New NVIDIA Drivers (Dated, Oct. 16,2006) 35 % increase in FPS

[mrdfw]

Downloaded and installed new drivers last night http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html
for 7900GT card, NICE increase in FPS. Now getting solid 13 FPS on ground at KLAS with sliders set to high or better, autogen to dense, prior a dissapointing 9 or less. Driver is still 91.47 but date is October 16,2006. Also in NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL set anti-aliasing and Anisotropic to application contolled, then set FSX to anti anliasing and anisotropic. Thanks NVIDIA.

[Captain America]

Also in NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL set anti-aliasing and Anisotropic to
>application contolled, then set FSX to anti anliasing and
>anisotropic. Thanks NVIDIA.

Do you really get better results this way?

My computer is set up the opposite?

I recently upgraded to the new drivers for a GeForce 7800GTX
and you are right, there is an increase in FPS.

[mrdfw]

Yes, setting my card to off for anisotropic and anti-aliasing works and checking on in FSX works better for me,

[norton]

After installing the 91.47 drivers FSX became corrupted , i went back to my previous driver and it was fine , tried 91.47 again and the same problem occured, id hit fly now and half the screen was blank.

[norton]

After installing the 91.47 drivers FSX became corrupted , i went back to my previous driver and it was fine , tried 91.47 again and the same problem occured, id hit fly now and half the screen was blank.

[Saratoga]

Thanks for the tip. I have anti-aliasing and anisotropic set up the same as you with the nVidia FSX 91.47 drivers and have seen a very obvious improvement on fps, probably 30-40% increase. I have it locked at 18fps and it stays there in 90% of the places I fly, dropping to 10-13 in highly detailed areas. I have a 7600GS with 256MB. Thanks to nVidia for getting right on this.

[Saratoga]

Thanks for the tip. I have anti-aliasing and anisotropic set up the same as you with the nVidia FSX 91.47 drivers and have seen a very obvious improvement on fps, probably 30-40% increase. I have it locked at 18fps and it stays there in 90% of the places I fly, dropping to 10-13 in highly detailed areas. I have a 7600GS with 256MB. Thanks to nVidia for getting right on this.

[mrdfw]

This was an excellent post recently how to clean OLD video drivers and registry before you install new driver. I followed it and it worked great, made even better on FPS, Anybody know the post, think the author was NOEL

[mrdfw]

This was an excellent post recently how to clean OLD video drivers and registry before you install new driver. I followed it and it worked great, made even better on FPS, Anybody know the post, think the author was NOEL

[mrdfw]

