Nvidia Driver v195.55 all win flavours Released!

hey guys, just wana give u all the heads up on the fresh new release of the lastest batch of nvidia driver v195.55. dated 17 nov, so it's really fresh and hot.

Copied from nvidia's website.

New in this release:

Adds GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here.
Adds support for DirectCompute with Windows 7.
Adds support for OpenGL 3.2.
Adds support for OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language).
Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.
Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA Soccer 10, and more.
Includes numerous bug fixes including improved performance for Need for Speed: Shift. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
Installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.09.0814.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_winvista_win7_x64_195.55.html
link is for windows 7 64-bit. enjoy.

 

XP 32 Link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_winxp_195.55.html

Totally going to test these out at the end of the week.

 

anyone realize that playing youtube hd videos with gpu acceleration and flash 10.1, the video quality looks kinda choppy? the video playback itself is smooth, but the quality of the video is dodgy. kinda looks like Anti Aliasing is switched off or something. this happens before and after the new 195.55 driver, so im pretty sure driver is not the issue here. tried the exact same installation on a 1280x800 8600MGT system, the video quality is ok. tested on a 1440x900 8600MGT, the quality is poor. both with hardware acceleration on and flash 10.1. tried everything i could i think of, and still no progress. not sure what's going on.

 

Cool thx for the link and letting us know alexnvidia.

 

thanks alot!

 

I there a Win7 32bit link for the 9700m GT ??? , It`s only showing me v186.81

 

unfortunately, 9700M GT is not really supported in this release. if you read the release notes, there is an issue with 9700M GT support. sorry mate

 

It`s just strange the 64bit version is available fore the 9700m GT, but not the 32bit one???

Thanks.

 

why has Nvidia got so many different pages for drivers???
one im looking at says:
Notebook Release 195 BETA 195.55 November 17, 2009

Notebook Release 195 BETA 195.39 October 30, 2009

Notebook Release 186 WHQL 186.81 August 27, 2009

then on another page the latest ones are still 186.81
and then alex's link above.


thanks for posting alexnvidia.

 

Installed and looking good! HD video fluid although i can't see any difference from before, the option to enable hardware acceleration is checked.

Playing CODMW2 at all max settings and it runs great

 

Damn, GTA IV still stutter with these! I thought nVidia had fixed that problem long ago...Only drivers I don't get stutter in GTA IV with, is 180 and lower.

Ever since nVidia added the so called "GTA IV OPTIMIZATION" it's been horrible.

 

I play GTA IV with no stutter at all but I used to get a lot of stutter in XP unless I stayed with the 180.84 drivers. Now that I am using Windows 7 X64, I found that the stutter disappeared as long as I was using Notebook drivers i.e Modded Desktop drivers would stutter. I am currently using 186.81 official and GTA IV runs very well.

What are your specs and settings?

 

Non-WHQL, but I'm gonna take the dive anyways!

 

Before I waste my time downloading, has anyone checked on whether the Windows 7 Powemizer bug is fixed?

 

Where is the nvidia option to enable/disable the hd gpu acceleration? Looked in control panel but couldn't find it. Thx!

 

It's not in the nvidia control panel.

Go to youtube. search for HD. open the first link (Very cool) then right click on the video and open the Flash Player 10 settings. The very first setting should be
"enable hardware acceleration"

 

Ok got it..thx for the reply.

 

Same new control panel, but same HDMI-to-HDTV resolution resize deal. I have a feeling that will never go back to the way it was. Back to good ol' 186.81

 

I liked this drivers performance a lot, but I had to go back to my old one, with this driver my secondary card was at max throttle all the time even just sitting at desktop, It was always around 60c+. My primary card was a cool 36c. I switched back to my old Dox driver, now things are back to normal.

 

Is there a way to check throttling? both my cards are nearing 60 C, in fact all the internal components are hovering around that temperature..

 

Mhhh... Do I really need these new drivers? What about the good old "never change a running system"?

