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    Forceware 177.66 all flavours

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Tinderbox (UK), Jul 16, 2008.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Tinderbox (UK), Jul 16, 2008
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    No problems with Vista x32 yet. Everything seems to run just fine
     
    xsmile, Jul 16, 2008
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  3. ThunderCat69

    ThunderCat69 Notebook Evangelist

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    Ive been using 177.36 for about 1-2 months and so far no problems. I'll give these a try next.
     
    ThunderCat69, Jul 16, 2008
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  4. Theros123

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    I just updated to these today. So far, no problems at all.
     
    Theros123, Jul 16, 2008
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    Performance imporvements? 3Dmarks higher? post results plz
     
    miscolobo, Jul 16, 2008
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  6. badadee

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    crashes all the time
    dont recommend
     
    badadee, Jul 17, 2008
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    3dmark went from 6692 down to 6685 (probably within variation range from test to test), haven't tried a game with it yet. Will try Mass Effect shortly and see how it does.
     
    SlimShady, Jul 17, 2008
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    What drivers were you using previously?
     
    jacob808, Jul 17, 2008
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  9. SlimShady

    SlimShady ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&

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    177.41

    Played about 20 minutes of Mass Effect, seems no different that the .41 drivers. Didn't crash on me at all.
     
    SlimShady, Jul 17, 2008
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  10. Prasad

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    Fine for me. Vista 64-Bit. :)
     
    Prasad, Jul 17, 2008
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    Which one would be the best to use now? Like stable,moderate temps, good performance? I'm still using 174.93''s :S
     
    XPS1330, Jul 17, 2008
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    So far a bit more stable than 177.44 or something. Rundll hasn't crashed on me yet, it used to all the time with the older driver.
     
    Theros123, Jul 17, 2008
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  13. brainer

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    do you love DMC4? get this driver :D
     
    brainer, Jul 17, 2008
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  14. KGann

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    May give these a shot today.
     
    KGann, Jul 17, 2008
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    Seems to be getting slightly lower temps for me. I'll do some more testing (aka gaming :D) and post back.
     
    Dire NTropy, Jul 17, 2008
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  16. Jasp

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    Well been using these now for a few days and have to say results seem good, running a HDX with a 8800m GTS, score went from 7958 with 174.74 to 8080 with these, seem stable enough GPU temps peak at 67-69c and average at 65c under load so can't complain.

    Thumbs up for them, plus they are OEM so don't require a modded inf.
     
    Jasp, Jul 17, 2008
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  17. KockM

    KockM Notebook Evangelist

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    I didn't check temps, but these were stable for all of my games but Warcraft 3. I opened up War 3 and the screen just flickered estatically. I tested them in 3dMark06 and my score went down by about 100 pts. So overall I would not reccomend for SLI 7950 GTX users. I am sure they are great for others, but other drivers are better for me.
     
    KockM, Jul 17, 2008
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  18. mvpprecise

    mvpprecise Notebook Guru

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    Will try these drivers next. Been on 177.41 on a Gateway 6860 for several weeks now and they were 100% stable.
     
    mvpprecise, Jul 18, 2008
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