your hard work will be justified. I will update soon.

EDIT: SUCCESS!!! I guess I just needed to update my copy of Bad Company 2! Thanks for your help

 

So this driver works for me now. I uninstalled my nvidia driver and physx from the programs and features section. Restarted my computer, another driver installed itself randomly and i uninstalled that too. Then rebooted in to safe mode and deleted nvidia folders from program filles and (x86). Ran driver sweeper. Then rebooted and d-l the version 2 driver and it runs great.

 

good to hear that

 

These drivers work great for me, I can finally play CivV in Dx11 mode!

Hopefully this solves the freezing issue with the card, but I haven't had a chance to full test it out yet, but will keep you updated.

 

Anyone else having problems getting a stable oc with these drivers?

 

becareful when you OC on these drivers. they are optimize in a way that many games to utilize the GPU better thus even at normal clock it it should run at a slightly higher temperature. So its not surprising you cant clock too high causing the chip to heat up pretty quick

 

I just have a question. I downloaded the driver mod posted but for some reason whenever it finishes unzipping, nothing happens. I don't see any setup or what so ever..Please help me out. Thank you very much for your hard work

 

u have to go to the folder you unzip the files to and run the setup.exe inside. then just follow the regular nvidia installer prompt

 

Bah sadly I've had the driver freeze up on me while running League of Leagues twice, so the problem still remains

 

I never have these problems with league of legends...

 

Sadly I have, where the game locks up and I can't even force close the .exe, forcing me to hard reset, it's cost me a few matches

 

Are you overclocking the gpu? i am sorry for that cause it works perfectly on my comp with 266.44

 

I think this driver might be the issue behind my system locking up while playing both BC2 and Minecraft. It's weird though because it is random when it happens. It can happen after only 15min. of playing or after 2-3 hours of playing.

EDIT: oh yea, and this is without OC the GPU because I can't seem to get a stable OC that doesn't result in a lockup.

 

Doesn't matter if I OC or if I don't, it just occurs randomly, sometimes I can go through several matches fine, whereas sometimes it occurs in back to back matches.

 

Singh what laptop do you have?

 

Alienware M11x R2... considering that these drivers are for it.

 

I was confused by your signature... lol. sorry to hear that your having problems. Are you cpu overclocked and using throttlestop. There must be a reason that it crashes I am determined to find out.

 

CPU is OC'ed, however I have tried both with it OC'ed and at stock and it still occurs.

Currently I am not using throttlestop either.

 

does it matter which bios you have? does that effect optimus in anyway.

 

i have not experience lock up in anything i ran do far either. also this is the only driver that ran Global Agenda fine. 265.89, 265.90, 265.35 and 266.45 all crash on launch. for those of you who experience crash. i suggest 2 things.

1. try to reinstall the driver from clean state. meaning driver sweep and manual deletion of nvidia folder from program files folder.

2. run some tool to monitor your gpu temperature and log it. see if the temperature goes really high before it crashes.

if you have a laptop cooler, might want to try running your machine with and without to see if there is any differences in the work load temperature.

 

Well for the driver install I made sure to have it as a clean install, so I don't believe that is an issue.

As for temperature, I will keep an eye on the issue, and possibly buy a cooler if need be.

 

My temps stayed around 69-71 w/o GPU OC and I get the lockups. I have a CPU OC @ 164 (tried 160) and i also use throttlestop. I have an M11x R2 as well.

 

Ok, probably going to sound like a real dunce but where do you check what drivers the NVidia and intel graphics cards are using???

 

When installed this driver i chose the clean install option too and it would freeze up on me in BFBC2 Then i used driver sweeper and deleted all nvidia folders, and it fixed my problems.

 

You can check in the nvidia control panel,then click "help" and then "system information". Driver version should be displayed.

 

That's good info. Thanks and +1.