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NVIDIA ForceWare 175.16 WHQL
Posted by Regeneration on May 14th, 2008, 04:05 PM

Nvidia Corporation has released a new official ForceWare driver. This ForceWare driver supports GeForce 5,6,7,8,9 series and the latest Hybrid SLI Technology and its features (GeForce Boost, HybirdPower). It’s available for Windows 2000/XP/2003/MCE/Vista and their 64-bit versions as well, This ForceWare driver offers numerous game and application compatibility fixes, and improved performance on many DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.

* WHQL Certified
* Supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs.
* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including Quad SLI technology with GeForce 9800 GX2 and 3-way SLI Technology with GeForce 9800 GTX.
* Supports Hybrid SLI technology to turbo-charge graphics performance and enjoy intelligent power management.
* Supports GeForce Boost, a Hybrid SLI Technology.
* Supports HybridPower, a Hybrid SLI Technology.
* Adds support for NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology.
* Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9600 GT and 9600 GSO.
* Improved performance on many DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.
* 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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16 Comments
Posted by kassy_2188 on May 14th, 2008, 09:00 PM
They arent forceware drivers anymore, its geforce drivers.
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Posted by HcoolP on May 14th, 2008, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by kassy_2188 View Post
They arent forceware drivers anymore, its geforce drivers.
how ever you choose to call a "pig in a dress" its still just the same same but diffrent....

p.s i still "hate" this "new" commenting system

Last edited by HcoolP; May 15th, 2008 at 02:58 PM..
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Posted by Unixlord on May 15th, 2008, 12:21 AM
Going to test this and compare against 174.74 tomorrow... *looks at clock* uh I mean today.
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Posted by Syncroneyes on May 15th, 2008, 10:46 AM
I don't really care too much if performance increase isn't huge, the biggest issue with all these (174+ drivers and countless, useless betas) is stability - they're always failing me and freezing up my system at the worst possible moments. Naturally I want performance too but i'll be real glad if the damn things simply work for a change. Stability seems to be a real issue for Nvidia drivers at the moment so I think these drivers are going to need a thorough testing phase.

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Posted by omagic on May 15th, 2008, 12:36 PM
Well not a single problem so far, performance is good so is stability. Well still hoped they'll be faster

PS also liked more the old comment system

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Posted by Chaos on May 15th, 2008, 03:05 PM
if you noticed this format is only for news posts the topics discussed in the forum still use the old format
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Posted by Unregistered on May 16th, 2008, 09:05 AM
Well if you can have some of the forums using the older but PREFERRED system why not for this one as well???
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Posted by Unixlord on May 16th, 2008, 05:52 PM
These drivers suck. Compared to 174.74 I got a noticeable drop across all previously tested benchmarks. No image quality improvement noticeable either. Back to 174.74 I guess. Has anyone compared 175.12 to 174.74 or 175.16 for that matter?

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Posted by Chaos on May 16th, 2008, 10:50 PM
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These drivers suck. Compared to 174.74 I got a noticeable drop across all previously tested benchmarks. No image quality improvement noticeable either. Back to 174.74 I guess. Has anyone compared 175.12 to 174.74 or 175.16 for that matter?
I will give the 174 set a look over the weekend but these drivers work well for me even though i have not run any benchmarks
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Posted by nCaine on May 17th, 2008, 12:54 AM
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These drivers suck. Compared to 174.74 I got a noticeable drop across all previously tested benchmarks. No image quality improvement noticeable either. Back to 174.74 I guess. Has anyone compared 175.12 to 174.74 or 175.16 for that matter?

I have looked for decent driver for Assasin`s Creed , and after you post i got back to the 174.74 , and i very happy how it perform both in iq and performance , keepers for me.

I wuld like to see it modded by Rege.
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Posted by Syncroneyes on May 17th, 2008, 09:41 PM
I can confirm these drivers are just as unstable as all the other 174+ betas I've recently tried, again they have caused my games to crash (particularly world in conflict)
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Posted by Unixlord on May 18th, 2008, 09:54 PM
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I can confirm these drivers are just as unstable as all the other 174+ betas I've recently tried, again they have caused my games to crash (particularly world in conflict)
BSOD or C2D?
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Posted by Chaos on June 8th, 2008, 04:11 PM
Unix I finally got around to comparing some drivers and 174.74 beta is the fastest for my setup. I tested 175.16, 169.44 and the 174.74 with 3DMark Vantage and they score almost 400 points higher than any others.

5543 -- 174.74
5234 -- 169.44
5128 -- 175.16
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Posted by Syncroneyes on June 9th, 2008, 02:14 PM
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BSOD or C2D?
few BSOD but mainly it just causes everything to freeze/lock up mid-game and then I can't do anything at all except hit the power switch - most frustrating. But i'm hoping this is just a program issue and will be solved with WIC patch 1.008, but haven't had time to test it yet
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Posted by squall_leonhart on June 10th, 2008, 05:57 PM
your system sucks then,

not had a hint of problems with them.
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Posted by Syncroneyes on June 10th, 2008, 09:21 PM
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not had a hint of problems with them.
ah - you will! and then ur gonna eat ur words. Its happened to me again - more BSOD - this time it is definately the display driver as I had the standard error message after a different game crashed this time "display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" followed immediately by BSOD. - is that definitive enough for you?

Trust me, these drivers have some stability problems and eventually sooner or later they will catch up to you...

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