ForceWare 81.85 WHQL (x32)

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/21/2005 03:54 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

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Windows 2000/XP (32-bit) WHQL <img height="75" alt="Guru3D.com Image" src="http://www.guru3d.com/-/nvidia.jpg" width="75" align="right" />NVIDIA just released a new set of ForceWare drivers in the flavor of version 81.85. The 81.84 version as inmensely popular and offers really good performance.ForceWare Release 80 Version: 81.85 Release Date: October 18, 2005 WHQL DriverRelease Highlights:<ul><li>Compatibility fixes since 81.84 driver. For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes. </li><li><a href="http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_rel80.html">Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI</a>. </li><li><a href="http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_rel80.html">TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI</a>. </li><li>Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI. </li><li>Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs. </li><li>PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support. </li><li>Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV. </li><li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9226a611-62fe-4f61-aba1-914185249413" target="_blank">Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c</a> and OpenGL® 2.0 support </li></ul>Single GPU Issues Resolved <ul><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: Soft shadows in FEAR are not rendered correctly. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: The system crashes after a minute or so of playing Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: The Apple 30ʺ panel display splits into four grids at 800x600, 1024x768, and 1600x900 resolutions. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: Application performance drops when Gamma Antialiasing is enabled. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GTX, SLI: With SLI mode enabled, the mouse cursor image occasionally sticks as the window resize graphic instead of being restored to the pointer graphic. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GTX SLI: Resuming from system Hibernate results in a corrupt or distorted desktop. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: F.E.A.R demo - The system hangs when entering room with volumetric lighting. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GTX: Random pixels appear during gameplay in F.E.A.R. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GTX / GeForce 6800 Ultra/ GeForce 6600: There is intermittent glowing corruption around the edges of the screen in Far Cry patch 1.33 when HDR is enabled. This has been partially fixed in driver version 81.85. An upcoming patch for Far Cry fixes the issue completely. </li><li>GeForce 6 Series: With the latest FarCry patch, the application profile breaks the HDR functionality. This has been partially fixed in driver version 81.85. An upcomng patch for Far Cry fixes the issue completely. </li><li>GeForce 6800 Ultra: The system hangs when running 3D applications on a x16 PCI-E system. This issue is resolved with an update to the nForce4 430/410 motherboard BIOS. Contact your motherboard manufacturer for the update. </li><li>GeForce 6800 Ultra: Fable hangs during gameplay. </li><li>GeForce 6800: De-interlacing problems occur with Friends Finale DVD. </li><li>GeForce 6800 Ultra: Prince of Persia: Warrior runs slowly and does not render shadows. </li><li>GeForce 6800 Ultra: Prince of Persia: Warrior quits to the desktop. </li><li>GeForce 6800 Ultra: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow fails to render shadows. </li><li>GeForce 6800 Ultra: Flight Simulator 2004 has scenery corruption when 3D clouds are not set at 100%. </li><li>GeForce 6600, DVI-HDTV: The Underscan option is grayed out on HDVT DVI outputs after setting an HDTV resolution </li><li>GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Far Cry has severely corrupt textures on the Research map.</li></ul>SLI Related Issues Resolved <ul><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX, SLI: Poor Tiger Woods 2006 performance with SLI enabled. