Nvidia released a new set of ForceWare drivers today.

Current version is 175.16 WHQL, which means that these drivers passed Microsoft’s certification and are going to be deployed via Windows Update as well. For more details read the release notes for XP or Vista.

Remember to use a program like Driver Sweeper to clean registry entries and other files after you uninstall video, audio or chipset drivers.

This way you make sure the new versions are being installed without problems.

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Another Beta release of ForceWare drivers. This time is version 175.16.

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Nvidia released a new set of ForceWare drivers on April 28, 2008.

At the moment, there is only Vista support in version 175.12. For more details read the release notes.

Remember to use a program like DriverSweeper to clean registry entries and other files after you uninstall video, audio or chipset drivers.

This way you make sure the new versions are being installed without problems.

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It seems that Nvidia is releasing new drivers too often.
This time, version 169.25 Beta are the latest available.

Changes are mostly related to SLI.
Read the release notes to see all the fixes and current issues.

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Just today Nvidia has released a WHQL Candidate driver, which is almost a final version for WHQL instead of a plain beta. According the Nvidia, there are numerous fixes and changes, but mainly concerning SLI and Windows Vista x64 issues.

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Another update to ForceWare. This time is version 169.09 Beta.

The major change in this release is that the “Stretched Water Reflection” in Crysis Demo is fixed.
For a complete list of fixes and remaining known issues read the release notes.

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My last posts were almost all about Nvidia and its drivers or nTune. Happens that i own one 8800 GTS 320 mb video card and i’m testing the latest beta drivers. I downloaded the Crysis demo and was playing with it and the new drivers, but i was let down by the performance of this demo that i tried to tweak my drivers but couldn’t get a perceivable boost.

I expect a few more beta releases from Nvidia to address performance issues with this game in particular.

This happens when game developers and hardware vendors try to push the marketing too much. I mean, if a game is graphically awesome, why not make it and optimize it to run on the latest high-end hardware? The current trend is to make games with almost realistic graphics and incredible effects but you need the best gaming machine in order to take advantage of the latest developments. And even if you got one of this systems, you can’t run it in all it’s glory and high resolutions because you need yet-to-be-released hardware. I remember than a few years ago, the best-looking games could be played with the latest hardware available and there wasn’t a need for a new systems or a new video card in order to play them.

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Here comes another update for Nvidia drivers. This version is final and has WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) certification which means that this drivers are signed and are approved by Microsoft.

However, the latest Beta version 169.04 is still recommended for Crysis Single-Player Demo and for TimeShift. If you have this games, use the latest Beta.

You can read the release notes for each driver version to see the list of fixed issues and remaining issues that have to be fixed in a later release.

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