Try this, reprint of previous post, which works great,

VIDEO DRIVER INSTALLATION GUIDE (Revised 25-OCT-2006)"
There seems to be a continuing interest in video drivers on this forum. Enough of an interest, I thought, for me to post my updated video driver installation procedure for NVIDIA video cards. I suspect a lot of you out there know very well how to install video drivers. But I also I suspect there are readers out there who may have never done a video driver installation or, perhaps, don't do it the right way and then wonder why the new video driver is not behaving the way it is supposed to. Hence this guide. I'm sure many of you may think this is the long way round with many un-necessary steps. So be it. If you have a method that works for you and you have confidence in that method, then by all means, stick with it. I use this method because, in my opinion, a new video driver will only perform as it should when all (and I mean ALL), remnants of the old video driver have been removed. I believe this procedure ensures that. It looks long but, when you get accustomed to it, you can do it in ten minutes or less. So, without further ado, here's my method:VIDEO DRIVER INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONSIMPORTANT!Before you start the installation process, read these instructions completely including the notes at the end.Two programs are required for this installation procedure. If you don't already have them, get:Driver Cleaner Pro at http://www.drivercleaner.net/andCCleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/Download and install them BEFORE starting the driver installation process.1 - Download your driver of choice from NVIDIA(http://www.nvidia.com), guru3d (http://www.guru3d.com/)Tweaks R Us (http://www.tweaksrus.com/) your video card manufacturers website, etc. Make sure you note where it is being saved so you can find it easily later.2 - Set a restore point (Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore and click Create a restore point).3 - Remove your current NVIDIA drivers by opening the Control Panel and double-clicking Add/Remove programs. Wait for the list to populate and scroll down to "NVIDIA Drivers". Click on it and then click Change/Remove. A window will open called "Remove NVIDIA Components". Select "Remove only the following" and then select "NVIDIA Display Driver". Click "Remove". Next an nView Uninstall window will open asking if you would like to erase your saved nView profiles (nView is NVIDIA's multi-display software). Click Yes or No as applicable. Follow the prompts and re-boot. Note: If you are removing a very old nVidia driver, you may not get the "Remove NVIDIA Components" window nor the nView Uninstall window. In that case, you simply select "NVIDIA Drivers" in the Add/Remove programs list, click "Change/Remove" then follow the prompts and re-boot.4 - Reboot again but this time into Safe mode. I find getting into Safe Mode by hitting F8 during bootup to be rather hit or miss. So I do it this way instead:Click Start. Click Run and type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and hit Enter. Click the BOOT.INI Tab. Check /SAFEBOOT in the Boot Options section. Click Apply. Click Close. Click Restart. If you've never seen your system in Safe Mode before, don't worry about how it looks at this point. Things will get back to normal. Honest they will!5 - Run Driver Cleaner Pro. In the Cleaning Selection drop-down menu, click NVIDIA. Click Start. When that finishes, click Tools and click CAB Cleaner. Click Start. When that finishes, (be patient - it will take a few minutes) exit the Driver Cleaner program.6 - Reboot into normal Windows mode (msconfig-bootup-uncheck safe mode, etc. as in step 4) When the system reboots you will see a message window called "System Configuration Utility". Check "Don't show this message………" and click OK7 - Run CCleaner. When it loads it should already be in Cleaner mode. If not, click Cleaner. Click Analyze. Click "Run Cleaner" as many times as required to delete all entries.8 – Still with CCleaner, click Issues. Click "Scan for Issues". Click "Fix selected issues…". At this point you will be asked if you want to backup changes to the registry. Click No (your registry was backed up when you set a restore point in step 2). Note that all found issues are check-marked by default so just click "Fix All Selected Issues". Repeat this as I've found it can take two or three passes to find all issues. Just repeat the scan as many times as necessary until the message "No issues were found" appears.9 - Reboot again.10 - Disable any anti-virus (VERY IMPORTANT!) and/or any anti-spyware software you may be running. Also, have a look at the programs in your system tray and shutdown as many of them as you can (Don't worry. They will re-start again the next time you re-boot).11 - Finally, its time to run the driver installer for your new driver. Just navigate to the folder where you saved it and double click on it. The rest is easy - just follow the prompts and Reboot when prompted.Note 1 - If you are installing a non-whql driver (any of the "tweaked" or beta versions, for example), at some point during the installation of the new driver you will see a warning appear telling you the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing etc., etc." Just click "Continue Anyway".Note 2 - During the installation procedure the "Found New Hardware Wizard" will appear from time to time. Whenever it does, just cancel out of it. It is also likely you will see the "Found New hardware" balloon popping up from time to time. Just ignore it.Note 3 - This is entirely optional but, if you are the type who likes to keep background programs and processes to a minimum, you may want to disable any nVidia background programs/utilities and the NVIDIA Display Driver Service that get installed with an NVIDIA driver. To stop the NVIDIA Display Driver Service:Click Start. Click Run.Type "services.msc" (without the quotes) and hit Enter to open the list of Windows XP services. In the list you will find "NVIDIA Display Driver Service". Click on it once and then right-click on it. Click Properties.In the "Startup type:" dropdown menu, select Disable. Click Apply. Click OK. Exit Services.To stop NVIDIA background programs/utilities: Click Start. Click Run and type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and hit Enter. Click the Startup tab. Uncheck the following items - RunDLL32, nwiz, NvCpl, NvMcTray, NVMixer (All of these may not be present).Click Apply. Click Close and Restart. When the system reboots you will see a message window called "System Configuration Utility". Select "Don't show this message………" and click OKNote 4 - This guide was written for and tested with NVIDIA video cards. Therefore, results may differ if used with anything other than NVIDIA. With the driver installation process now complete, it is time to set up your video card to your preferences. That is done in the nVidia control panel. The TweakGuides website (http://www.tweakguides.com/) has an excellent NVIDIA Forceware Tweak Guide. The entire guide contains a wealth of information for NVIDIA users including a section on the NVIDIA Control Panel with an explanation of each setting. Here's where to find it: http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_1.htmlI hope you find this guide useful. If you have questions, please direct them to me via this forum.

