New Nvidia Driver 180.48

[Guest tmond]

I do not hv a SLI motherboard.Will these Drivers not work for me?In fact my motherboard is a ABIT IP35 ProComments pleaseTim :(http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_180.48_whql.html

Edited November 29, 2008 by tmond

[flilotUK 0]

Click on the 'Products Supported' tab on that page. If you have one of the cards listed, you can use that driver, whether you have SLI or not.

[ryanbatc 12,785]

If you have a recent nvidia card, I'd go with the new drivers. I'm using them and did see an overall improvement with IQ and performance.

[Guest tmond]

Ok. Thanks Guys. Does Ntune come with these drivers? Do we still need Nhancer?Tim :( P.S. I hv Graphics card 8800GTX

[ryanbatc 12,785]

I use nHancer with them, works great

[Guest ziporama]

Note that these drivers appear to cause application crashes on some systems after a period of time, and this impacts not just in FSX. The earlier certified release 174.28 do not have that issue. In case you have issues with 180.48, your mileage does vary. You may be lucky :)Etienne

[TechguyMaxC 516]

Note that these drivers appear to cause application crashes on some systems after a period of time, and this impacts not just in FSX. The earlier certified release 174.28 do not have that issue. In case you have issues with 180.48, your mileage does vary. You may be lucky :)Etienne

I've not experienced any crashes with this driver revision on my overclocked 8800 GT in any game I play. I'm not saying no one is experiencing problems with these drivers, but neither do I know anyone that has problems with them either.

[Mace 1,902]

My comments on the 180.48's...To counterweight what some enthusiastic posters said late last week, I personally do not notice any big difference. Framerates went down a little in my FSX stress test. IQ/shimmer may be a bit better, not sure yet. No app crashes. That's about it.I use an 8800GTX. I haven't decided if I will go back to 169.25 or not yet. Maybe I will let a little more time pass.

[paulyg123 135]

Boy do I hate updating drivers - the unknowns keep me up at night. I did install the new 180.48 driver on my Dell quad core. I have dual nvidia 8800 GTX and I saw a definate increase in FPS. With most sliders at 50% and water effect at full I was getting 24 fps with the LD767 with the cockpit 2D view. Now I get mid 30's. External views are > 75 fps. I always monitor FSP's as I am FSP fixated and I can say it definately helped.

[Guest Jeffhew]

Ok. Thanks Guys. Does Ntune come with these drivers? Do we still need Nhancer?Tim :( P.S. I hv Graphics card 8800GTX

I decided to try out NTune when I updated to these drivers, just to see if it had improved. Without getting into a long dissertation about it, I am back to using nHancer. Just make sure you re-install nHancer. If you happen to use Riva Tuner for control of the GPU fan and oc'ing, you need to make sure you're using the latest version of that as well. Regards,Jeff

[Noel 4,486]

Boy do I hate updating drivers - the unknowns keep me up at night. I did install the new 180.48 driver on my Dell quad core. I have dual nvidia 8800 GTX and I saw a definate increase in FPS. With most sliders at 50% and water effect at full I was getting 24 fps with the LD767 with the cockpit 2D view. Now I get mid 30's. External views are > 75 fps. I always monitor FSP's as I am FSP fixated and I can say it definately helped.

I share your reaction to updating drivers!I do have a question though, how exacting are you controlled conditions? Are you using absolutely identical conditions for your comparison? Heck, even the "fair weather" canned weather option can affect outcomes differently depending on where clouds might be. I find FSX (and former FS versions) to be impossible to compare unless you control absolutely every eventuality possible: same textures, same time of day, same runway, same exact weather. I guess the saved flight is the only way to make this comparison, then log FPS at fixed intervals in your fixed flight path. Noel

[hawkhero 11]

I updated and now my graphic go crazy. After 30min to 1 hour. Flashing to little squares all over the screen. I run 2 EVGA 9800 GTX cards in SLI mode. I just RMA'ed one card. Now after a week of using one card for up to 2 hours I am getting the same thing today flying 737 PIC for FSX after 50 min! Is it the drivers or my video card?Greg

[TechguyMaxC 516]

I updated and now my graphic go crazy. After 30min to 1 hour. Flashing to little squares all over the screen. I run 2 EVGA 9800 GTX cards in SLI mode. I just RMA'ed one card. Now after a week of using one card for up to 2 hours I am getting the same thing today flying 737 PIC for FSX after 50 min! Is it the drivers or my video card?Greg

You should run a GPU stress-test such as the one found in ATi Tray Tools. If it produces errors, I would suspect a hardware failure rather than the driver, if not, vice versa. Often errors that occur after a period of time indicate a thermal issue. You can monitor your temperatures with RivaTuner.

[bobbyjack 61]

I can certainly understand harhware issues. Until I upgraded my MB the newest drivers I could use were the 169.25s. However, my computer freezes after a while with the 180s. Went back to 178s and all is fine.Bob

[Mace 1,902]

using absolutely identical conditions for your comparison?

I did (I have a test scenario I always use), and my average frame rate went down with the 180.48's vs. the 169.25's. But the shimmering is definitely much reduced with the 180.48's. Image qual is of course subjective but fps in my identical condtion scenario is not. Right now, I am enjoying the lack of shimmering, so much so that I may keep the 180.48's for a while.