New Nvidia drivers for FFXI.

[Ezrael]

I am currently running a GeForce 7150m / NVIDIA nForce 630m, But after reading the "Drivers Supported", The only similar thing I found was GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i. Most likely this is my problem, however since I don't actually know what the "m" and "i" stand for, I figured I would give it a shot anyways (I have also heard of similar cases such as mine working.

"M" is usually associated w/ Mobile graphics cards which are in laptop computers. Nvidia uses "M" or "Go" to identify their mobile series graphics cards while ATI uses "M" for theirs.

Driver Cleaner: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745

i checked both of those and they were moble drivers for my go-card and my card # was supported in the documentation.

and while the 169.17 completly killed my laptop, i tried out 169.25 just now and windows started normally. about to go log onto ffxi to test, i'll report my findings later.

I looked at the supported cards for 169.17 and I didn't see a single "Go" card on there. So it's no surprise why the 169.17 would kill your laptop... You are using drivers not supported for your product. Download the right drivers and you should be fine.


Now to all the other laptop users using these drivers..... Please read the release notes. Most of your cards are not supported through 169.17 or 169.21. So if you have any problems after using these driver that is probably why. Someone mentioned on the first page the actual website to go to for laptop users. http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/


Nvidia's 169.17 series drivers are wonderful for Windows XP and Windows Vista users. The only issue I have found so far w/ both series is after playing Call of Duty 4 and going back to FFXI my PC/NPC models don't show up. This happens more w/ the 169.17 series than the 169.21 series.

[Izzy]

I am currently running a GeForce 7150m / NVIDIA nForce 630m, But after reading the "Drivers Supported", The only similar thing I found was GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i. Most likely this is my problem, however since I don't actually know what the "m" and "i" stand for, I figured I would give it a shot anyways (I have also heard of similar cases such as mine working.

"M" is usually associated w/ Mobile graphics cards which are in laptop computers. Nvidia uses "M" or "Go" to identify their mobile series graphics cards while ATI uses "M" for theirs.

Driver Cleaner: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745

i checked both of those and they were moble drivers for my go-card and my card # was supported in the documentation.

and while the 169.17 completly killed my laptop, i tried out 169.25 just now and windows started normally. about to go log onto ffxi to test, i'll report my findings later.

I looked at the supported cards for 169.17 and I didn't see a single "Go" card on there. So it's no surprise why the 169.17 would kill your laptop... You are using drivers not supported for your product. Download the right drivers and you should be fine.


Now to all the other laptop users using these drivers..... Please read the release notes. Most of your cards are not supported through 169.17 or 169.21. So if you have any problems after using these driver that is probably why. Someone mentioned on the first page the actual website to go to for laptop users. http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/


Nvidia's 169.17 series drivers are wonderful for Windows XP and Windows Vista users. The only issue I have found so far w/ both series is after playing Call of Duty 4 and going back to FFXI my PC/NPC models don't show up. This happens more w/ the 169.17 series than the 169.21 series.

Have you tested 169.25 with Vista+FFXI yet? I am using 169.17 and it's working perfectly, however 169.21 brings back all the old Vista+nVidia+FFXI problems.

[Ezrael]

I haven't had a chance yet. I'm still trying to find issues w/ .17 and .21 on some other games.

Maybe by this weekend?


On a side note.... I get no less than 25 FPS in Whitegate and usually hang around 21 FPS during Besieged when using the 169.17 drivers

Edit: It takes me a while.... 2 machines, 2 OS's per machine.... same gfx card on each. =/ Lots of testing. lol

[*Shinzon*]

Just FYI, I had posted wondering if anyone had attempted to play UT3 with these drivers. Since no one tested them, I did my self when I finally had the chance and they ran fine with UT.

[Urbanmyth]

Thank you for the responses guys.

Well, I attempted to install once more, Here's how it went down.

-Following carefully the "Read Me" from Driver Cleaner, I uninstalled my current Nivida drivers: "7.15.11.147".
-I rebooted in safe mode, and disabled all anti-virus. **NOTE** Windows attempted to auto-install drivers. I was told to let it attempt to do so, and then after remove the drivers from Device Manager. I did this step as told.
-I then ran driver cleaner, cleaning "Nivida". (There were a few options, "nForce Chipset", "nVidia Stero", and "nVidia WDM.")
-Process completed. Emptied Recycling bin as a precautionary measure.
-Rebooted once more, Then noticed Windows once more wanted to auto-install the drivers. I could not disable this feature.
-I ran the Setup.exe smoothly. I was told to reboot my computer for the changes to take effect.

As I rebooted back up, and logged in, I went into my driver properties setting... and there it was.. "7.15.11.147".


I cannot for the life of me figure out what I am doing wrong. I downloaded the driver directly from "http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16428", extracted the files into a folder which I named "Graphic Drivers" (I am not sure if the naming, or placement of said folder has anything to do with this, but it's on my desktop.), and placed the modded INF file into this folder before running set up.


Normally this wouldn't be such a problem for me, and I'd just give up and go about my day, however FFXI has been running piss-poor lately. I get about 3-10 FPS depending on where I am (Near Craigs, Crowded areas, and Dynamis/Limbus zones are the worst for me.). It's very irritating, expecially when all my other games run fine.

As for my computer specs, I run

-AMD Athlon 64x Dual-Core Processor TK-55 1.80 GHz
-2 Gigs of Ram
-32 bit Vista
-GeForce 7150M/ nForce 630M
-200 GB Hard drive with 114 GB Free.

