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Liono Chief Captain

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Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 1638 Location: Northwich (Cheshire) England.
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject: New nvidia drivers |
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They havn't put them on the main download section yet, but heres a direct link to their download server.
Nvidia Drivers 91.28
Be warned they are over 48MB in size. _________________
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ranald Captain


Joined: Oct 12, 2004 Posts: 666
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the link Liono Im hoping there better than Nvidia's last drivers  _________________ P42.6GHZ (overclocked to 2.9) 1024DDR/120GB HD/X850XT 256MB AGP
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KenTel First Officer


Joined: Oct 02, 2005 Posts: 428 Location: 1m ASL. S.Lincs.UK.
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Liono for the pointer. But I must add, that 48Mb only refers to the American English version, ie., for those using keyboards in American configuration. For English keyboards, you must use the International version, which is over 60Mb. _________________ TTFN - Ken.
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KenTel First Officer


Joined: Oct 02, 2005 Posts: 428 Location: 1m ASL. S.Lincs.UK.
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Have downloaded and installed the 60Mb+ drivers, all I can say after running fs9, is fantastic. The fps has shot up to around the 60fps mark, and that's running the ATR fps gobbler. Previously was lucky to see much more than 15fps.
A completely different front end to the nVidia console, and has built in settings for the most popular games, fs9 is one of them. And I'm unable to play with it now till next Tuesday, Bah! Holidays interfere with simming.
Just wondering now, not in such a hurry for my hardware upgrade.
Thanks for the pointer to the download Liono, 'triffic!
Cheers......... _________________ TTFN - Ken.
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99jolegg Chief Captain


Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 5453 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: |
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I hadn't bothered downloading them until now - last time I downloaded their new drivers, they caused problems so I rolled back my drivers to my old ones.
If these ones have improved - I'll download them right now!
So I should be downloading the 91.28_forceware_winxp2k_international.exe file then?
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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I've downloaded both versions of the drivers, english and international, and neither of them will load up I've uninstalled version 84.21, rebooted the machine, but it just wont have it, I get as far as this............
and thats it, the screen just freezes on the above, even after 30 minutes.
I've reinstalled version 84.21.  |
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99jolegg Chief Captain


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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Should I be noticing any improvements with the new drivers?  _________________ Click below to support FSF:
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Wing-man Captain


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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Jon have you installed the new drivers ? and did they intall ok ?? |
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Greekman72 Chief Captain


Joined: Jun 15, 2005 Posts: 7128 Location: Hellas
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Call me a brick but i never upadte Graphics Drivers.I did it once some months ago just for experiment and i didnt notice anything better and from the other side my splashscreen was flashing when FS starts.I stay to the drivers i get wih my card.
Of course this is only my point and opinion.  _________________
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99jolegg Chief Captain


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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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I did install them, yes. The only message that did appear was that it said that my graphics card (Geforce 5200) hadn't been software tested by Microsoft which may cause graphical instability but I haven't noticed any major problems.
The only detrimental thing I've noticed is that on the FS9 "Create A Flight" screen, it doesn't come up with the picture of the chosen aircraft now. It hasn't provided any noticeable benefits so I might roll back my drivers later on  _________________ Click below to support FSF:
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99jolegg Chief Captain


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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Greekman72 wrote: |
Call me a brick but i never upadte Graphics Drivers.I did it once some months ago just for experiment and i didnt notice anything better and from the other side my splashscreen was flashing when FS starts.I stay to the drivers i get wih my card.
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I hardly ever update my drivers but I have done the past 2 times, when TTT and now Liono bought them up into the forums. I ended up rolling them back last time and probably again this time. The only reason I downloaded them is because I always hear people saying "have you made sure you have the latest drivers for your graphics card" which made me think they were important...
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Greekman72 Chief Captain


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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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The experiment was done with dear TTT's link too. _________________
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Wing-man Captain


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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your reply Jon I must admit that, I've never noticed any difference when I've updated, I'll stick with version 84.21 |
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KenTel First Officer


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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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It's amazing, the different results users have when installing drivers.
I must state that in the case of Graphics, there is a strict requirement/protocol
You must remove/uninstall previous driver(s), then reboot. When Windows then says it has found new hardware, just cancel that whatever, ignore it!
Yes! You will then be running in what looks like 'Safe Mode', but once installed, you can then adjust settings, very easily using the updated nVidia Control Panel.
Then before installing you must stop all Anti-Virus programs from running, after this you should get a troublefree install.
I'm using XP Home, with nVidia 6600GTX + 256Mbs graphics mem. on card, and the results for me are very good. My previous driver was version 84.21 _________________ TTFN - Ken.
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Liono Chief Captain

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Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 1638 Location: Northwich (Cheshire) England.
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| KenTel wrote: |
It's amazing, the different results users have when installing drivers.
I must state that in the case of Graphics, there is a strict requirement/protocol
You must remove/uninstall previous driver(s), then reboot. When Windows then says it has found new hardware, just cancel that whatever, ignore it!
Yes! You will then be running in what looks like 'Safe Mode', but once installed, you can then adjust settings, very easily using the updated nVidia Control Panel.
Then before installing you must stop all Anti-Virus programs from running, after this you should get a troublefree install.
I'm using XP Home, with nVidia 6600GTX + 256Mbs graphics mem. on card, and the results for me are very good. My previous driver was version 84.21 |
I'm with Ken here. I unistall via control panel then restart. Use Drive cleaner 3 times to get ride of any left overs. Restart then install the new drivers, restart. Then adjust my settings via the new Nvidia Control Panel.
I've done this with all the updated drivers Nvidia has released and have ran into no problems at all. Even when I update my nForce drivers I go through the same process.
Regards,
Liono _________________
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