[mrdfw]

Try this, reprint of previous post, which works great,

VIDEO DRIVER INSTALLATION GUIDE (Revised 25-OCT-2006)"
There seems to be a continuing interest in video drivers on this forum. Enough of an interest, I thought, for me to post my updated video driver installation procedure for NVIDIA video cards. I suspect a lot of you out there know very well how to install video drivers. But I also I suspect there are readers out there who may have never done a video driver installation or, perhaps, don't do it the right way and then wonder why the new video driver is not behaving the way it is supposed to. Hence this guide. I'm sure many of you may think this is the long way round with many un-necessary steps. So be it. If you have a method that works for you and you have confidence in that method, then by all means, stick with it. I use this method because, in my opinion, a new video driver will only perform as it should when all (and I mean ALL), remnants of the old video driver have been removed. I believe this procedure ensures that. It looks long but, when you get accustomed to it, you can do it in ten minutes or less. So, without further ado, here's my method:VIDEO DRIVER INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONSIMPORTANT!Before you start the installation process, read these instructions completely including the notes at the end.Two programs are required for this installation procedure. If you don't already have them, get:Driver Cleaner Pro at http://www.drivercleaner.net/andCCleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/Download and install them BEFORE starting the driver installation process.1 - Download your driver of choice from NVIDIA(http://www.nvidia.com), guru3d (http://www.guru3d.com/)Tweaks R Us (http://www.tweaksrus.com/) your video card manufacturers website, etc. Make sure you note where it is being saved so you can find it easily later.2 - Set a restore point (Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore and click Create a restore point).3 - Remove your current NVIDIA drivers by opening the Control Panel and double-clicking Add/Remove programs. Wait for the list to populate and scroll down to "NVIDIA Drivers". Click on it and then click Change/Remove. A window will open called "Remove NVIDIA Components". Select "Remove only the following" and then select "NVIDIA Display Driver". Click "Remove". Next an nView Uninstall window will open asking if you would like to erase your saved nView profiles (nView is NVIDIA's multi-display software). Click Yes or No as applicable. Follow the prompts and re-boot. Note: If you are removing a very old nVidia driver, you may not get the "Remove NVIDIA Components" window nor the nView Uninstall window. In that case, you simply select "NVIDIA Drivers" in the Add/Remove programs list, click "Change/Remove" then follow the prompts and re-boot.4 - Reboot again but this time into Safe mode. I find getting into Safe Mode by hitting F8 during bootup to be rather hit or miss. So I do it this way instead:Click Start. Click Run and type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and hit Enter. Click the BOOT.INI Tab. Check /SAFEBOOT in the Boot Options section. Click Apply. Click Close. Click Restart. If you've never seen your system in Safe Mode before, don't worry about how it looks at this point. Things will get back to normal. Honest they will!5 - Run Driver Cleaner Pro. In the Cleaning Selection drop-down menu, click NVIDIA. Click Start. When that finishes, click Tools and click CAB Cleaner. Click Start. When that finishes, (be patient - it will take a few minutes) exit the Driver Cleaner program.6 - Reboot into normal Windows mode (msconfig-bootup-uncheck safe mode, etc. as