27.42 Detonators have arrived..!

Simon Evans · 02-08-2002, 08:23 PM

www.guru3d.com

Quick test shows these are GOOD..!!!!!!!! No issues at all - tools work, installation a breeze.

Best thing is the texture loading times in FS seem to have been reduced substantially - at the cost of a minor frame rate hit, but better frame rate consistency. Looking out the window is much more pleasant!

Visually, it actually looks like you're running a higher level of detail than before - so I might turn the detail level down a fraction to get the fps back, or I might just leave it where it is - it's stunningly pretty.

Available for 98/ME and 2000/XP. Go get 'em.

Simon Evans

**chumley** · 02-08-2002, 08:34 PM

Thanks for the info - download in progress

**jhender501** · 02-09-2002, 09:15 AM

I got them last night..it seems to me that things are much
smoother, sharper..very nice.

Jim

**Jerry232** · 02-09-2002, 11:38 AM

Simon,

Can't get to guru, must be busy.

Is this driver good for my old TnT/2 card?

Thanks--Jerry---

**stabilep** · 02-09-2002, 11:52 AM

I downloaded them but I can't tell the difference...

**stabilep** · 02-09-2002, 11:53 AM

maybe I am just an idiot. woyldn't be the first lol

**rsmith6621** · 02-09-2002, 12:11 PM

There sweet!!

I have had a 25% increase in FPS and frame rates are more consistant, I don't see any text blurring.

SEE MY POST IN THIS FORUM UNDER THANK YOU SIMON

My V-Card is a gf3ti20064 and now I am much happier. I feel my $$$$ were well spent.

Later
Randy

LTEtabs · 02-09-2002, 01:18 PM

Simon,

Do these solve the crawling/bluring panel problem I can't seem to get rid of with 27.30? I'm a bit aprehensive to install these seeing how stable my system finally is with the 30's...

**MartijnPleines** · 02-10-2002, 05:43 AM

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Feb-10-02 AT 05:45AM (EDT)[/font][p]I haven't tried the 27.30 drivers myself, but I DO get crawling/blurring in the 2D panels with 27.42, from the bottom of the outside view window down. Parts of the panel that are in front of the outside view window (glare shield or compass on some) do not blur; in the Bell helicopter or the Corsair the panel actually doesn't blur at all because the outside view window extends all the way down to the bottom of the screen.

The malformed lettering has gone away though-but the panel blurring is a bigger problem IMO. :-(

Athlon 1.2, GF 3, 1024x768x32 (so it's NOT the old 16 bit colordepth problem!)

**MartijnPleines** · 02-10-2002, 07:38 AM

Okay, back to Simon.

I have since been searching the forum on 27.30 and found he actually proposed a cure for the panel blurring there: turning off VSync in the Direct3D settings, if possible with a 3rd party nVidia Tweaker (look in Guru3d.com) because the nVidia panel setting doesn't seem to 'stick'.

This certainly has solved this for me.
Once again, Thank you Simon :-)