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New ForceWare Release

by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 20, 2005 12:24pm PDT

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NVidia has come out with a new ForceWare release, their GeForce videocard drivers now at 81.85. PDF format release notes are here, showing fixes for F.E.A.R, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Far Cry, Tiger Woods 2006, Fable: The Lost Chapters and various other games. Thanks aggressor.

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Dang yo, I installed, re-booted, and BSOD'd.

Oct 20, 2005 5:58pm PDT

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Dang yo, I installed, re-booted, and BSOD'd. : Liquid
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  I installed, rebooted, and hung. No BSOD, just hang and hang and hang. Then I hit restart, chose, start... : adachan
  - I had the same problem. Install 81.85 drivers, reboot, it works OK for a while, then hangs. Sometimes i... : afty

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Anyone know how you can apply these new drivers to the Nvidia laptop cards?

Oct 20, 2005 6:50pm PDT

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Anyone know how you can apply these new drivers to the Nvidia laptop cards? : GodFather
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eh? When did Lost Coast come out? Probably the day I moved from somewhere with broadband to somewhere with dialup.

Oct 20, 2005 4:10pm PDT

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eh? When did Lost Coast come out? Probably the day I moved from somewhere with broadband to somewhere wit... : mrflamey
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- I was wondering the same thing. : Priest77
- They broke the game 2 weeks ago, in a previous release - which I commented on, and made fun, at the time. : sharkII

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New Forceware drivers (81.85) =bad
Kills all DX9 games under XP64 with Dual core Athlon.....

Oct 20, 2005 3:23pm PDT

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New Forceware drivers (81.85) =bad Kills all DX9 games under XP64 with Dual core Athlon..... : kraemer
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- For you maybe, killer rig person. : freqq28
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  you did download http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_81.85.html instead of the ones linked in the story ... : Maarten Goldstein
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    Might be cool to add a short sentence like "64bit users grab these instead." you know... : jrock
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      More like they should include it in one package and based off that determine which to install. Sur eit ma... : Draco
      
      I think jrock was talking about Maarten's links but the Nvidia driver picker points you to the correct se... : armaduck

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And it fixed PinMAME. BONUS!

Oct 20, 2005 2:07pm PDT

And it fixed PinMAME. BONUS! : Vic Viper

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Finally you can enable SLI without having to restart the system.

Now if we can just get SLI with a 2nd display enabled. I dont want 3d on display 2 just the ability to use it. The quadro cards were supposed to have that capability for the start with SLI but they dont.

Oct 20, 2005 12:42pm PDT

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Finally you can enable SLI without having to restart the system. Now if we can just get SLI with a 2... : themelon
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  too bad it did not work for me. Installed 81.85. Rebooted. System came up with SLI enabled. Joy ensue... : dynamo
  - they say in the notes that it tries to change it dynamically but that occasionally it fails, requiring a ... : Sniper21
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    Odd. worked great for me. uninstalled 78.01 and rebooted. installed 81.85 without a reboot 3dmark05... : themelon
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      You only get that small of a performance increase with SLI? : dante2010
      
      No, both of those scores are with SLI enabled. I listed them to demonstrate that enabling SLI without a ... : themelon

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I was using the beta 81.84's and haven't had a single problem. Can't wait to install!

Oct 20, 2005 12:40pm PDT

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I was using the beta 81.84's and haven't had a single problem. Can't wait to install! : kevp
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- Same here. I've been really comfortable with the 81.84's so far. I've got a LAN party on Friday/Saturday ... : Ajax