169.04 released!

Does it work for XP 32-bit too?

 

when is laptopvideo2go going to put the 169.04 driver online??
The threads are made but the drivers stay away

 

wtf, they just deleted the 169.04 topics (vista 32 bit, 64 bit, xp 32 bit, xp64 bit) on laptopvideo2go :S :S

 

lol man, I see you have been posting on their forums about this too haha..and I bet the 100 views the 169.04 thread got were all from you lol

breath man breath

they probably are uploading stuff, getting everything sorted

look vista 32 and 64 bit are now live

xp 32 and xp 64 will probs follow

 

yup, they are all up and ready to go on laptopvideo2go.

 

Hey guys this driver up my Vista worthless index score

AERO Index= 169.01- 4.9
169.04- 5.1
GAME Index= 169.01- 5.3
169.04- 5.4

 

Cool down men ......

LV2GO.com will post them after made modded inf

 

There up on laptopideo2go.com.

 

I'm installing it now

I was surfing on my PSP and went to laptopvideo.com and saw that they were online so now i started up my laptop lol

 

Let's just hope this one won't mess up my computer like it did last time, but just to be safe i'll make a system restore backup. Thanks for the heads up dude.

 

what happened?

 

Got a nice boost in Crysis. Areas where I got 20 FPS before (169.01) I now get around 24/25 (196.04). Woot.

 

did u try any other games

 

Same here crysis runs a couple FPS better now.

 

hold on there, fella...is there something we don't know about?! haha

 

Crysis with everything on High is now *playable* for me at 1440x900 (with an OCed card).

One more good driver to help optimize the game and I'll be able to play it smoothly

 

wow.. I could swear I upgraded my drivers to the Latest about 5 times this week lol

 

Just dled the driver off LaptopVideo2Go. Installed and its working great. Just started up Crysis and the FPS went up from about 17-19 to 20-21.

 

Do i just install these drivers like any ole driver or is there some kind of special way of installing for these modded drivers.

 

just like normal except replace the default .ini file in driver folder with the custom one on the laptopvideo2go.com site

 

Same as any other driver.

I dled the driver and the modded INF file. Then went about installing as stated in the Windows Vista Tweaks thread.

 

ok cool. Oh by the way. what are people with Nvidia Quadro 140m getting in 3dmark scores with this new driver. I am getting 1741 so far, is that good?

 

WOW COOL!

My 3DMark06 went from about 3950 to 4150 just by using these drivers. That's a 5% increase in performance. As long as they can do this a few more times, this GPU will actually be about 30% faster than initial drivers.

 

Messed up my antivirus app, and my notification area, and my audio drivers. In fact, come to think of it, system restore didn't work back then so i think i'll stay away from this for now.

 

anyone else get like wierd white lines around all of the vegetation that is faraway with these drivers. Both of the 169 drivers I have tried cause these wierd lines to come around vegetation (trees and bushes) in Crysis. The 165s don't do thin, but the 169s do. Just wanted to know if anyone else has this problem. I'lll post some screenshots in a bit

 

can we overclock in xp with this driver? damn I'm better off to prepare for my exam tomorrow first, no game tonight.

 

is it just me or does their link not work anymore? everytime i click to dl the driver, i get a file called driver, not 16904_vista.exe :S can anyone please direct link me to the proper one? thanks in advance

 

i am also getting those white lines with the 169 series drivers in crysis

 

Crysis works fine with this driver & increase FPS rate (Maybe only for me )

 

is it worth to update from .01 to .04? anything noticable? any negatives?

 

Crysis players will need this new release

No 3DMark06 score change

 

What's the difference between using the "Have disk" method and using a modded inf from Laptopvideo2go.com to update the drivers? I am asking because I am new to this, and the "Have disk" method works great for me, but if there are some performance/compatibility increases with laptopvideo2go method, I'd go for that instead.

 

Not really sure. I use the "Have Disk" method myself and select "8600 GT" even though I have a "8600M GT". Haven't found any side effects and performance seems on par.