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GTX SLI: Opening the inventory screen in Everquest 2 causes SLI performance to drop to single card level. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX, SLI: The display attached to GPU1/DVI2 is not restored after disabling SLI. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GTX, SLI: There is video corruption with Bad Act Of War and F.E.A.R. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX, GeForce 6800, SLI: The system hangs when running EverQuest 2 at 1600x1200 with SLI 16x antialiasing enabled. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX, GeForce 6800, SLI: There is flickering and stuttering in Battlefield 2 with antialiasing disabled. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX, GeForce 6800, SLI: Display output cannot be switched to HDTV-Out or TV-Out. </li><li>GeForce 7800 GT/GTX, GeForce 6600, SLI: The system hangs when running 3D applications on a Dual x16 SLI system. This issue is resolved with an update to the nForce4 430/410 motherboard BIOS. Contact your motherboard manufacturer for the update. </li><li>GeForce 7 Series / 6 Series, SLI: Switching from SLI to DualView mode or DualView mode to SLI may cause the display to lose sync. </li><li>GeForce 6800, SLI: The player shadows in Madden 2006 flicker when SLI is enabled. </li><li>3DMark05 and Far Cry experience poor performance on a dual x16 SLI system compared to a Dual x8 SLI system. </li><li>GeForce SLI GPUs: Enabled VSync for Direct3D applications.</li></ul> <div align="center"><table id="table1" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellpadding="0" width="550" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">Product Support List Windows XP 32-bit 81.85 </td></tr><tr><td>GeForce2 MX GeForce2 MX 100 GeForce2 MX 200 GeForce2 MX 400 GeForce3 GeForce3 Ti 200 GeForce3 Ti 500 GeForce4 MX 420 GeForce4 MX 440 GeForce4 MX 440-SE GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X GeForce4 MX440SE with AGP8X GeForce4 MX 460 GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics GeForce4 MX Integrated graphics GeForce4 MX 4000 GeForce4 Ti 4200 GeForce4 TI 4200 with AGP8X GeForce4 Ti 4400 GeForce4 Ti 4600 GeForce4 Ti 4800 GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE GeForce FX 5100 GeForce FX 5200 GeForce FX 5200LE GeForce FX 5200 Ultra GeForce FX 5500 GeForce FX 5600 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra GeForce FX 5600SE GeForce FX 5600XT GeForce FX 5700 GeForce FX 5700VE GeForce FX 5700 Ultra GeForce FX 5700LE GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GeForce FX 5900XT GeForce FX 5900ZT GeForce FX 5950 Ultra GeForce PCX 5300 GeForce PCX 5750 GeForce PCX 5900 GeForce 6100 GeForce 6150 LE GeForce 6150 GeForce 6200 GeForce 6200 with TurboCache GeForce 6200SE with TurboCache</td><td> GeForce 6500 GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600 LE GeForce 6600 VE GeForce 6600 GT GeForce 6610 XL GeForce 6800 GeForce 6800 LE GeForce 6800 XE GeForce 6800 XT GeForce 6800 GT GeForce 6800 Ultra GeForce 7800 GT GeForce 7800 GTX Quadro2 MXR Quadro DCC Quadro4 200 NVS Quadro4 400 NVS Quadro4 380 XGL Quadro4 500 XGL Quadro4 550 XGL Quadro4 580 XGL Quadro4 700 XGL Quadro4 750 XGL Quadro4 780 XGL Quadro4 900 XGL Quadro4 980 XGL Quadro FX 330 Quadro FX 500 Quadro FX 540 Quadro FX 600 Quadro FX 700 Quadro FX 1000 Quadro FX 1100 Quadro FX 1300 Quadro FX 1400 Quadro FX 2000 Quadro FX 3000 Quadro FX 3000G Quadro FX 3400 Quadro FX 3450 Quadro FX 4000 SDI Quadro FX 4400 Quadro FX 4500 Quadro NVS Quadro NVS with AGP8X Quadro NVS 200 Quadro NVS 280 Quadro NVS 400 Quadro NVS 280 PCI Quadro NVS 285 PCI</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> The following products are not supported in the current ForceWare Release 80 driver. Please continue to use the previous ForceWare Release 70 drivers. TNT2 TNT2 Pro TNT2 Ultra TNT2 Model 64 (M64) TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro Vanta Vanta LT GeForce 256 GeForce DDR GeForce2 GTS GeForce2 Pro GeForce2 Ti GeForce2 Ultra GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics Quadro Quadro2 Pro Quadro2 EX</td></tr></tbody></table></div><img alt="Copyright 2005 - Guru3D.com" src="http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=5294" border="0" />