Nvidia Releases "GeForce Power Pack"

Evil Genius

Evil Genius

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Australia

Mo/

13 Aug 2008 at 11:32 - 1
New drivers:
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GeForce Driver v177.83 with PhysX support
This driver supports NVIDIA® GeForce® 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series desktop GPUs, including the newly released GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GT GPUs. The driver adds support for NVIDIA® PhysX™ acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.08.01 is automatically installed with this driver package.
Free full game
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Warmonger – Full Game
Using NVIDIA® PhysX™ technology, Warmonger breaks down the static game play of past-generation shooters. New rigid-body technology and procedural destruction of game environments set the stage for dynamic content creation that is truly stunning and will literally change the way people think and play. Destroy walls, floors and whole buildings to open up new paths, or close existing ones. Destructive power is more than eye candy, it’s a tactical weapon in Warmonger.
Tech demos, eg:
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The Great Kulu: Technology Demo
The Great Kulu is an interactive technology demonstration featuring a captured sea creature brought to life using NVIDIA® PhysX™ soft body simulation technology. The demo allows users to interact with Kulu and watch how its soft flesh interacts with the environment as it chases you around your ship. The flesh movements and movements of other soft body objects are simulated in real-time using PhysX technology, to create this "soft and squishy" experience.
Minimum Recommended Graphics: GeForce GTX 260
[email protected] (not exactly new but good to see coverage on Nvidia home page. Hopefully Nividia can take over PS3s):
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Join The Fight Against Cancer
Download [email protected] and band together with people across the globe by adding the massive compute power of a NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU to one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Use your PC to help fight many of the world’s most devastating diseases while you sleep at night.
I am downloading everything now and look forward to trying it all out.

Edit: My bad, not Big Bang II.

Alexandra-Sweet

Alexandra-Sweet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

That one place with the trees, mountains and snow

Ember Power Mercenaries [EMP]

Me/

13 Aug 2008 at 12:25 - 2
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Originally Posted by Evil Genius
[email protected] (not exactly new but good to see coverage on Nvidia home page. Hopefully Nividia can take over PS3s):
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Join The Fight Against Cancer
Download [email protected] and band together with people across the globe by adding the massive compute power of a NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU to one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Use your PC to help fight many of the world’s most devastating diseases while you sleep at night.
Wait what... my GPU can cure cancer? o.O

Evil Genius

Evil Genius

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Australia

Mo/

13 Aug 2008 at 12:48 - 3
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Originally Posted by Alexandra-Sweet
Wait what... my GPU can cure cancer? o.O
Yeah. Basically it does calculations "folding" proteins that are uploaded to scientific researchers. Folding projects aren't new, but it is only recently they have been able to run on GPUs. The advantage of GPUs over CPUs is they complete works units much faster.

See http:[email protected] and http://folding.stanford.edu/ for better explanations and more information.

Here's a screenshot of me running the client.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

13 Aug 2008 at 17:34 - 4
A link would have been good, EG - that's not from the standard nVidia driver downloads site (and it uses a damn java download manager - ah well)

http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcew...s/download.asp

Aera

Aera

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Galactic President Superstar Mc [awsm]

E/

18 Aug 2008 at 22:43 - 5
So, has anybody given it a shot? If so, opinions? ( for the driver and the Warmonger game )

Sekku

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/Mo

23 Aug 2008 at 18:31 - 6
Warmonger I found sub-standard. PhysX still has a long way to go.

The Legg

The Legg

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

RAF Lyneham, UK

We Are Gozu ( Gozu )

N/Me

28 Aug 2008 at 01:42 - 7
have 2 9800 gx2's in quad sli and this update really messed them up. tried re-installing the previous driver but still was having some gaphical glitches while running guild wars.

have had to restore my system to before i even messed with this patch.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

28 Aug 2008 at 03:41 - 8
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Originally Posted by The Legg
have 2 9800 gx2's in quad sli and this update really messed them up. tried re-installing the previous driver but still was having some gaphical glitches while running guild wars.

have had to restore my system to before i even messed with this patch.
Check your motherboard drivers and BIOS. If you have yet to update to the newest motherboard drivers and BIOS, this is most likely what is causing the issues.

Oh, and this pack was quite impressive. I seriously need to expedite snagging some GTX 260s or 280s from the testing lab.