The Defininitive nVidia Driver Upgrade Guide

so, fellaz, should i update from 180.43? been playing undercover(everything maxed out, aniso + 6xAA) and sometimes it slowdowns noticeably.

 

can if you want to. i havn't noticed much difference other than 25 point less in 3dMark. I would lay off the AA to up FPS but then i have 1920X1200 res and it doesn't make it look any better for me on or off. just more FPS with it off

 

Looks like Nvidia had released 180.48. Just waiting for LV2G to upload and modify the inf....

 

Release Highlights

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 200-series, 9-series, and 8800-series desktop GPUs.

Exciting New Features:

Enables NVIDIA SLI technology on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards with the following GPUs: GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX+, and GeForce 9800 GTX. Learn more here.

Enables NVIDIA SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Now you can easily switch between multi-monitor desktop mode and full screen 3D gaming mode. Learn more here.

Enables NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Learn more here. (Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. This driver package automatically installs PhysX System Software version 8.10.13).

Blazing Fast Performance:

Boosts performance in numerous 3D applications. The following are some examples of improvements measured with Release 180 WHQL drivers vs. Release 178 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):

Up to 10% performance increase in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)

Up to 13% performance increase in Assassin's Creed

Up to 13% performance increase in BioShock

Up to 15% performance increase in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Up to 10% performance increase in Crysis Warhead

Up to 25% performance increase in Devil May Cry 4

Up to 38% performance increase in Far Cry 2

Up to 18% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID

Up to 80% performance increase in Lost Planet: Colonies

Up to 18% performance increase in World of Conflict

And More:

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way and Quad SLI technology.

Supports CUDA.

Supports Folding@home distributing computing application. Download the high performance client for NVIDIA GPUs here and join the NVIDIA team: #131015.

Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Includes numerous 3D application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

 

Hmm that's setting pretty high expectations for a driver all that performance increase *should be sweet!

 

hopefully, that list was written by nvidia itself

 

all that said it is a desktop package.

just installed and run the farcry 2 benchmark. i don't see much improvement at all.

24.46 avg fps vs. 24.15 avg fps.

that is 180.48 vs. 178.13

 

38%???
"(results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings)" is where they get ya

 

yeah, it like legal drugs producers. The side effects may include: your head to fall off...

 

Links updated

 

didn't fix my RA3 issue....the quest continues.

 

lol just installed .44 and the newer one comes out...screw nvidia

 

Bloddy Hell...
Its like they have a new driver every single day!
I'm not even sure its worth it to update from 180.43...

 

If you find it to be a hassel to update drivers, just wait until you hear people say it ACTUALLY does provide some "in game" benefit. otherwise it is a waste of time to constantly be switching drivers. I for one don't mind it but will probably wait for Dox's version unless people begin praising it heavily, but who knows i might throw it on there tonight

 

I'm a P-7811FX Owner, can you guys tell me what's the best driver for my 9800M GTS. I'm using Dox's 180.44, but i got bad performance with Company Of Heroes and Call Of Duty Modern Warfare. With 8600GT (My Desktop), i got about 55 Avg FPS. But i got 34 avg FPS with my 9800M GTS (Max settings). And COD4, the FPS drop down at 22 whenever have explosure scene (1900x1200, 0xAA, maxed out). I've turn to high performance mode, nothing change. And i tried to overclocked it 698/990/1800. It's not help. ( I plugged the charge )
What can i do? I don't think COD4 can beat 9800M GTS one more thing is my FPS never drop down when something blow up in Crysis Warhead (Often 30FPS). But with COD4, it's jumping up and down like crazy is there any patch that can solve this problem? Or should i try some other driver?

 

btw i am updating my drivers for some time by actually updating them rather than uninstall sweeping rebooting installing drivers physix ntune etc.

the next step is to check the nvidia information panel if all components were updated to the new version.
so far only one upgrade resulted in mixed versions components so the whole routine was needed.

 

do you have to reinstall physix every time?

p.s. anyone using the .48's yet? hate to read laptopvideo2go, since most people are having difficulties with installing the drivers all the time, and the forum is polluted.

 

Anyone know what the latest driver for laptop 8800GTS (6831FX) is?

 

go to laptopvideo2go.com and you shall see

 

Or even go to the first post in this thread

 

Im currently using the Official Nvidia Release of 180.48
So far, I don't notice any difference from Dox's 180.43.

 

Ok, I admit, that was something of a brainfart and a dumb question...first page it is!

 

I'm using the 180.48 but no improvements at all in farcry2, and it also screw up my resolution in hdtv, rolling back to 180.44

 

180.70 is out apparently:

HTML:

http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.php?tid=16316&extra=page%3D1

 

i love how that site is .com yet still all in chinese

 

Rolled back to Dox's 180.44. I think its best for the moment.
Vista subtracted .1 from my graphics score when I used 180.48

 

Ok, so I'm now using the 180.48 drivers on my Gateway P-6831fx, but the computer doesn't sleep anymore when I close the lid. Is this something I have to live with if I'm not using Gateway's recommended latest drivers? I checked all my power management settings, but they still show sleep on lid close.