 

i have a vista update that reads nvidia 8600m gt driver update....is this the same thing? should I update through windows update...or get the mod file of l2g?

 

Get it from L2VG or NVidia site, I'd assume Windows Update only provides the latest WHQL driver, not the newer ones.

 

Just tried it in windows XP and same as the other 169.xx drivers it gives me BSODs in CoHOF. This 169.04 is actually worse than the other 169 ones (for CoHOF) since as soon as I start to play a match it immediately crashed.

 

I have +0 fpsboost

Driver is installed but i haven't deleted my old drivers, can the cause be that?

 

I think Yes,B'coz i saw 3-4 FPS increase

Always perform clean install .

 

Help please !!!
I did a clean install, and if i check system information i see forceware 169.04
BUT in nvidia ntune i lost a lot of options (in the left part of the screen you normally can select stuff like system stress test, ....) Also the option to overclock (adjust gpu core and memory) is gone.... :S

And in Crysis I have 0 fps increase....

Help please



Left picture is BEFORE 169.04 clean install
Right picture is AFTER 169.04 clean install

 

Smgatt just reinstall ntune and you should be fine.

 

Well, I know how to do it. I extract the files from the Forceware installer, and use the Have Disk method, and chose it's inf, and chose 8600GT from the list (for my 8600M GT), and it works fine. My question was whether or not the LV2G.com's infs are enhanced/optimised and whether or not I'll gain some performance increases.

 

Yes, it worked indeed

but i have +0 fps

 

163.04 is so far pretty amazing drivers.
+5 fps overall, just like BB had reported with 169.02
Crysis demo on Vostro 1500 with 8600m gt @570/465.

Setting:
Ones not mention here is set to medium
Volumetric Light: Low
Shadow:Low
Object:Low (There isn't all that much object, and it really doesn't matter as most of the time, the game is set outside of a house full of pots, pans, bottles etc.)
Physics level: High
Post Processing:High

Averages: 30 fps
Max: 40+, and 70+ (IF and ONLY IF, you are looking at the right place, I.E, against a cliff, with no vegetations and water visible).
Min: 15-17, during scripted sequence such the scene of the burning suit, not gonna spoil too much, for those who played it should understand what I am talking about.

Game runs very smooth, with minor hiccups when saving, which is fine with me.

So, far people had report vegetation has white lines surrounding them, I have yet to experience the issue, I can also confirm that Powermizer, overclock and temperature reading are all working with river tuner 2.05.

So far so good, If Nvidia push out another driver like this one, and Crytek release a performance patch or alternatively a good tweaking guide is published, I'll definitely Pick up crysis.

 

I get weird **** with crysis no matter what driver.


Im standing in this place when I first load the game --------- fps 35



I walk around a bit ----------- fps 28-30

I go back to same place as beggining ------------ FPS 20

I walk around a bit --------------------------- fps 10-12

After a few min fps back to normal, after a few min the cycle repeats it self....this is very irritating.

 

If all driver has the same issue, I don't think it is an driver issue anymore. Could there be some background program running eating up resource?

 

Nope, i think it may be due to it constantly reading my battery and wifi status (displayed on top left corner)

the battery stays at 100% since Im on AC, but the wifi changes from 99 to 100% ...the keeps updating this.

So far I haven't found out a way to stop it doing so

 

OR GPU Throttle down to reduce heat?

CRYSIS eat GPU power & this can be the problem

 

I tried with default clocks, same prob...also with over clock my temp never exceeds 85

 

Why would it display that?! oO
Trying turning off program that make the display, could it be rivertuner?I understand that rivertuner has some on scree display, not on by default, but worth a check.

 

nope its not a background program


if your running crysis on a notebook it will display that stuff on the top left corner

for most it only displays battery status...for me it displays battery plus wifi



EDIT: gonna remove battery, disable wifi and try again to confirm if that is whats causing the problem