NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista)

**MIG-31** · Apr 2, 2009, 04:42 PM

This driver supports GeForce 9-series, 100-series, and 200-series desktop GPUs.
New in Release 185.65:

Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs.
Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.
Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
- Up to 11% performance increase in Call of Duty: World at War
- Up to 5% performance increase Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
- Up to 22% performance increase Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
- Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

Lelisevis · Apr 2, 2009, 05:24 PM

WTF? No support for 8-series cards, surely to god they havent dropped support already, I thought anything from 8-series onwards was more or less the same architecture.
Come on DH newshound go investigate and come back with a breaking story

MousePotato · Apr 2, 2009, 06:29 PM

yeah, i've tried these and my 8800GTX isn't supported

( although on guru3d site, these say as being supported

)

OmegaRED · Apr 2, 2009, 06:33 PM

Quote:

NVIDIA_DEV.05E0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E2.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E3.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285"
NVIDIA_DEV.05E6.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275"
NVIDIA_DEV.05EB.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0600.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512"
NVIDIA_DEV.0601.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0602.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0604.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2"
NVIDIA_DEV.0605.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0606.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.060D.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.0610.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO"
NVIDIA_DEV.0611.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0612.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+"
NVIDIA_DEV.0613.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+"
NVIDIA_DEV.0614.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0615.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250"
NVIDIA_DEV.0622.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0623.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0625.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512"
NVIDIA_DEV.0626.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 130"
NVIDIA_DEV.0627.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 140"
NVIDIA_DEV.062D.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.062E.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0637.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0640.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT"
NVIDIA_DEV.0641.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0643.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.0644.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0645.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS "
NVIDIA_DEV.0646.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 120"
NVIDIA_DEV.065B.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT "
NVIDIA_DEV.06E0.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E1.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E6.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce G100"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E7.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE"
NVIDIA_DEV.06E9.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS"
NVIDIA_DEV.0847.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9100"
NVIDIA_DEV.084A.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 730a"
NVIDIA_DEV.084C.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI"
NVIDIA_DEV.084D.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI"
NVIDIA_DEV.0860.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400"
NVIDIA_DEV.0861.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0864.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300"
NVIDIA_DEV.0865.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0868.01 = "NVIDIA nForce 760i SLI"
NVIDIA_DEV.086A.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 "
NVIDIA_DEV.086C.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i"
NVIDIA_DEV.086D.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9200 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0871.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 9200 "

Lelisevis · Apr 2, 2009, 08:06 PM

Damn you nvidia, what the hells going on here? I was hoping to hold on to these 8800GTS cards until Win7 (dx11) hits the market. Buying anything in the meantime would be playing into the hands of the gfx card companies who are hoping I will buy again in 6months or so when DX11 is released.

Tipstaff · Apr 2, 2009, 08:21 PM

You know, this isn't the first time they've had beta drivers without support for certain cards (when they released the G200 series they had betas for them, but no other cards), and then later when they go WHQL, or have another set of betas, Nvidia had support for those missing cards back in there.

'Sides, wait a few minutes, and I'm sure you will see a hacked INF real soon.

OmegaRED · Apr 2, 2009, 08:41 PM

Ambient Occlusion drivers are just too damn buggy and I think this is why none of them have come out of beta. Each time I've tried setting it to "On" and then tried Fallout 3 it would cause the game to crash after a few minutes of gameplay...this driver was no different. Also, Nhancer won't start with these drivers.

I'll stick with this set for now but if there's any further issues I'm going back to the 182.46 set, which were fantastic.

Knight_Rider · Apr 3, 2009, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OmegaRED

Ambient Occlusion drivers are just too damn buggy and I think this is why none of them have come out of beta. Each time I've tried setting it to "On" and then tried Fallout 3 it would cause the game to crash after a few minutes of gameplay...this driver was no different. Also, Nhancer won't start with these drivers.

I'll stick with this set for now but if there's any further issues I'm going back to the 182.46 set, which were fantastic.

182.47 is fantastic as well.

PH3N0M · Apr 3, 2009, 08:06 AM

Says "File Not Found" so I'll try again later. Thanks for the notice!

**MIG-31** · Apr 3, 2009, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PH3N0M

Says "File Not Found" so I'll try again later. Thanks for the notice!

That's possibly due to Nvidia releasing a new set of betas today

185.66 32 Bit

185.66 64 Bit

No mention to what is changed.

Apr 2, 2009, 04:42 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 44,497 Rep Power: 244 System Specs	NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista) This driver supports GeForce 9-series, 100-series, and 200-series desktop GPUs. New in Release 185.65: Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU. Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs. Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details. Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings): Up to 11% performance increase in Call of Duty: World at War Up to 5% performance increase Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Up to 22% performance increase Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2 Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now! Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes. Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here. Download: 32 Bit / 64 Bit __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help HardwareHeaven by using Digg! HH Hardware Diggs / GH Gaming Diggs

Apr 2, 2009, 05:24 PM	#2
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Re: NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista) WTF? No support for 8-series cards, surely to god they havent dropped support already, I thought anything from 8-series onwards was more or less the same architecture. Come on DH newshound go investigate and come back with a breaking story

Apr 2, 2009, 08:06 PM	#5
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Re: NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista) Damn you nvidia, what the hells going on here? I was hoping to hold on to these 8800GTS cards until Win7 (dx11) hits the market. Buying anything in the meantime would be playing into the hands of the gfx card companies who are hoping I will buy again in 6months or so when DX11 is released.

Apr 2, 2009, 08:21 PM	#6
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,610 Rep Power: 113 System Specs	Re: NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista) You know, this isn't the first time they've had beta drivers without support for certain cards (when they released the G200 series they had betas for them, but no other cards), and then later when they go WHQL, or have another set of betas, Nvidia had support for those missing cards back in there. 'Sides, wait a few minutes, and I'm sure you will see a hacked INF real soon. __________________ >><<

Apr 2, 2009, 08:41 PM	#7
OmegaRED In Fedor We Trust Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 4,959 Rep Power: 115 System Specs	Re: NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista) Ambient Occlusion drivers are just too damn buggy and I think this is why none of them have come out of beta. Each time I've tried setting it to "On" and then tried Fallout 3 it would cause the game to crash after a few minutes of gameplay...this driver was no different. Also, Nhancer won't start with these drivers. I'll stick with this set for now but if there's any further issues I'm going back to the 182.46 set, which were fantastic. __________________

Apr 2, 2009, 06:29 PM	#3
MousePotato HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2002 Location: N.S., Canada Posts: 120 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Re: NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista) yeah, i've tried these and my 8800GTX isn't supported ( although on guru3d site, these say as being supported )

Apr 3, 2009, 08:06 AM	#9
PH3N0M The Master of Sarcasm Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The U.S. of A Posts: 348 Rep Power: 23 System Specs	Re: NVIDIA ForceWare 185.65 Beta (Vista) Says "File Not Found" so I'll try again later. Thanks for the notice! __________________