169.28 released!

169.28 is released!
Merry Christmas

Vista 32-bit
Vista 64-bit

XP 32-bit
XP 64-bit

 

Another driver release, any bug fixes or stability improvements in this incarnation?

 

Don't know, can't find release notes, sry

 

Keep posting if you decide to install this set for performance improvements, I'm waiting for a beta driver that actually improves stability and reduces bugs rather than extra fps.

 

only 1 thing matters... Can they OC ?

 

Where to find the modded inf... ?
laptopvideo2go is down?

 

I`m sticking to 169.25 . It seems to me that there won`t be any other drivers that can squeeze evn more performance out of the 7950GTX(or any GPU for that matter).

 

Just be patient I'm sure they'll get up and running soon! And if they don't have the new driver, just take the inf from 169.25 and change the date and driver ver. Everything else should be the same

 

yeah preformace increases for the 8600gt atleast are over imo

 

Any improvement over 169.09? I'm having a blast with this version and it keeps me from overclocking it, which is good since I wouldn't wanna shorten my laptop's lifespan.

I only change my drivers when newer, better drivers are confirmed.

 

can someone upload a working inf

thanks much,
Michael

 

I'm waiting for LV2GO to go online!

EDIT: They're online now, but they don't have the new driver. I've modded the inf from 169.25, and changed date and driver ver. according to the new driver.

Here it is:
View attachment nv_disp.zip

 

well, some games are done optimizing that already run fast enough.

but with every driver incarnation, new games, especially crysis and ut3 based games have seen performance improvements.

 

Great, I now have the same problem as in 169.25, "system not changed/modified".
I guess some files are missing again

 

For people who are interested for downloading them from laptopvideo2go
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16679

Their busy uploading the driver (topic already made)

 

I'll test them after I get back from christmas shopping. I'm currently on 169.04 from 169.21. I got my wireless card and such n so I will be working with Acronis to make myself an image too. Might as well eh?

 

Just curious is there any better performance from 169.25 from 169.12? I know it depends but, I have 169.12 right now and want to know if its even worth it.

 

could this be a possible solution for getting sound to work for Bioshock?

 

From my experience, going from .04 to .12 and then .25 and now finally .28 led me to believe that the .25 are the best so far.

 

the original MXM 101.17 driver seems to work better than these later ones. WHy?

 

Do yo u have the ddr3 for c90? Then you have eto stick with stock drivers because the newer dfrivers give a huge hit in perfomance.

 

so ... hows the performance, stability, fps .... of this new driver ??? the best ???

 

Here are couple of bechmark that I ran on my System

DELL XPS M1330
Intel Core2Duo T7500 2.2Ghz 800Mhz FSB
nVIDIA 8400M GS 128MD GDDR3
2GB RAM
160GB 7.2k rpm HDD
Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 1

Resolution 1024 x 768, NO AA, Optimal Filtering


Test 1
Driver:169.28
All Default OC: 580/836
Score: 3581 Score: 3603


Test 2
Driver:169.25
All Default OC 450/600 OC 580/836
Score:3006 Score:3205 Score: 3237


Test 3
Driver:169.21
All Default
Score:2987


Test 4
Driver:169.09
All Default OC 580/836
Score:3552 Score: 4982
Score 2nd run: 5006

BEST RESULT AT OC 580/836 WITH 169.09 === 5006

 

how come you put the 2nd number 580/836 ...ie the 836 higher, when as standard its 100 lower than the 1st ? can you explain this please, thanks

 

What? 1400 points of difference? That's huge.

 

I just played team fortress 2 with this driver, i get a nice fps increase
BUT i also noticed that you sometimes get a fps drop...

Like someone on the laptopvideo2go said: It would be a great driver if it was more stable

But yeah, I'll just stick with this one

 

Sorry didnt catch wat u said......cld u be bit more clearer pls, thanks

 

Ok, just installed them. Don't see any difference in benchs or in-game performance, though it seems a little smoother. Might just be some game compatability fixes

 

standard settings the 2nd number (400) is lower , ie 475/400

but youve changed it to 580/836 ,making the 2nd (the 836) number a lot higher

is that safe to do ? and what does this do ?
im new to overclocking and just trying to figure out whats safe and good to do etc etc and learning about the settings

 

Installed 169.28 as well. No clear performance differences.

 

the new driver seems to keep the GPU cooler than usual. I ran 3d Mark and crysis. not much performance increase but somehow both applications were at least 3-4 C cooler than normal. Do i imagine that or is this for real. Try it out and let us know. By the way driver now works on Xp as well..
Cheers
Chris

 

**** it , im trying them snce i cant start bf2 in desprate lol

Here i go

*crash*

 

Oh lawd, well well it doesnt work , WOOOHOOOO

 

if you read, his is a DDR3 card. meaning his memory clock would be at a default of 700, and not 400... do not overclock your ddr2 card that high or it will just.. fail.. lol

 

My default clock was set too 400/600 (dont know if its due to GDDR3).......hey POLSTA.......I think SELLICK is right, I wont recommend you to oc to such a high value....surf along the net and see which setting best suit the GDDR2......and thanks to SELLICK I didnt know that there were clock diff bet GDDR2 nd GDDR3......u get 1 rep frm me.....

 

I have a problem with GOW setup, it telling me update the driver from the one I have 156.66 to 163.44 so I try to do that but the setup told me can continue because theres no drivers compatibility. Well somebody told me here try go to laptopvideo2go and download the 169.04 or 169.09 I do that and still have the same problem. Can someone hepl me with that, the game can't run it stops almost at the beginning. Thanks...

 

Did you replace the .inf with the modified one?

 

Okay, I'm a little new in this, can you explain me how to do that...

 

Well, you download the driver, then download the modded inf (the link for load is next to the driver dl link), extract the driver, replace the inf file with the modded one, then pretty much follow the instructions provided on the site . . .

Oh, and try to uninstall old drivers b4 installing new ones . . .

Hope this was of some help . . .

 

Does anyone know how to check my crrent driver version?

 

right click on desktop >>>> select nvidia control panel >>>> in the control panel click on system information, located on the bottom left corner.


It should say your version and other info there

 

Is this driver mainly supposed to be an UT3 driver?

 

Oh ok... it's not in the bottom left corner for me, but found it, thanks!

 

I just installed it. I'm now able to play COD4 with a much higher res with out a big FPS drop which is great. But, no real noticeable performance gains while palying other games.

 

Just curious, can you overclock these with nTune or any other program?

 

I think you can overclock every driver from 169.xx series with RivaTuner

 

Ah I see. I can't get any of the clocks to stick with RivaTuner 2.06.

 

I can't get overclocks with Rivatuner 2.06 to stick with 169.28 on my SR MBP. What was the latest driver that was specifically for CoD4?

 

nTune works

 

I couldn't get nTune to work, I may be doing it wrong.

I had the latest edition off of the nVidia website though.

Are there any special steps to OC'ing with nTune besides just going to the overclocking tab and setting the new clock speeds?