NVIDIA GPU driver v191.03 released

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited October 2009 in Science & Tech
NVIDIA GPU driver v191.03 released

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  • lordbeanlordbean Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    Matter of time until the GPU2 client DLLs are changed to work with DirectCompute. May not happen immediately, but it has to be coming.
  • GooDGooD Quebec (CAN) Member
    edited September 2009
    What does the support for DX11 DirectCompute mean ? Or indirectly what is DirectCompute lol :P

    Does it mean that it will be able to run DX11 games even without a DX11 video card ? (with less performance i presume...)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    The answers to your question are linked and/or described in the post.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    Side note: Leaving a second monitor attached to the second video card when turning on SLi in Win 7 will generate a BSOD.
  • GooDGooD Quebec (CAN) Member
    edited September 2009
    Oh, its the Compute Shaders :) Thankx

    I Hate it when people give several names for the same thing, that makes things more confusing. It's happening a lot those days.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    These are betas
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    ...Weighing in at roughly 100MB, this beta Windows XP/Vista/7 driver delivers...
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    It just always seems a little misleading to me when you don't include that in the title because you use the same title scheme for betas and standard release drivers. I also think this thread illustrates how little some people pay attention to the details in the release notes when new drivers are released.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    It's hardly misleading.

    NVIDIA uses one version number per compiled code base. If the beta driver passes the beta test (receives WHQL certification), it goes to production with the same version number; no code is changed between beta and live. It is the same download with a renamed executable.

    If NVIDIA alters the codebase to resolve issues detected in the beta, the version number is incremented and a new driver version is issued.

    This process makes the distinction between beta and live completely immaterial.

    For evidence, see: v182.06 vs. v182.08.

    Beyond that, it is not my responsibility to compel literacy.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    But if we are going to post links to beta drivers then why are they all not posted, for instance the 190.89 driver.

    EDIT: Alright, I guess what I am really asking is this. What is the definition for Icrontic posting as the a new Driver, anything that is for download from the main manufacturer's(ATI or NVidia) website or an available driver that originates from the main manufacturer?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    We don't post driver leaks.

    In the case of 190.89, it was a leaked driver, it used the 190.64 nv4disp.inf, contained no PhysX support, and cut the amount of supported GPUs in half.

    It was absurdly experimental.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    Thank you.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Woohoo. Because the drivers Nvidia certifies as stable aren't buggy enough, lets go install one that they haven't put through their apparently not very exhaustive testing process yet.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    (ACtually, Microsoft certifies the drivers).
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