in step 4) When the system reboots you will see a message window called "System Configuration Utility". Check "Don't show this message………" and click OK7 - Run CCleaner. When it loads it should already be in Cleaner mode. If not, click Cleaner. Click Analyze. Click "Run Cleaner" as many times as required to delete all entries.8 – Still with CCleaner, click Issues. Click "Scan for Issues". Click "Fix selected issues…". At this point you will be asked if you want to backup changes to the registry. Click No (your registry was backed up when you set a restore point in step 2). Note that all found issues are check-marked by default so just click "Fix All Selected Issues". Repeat this as I've found it can take two or three passes to find all issues. Just repeat the scan as many times as necessary until the message "No issues were found" appears.9 - Reboot again.10 - Disable any anti-virus (VERY IMPORTANT!) and/or any anti-spyware software you may be running. Also, have a look at the programs in your system tray and shutdown as many of them as you can (Don't worry. They will re-start again the next time you re-boot).11 - Finally, its time to run the driver installer for your new driver. Just navigate to the folder where you saved it and double click on it. The rest is easy - just follow the prompts and Reboot when prompted.Note 1 - If you are installing a non-whql driver (any of the "tweaked" or beta versions, for example), at some point during the installation of the new driver you will see a warning appear telling you the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing etc., etc." Just click "Continue Anyway".Note 2 - During the installation procedure the "Found New Hardware Wizard" will appear from time to time. Whenever it does, just cancel out of it. It is also likely you will see the "Found New hardware" balloon popping up from time to time. Just ignore it.Note 3 - This is entirely optional but, if you are the type who likes to keep background programs and processes to a minimum, you may want to disable any nVidia background programs/utilities and the NVIDIA Display Driver Service that get installed with an NVIDIA driver. To stop the NVIDIA Display Driver Service:Click Start. Click Run.Type "services.msc" (without the quotes) and hit Enter to open the list of Windows XP services. In the list you will find "NVIDIA Display Driver Service". Click on it once and then right-click on it. Click Properties.In the "Startup type:" dropdown menu, select Disable. Click Apply. Click OK. Exit Services.To stop NVIDIA background programs/utilities: Click Start. Click Run and type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and hit Enter. Click the Startup tab. Uncheck the following items - RunDLL32, nwiz, NvCpl, NvMcTray, NVMixer (All of these may not be present).Click Apply. Click Close and Restart. When the system reboots you will see a message window called "System Configuration Utility". Select "Don't show this message………" and click OKNote 4 - This guide was written for and tested with NVIDIA video cards. Therefore, results may differ if used with anything other than NVIDIA. With the driver installation process now complete, it is time to set up your video card to your preferences. That is done in the nVidia control panel. The TweakGuides website (http://www.tweakguides.com/) has an excellent NVIDIA Forceware Tweak Guide. The entire guide contains a wealth of information for NVIDIA users including a section on the NVIDIA Control Panel with an explanation of each setting. Here's where to find it: http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_1.htmlI hope you find this guide useful. If you have questions, please direct them to me via this forum.

