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    Wow, the new Nvidia drivers made a big, big difference in performance. I try to run things at 1920x1200 so I don't have to worry about scaling, and that was unplayable with my old drivers. The new ones gave me a ~50% boost in most places. I was getting framerates in the 20s frequently with the old drivers, and it only dipped into the 20s during the battle at the end with the new ones.

    3.6GHz P4, 2GB, 320MB 8800 GTS, in case anyone cares.
    Aug 20, 2007 3:20pm PDT
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    Wow, the new Nvidia drivers made a big, big difference in performance. I try to run things at 1920x1200 ... : pyrogenThis person is cool!

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      Hopefully they didn't do anything insidious like cut corners graphically and hope we don't notice. If th... : Matt BurrisThis person is cool!
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        It looked the same to me, but then again I didn't take screenshots for comparison. This was in XP, BTW... : pyrogenThis person is cool!
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          Vista is horrible. : ashkieThis person is cool!
          • yea it was pretty chugtastic and i dont even have a dx10 card to see the visual differences. : smackncaThis person is cool!
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            You weren't joking. Performance was worse, sound didn't work, I didn't notice any of the graphical impro... : pyrogenThis person is cool!
            • i had popping sound and mouse input lag as well as lower FPS across the board. Ran like butter in XP, no ... : ashkieThis person is cool!
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            You sound like one of my customers. Vista is fine if you have a decent machine. Bioshock runs great as ... : sheepraperThis person is cool!
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              I have a decent machine with an 8800 GTX. It does not run fine. : ashkieThis person is cool!
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                8800 GTS 640, doesn't run fine here at 1900x1200 either. Too damn mushy. Runs okay at the 13xx resoluti... : ThresherThis person is cool!
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                  I'm running Vista 32-bit, 8800 GTS OC2 640 meg, and a E6750 CPU....Runs like butter at 1920x1200 with max... : GnowknaymeThis person is cool!
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                    Wonder how much that extra CPU horsepower helps. What mb are you using? : ThresherThis person is cool!
                    • Same for me, same CPU 320 version of the card though, mb is the Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2 mATX . : devi| dog
              • After using Vista exclusively for a couple months and just going back to XP, there's a very noticeable di... : jodiuhThis person is cool!
          • I see nothing "horrible" in these performance figures: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=... : High-g
          • vista is running great for me. 7800 GT and AMD x2 @ 2.5ghz. : prancing_jackanapes
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      Performance on widescreen is looking great with the new drivers, 1680x1050 all details maxed; Nvidia 8800... : RyDogg1This person is cool!
      • Same settings that I'm running at, and I think I have room for enabling AA and AF. They did a great job ... : Matt BurrisThis person is cool!
      • Did you get that card from the Best Buy deal? : PettytheftThis person is cool!
    • Performance is pretty low for me - 7800GTX... Think I'm gonna hold off on this now until Christmas when I... : TabsAZ
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      How do you get it to show your frame rate? : GnowknaymeThis person is cool!
      • Fraps: http://fraps.com/ : Matt BurrisThis person is cool!