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Release Highlights:

• This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 185 drivers:

• Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
• Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA for more details.
• Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.
• Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  • Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
  • Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
  • Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
  • Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
  • Up to 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
  • Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
• Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0408.
• Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
• Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
• Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver.

Existing Support:

• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0.
• Supports NVIDIA SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Learn more here.
• Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Learn more here. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Krteq píše:Vypadá to, že celá vývojová větev 185.xx má problémy s Anizotropním filtrováním textur (nebo že by se jednalo o "optimalizaci výkonu" No nebylo by to poprvé).

DiGiTaL HunTeR píše:did they fix anisotropic filtering? it was broke in some games!!...

...its still broken, nice boost nvidia (anisotropic filtering merging into trilinear and god knows what other lame trick the put in)

here are the pic so u know what im talking about, i have made a profile in nhancer and used 16af, iq high quality, no aniso sample opt, no aniso filter opt, all the highest image settings possible and it still doing that, its not there with 182.xx

and it looks like they used double cone mipmap filtering ( saw it on some floor textures) looks more annoying than with 182.xx

Viz.: Guru3D forums

rimmer66 píše:

DiGiTaL HunTeR píše:I hope they've fixed anisotropic filtering, because thats just stupid i don't want a performance boost so i loose IQ and use ingame af which sometimes looks worse >> bilinear af...


edit: no info about broken or issue with AF in release notes really nice nvidia


im still gonna give them a go but im not very pleased about them...

Can you let us know as soon as possible - I still am using 182.50 - And I know what you mean about the filtering bug NVIDIA should be sued for this bloody sh*** - That is misleaing and cheating - they force filtering despite setting everythng full quality in CP - that is downright bloody cheating - shame on you NVIDIA you wankers ! All this crap about up to 42% increase, what a load of sh*te - they cram performance by affecting IQ, they MASK their crappyness, poorly optimized drivers and bloody R&D mistakes by sneaking this one on us, it makes me very upset I didn't pay good money for a graphic card only to have it crippled so I can get 42% boost in speed for f* sake I didn't ask for that !

MrXGamer píše:LOL! This topic is the same as before.

8/9 series users complaining, GTX 200 users = super happy...

Paul píše:Takže jestli to chápu správně, týká se to jenom starejch grafik?

mark007 píše:finally got the edid override working for 185 range of drivers. Not bad drivers at all, noticably faster yipee, UNTIL I notice its because AF isn't working at all.

So for me the bugs introduced in this driver series are

No Anisotropic Filtering
Black video output when being fed RGB32 (I use ffdshow to convert yv12 to rgb32hq).

ThEcLiT píše:0xAF : http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2/gd2g.jpg
4xAF : http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2046/gd3z.jpg
8xAF : http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5885/gd4.jpg
16xAF : http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7968/gd5a.jpg

Shit píše:Po několika denním testování 185.85 (na WXP) se vracím zpět na osvědčené 182.08. Problémy s takty nemám, nárůst výkonu tam je, ale...

S drivery 185.85 mám problémy se stabilitou - mám pocit, že memory managment G200 je nastaven příliš argesivně a tím pádem dochází k občasnému chybování driverů.

RADEONX800 píše:hmm sou docela V poho tyhle ovladace ale riddick se na nich hrat neda po chvilce se mne rozjebe obraz hrozne se presvetli pomuze jen alt+tab azse na chvilku v poho jo mam 8800gts 320Mb pockam na novjejsi a snad to b ude v poho nebo nasteluju stary mne dneska prinde ze co novy ovladace tak sou udelany pro jednu hru kde slapou korektne a na dalsi 20starsich to dela nejaky hapry