[norton]

Thanks for the help, i was just over writing :+ worked everytime but not this time

[norton]

Thanks for the help, i was just over writing :+ worked everytime but not this time

[kingnorris]

My question: Would these drivers work on my dinosaur 4200ti card? I'm currently using the 84.63 version, released Jul 2006. No, I don't have FSX, and don't plan to get it. FS9 looks/runs good currently, just a tad slow sometimes, and occasionally I get those dreaded "pink squares" in my scenery that disappear after about 2 seconds.Reason I'm asking,is after reading what mrdfw stated above, I wonder if I should chance it, or just leave well enough alone. Thanks!

[kingnorris]

My question: Would these drivers work on my dinosaur 4200ti card? I'm currently using the 84.63 version, released Jul 2006. No, I don't have FSX, and don't plan to get it. FS9 looks/runs good currently, just a tad slow sometimes, and occasionally I get those dreaded "pink squares" in my scenery that disappear after about 2 seconds.Reason I'm asking,is after reading what mrdfw stated above, I wonder if I should chance it, or just leave well enough alone. Thanks!

[bricktop2982]

I gained about 3-4 frames with them bringing newark liberty Intl on the ground from about 11 to 15, getting avg 13 over manhattan

As for doing AA / AF in-game i noticed a gain of a couple frames but the overall quality was far less than the 4x AA and AF im used to

[bricktop2982]

I gained about 3-4 frames with them bringing newark liberty Intl on the ground from about 11 to 15, getting avg 13 over manhattan

As for doing AA / AF in-game i noticed a gain of a couple frames but the overall quality was far less than the 4x AA and AF im used to

[p51j]

Stop - Look before loading this driver. I had logged 16 hrs. in FSX with some jumpy - stutter video in the game occasionally. I loaded the new driver and somehow a conflict occured with my XP and it crashed. I had to logon in safe mode and remove the driver and do a clean install with nothing else running. Anyway I lost access to FSX in all the loading and unloading of the game and drivers. I spent some 12hrs on my own trying to figure what had happened and how to correct it before calling MS Tech Support. After a walk through from a fresh start after defrag, etc. The game runs fine now. Thank You MS for your help and relief.

Caution make sure you know what you are getting into when you make upgrades to your computer. FSX is very sensitive and you may run into what I did. Also make sure if you have a new system in mind for Christmas wait to load FSX on it as there are no license for a second install on a different machine.

[p51j]

Stop - Look before loading this driver. I had logged 16 hrs. in FSX with some jumpy - stutter video in the game occasionally. I loaded the new driver and somehow a conflict occured with my XP and it crashed. I had to logon in safe mode and remove the driver and do a clean install with nothing else running. Anyway I lost access to FSX in all the loading and unloading of the game and drivers. I spent some 12hrs on my own trying to figure what had happened and how to correct it before calling MS Tech Support. After a walk through from a fresh start after defrag, etc. The game runs fine now. Thank You MS for your help and relief.

Caution make sure you know what you are getting into when you make upgrades to your computer. FSX is very sensitive and you may run into what I did. Also make sure if you have a new system in mind for Christmas wait to load FSX on it as there are no license for a second install on a different machine.

[iwantmydc3]

Some basic advice: If you have a system that was purchased (built by someone else), for the most part, do NOT replace ANY driver if it is working properly. More times than not it will lead to more problems. If you build your own rigs you MIGHT want to try later drivers but be careful to create a system restore point first, just in case. If you have a Dell or Compaq or whatnot, adding later drivers will usually mess you up, I speak from experience :(

[bostona1]

The latest driver from Nvida seems to have given my FS9 a slight boost. I do have a Dell, and more times than not, the latest drivers don't help, they actually kill the fps's in FS. I do use a program called Rest in Peace when I remove the old drivers, it gets rid of any residue from the old drivers. Up untill this latest driver from Nvidia, the only one that worked good for my Dell was about a year old.

Paul

[mrdfw]

where can i get rest in peace program?

[BZN2006]

Interesting that the current drive at nvidia is 91.47 My new Dell XPS700 with dual 7950 GX cards came from dell with Forceware version 93.12. Apparently something to do with the quad SLI.

[iwantmydc3]

>The latest driver from Nvida seems to have given my FS9 a
>slight boost. I do have a Dell, and more times than not, the
>latest drivers don't help, they actually kill the fps's in FS.
>I do use a program called Rest in Peace when I remove the old
>drivers, it gets rid of any residue from the old drivers. Up
>untill this latest driver from Nvidia, the only one that
>worked good for my Dell was about a year old.
>
> Paul

"Rest in Peace?" and your name is Paul? LOL (Waits for the Undertaker's music to hit) hee hee

[shp4man]

I run a nvidia 6600gt 128 meg, 91.47 drivers and set the resolution at 1024 x 768, 2xQ Anti-aliasing and 2x anisio in the control panel. The "global texture resolution" is maxed, other settings are medium. The framerates are low 20's most of the time. Not at big airports.:-)
It does look good though, FSX is way better than FS9.

[bostona1]

Rest in Peace is a free utility found at www.guru3d.com. After you go to the website, go to "please select a download catagory. Select Videocards-Handy Utilities, and scroll down. You'll find it down the page.

[noell]

My driver install guide is pinned at the top of the hardware forum.

....Noell

[michelob1]

go to the nvidia site. there are new driversthat were updated TODAY. Yes FSX is in the program list and it seems faster!

[McFlysky]

I tried them and got nada!