 

I gave these drivers a shot on my 5793 (8800M GTX) with Win7 x64. They installed without a problem, but they introduced a stutter over the entire OS from the desktop to graphics apps. I rolled back to the 186.82 drivers and the stutter went away.

 

you need the latest driver to get the most out of your investment (in this case, gpu). latest driver does optimize game performance, and most importantly, contains fixes and enchancement. but then again, this is a beta driver, so update with caution. works fine and perfect for me though.

 

I dont understand how you find this, when I got to nvidia.com, drivers, downloads and select through using this page http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

, It still shows

Version: 186.81 WHQL
Release Date: 2009.08.27
Operating System: Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
Language: English (U.S.)
File Size: 138 MB


?? Is the driver you linked beta? why isn't it on the main downloads page?

 

Just to make everything clear THIS IS BETA! It is avaiable on the beta download page!

Strange that NVidia released 195.55 beta, before releasing 195.39 WHQL ... :/

 

I have a problem with the 186.81 drivers even, so if these were to fix that problem I'd be very happy. If I run some fullscreen programs that start at a lower-than-native resolution, then afterwards the machine goes to sleep and wakes up, it resizes my desktop resolution to the starting res of the application (I.E. if I started a game at 1280 x 800 and changed it to 1920 x 1200, it still changes it to 1280 x 800). I have found NO way to fix this, and it's rather annoying to say the least. I would have gone back to 186.03, but I got less crashes in games with .81 and AA options worked better. *sigh* what's a guy to do anymore lol

 

uhm... where can I see which version I have? (is there a dxdiag in win7?)
thanks

 

Open nVidia control panel and at the bottom left corner it says "System Information". Click on that and it shows you your driver version (with a bunch of other potentially useful info)

 

Well, good thing I lost my nerve, as I did not install the driver like I said I would. Everything runs great under 186.81; like brato said: What about the good old "never change a running system"? Thanks for being a guinea pig Zero.

 

Installing new video drivers is easy to do, the problem is reverting back to what you had before. That's why I make backups of all my old drivers in case I ever decide I want to go back

 

Windows has had a driver roll-back function since XP.

 

It often gives problems to do that. Besides, it only rolls back to the last version you did. I was on 186.03, then I tried 186.81, then 186.82. Supposing after .82 I wanted to go back to .03, I'd be screwed I think. I keep an installer on my external drive anyway, so that upon a fresh system install I would have whatever drivers I needed. Seeing as I've had to redo this computer about 4 times (don't ask) it's proven to be a good idea to keep my drivers on hand. The utilities disc gives me all other system drivers without a hitch ^^

 

Sounds like a nice update. Did the addition of SLI support for MW2 improve the game's performance significantly?

 

how significant i cant tell, but it does provide MW2 optimization settings in the new driver

 

I ran MW2 only after the update so i can't say much to its beneficiality.

I can say that my WEI index increased from 6.7 to 7.1 after the update..


EDIT: added pic for proof

 

WEI is not a good representation of performance capabilities. Best thing to do is run a system benchmark (3DMark06) or several built-in game benchmarks or fraps runs (with multiple games, as a few can possibly lose FPS while the rest gain FPS) before and after a driver switch. I also run MilkDrop2 maxed.

 

I have an archive on my nas going back to 174.90 lol! I also saved all the bios from some reason, I guess in case I need to flash back to non-OCed. Yeah, I am pretty anal about video drivers; I uninstall, restart into safe mode, run driver sweeper, restart, then install new driver, and restart again. ??!!!! Good thing Win7 boots a bit faster the Vista!!

 

I never said WEI is a reliable index nor do i believe that it is true. I simply stated what was happening, and if Windows thinks my computer is slightly more capable, so be it!

Thats exactly what i do!!! i got burnt once with BSODS and multiple file copies from faulty invidia installers. It seems that procedure is the only sure fire way. I just wish SLi was enabled automatically to avoid an extra restart...

