just installed the new beta nVidia drivers...

[mcketten]

gonna run tests now

X fingers

[mcketten]

so far: increased performance all around, no bino stutter

will continue testing

[robhood]

Are they running cool? They have had some problems as of late with heat issues.

[mcketten]

Are they running cool? They have had some problems as of late with heat issues.

no issues so far

[adoniram]

Are you using the Beta 257.15 drivers? I installed them and run at max quality in game, get 55-60 fps now constantly, even when looking through binoculars on trees.

[mcketten]

Are you using the Beta 257.15 drivers? I installed them and run at max quality in game' date=' get 55-60 fps now constantly, even when looking through binoculars on trees.[/quote']

Yes, and same situation GTS 250 1gb - max quality, with vsync, no loss

[juuba]

Hmm, looks promising, gotta try these with my 8800GTX

[adoniram]

Been playing most of the day, only one "crash" and that was whenthe server "synched"

[denzin]

These drivers worked well for me. My fps actually rise dramatically when looking through binos or scope of any kind. Seems to run smoother even with lower fps in some instances.

I am running at 5040 x 1050 on a matrox triplehead 2go.

Max everything.

[cobra516]

Tried these as well.

I experienced a very slight rhythmic stutter while moving/looking around that would occur every second or two, didn't miss a beat. It was really noticeable flying, when I would roll, it would hang for a split second at various points.

Very strange issue - I tried to uninstall the drivers and put my old ones back in, but I accidentally clicked "remove all nvidia drivers" and not the "display only" - so I wiped out my motherboard drivers, tried to install some new ones, but somehow that rendered my XP install unbootable, lol, terrible. So I got another dual boot setup now on my 1 TB hard drive with 75 gb dedicated to XP.

I tried the 257.15's again on this install, and experienced the same micro stutter issue - uninstalled and put my 197.13's back in and it's smooth again. I did notice that my FPS didn't drop when looking through binoc's with the 257's though, so that was nice. I just hope they fix whatever is causing my stutters in the next gen of drivers.

[mcketten]

Tried these as well.

I experienced a very slight rhythmic stutter while moving/looking around that would occur every second or two, didn't miss a beat. It was really noticeable flying, when I would roll, it would hang for a split second at various points.

Very strange issue - I tried to uninstall the drivers and put my old ones back in, but I accidentally clicked "remove all nvidia drivers" and not the "display only" - so I wiped out my motherboard drivers, tried to install some new ones, but somehow that rendered my XP install unbootable, lol, terrible. So I got another dual boot setup now on my 1 TB hard drive with 75 gb dedicated to XP..

ahaha, self-pwned

[cobra516]

LOL - yea it was just bummer. I'm good to go now though!

[GOPHUR]

Not available for my card drat.

[denzin]

Try the new 197.77 drivers, they are supposidly very close to the 257 beta driver...