FYI, the 257.15 beta driver has been released. It claims performance increases for the 400 series, as well as new nvidia control panel options.LINK

FYI, the 257.15 beta driver has been released. It claims performance increases for the 400 series, as well as new nvidia control panel options.LINK

I tried 257.15 and had to uninstall it. Apparently it disabled Nhancer from working within FSX, causing serious AA problems as I run with 32S combined. I did the proper uninstall procedures with Driver Sweeper and downloaded and installed a new Nhancer, but absolutely no joy. Hopefully NHancer will be able to come out with a new version that will work with the 200 series drivers.Stephen

I tried 257.15 and had to uninstall it. Apparently it disabled Nhancer from working within FSX, causing serious AA problems as I run with 32S combined. I did the proper uninstall procedures with Driver Sweeper and downloaded and installed a new Nhancer, but absolutely no joy. Hopefully NHancer will be able to come out with a new version that will work with the 200 series drivers.Stephen

I stopped using nhancer, the nvidia control panel does everything I need.

I stopped using nhancer, the nvidia control panel does everything I need.

Hi,The Nvidia control panel still does not override the internal FSX settings, at least up to this latest driver. I suggest your abandoning of the Nhancer fine tuner overrider is mistaken. There is more written on this within the EVGA 400 series forums if you are interested.Stephen

Hi,The Nvidia control panel still does not override the internal FSX settings, at least up to this latest driver. I suggest your abandoning of the Nhancer fine tuner overrider is mistaken. There is more written on this within the EVGA 400 series forums if you are interested.Stephen

I could be wrong, but the nvidia control panel seems to work for me when set to enhance the application setting.

I could be wrong, but the nvidia control panel seems to work for me when set to enhance the application setting.

You really want the 4s or 8s with or sans the Q.jja

Pretty encouraging results with this driver.22500@ 3DMark Ventage (Vs 20160 with previous drivers)and an average of 15% fps increase with FSX.No artifacts or lockups so far.

And a much smoother experience too.I am really appreciating a big change compared with previous drivers.Nice! :--)

And a much smoother experience too.I am really appreciating a big change compared with previous drivers.Nice! :--)

Yep, with 16x AF, 8xQ aa, 8xS supersampling, and this driver I was flying around New York in the CS 727 at around 18-25 fps, with occasional dips to 15 fps, but it was smooth.

You really want the 4s or 8s with or sans the Q.jja

I use 8xQ, 8xS, and 16x AF via the nvidia control panel.

I didn't tried these new drivers, with my GTX260Actually, I use nHancer only to run FSX in AA 8S. Give these new nVidia drivers this possbility ? Or is there a way to activate them without nHancer ?

Any performance increase for GTX285 users?

^^GTX280 : smoothness Only , no significant increase FPS

Wow! Have tried some "old" tweaks like BufferPools set to 500MB and FFTF to 0.01 with locked FPS inside fsx.cfg. Result so far silky smooth at KSEA (ORBX PNW)... Have to test some more areas though.

The Nvidia control panel still does not override the internal FSX settings, at least up to this latest driver.

I'm really confused about this... some people say NHancer is no longer needed, CP does all that.. some say it doesn't and it's still the best to use NHancer.. so.. is there really any difference at all if some see same results with or without NHancer? And again, any GTX285 users tried this driver? Any increase in performance in FSX like 400 series users see? I'm really torn apart about this one... I'm still using 182.50 drivers (believe it or not) with NHancer and i'm getting smooth performance with good FPS (most of the time 30@30) - I use most of bojote's tweaks)... ok, with PMDG 747 on EGLL with UT2 traffic at 100%, UTX Eu, GEX, ASE, REX, bad weather, peak hours, ... and all that.. I get 16-26 (mostly the result of UT2@100%.. since if I turn away from the main terminal building I'm on 28-30 again). So, people are raving about this driver so it's tempting to try it - but I have to abandon NHancer & all that jazz and throw hours and hours out of the window with tweaking and testing.. instead of flying!

I'm really confused about this... some people say NHancer is no longer needed, CP does all that.. some say it doesn't and it's still the best to use NHancer.. so.. is there really any difference at all if some see same results with or without NHancer? And again, any GTX285 users tried this driver? Any increase in performance in FSX like 400 series users see? I'm really torn apart about this one... I'm still using 182.50 drivers (believe it or not) with NHancer and i'm getting smooth performance with good FPS (most of the time 30@30) - I use most of bojote's tweaks)... ok, with PMDG 747 on EGLL with UT2 traffic at 100%, UTX Eu, GEX, ASE, REX, bad weather, peak hours, ... and all that.. I get 16-26 (mostly the result of UT2@100%.. since if I turn away from the main terminal building I'm on 28-30 again). So, people are raving about this driver so it's tempting to try it - but I have to abandon NHancer & all that jazz and throw hours and hours out of the window with tweaking and testing.. instead of flying!

Ditto, would like to hear from some 285 users before I go with the new driver.