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New GeForce 197.13 beta drivers fix overheating issues
Besides reportedly resolving this issue, the new 197.13 beta driver improves performance in several games up to 30% and adds support for Nvidia's next generation ION as well as the GeForce GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340. PhysX has been updated to 9.10.0129, HD Audio Drive to version 1.0.9.1, and SLI support for a bunch of games has been added. This is a WHQL candidate but Nvidia is still recommending it over 196.75 in case you installed it and never reverted.
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TomSEA on March 18, 2010 11:47 AM |
Took them long enough to fix the fan issue. This driver came out - and was almost immediately canceled due to the fan issue - two weeks ago. |
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mystic420 on March 18, 2010 12:12 PM |
It's the first time I've seen them take so long with fixing an update... Sure glad I didn't install the bad drivers, that would have sucked burning up my 3 Nvidia GTX275 OC's! Not to mention VERY expensive!!! |
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EduardsN on March 18, 2010 12:12 PM |
Had forgot about this already, really took them a while to fix the issues |
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Vrmithrax on March 18, 2010 12:15 PM |
So, they got a fix put together and apologized... Are they replacing the units their drivers slagged? Or is it just a case of "tough luck" for the victims? Just curious. |
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rskapadia2294 on March 18, 2010 12:20 PM |
hey they solved this problem now? it is pretty much old i think! :P but its better to be late than never! lol |
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DryIce on March 18, 2010 12:42 PM |
I'm glad they finally fixed it. |
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levar on March 18, 2010 12:48 PM |
Didn't affect me in no way, but I'm glad its fixed. Didn't expect drivers to affect the system in that way even though if you think about it.. it's probably the only component in a gamer's PC that's what you'd probably call the essential component that is probably being used every moment of the PC life. |
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wagan8r on March 18, 2010 12:52 PM |
I'm just curious to see what games have performance improvements in them. It would be nice to see BFBC2 in the list. |
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ansarimikail on March 18, 2010 2:45 PM |
Lucky I didnt update my driver. But it was cooking like a frying pan, loong before these troubles anyway. |
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Thompson on March 18, 2010 3:13 PM |
More performance improvements? If they can increase performance by up to 30% in one driver update, why isn't all of this stuff on the card day one? Do they just discover little bits of code that they can fix or something? |
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dividebyzero on March 18, 2010 3:15 PM |
So, they got a fix put together and apologized... Are they replacing the units their drivers slagged? Or is it just a case of "tough luck" for the victims? Just curious. Can't say I've seen any accounts of people with affected cards not being taken care of. I'm pretty certain in the present climate that if there were cases where customers were being left out in the cold, then they would 1. be quite vocal on various forum sites, and 2. AMD's PR machine, in all it's forms, would certainly have publicised the fact-much the same as nV's/Intel's PR (also, in all its forms) manage to keep AMD's problems in the public domain.
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Guest on March 18, 2010 3:31 PM |
Anyone able to comment on the quality and stability of the new driver? |
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dividebyzero on March 18, 2010 3:32 PM |
More performance improvements? Something like that.If they can increase performance by up to 30% in one driver update, why isn't all of this stuff on the card day one? Do they just discover little bits of code that they can fix or something? The "up to 30% improvement" seems more geared towards recent releases ( Heaven benchmark, Metro 2033, BFBC2 etc.) Sounds like SLI is improved and if you download the latest PhysX component (10.02.22_9.10.0222) which is newer than the version in 197.13, that will also add improvements where PhysX is used. I wouldn't read too much into the increases as I think the main bug-fix was the fan issue. Bear in mind that this a beta driver (not WHQL) so I'd be doubly careful about monitoring the system when using it initially. Personally, I wont be downloading it as a new driver set (WHQL) will likely be released in a week or so since this driver has no provision for GTX470/480 which will in all liklihood be released (at least to a select few) in that timeframe. EDIT: Guru3D have a good thread here regarding the new driver for anyone who is nervous about running it. There are a few trolling posts but they are easily recognizable |
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ain77 on March 18, 2010 6:08 PM |
I don't how to can get away like that with just an apology. Getting RMA sometimes hard as it is, so how to distinguish if manufacturer's fault vs user issue? I think they should be some kind of fair compensation and they had better buck up on testing their drives properly before releasing. |
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rufio on March 18, 2010 6:25 PM |
starcraft 2 beta players rejoice! too bad it took them this long to actually release the drivers |
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renegeek on March 18, 2010 7:22 PM |
about time, i need a good driver update for my cards. (but ill wait a few weeks, to make sure its not going to fry my video cards) |
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tonylukac on March 18, 2010 7:35 PM |
I told my friend about this. He couldn't believe software was frying cpus. His computer was overheating, ironically. |
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megrawab on March 18, 2010 11:00 PM |
Let's add some oil to make our cpu's crispy... At last they fixed it, long life for my gaming.... I'll download the update... |
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thebluemeaner on March 18, 2010 11:02 PM |
I will wait till it is not in beta status anymore, the word is that nvidia does not replace burnt cards as beta drivers are released "as is" |
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Timonius on March 18, 2010 11:38 PM |
Yup, it is still just a beta release. Be careful out there. |
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Yoda8232 on March 19, 2010 12:09 AM |
Great idea, there fix are beta drivers. Good luck to all the affected Nvidia users with the overheating problem. |
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aneesh on March 19, 2010 12:47 AM |
Hey one of my friend machine gone after installing this one.............i am not sure whether it is due to the driver isuue......... |
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Guest on March 19, 2010 3:56 AM |
So what happens if your card got fried because of this? Tough luck? |
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aneesh on March 19, 2010 5:13 AM |
hey srry i didnt get about wht u r saying? |
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compdata on March 19, 2010 9:17 AM |
dividebyzero said: I agree - I am pretty sure we would have seem more on the issue if cards weren't being replaced.
So, they got a fix put together and apologized... Are they replacing the units their drivers slagged? Or is it just a case of "tough luck" for the victims? Just curious. Can't say I've seen any accounts of people with affected cards not being taken care of. I'm pretty certain in the present climate that if there were cases where customers were being left out in the cold, then they would 1. be quite vocal on various forum sites, and 2. AMD's PR machine, in all it's forms, would certainly have publicised the fact-much the same as nV's/Intel's PR (also, in all its forms) manage to keep AMD's problems in the public domain. |
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