 

Ok I've noticed something strange here, I using the 7811FX hooked up with HDMI cable on my fullhd plasma, then when I use customized drivers the resolutions 1920x1080 is ok, it fits the entire screen , but when I use any driver that needs a modified inf the image doesn't fit the entire screen in the same resolution, loosing 20% of screen size, so any have the same problem or now to fix this?

 

Great guide. Messed up a little but that was from user error

Does Dox 180.44 not support DirectX 10?

 

Yes it does....

I'm currently using 180.70 and it solve my lockups problem , playing farcry2 for 4 hours without lockups or freeze system thats amazing!

 

Interesting...
When I go to do the 3dmark Vantage test it does my graphic card doesn't support directx10 (9800m gts, and I did the test with the nvidia 180.48 and it worked fine.. 1143 slow on gpu test, but still worked.

 

Can I safely assume this driver is the successor to the XFastest 177.85 driver (i.e. it works with the 7811)? Has anyone tried it out yet?

 

look 3 posts before yours... metalangel says he's using it, and the 7811 is in his sig, lol

 

I'm using it , didn't use any modified inf to install, solve my issue with lockups in games, fps still the same.

 

the 180.70 original inf includes both the 8800m gts and the 9800m gts.
no need for modded inf

 

OK, I give up. 180.48 is the latest release I can find on NVidia's web site and on LaptopVideo2go.com. So how does XFastest get 180.70?
Metal, what driver were you using before? (where you saw lockups?)

 

i always had xfastest previous ones, but then i think i installed some cuda drivers so i could use my gpu for hash cracking and did 3dmark06, and got 8794 stock. I just installed vista x64 180.48 and got only 8450 so it really stinks. About to install newest xfastest and see how that goes.

edit: xfastest 180.70 7605. About to try cuda 2.0 178.08...

edit2: yup yup... cuda 2.0 178.08<a> 8768. There are cuda 2.1 beta 180.60 available but when i tried to install it i got a message saying that my video is not supported.

 

hmm... zarraza, your 3dmark06 score is 9376. what driver were you using when you got that?

 

I have lockups system while gaming with Dox 180.43, Dox 180.44 and 180.48 the last one, I'm currently using the 180.70 and looks like it solve my problem with lockups have none till the moment
FPS decrease a little bit with 180.70, but its better than restart every 30 minutes...

 

Have you tried 180.60 with a modified inf?

http://laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=21874

 

Those 180.70 are guite good, at least for Vanatage benching. Got P5920 points, physX enabled.
CPU Score 19973
Graphics Score 4795

 

any real game performance feedback?

 

How did you pull that off? From the description you have a stock 7811 right?
I got 15k ish for the cpu and just under 3k for the gpu score.
Are you OCing anything?
What are you doing different?

What are you testing it under? (Though I wouldn't think it would make a difference, since they should compensate for different tests. I was using extreme)

 

Well, only thing that was OC'ed is 9800M GTS. Running @ 750/1040/1900. With Vista Business X64. Thats all.

 

Thats overclocked gpu @ 700/900/1700.

Thanks man, i will give it a try right now. I was thinking about modified inf yesterday, but driver from nvidia site is only one file, and when you start it, it would start setup automatically, so i simply could not add any inf files (i would need some kind of .exe editor). But laptop2go actually gives extracted setup so you can change the inf. Like i said i am about to install it... thanks once more.

Edit: cuda 2.1 beta 180.60 8360.

Edit2: laptop2go nvidia 180.70 8762.

edit3: hehe just got the same oc score on new nvidia 180.70... 700/900/1700 9376

 

hmm, well I don't have business so I can't use that :/

What programs are yall using to OC?
I just tried rivatuner. Using their OC, or at least what was under the OC tab, nothing really happened.

 

First post:

Latest nVidia System Tools (nTune)

Version: 6.03
Release Date: October 14, 2008
File Size: 82.1 MB
Operating System: XP and Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

nVidia System Tools with ESA Support v6.03 -- New version of nTune for overclocking your 8800M/9800M

 

Thanks iaTa, I read the post but must have skipped over that part. Sorry for being an idiot

*Well, it looks like I did actually install it earlier, just didn't know it also did overclocking I'm a dumbass*

 

nVidia System Tools 6.03 surprised me because I was using the old nTune 5.05.54.00 all this time.

Also do I have to uninstall nVidia System tools before I use Driver Sweeper? And in both 180.70 and 178.24 I try to load a profile from the control panel for overclocking and it says "There has been a problem loading C:\...nvsutil.nsu". Any ideas? Worked before.

 

No you don't and try re-creating your profiles now that you've upgraded to NST.