GeForce 185.20 Released - Now With Ambient Occlusion

[AuDioFreaK39]

XFastest are the first to release the new GeForce 185.20 drivers, including a new version of Folding@home for NVIDIA GPUs.

http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.php?tid=17608&extra=page%3D1

Links are now up:


Folding@home_GPU_v620nv


ForceWare 185.20 XP (32-bit)


ForceWare 185.20 XP (64-bit)


ForceWare 185.20 Vista (32-bit )


^ These drivers are confirmed working for Windows 7 Ultimate build 7000 as well.


ForceWare 185.20 Vista (64-bit)



Interestingly enough, these new drivers contain a new Ambient Occlusion setting in the Nvidia Control Panel:

Don't forget to read the description of Ambient Occlusion at the bottom ^.


The effect of Ambient Occlusion is particularly emphasized in titles such as Crysis:

OFF

ON

3DMark Vantage results:

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1

Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit build 7000

Hardware-Infos.com has its own review up of the drivers now. Please check it out:

http://www.hardware-infos.com/tests.php?test=52

 

[invisik]

nice wonder how much of an performance hit occurs.

 

[Mousemonkey]

None of the links seem to work.

 

[AuDioFreaK39]

None of the links seem to work.

Fixed.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Thanks for that.
They can also be got from here http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=298&t=889637&m=f&last=9698474

 

[Mousemonkey]

What's up with the url linking?, is it just me? or is it a bit screwy?

 

[AuDioFreaK39]

What's up with the url linking?, is it just me? or is it a bit screwy?

Ah I see, the first link was still messed up. Now they're all fixed. \


btw benchmarks added. Single GTX 280 @ 680/2430

 

[rodney_ws]

Am I the only one that's excited about Nvidia offering drivers for its mobile GPUs instead of making you back to your manufacturer? That's kinda a big deal to me.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Ah I see, the first link was still messed up. Now they're all fixed. \


btw benchmarks added. Single GTX 280 @ 680/2430

Oh I meant on my post with the alternative download address, it used to be a highlight address and click the link button and now a box appears for the url to entered into but then when previewed it just looks wrong.

 

[sws]

Was PhysX off on that 2nd bench in Windows 7 ?

 

[AuDioFreaK39]

Was PhysX off on that 2nd bench in Windows 7 ?

Yes it was. However, the performance gap came from a lack of CPU optimization in Windows 7 - check out my CPU score..


so in terms of GPU rendering, Windows 7 actually did better.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Ambient Occlusion may only be for those not using XP. [:mousemonkey]

 

[AuDioFreaK39]

*update* added Hardware-Infos driver review to original post.

 

[AuDioFreaK39]

Mmmm Asian girls

where? 😗

 

[V3NOM]

is that a beta or WHQL? are they on nvidias site too? cos why would they be on a 3rd party site when nvidia is the one making them...

 

[AuDioFreaK39]

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
GeForce 185.20
Nvidia PhysX 8.11.18
Crysis: WARHEAD
DirectX 10

2048 x 1152 (16:9)

Core i7 965 Extreme @ 3.74GHz
GeForce GTX 280 @ 685/2240

AO OFF (19fps)

AO LOW (17.8fps)

AO MEDIUM (16.6fps)

AO HIGH (13.1fps)

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Am I the only one that's excited about Nvidia offering drivers for its mobile GPUs instead of making you back to your manufacturer? That's kinda a big deal to me.

Nope, I think it's a brilliant idea, and alot of people on the AMD forum have been asking for equal treatment.

It's definitely big enough of a deal that I would heavily weigh it in my decision process next time.

ATI does it for their XP drivers, and always had (you just needed to know where to look sometimes), but they still don't do it for their Vista drivers, which means people have to mod them the way they did for the old nV ones.

It's about time considering the amount of money people spend on gaming laptops nowadays and how important drivers are to even basic functionality.

 

[V3NOM]

^you spend time on the AMD forums? :O you must have troll-protective skin