New Beta Drivers = Big Boost for FX5200

[Iroquois]

I know you guys don't like Beta drivers but I thought these were worth a mention. nVidia has leaked the 66.00 series out onto the net. I just benched them in 3dMark01 and I'm up 221 points. This is quite impressive seeing the last sets released were only giving me gains of about 10 or 20 points.

I'm up from a sad 4061 points to 4282 points. I haven't run 3dMark03 yet. I'll let the computer cool off a bit and then I'll try it later.

I ran the test at 1024x768x32 resolution with 8x AF and no AA. I set the bench program use Pure Hardware T&L. I'm using DirectX 9.0c.

As for preformance in FS2004, it does seem smoother. No word on frame boosts. I'll test those later as well.

You can get these drivers from www.guru3d.com

[dan2002]

It did improve FPS with all sliders maxed, so the FPS went from 20FPS to around 28FPS locked.

[edzmen]

Whats the name of the drivers you've got for the FX5200?

Ive looked on the site you linked to but i cant find a specific one for the 5200?

Ne ideas?

Cheers!
Ed

[Iroquois]

They're Forceware drivers version 66.00. Actually any driver beyond that is pretty good. I'm using 66.81 right now.

[Gixer]

Yup 66.72's and 66.81's are pretty dam good IMO too  ;D  Boosted my 3dMark03 score even higher  ;D

[edzmen]

Hello again!

I tried downloading the 66.81 driver and installing it for my FX5200.

What a mess! I would NOT advise people downloading it!
I dunno if im doing it right - but when i came to run FS2002 after re-starting the PC with the new driver added nearly all of my planes had areas where no texture showed up in the 'aircraft preview' window of the game.
These turned out to show up when actually flying the plane in FS2002 - but now some random areas of texture were missing their colours. I also noticed NO improvement in frame rates!!!

I tried un-installing and reverting back to a previous driver but it seemed to totally mess my system up and the PC wouldn't even recognise the card on its own!

[Gixer]

You have to be extremely careful with drivers.