Nvidia Forceware Driivers 163.71 Beta

**MIG-31** · Sep 21, 2007, 11:24 AM

Download: 32 bit Drivers / 64 Bit Drivers

Beta driver for GeForce FX, 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLI™ technology on Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 applications.
Improved compatibility for The Way It’s Meant To Be Played™ game titles: BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, PT Boats: Knights of the Sea, and World in Conflict.
Added NVIDIA SLI profile for Team Fortress 2.
Added PureVideo™ HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
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OmegaRED · Sep 21, 2007, 12:25 PM

What the F?!

Why does Nvidia keep dumping these drivers on us? The last set is pure crap for the games it says it's improved for. I'm hesitent to try these ones out unless it's gonna fix World in Conflict and Stranglehold crashes/lockups.

BlueMak · Sep 21, 2007, 01:44 PM

Eh, they just released this saying they fixed the problems with WiC and you complain you are not going to try them till they...fix the problems with WiC? lol

I don't understand why they release a new beta every 1 day (or at least it feels like it).

Can't they just wait a couple of days and release fewer but better drivers?

**Vikingod** · Sep 21, 2007, 01:48 PM

According to the release notes the only change was an SLI profile additions for TF2, and comptibility fixes for some PT boat game I've never heard of.

crlorentzen · Sep 21, 2007, 05:26 PM

I like how they have added the "WHQL coming soon" below each beta. So are they just randomly building and passing drivers to MS to see if they can get a WHQL release?

As I noted with 162.18 release it completely broke all abiltiy for even my desktop to display, and it WAS WHQL...I think nVidia is just overloading MS with WHQL requests.

Just stop, think and then release when ready...what a novel idea.

OmegaRED · Sep 21, 2007, 05:56 PM

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Eh, they just released this saying they fixed the problems with WiC and you complain you are not going to try them till they...fix the problems with WiC? lol

The supposed improvements and fixes for WiC only made it worse! I want a fix for the fix.

**MIG-31** · Sep 30, 2007, 12:10 PM

Im not going to post these on the front page.But if you prefer the WHQL signed drivers here they are.

163.71 WHQL