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Sep 17, 2007, 10:12 PM
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DH SuperMod
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type...
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Nvidia Beta Forceware 163.69 for Vista
Download: 32-bit / 64-bit
Discuss!
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Sep 18, 2007, 01:21 AM
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Howlin at the moon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunderland, UK
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Chances of these stopping the nvlddmkm screen flashes in Vista? I'll not hold my breath. Logged and reported 52 of them with Vista's error reporting tool. It now reports a problem resolution when submitting them..........please contact Nvidia. 
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Sep 18, 2007, 02:29 AM
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Chilling... :)
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Denmark
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So far all I have heard is good feedback on these, just waiting for Rivatuner 2.05, before trying out the 163.xx drivers
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Sep 19, 2007, 01:12 AM
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DH News MOD
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Nottingham,UK
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Just in case you perfer the drivers to be WHQL signed.They have been as from yesterday. (Vista Only)
32 bit whql & 64 bit whql.
Last edited by MIG-31; Sep 19, 2007 at 07:48 AM.
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Sep 19, 2007, 01:53 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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So they're official now? Hmm do I upgrade or wait for new Betas?
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Sep 19, 2007, 01:07 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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Location: Scotland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Necrosis
So they're official now? Hmm do I upgrade or wait for new Betas?
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Upgrade...you know you want to! I put them on straight away...
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Sep 19, 2007, 01:21 PM
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Howlin at the moon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunderland, UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Necrosis
So they're official now? Hmm do I upgrade or wait for new Betas?
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Upgrade immediately, this driver set is awesome. Played last night without a single error/ crash to desktop or bluescreen. You might as well use these ones as they'll probably re-introduce the error for the next set  .
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Sep 19, 2007, 01:50 PM
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Mars
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Canada
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Upgrading seems faster, only 1 reboot required, and they're working fine, as opposed to multiple reboots with older sets.
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Sep 19, 2007, 03:27 PM
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Howlin at the moon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunderland, UK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zelig
Upgrading seems faster, only 1 reboot required, and they're working fine, as opposed to multiple reboots with older sets.
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Odd, it's only ever took one reboot for me. I can even turn SLI on/off without a reboot.
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Sep 19, 2007, 08:13 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2007
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For some reason it won't let me over clock anymore after I put these drivers. I put apply but then it changes it back to default settings. I'm using Ntune by the way.
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Sep 20, 2007, 01:46 AM
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Chilling... :)
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Denmark
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dalonehunter
For some reason it won't let me over clock anymore after I put these drivers. I put apply but then it changes it back to default settings. I'm using Ntune by the way.
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It's because they changed the way OC'ing works with these, you are now able to oc the shader by it self.
Get the latest Rivatuner, it's able to OC with these new drivers.
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Sep 20, 2007, 07:43 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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It kind of worked. OC'd memory clock perfect but core clock only OC's to 594 and if I increase it anymore it goes back to 594. 
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Sep 20, 2007, 07:33 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dalonehunter
It kind of worked. OC'd memory clock perfect but core clock only OC's to 594 and if I increase it anymore it goes back to 594. 
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If oc the shader can you achieve higher core clock?
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Sep 22, 2007, 10:05 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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I realize that this might be a stupid question, but I don't know. Is it necessary to uninstall the old drivers before installing the 163.69 drivers
drwho
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Sep 23, 2007, 02:07 AM
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DH News MOD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by drwho
I realize that this might be a stupid question, but I don't know. Is it necessary to uninstall the old drivers before installing the 163.69 drivers
drwho
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as for my own opinion,i always uninstall the previous drivers everytime.
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Sep 23, 2007, 03:28 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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Same here and use DHDC too.
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Sep 23, 2007, 08:37 AM
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Howlin at the moon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunderland, UK
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I've just installed straight over the previous set for the last 4 or 5 releases with no ill effects.
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Sep 23, 2007, 11:46 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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I tried that once and my screen went all buggy with artifacts. I always uninstall and then install new drivers.
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Sep 23, 2007, 12:55 PM
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Mars
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Canada
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This set seems to auto-overclock my card. Stock is 475 MHz for the core, but these drivers keep setting it at 495 MHz.
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