NVIDIA Releases WQHL Forceware 178.13 Drivers

WTG nVidia!

I'm wondering if any of these increases will carry over into the Linux drivers. Looks like 177.76 is still the newest there.

All seems good so far for me with these.

Sweet. It would be nice to see HHW run through their own time-demos and post the results so that we can see how honest nVidia was in their estimates.

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge....

3vi1:

Sweet. It would be nice to see HHW run through their own time-demos and post the results so that we can see how honest nVidia was in their estimates.

recoveringknowitall:

3vi1:

Sweet. It would be nice to see HHW run through their own time-demos and post the results so that we can see how honest nVidia was in their estimates.

I 2nd the notion.

3rd! I love to jump on the banwagon

Ironically, the same day: http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/604923/nvidia-settles-gpu-price-fixing-class-action-case.html

Collusion FTW!!! lol

I am running them now and hope to see how stalker runs on them soon

Der Meister:

I am running them now and hope to see how stalker runs on them soon

So is me lady. Seems to be running good on her 9600gt

I'll load 'em up this weekend

Heh...I'm working on an article that's due late Monday evening, so I can't jump on this right away, but I will right after...

 I,ve downloaded the file will use it at the appropriate time.Hopefully when I get me a 8800 or 9800 on sale when I can afford it! Hey maybe since my daughter has moved back in here she can get it as a Christmas present / Birthday present! Hmmmmmmmmmm.

amdcrankitup:

 I,ve downloaded the file will use it at the appropriate time.Hopefully when I get me a 8800 or 9800 on sale when I can afford it! Hey maybe since my daughter has moved back in here she can get it as a Christmas present / Birthday present! Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Better hit her up for it before the little one arrives. Babies cost a lot of money.

bob_on_the_cob:

Better hit her up for it before the little one arrives. Babies cost a lot of money.

No doubt when my daughter was born my boy was still in diapers so I had two in them at once! Yikes I think Pampers stock jumped at that time!Everything bottles, formula evrything.Crying, colluck poopy diapers got it all! If I had any sence at that time I should have invested in anything kids because they will always be kids.DA! I could have sold of a couple shares and bought me a 280 by now, and a few more toys for the ultimate Rig like RAID! Hm well there you are still poor! Of( financially challenged) sounds beter when I say it that way.Ill just wait for Raid to get rid of is video cards (LOL) on the Old! because he,ll build another one soon!

Sounds like good stuff.  Impressive increases too.  Makes me wish my lappy had an nvidia gpu.

Well, I did some quick and dirty tests with the 9500 GT that was sitting in my test system and here's what I found...

3DMark Vantage (Performance Preset)

177.92 - 1729 (overall), GPU Test 1 - 3.69, GPU Test 2 - 4.11

178.13 - 1726 (overall), GPU Test 1 - 3.69, GPU Test 2 - 4.10

Enemry Territory Quake Wars

1680x1050 (4x AA + 16x aniso) 177.92 - 20.4, 178.13 - 20.5 = .5% Increase

1280x1024 (4x AA + 16x aniso) 177.92 - 27.1, 178.13 - 27.3 = .7% Increase

Against older drivers (older than 177.92), the increases in ETQW would probably be larger and Vantage would have some kind of delta. But if you're on top of things and use the beta drivers posted on nZone when they come out, these increases have probably come inrementally over the last few months.