Nvidia PhysX Driver 8.06.12 on 177.39 Forceware

Mac Daddy · 21st Jun 2008, 11:32 PM

My buddy Chaos sent me this info earlier today and thought I would share it here. We have both noticed about a 1k improvement on Vantage using this

1) DL the 177.39 Forceware driver for you version of windows and the PhysX 8.0612 driver.
2) Uncompress the 177.39 driver and copy the attached .inf file into the unrared installation dir.
3) Install the 177.39 drivers and then the PhysX Drivers
4) Reboot and enjoy

DL Link:
Nvidia Forceware 177.39 + PhysX driver mirror for [H] - [H]ard|Forum

generalRage1982hrv · 22nd Jun 2008, 04:17 AM

bro this disp is only for x64 vista

here is a small edited disp by me for windows vista x32

Mac Daddy · 22nd Jun 2008, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by generalRage1982hrv

bro this disp is only for x64 vista

here is a small edited disp by me for windows vista x32

Cool Chaos sent me the edited version for X64 here is my Vantage score on X64

4624

ORB - World of Performance

Chai · 22nd Jun 2008, 09:07 AM

Any games actually take advantage of these drivers? Just UT3?

generalRage1982hrv · 22nd Jun 2008, 03:42 PM

ghost recon, nfs , ....... (nvidia have buyd physx so it will use their drivers and support for games)
and it works on g80
it less stress cpu so cpu score is much higher

Mac Daddy · 22nd Jun 2008, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Any games actually take advantage of these drivers? Just UT3?

Two maps are unlocked on UT3 on others I haven't had time myself but will ask Chaos if hes tried others

Adrian Wong · 22nd Jun 2008, 07:06 PM

Actually, we posted about the NVIDIA PhysX already - Tech ARP - ED#95 : NVIDIA Launches PhysX!

As for the games that support PhysX, there are quite a few of them but currently ONLY Unreal Tournament 3 (some levels) and 3DMark Vantage support GPU acceleration of PhysX. In the other PhysX-supported games, it will just use the CPU, not the GPU.

TotalChaos · 22nd Jun 2008, 07:49 PM

Only tried UT3 here and the levels are playable but oddly enough the debris created for the physics is more of a distraction in my opinion

ChampionLLY · 22nd Jun 2008, 10:02 PM

I downloaded & installed the phyX driver, but besides the demo that came along with the driver, what games takes advantage of it??

Adrian Wong · 22nd Jun 2008, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChampionLLY

I downloaded & installed the phyX driver, but besides the demo that came along with the driver, what games takes advantage of it??

Well, like I mentioned above... only 3DMark Vantage and three special levels in UT3.

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