New Nvidia drivers for FFXI.

[Highlulu]

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.

you need a modded inf file for it to install correctly i think.

[G-Rod]

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.

32bit Vista + 8600GT and it runs like a dream for me with the 169.17 drivers compared to what it used to. Massive improvement.

[Kaisha]

*a hint for anyone using 6600-7600 nvidia cards with an sis chipset, right click destop, properties, settings, advanced, troubleshoot, uncheck enable write combining*[/size]

Man, I think unchecking that just removed all the z-fighting issues I've been having with FFXI.
(such as the aforementioned Bastok flags)

[EDIT] Nope, it's still there, but rather than constantly flicking in and behind objects, they just sit in one spot. Less distracting at the least anyways.

[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.

32bit Vista + 8600GT and it runs like a dream for me with the 169.17 drivers compared to what it used to. Massive improvement.

gah then what the hell can it be =/

17 did nothing for me, i'm still hitting 3 FPS in random locations.

[Thevaultdweller]

About two weeks ago (give or take) I heard about the 169.17 fix and downloaded the drivers. They made FFXI run at 25+ FPS in all areas--once. After I got my computer back home five days ago (had to clear out of the dorms) and booted up FFXI, it was back to the same issues--huge FPS drops with lots of models on screen, stuttering framerate, etc. Installing the .25s didn't fix the problem. =/

Anyone know what might be going on here? (I'm fairly certain the move didn't damage any components or anything like that--I'm getting constant 30+ FPS on Crysis at 1280x1024 with most settings on their maximum.)

Nvidia 8800 GTX
4GB RAM
Intel Quad Core Processor @ 2.4 GHz
Vista 32-bit

Posted this on the windower forums as well. Any advice? =/

[shaddix]

well that just doesn't make any sense dude o_ob reinstall em @_@?

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 =(

source or 1.6?

[Seraphise]

About two weeks ago (give or take) I heard about the 169.17 fix and downloaded the drivers. They made FFXI run at 25+ FPS in all areas--once. After I got my computer back home five days ago (had to clear out of the dorms) and booted up FFXI, it was back to the same issues--huge FPS drops with lots of models on screen, stuttering framerate, etc. Installing the .25s didn't fix the problem. =/

Anyone know what might be going on here? (I'm fairly certain the move didn't damage any components or anything like that--I'm getting constant 30+ FPS on Crysis at 1280x1024 with most settings on their maximum.)

Nvidia 8800 GTX
4GB RAM
Intel Quad Core Processor @ 2.4 GHz
Vista 32-bit

Posted this on the windower forums as well. Any advice? =/

Yea i'm having same problems as you, worse computer but still.
8600GT
2 GB ram
Core2 Duo 2.33 GHz
Vista 32 Bit

Anyone know what could be wrong?

[G-Rod]

I wish I knew what would help. You can try installing the Vista beta SP1. I don't think it will fix it, but I know one person with an 8 series card running Vista on a laptop that said it's what finally fixed it for them, so it might be worth a shot I suppose.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en

[Seraphise]

when is the non beta comin out for SP1? i havn't read about it at all

[shaddix]

Installing the .25s didn't fix the problem. =/

when i installed the .25s my performance went back to how it was before the .17s

[Tengaar]

i think there is .28 out there right now.

ftp://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/drivers/

[terraflarex]

i think there is .28 out there right now.

ftp://download.nvidia.com/downloads/nZone/drivers/

Has anyone tried the .28s drivers on Vista?

.17 driver is working wonders for my system on the Geforce 8600GTS card w/ Vista 32bit & 2GB Ram; am a little hesitant to install anything else at this point.

[Khalil]

I'm using the .28 atm. I'm really not as pleased as the .17. I'll try some testing for my 32 bit XP when I get back home.

[Ezrael]

Stick w/ the .17 drivers. I don't see anything so far on any series past the .17 series that makes the game run better.

It looks like .17 fixed FFXI problems but was either dropped or lost in the other series updates.


Edit: I used a set of .17 series from laptopvideo2go and it actually made my lappy worse than the original series of drivers I was using. My laptop is an Asus that runs XP 32 bit w/ a Nvidia 7600 Go card... I don't know anyone at the moment that has a laptop w/ a 8xxx series or runs Vista that will let me do some testing. Sorry.

[Izzy]

Getting kinda frustrated with people posting about how these drivers did nothing to help their XP machine. It was stated 400 thousand times that the drivers were released to fix Vista FFXI issues.

[Seidell]

Getting kinda frustrated with people posting about how these drivers did nothing to help their XP machine. It was stated 400 thousand times that the drivers were released to fix Vista FFXI issues.

Actually I play on XP. Once I saw the thread I went directly to Nvidia site and dl the 169 drivers and they totally fixed spell, song and WS lag. I hit the AH in whitegate and instead of 10-13 fps i was at a steady 22-23

[Ezrael]

Getting kinda frustrated with people posting about how these drivers did nothing to help their XP machine. It was stated 400 thousand times that the drivers were released to fix Vista FFXI issues.

Meh... I guess I won't test on my 4 versions of Windows anymore. It will save me a lot of time from testing and more time for FFXI.

Let's just say this.... For desktop computers... Use 169.17 series drivers for Nvidia cards for ANY version of XP or Vista out.

For laptops... The jury is still out until I can get my hands on another system.

[Tengaar]

I have tried them all and .17 seems to be the best one for my PC.

[Rotsu]

Looks like Nvidia has officially released the 169.21 drivers few days ago.

[Draconix]

its hard keeping up with new cards..my current card is a year old and I feel so left behind...when I got it was BRAND new and now...its old...lol I have a Nvidia 6600 SLI. So whats the top card thats out right now?