GeForce Release 174.16 WHQL candidate

**MIG-31** · Feb 22, 2008, 04:11 PM

Download: 32 Bit / 64 Bit

Added support for GeForce 9600 GT GPUs..
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

GeForce 9600 GT

Release Notes (v174.16)
New Control Panel User's Guide

BlueMak · Feb 22, 2008, 10:20 PM

The site has only the 9600 as supported by this release.

crlorentzen · Feb 22, 2008, 11:28 PM

Yeah, I don't see any fixes, just a single supported hardware. The 9600, perhaps we are missing something

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Vikingod · Feb 23, 2008, 01:36 AM

There are a couple features added to the CP as well

**MIG-31** · Feb 28, 2008, 06:06 PM

Just to let you know thease are now whql signed.

Chaos · Feb 28, 2008, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIG-31

Just to let you know thease are now whql signed.

But do they support all cards or just the 9600GT

**MIG-31** · Feb 28, 2008, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos

But do they support all cards or just the 9600GT

Just the 9600GT.... From when i tried to install the WHQl RC for Vista.

Chaos · Feb 28, 2008, 07:41 PM

thx for checking

Vehicon · Feb 28, 2008, 08:03 PM

I installed with a modded INF, and i didnt like the way things happened afterwards. Random crashes, windows stop resonding after jumping out of games, so i went back to my WHQL drivers.

Erroneus · Feb 28, 2008, 09:02 PM

Using these for my 8800GT and runs quite well here. No crashes and runs quite nice, even in Crysis ^^

slickric21 · Mar 4, 2008, 10:04 PM

Made a little comparison of the lastest 174.xx series of drivers in Win XP 32 and Crysis, including these 176.16's.

Here is what I found.......
Crysis settings =all high + custom config to enable very high object detail & disable streaming. X2 AA used (ingame settings)
1600x900.

174.12
min 23.31 max 46.87 ave 37.02
min 23.31 max 49.17 ave 39.31
min 23.31 max 49.17 ave 39.31
min 23.31 max 49.17 ave 39.31

174.16
min 22.67 max 46.46 ave 36.98
min 22.67 max 49.08 ave 39.29
min 22.67 max 49.08 ave 39.29
min 22.67 max 49.08 ave 39.29

174.20
min 22.56 max 46.65 ave 36.99
min 22.56 max 48.91 ave 39.31
min 22.56 max 48.91 ave 39.32
min 22.56 max 48.91 ave 39.32

174.31
min 23.00 max 46.39 ave 37.01
min 23.00 max 48.99 ave 39.31
min 23.00 max 48.99 ave 39.30
min 23.00 max 48.99 ave 39.32

Very close indeed. I found a serious bug in the 174.31's in that control panel crashes when adding custom resolutions.
174.16 seemed to have a slight bug it that when changing 3'D settings it froze momentarily and went blank (but always recovered).
174.12 & 174.20 both seemed good with no bugs, IQ maybe better in 174.12, but its hard to tell.

I like the overall feel of the 174 series, its got a nice feature in 3d setting to to change 'pre-render' limit per profile - so I don't need a 3rd party application to change them anymore. Also my custom resolutions now scale correctly and they never did before.
DV vibrance is added to the colour settings - which is a nice feature thats been broken for a while now.

I'm gonna leave the 174.16's and keep the 174.12's installed

Feb 22, 2008, 04:11 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	GeForce Release 174.16 WHQL candidate Download: 32 Bit / 64 Bit Added support for GeForce 9600 GT GPUs.. Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here. GeForce 9600 GT Release Notes (v174.16) New Control Panel User's Guide __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Feb 22, 2008, 10:20 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,470 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	The site has only the 9600 as supported by this release. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 22, 2008, 11:28 PM	#3
crlorentzen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, I don't see any fixes, just a single supported hardware. The 9600, perhaps we are missing something . __________________

Feb 28, 2008, 06:06 PM	Thread Starter #5
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Just to let you know thease are now whql signed. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Feb 28, 2008, 08:03 PM	#9
Vehicon The Cable Guy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA IL. Posts: 466 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	I installed with a modded INF, and i didnt like the way things happened afterwards. Random crashes, windows stop resonding after jumping out of games, so i went back to my WHQL drivers. __________________

Feb 23, 2008, 01:36 AM	#4
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	There are a couple features added to the CP as well

Feb 28, 2008, 07:41 PM	#8
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	thx for checking

Feb 28, 2008, 09:02 PM	#10
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Using these for my 8800GT and runs quite well here. No crashes and runs quite nice, even in Crysis ^^ __________________

Mar 4, 2008, 10:04 PM	#11
slickric21 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Norwich, Uk Posts: 84 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Made a little comparison of the lastest 174.xx series of drivers in Win XP 32 and Crysis, including these 176.16's. Here is what I found....... Crysis settings =all high + custom config to enable very high object detail & disable streaming. X2 AA used (ingame settings) 1600x900. 174.12 min 23.31 max 46.87 ave 37.02 min 23.31 max 49.17 ave 39.31 min 23.31 max 49.17 ave 39.31 min 23.31 max 49.17 ave 39.31 174.16 min 22.67 max 46.46 ave 36.98 min 22.67 max 49.08 ave 39.29 min 22.67 max 49.08 ave 39.29 min 22.67 max 49.08 ave 39.29 174.20 min 22.56 max 46.65 ave 36.99 min 22.56 max 48.91 ave 39.31 min 22.56 max 48.91 ave 39.32 min 22.56 max 48.91 ave 39.32 174.31 min 23.00 max 46.39 ave 37.01 min 23.00 max 48.99 ave 39.31 min 23.00 max 48.99 ave 39.30 min 23.00 max 48.99 ave 39.32 Very close indeed. I found a serious bug in the 174.31's in that control panel crashes when adding custom resolutions. 174.16 seemed to have a slight bug it that when changing 3'D settings it froze momentarily and went blank (but always recovered). 174.12 & 174.20 both seemed good with no bugs, IQ maybe better in 174.12, but its hard to tell. I like the overall feel of the 174 series, its got a nice feature in 3d setting to to change 'pre-render' limit per profile - so I don't need a 3rd party application to change them anymore. Also my custom resolutions now scale correctly and they never did before. DV vibrance is added to the colour settings - which is a nice feature thats been broken for a while now. I'm gonna leave the 174.16's and keep the 174.12's installed __________________