 

I need to proofread my posts...

 

I use nVidia System tools to handle my overclocking, and I set it to *not* load at start up, then test it under serious stress for a couple hours, then as long as all works well, I let it load at start up. It's a nice feature, because you can always boot in safe mode as well and edit the profile policies if you make a mistake. I don't bother going through the BIOS settings (maybe because I have yet to see a BIOS that likes letting you overclock, but still).

And Windows Vista boots *FASTER* than Windows 7 by default (tested both on my own desktop), but if you have a truckload of programs that run at computer start up, then Windows 7 will start showing the edge in speed, because it returns to Windows XP's style of letting programs run and/or check for updates etc. (Which was faster)

 

I have a small country of apps that load at start up...

For gpu overclock, I have a modified version of the 62.92.23.00.14 bios. From my understanding, a bios overclock is much more stable than software overclocking, but this was in the days of no software overclock offered by nVidia, or anyone. I got it back in May 08 from someone here, can't remember who though. There is no way to "go through the bios settings" for overclock, you just have to grab your nuts and flash a hacked version from someone you trust, ALOT.

 

A BIOS overclock is more stable than a software overclock because it runs underneath the OS itself (so no programs' bugs would affect the overclocking), and if something were to go wrong then you would not have much trouble fixing because you could simply change the settings before the OS boots up or pull out your CMOS battery and reset the hardware settings right then and there. Also, the desktop I have at home allows for CPU overclocking through the BIOS by default, probably allows GPU too but I haven't looked for it much. It does not need any hacked versions, but I don't like the way it's setup. It simply asks you how much voltage you want to give it, and what to raise your multiplier to, without telling the end result. In other words, it's a blind shot and you won't know if it works nice or not.

I prefer seeing more detailed explanations however, so I don't try it like that.

And I only ever had a system of my own for almost 2 years now, and the processor was fine for me, I could not overclock the GPU because it was an intel integrated piece of *bleep*. So I really will admit I'm new to all this, I just try to understand it all better ^^

 

I'm failing to install: "could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit."

This is with my 870CU with Win7 64 and a GTX 280M.

 

Yeah, that would make me uneasy as well, especially because raising voltage causes much more heat, and more likely than not, will shorten the life of the card. Even though mine is OCed it doesn't get over 59c in Fallout 3 for example, but I do have my 5793 on a Zalman2000. When not gaming, it reverts back to the default 2D clock speeds (45c idle), as only the high performance 3D clocks were increased, instead of raising the voltage or multiplier, which effects the card all the time.

 

My specs are: M570ETU
Windows XP Home 32 bit
QX9300 @3,34GHZ
4GB RAM
8800M GTX

Man this sucks

 

Install Rivatuner and use its hardware monitor to check clock rates. If your card is nearing 60C idle there is likely a powermizer issue .

 

These are some excellent drivers. Everything from 2d to 3d runs very efficiently in Windows 7. It reminds me of why I upgrade even though things are good....as they COULD be better

 

Why are you using a 32 bit OS with 4GB of RAM?

 

Well my video card loves to pass 80 and 90 deg celcius when gaming. Call it my hot atmosphere, but even at stock clocks it amps up how far it goes in the temp scale. I'm getting a little scared actually of the long term effect it would have, as I can no longer open my computer to clean the fans or anything else due to a single screw refusing to turn. I need to find a can of air and see how I can work that, but I can't say how dirty or clean my fans are. All I know is it likes to get hot.

If these drivers drop heat as well I'll be so happy hehe.
I think I may end up having to change the i7 to a Xeon and the 280m to a 380m when each becomes readily available. Which will, of course, cause me massive amounts of cash, unless Xotic/Sager re-buys my products to save some of the cash. Since I live internationally it's hard to just send it up and have them replace it easily. So I'm waiting till both come out and this model is meant to include them both so I can get things done more or less hassle free. New, smaller nm = far far less heat for me ^^