I highly doubt my computer is the problem with lag issues on FFXI. If anyone is able to help narrow my problem down, or give me some advice (related to my problem =P), I'd appreciate it. Thank you in advance. ^^

[Pengu]

Installed these for my 8800GTX(xp), they didn't really do much for me.

[Seraphise]

I installed these for my 8600GT and it didn't do anything for me. I'm still getting a small FPS spike every 3-4 seconds, and when i go to Whitegate AH fps drops to 3.8

[Highlulu]

I am currently running a GeForce 7150m / NVIDIA nForce 630m, But after reading the "Drivers Supported", The only similar thing I found was GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i. Most likely this is my problem, however since I don't actually know what the "m" and "i" stand for, I figured I would give it a shot anyways (I have also heard of similar cases such as mine working.

"M" is usually associated w/ Mobile graphics cards which are in laptop computers. Nvidia uses "M" or "Go" to identify their mobile series graphics cards while ATI uses "M" for theirs.

Driver Cleaner: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745

i checked both of those and they were moble drivers for my go-card and my card # was supported in the documentation.

and while the 169.17 completly killed my laptop, i tried out 169.25 just now and windows started normally. about to go log onto ffxi to test, i'll report my findings later.

I looked at the supported cards for 169.17 and I didn't see a single "Go" card on there. So it's no surprise why the 169.17 would kill your laptop... You are using drivers not supported for your product. Download the right drivers and you should be fine.


Now to all the other laptop users using these drivers..... Please read the release notes. Most of your cards are not supported through 169.17 or 169.21. So if you have any problems after using these driver that is probably why. Someone mentioned on the first page the actual website to go to for laptop users. http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/


Nvidia's 169.17 series drivers are wonderful for Windows XP and Windows Vista users. The only issue I have found so far w/ both series is after playing Call of Duty 4 and going back to FFXI my PC/NPC models don't show up. This happens more w/ the 169.17 series than the 169.21 series.

Have you tested 169.25 with Vista+FFXI yet? I am using 169.17 and it's working perfectly, however 169.21 brings back all the old Vista+nVidia+FFXI problems.

thus far using 169.25 with my 32 bit vista i have not seen any unexpected ffxi freeze's/crashes and brd songs aren't raping my fps nearly as bad.

[Izzy]

thus far using 169.25 with my 32 bit vista i have not seen any unexpected ffxi freeze's/crashes and brd songs aren't raping my fps nearly as bad.

You use an 8x00 card?

[pinkie]

There is a newer release now as well. I looked last nite when POL crashed on me and I checked the logs and it said nvd(somerandom numbers).dll

I havent had ffxi crash in a while.. but it makes sense after they do a update I would have issues. :S I am on vista btw

[tuggler]

placed the modded INF file into this folder before running set up.

If you mean by running setup you ran an .exe then there is no need to do that. The only .exe you run is to extract the zipped up folder containing the driver. Make sure you download the driver and modded inf file from the same topic on laptopvideo2go. Extract the folder, move the modded .inf file into the the freshly extracted folder, find your current driver in Device Manager, follow the steps to update the driver, select have disk, browse to the modded .inf file and then it should install. Reboot your PC and run FFXI and feel the love.

With the 169.17 drivers I'm now getting a framerate of 29.3 in non-laggy areas and about 17-20 in laggy areas.

[Urbanmyth]

Appreciate the info Tuggler. ^^ I attempted this method and everything installed perfectly.. I was so happy, untill..

I rebooted, and was hit with the blue screen of death. I had to revert to a previous back up =\. Man, I wonder if anyone else is having as much fun as I am installing this thing. ._.

[Highlulu]

thus far using 169.25 with my 32 bit vista i have not seen any unexpected ffxi freeze's/crashes and brd songs aren't raping my fps nearly as bad.

You use an 8x00 card?

unfortunatly i only have a 6x00 card.

[shaddix]

latest WHQL messed my FPS up. back to the way it was before the .17s so i went back to 169.17 and staying

[Xanthe]

Hmmm, that WHQL release actually supports my laptop without the modded INF. I'll have to try those out when I get home.

[OctavoGilgamesh]

.17 is like sex for my xp 32 bit tower running a 7600gt. I have a SiS chipset, which is the root cause of all my issues with artifacting in reality, but it wasn't until I found these drivers that all of those issues went away.
*a hint for anyone using 6600-7600 nvidia cards with an sis chipset, right click destop, properties, settings, advanced, troubleshoot, uncheck enable write combining*

I never had fps issues or anything on that line, but this really is making ffxi on my pc play the way it should be played.

I also tried the drivers on my vista 64 bit laptop, and I noticed no change, but I really didn't have any issues with my 7600 go graphics anyways, so status quo there.

[randomized]

anyone still play CS and tried with the new drivers? for some reason i can't get anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering to work with CS... it looks the same whether i turn them to 16x or just leave off =(

i'm sure it's gotta be the same for some other older games as well so just wondering if anyone knows a fix besides downgrading and going back to laggy FF

[Zragnarok]

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com

The website is down, any idea where I could find drivers for my Geforce Go 7950 GTX ? I want to try these new beta drivers :/

[Seraphise]

anyone else using vista 32bit and 8600GT having anything work for them? I've tryed all of the drivers and none are really doing anything.

[Biohazard]

I have HP dv9500 laptop with GeForce 8600 GS runing vista 32-bit. I downloaded the driver but i can't install it because it said that i don't the hardware. I know i have to use HP drivers but is there anyway to install this driver?. Thanks.