Is there anyone out there running this latest revision of ForceWare? If so, are there any outstanding issues with it while playing Guild Wars?
Simply wondering if I should upgrade, since Windows "totally lawl 100% freaked outzorz roffle le mayo" last time when I uninstalled from my beloved 77.72 and jumped to the 8x.xx series on my piece-of-junk 6600GT...no, I have no reason to upgrade since 77.72 is working just fine, I just want to if it's stable enough.
Some issues I've had with earlier drivers in the release 80 series:
Texture funkyness (supposedly fixed)
Random crashes (system halt) while loading into an instance
Random lockups (Alt-Tab, end GW.exe) while loading into an instance
"If it's not broken...go fix it."
ForceWare 84.21?
koneko
devils wraths
im sorry to say but i havent had any issues with the latest forceware driver
dronex
81.98 rolled back from 84.21 with wich i had:
Crappy shadows, strange textures, bluescreen, game crashes.
Crappy shadows, strange textures, bluescreen, game crashes.
koneko
Well, I decided to uninstall 77.72 and went with 84.21.
I haven't noticed any major problems so far (knock on wood), but all I've been doing has been idling. I'll keep 81.98 in mind if I run into issues, thanks.
I haven't noticed any major problems so far (knock on wood), but all I've been doing has been idling. I'll keep 81.98 in mind if I run into issues, thanks.
EternalTempest
The thing I don't like about the 84.21 drivers is there only MS WHQL certified for the Geforce 6 & 7 Series. The 81.89 was MS WHQL certified for the Geforce 2-7 line.
sinisters chaos
wut is forceware please explain lol
Masseur
Nvidia graphics drivers. I had switched to ATI after no resolution to the inventory freeze and mission/bonus shield screen freeze that happens on nvidia based cards. But lately been having crashes with ATI's software, so went back to my nvidia card and then loaded the latest drivers and it's working without the freezes, weird.
koneko
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Originally Posted by sinisters chaos
wut is forceware please explain lol
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"Catalyst" = same thing, but for ATI.
EternalTempest
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wut is forceware please explain lol
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I'm doing it again sorry.
MS WHQL = Microsoft tested the driver and it passes microsoft extensive tests to not crash windows.
It not realted to how well it works on games on the other hand.
j0j081
If you are running anything below the 80 series 81.98 is a great set to try for starters. They seem to work with pretty much everyone's setup.
Tom Woodrunner
I bought a BFG 6800GS AGP (slightly overclocked) in January. The 81.98 driver would not work with that card. In fact, it wouldn't install, it didn't recognise my card.
I've been using the driver from Dec 15/05 which I think is the last driver before 91.98 and it works mighty fine.
Soooo, does anyone have a BFG 9800GS currently using the 84.21 drivers? Do they work?
/ex ATI fanboy
I've been using the driver from Dec 15/05 which I think is the last driver before 91.98 and it works mighty fine.
Soooo, does anyone have a BFG 9800GS currently using the 84.21 drivers? Do they work?
/ex ATI fanboy
Eldin
I used to have one of the 77's...switched to the 81.98 forceware driver a few months ago...noticed a significantly smaller amount of crashes and such.
I don't believe the ForceWare series supports anything below GeForce 6200...but I have a 5500FX, and it works fine - plus I can run Guild Wars on pretty good settings with it in that manner, too.
I don't believe the ForceWare series supports anything below GeForce 6200...but I have a 5500FX, and it works fine - plus I can run Guild Wars on pretty good settings with it in that manner, too.
Seef II
I upgraded last night to 84.21 in order to remedy some performance problems. No problems after that, I'm on a stock PNY GeForce 6800 AGP.
j0j081
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Originally Posted by Tom Woodrunner
I bought a BFG 6800GS AGP (slightly overclocked) in January. The 81.98 driver would not work with that card. In fact, it wouldn't install, it didn't recognise my card.
I've been using the driver from Dec 15/05 which I think is the last driver before 91.98 and it works mighty fine. Soooo, does anyone have a BFG 9800GS currently using the 84.21 drivers? Do they work? /ex ATI fanboy |
Uzul
6600gt with 84.21 forceware working like a charm here.
re: 6800 gs -- if you are running an agp version of that card you might consider the 84.25 beta drivers. (release notes)
re: 6800 gs -- if you are running an agp version of that card you might consider the 84.25 beta drivers. (release notes)
Bastard Son
6800GT x2 in SLI: GW used to crash on me every now and then with the 77.72 drivers. Since I've been using 81.98, I've had zero issues and have seen no reason to up it to 84.21. IMHO go with 81.98 or newer... seems like everyone's doing dandy with them.
drakken06
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Originally Posted by koneko
Is there anyone out there running this latest revision of ForceWare? If so, are there any outstanding issues with it while playing Guild Wars?
Simply wondering if I should upgrade, since Windows "totally lawl 100% freaked outzorz roffle le mayo" last time when I uninstalled from my beloved 77.72 and jumped to the 8x.xx series on my piece-of-junk 6600GT...no, I have no reason to upgrade since 77.72 is working just fine, I just want to if it's stable enough. Some issues I've had with earlier drivers in the release 80 series: Texture funkyness (supposedly fixed) Random crashes (system halt) while loading into an instance Random lockups (Alt-Tab, end GW.exe) while loading into an instance "If it's not broken...go fix it." |
As for me I'm sporting a BFG GeForceFX 6800 Ultra OC 8x AGP Card because I'm too poor for PCI Express. ^_^;;; Oh well, wish me luck.
drakken06
Thanks for posting this thread, if it weren't for this, I never would've thought of fresh formatitng and installing the 81.98 drivers instead of upgrading. Thanks for the help, now I can play again.