Nvidia Verde Driver 257.21 Released

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Still no proper Sony support, the wait goes on.

 

Awesome NEWS!

Let the benchies flow...

Thank you for the update

 

Installed fine on my Sony F11 with Nvidia GT 330M

No warnings or anything, sweet +REP

 

Ok so it is working on the newer models but not the older ones, I have an FZ.

 

So Nvidia are adding some Sony cards and not others.

I had to use a patch info on v197.16 that i downloaded from Nvidia the other day , but v257.21 installed fine, strange

 

any word on performance yet?

 

I have the instructions in my clean install guide to install the newest driver for 8400M GT. Don't even expect support from Nvidia.

 

Nice find! I'll try them out and will post them up to the NBR HP/Compaq driver threads shortly.

For those who would like to have direct links from the US download mirror:

• Windows Vista / 7 x86 (32-bit) - http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...ok_winvista_win7_32bit_international_whql.exe
  
• Windows Vista / 7 x64 (64-bit) - http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...ok_winvista_win7_64bit_international_whql.exe

 

Good catch! Downloading right now, going to move over from 197.16.

 

This driver is identical to 257.15 beta, except the WHQL certificate.

 

Why such the big change in number from 197.16?

 

The big change in version number is similar to how NVIDIA had jumped the 97.xx/100.xx drivers to 158.xx. I believe certain games back in the day could not recognize 100.xx drivers due to the fact that the version numbers are now five digits (and would consider the version as 00.xx as in the four digit scheme).

NVIDIA had changed to the 6.14.1x.xxxx (Windows XP) and 8.1x.1x.xxxx (Windows Vista / 7) numbering schemes, but I guess they are still jumping the numbers to prevent incompatibilities and to continue the trend.

 

They offer the same performance as 197.16

Back to 198.05

 

good reports so far on the clevo thread.

i know these dont mean much but:
3dmark6 with 186.81 > 9517 (only got a 9800GT so dont laugh)
3dmark06 with 257.21 > 9525

vantage
186.81 > P4276
257.21 > P5122 wow what a jump

the option to turn physx on/off has gone and now theres a dropdown box with auto select,graphics card or cpu

 

so no performance nor stability benefits from these drivers?

 

I'm still on 197.45. Any more benches or tests?

 

did u test the gaming performance yet?? better than 186.81 or not??

 

had a couple of rounds of mw2 last night and seemed fine to me with no stutter. also more happy customers on the clevo thread.

 

I tried it this driver seems like 186.81 but with better graphics.. i am using it now instead of 186.81..

finally a good driver!!

 

could you elaborate a lil on that

 

staying on 195.62.. 197.16 is a joke and the these ones.. i don't dare try them.. 60 days of NVDIA misery and here i come ATI..

 

the old driver i mentioned was good coz its fast, it gives me higher FPS than any other recent driver from nvidia but this new one its almost the same FPS maybe a lil bit slower just a lil but the graphics are much realistic and beautiful than the old one..

It's like the old one was reducing the quality of graphics to accelerate the game but the new one is kinda balanced lost few FPS for much better graphics.

 

Do you install over the actual one, or removing the old one first?

 

thanks for the info.
i was on 186.81 myself for the longest time.
ive moved on to 197.16 and the way you describe this driver sounds a lot like 197.16.

 

I don't like this new driver.

It got problems with downclocking on my 9300m gs =/ When the system is in idle, it doesen't downclock itself. Actually really annoying.

But I got better performance in 1080p HD videos in Internet Explorer

 

Looking forward to your 5870?

I can see why NVIDIA called it "Verde"...

 

THESE DRIVERS ARE HEAVEN SENT ON TOSHIBA'S X305 Q701!!!! I can now max out my graphics on games that would bog down my system before. I get awesome frames per second with full graphics settings. It also keeps the GPU temps lower and gaming on battery does not compromise framerate. I love this driver! It extended the life of my notebook with a 9700m gts video card. Nvidia please keep these new ones coming!

Oh and for those that don't know Adobe flash player 10.1 is out too! Both these new releases has given new life to my 2 year old notebook! 8)

 

Gona install them... to many drivers in one week, ddint had enough time try the 198.XX, but dling both desktop and laptop will see soon. Im specially interested in seeing if this in fact downclock on their own on the Asus G51 GTX260m.

 

hmm so many different opinions on the driver.
so what would you guys say is the best driver out now?

 

Laptop2video has also the NVIDIA driver v258.49 for Windows 7/Vista 64bit, getting good reviews on guru3d,

Might be worth trying .... testing so many drivers.

 

This is a desktop driver. Of course you can install it with the modded inf.

 

Well i tried all drivers still except 258.49, 197.45/198.01/198.05 all seem within 100 points on 3dmark06 so no significant difference, but 257.21 was 300 points lower, temps seems about the same on furmark. On the downside 257.21, as all official nvidia drivers, don't downclock on their own under vista on the picky Asus G51 GTX260m.... i guess ill have to wait for another MS update version.

 

can't wait ... 59 days...

 

Here are some results for this and two other drivers that I have tested over the past day. All tests are with a 9800m GTS @ 720/1825/915 (core/shader/clock). The results are the average of two 3dMark06 benchmarks, which I made sure to run under the exact same conditions.

195.62: 8868
197.16: 9132
257.21: 9099
258.49: 9127

(258.49 is the new nvidia quadro desktop driver with a modded .inf from laptopvideo2go).

Edit: Tested the 195.62 based on Sean's advice.

 

hhhmmm.....i can not play DOTA(warcraft 3) on full wide screen anymore...is it coz of the drivers or something else got messed up??

DOTA is now running in a full square screen with good 2 inches of blackness on each side... /sigh...guess ready to roll back

 

Knock on wood, but I think that 257.21 finally fixed the popping and crackling audio I was experiencing under 197.16.
Huzzahs!

 

Go into nvidia control panel then under "display" click "adjust desktop size and position." Use nvidia scaling and the bars will go away.

 

Yes, Nvidia finally fixed the DPC Latency issue with the 256 series driver release.

 

tehsuigi, try this DPC Latency Checker

 

no pops here on my laptop with 197.16 drivers.. seriously ppl , just stick with 195.62.. its the best in the series

 

^^Results of 195.62 above.

 

Thanks a lot...crazysoccerman14...it worked fine..

repped.

 

i can't change 3d settings.it always goes to default.has someone experience that?

 

hhmm...these drivers seem to run at bit hot...i am idling at 70 at the moment without my laptop cooler and about 67-68 with it. Before, on older drivers I rarely crossed 60 while surfing and watching movies...anyway to fix this??

thanks.

 

This driver, as all the official nvidia released, don't downclock on 2d/idle on asus gtx260 cards on their own, if you like the drivers, then search for powermizer switch here in NBR, else use any of the ms update drivers, latest on my sig, they downclock fine on their own on asus cards.

 

thanks Abula....will try the 198.05 MS updated drivers.