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big-mike
January 19th, 2011, 13:23
There is a new driver out and for me it works great with my 285GTX.
I have nearly no stutters,and the FPS are not so wildly fluctuating as before.
Don`t need the Limiter now.
FPS are gone a little bit down(like the old legendary 182.50),but FSX is now much more smoother.
Seems,as Nvidia has taken care of FSX.
Try it out,nothing to loose.
Michael

txnetcop
January 19th, 2011, 14:05
Thanks for the H/U gonna stick with what I have...never had any stutters on this GTX285. I am glad to see Nvidia working hard on their drivers especially for the new 400 and 500 GTX series!

kilo delta
January 20th, 2011, 00:52
Thanks for the H/U gonna stick with what I have...never had any stutters on this GTX285. I am glad to see Nvidia working hard on their drivers especially for the new 400 and 500 GTX series!

What driver are you using with the GTX285,Ted? :)

txnetcop
January 20th, 2011, 01:28
I'm still using the 197.45 series with nHancer. I have tried all but the last series of drivers we had before Christmas and I keep going back to this one. With Q9550-S OC'd to 4.2GHz, 4gb of 1200mhz, Win7 64 bit I have always stayed at 32fps locked no stutters using latest nHancer (Supersampling 3x3), I was given three PNW packages for Christmas and there is no drop in fps or stutters. I did get rid of GEX since I fly strictly in PNW but kept UT.
Ted

kilo delta
January 20th, 2011, 05:06
I'm still using the 197.45 series with nHancer. I have tried all but the last series of drivers we had before Christmas and I keep going back to this one. With Q9550-S OC'd to 4.2GHz, 4gb of 1200mhz, Win7 64 bit I have always stayed at 32fps locked no stutters using latest nHancer (Supersampling 3x3), I was given three PNW packages for Christmas and there is no drop in fps or stutters. I did get rid of GEX since I fly strictly in PNW but kept UT.
Ted


Thanks,Ted...might give those a try:salute:. I'm mostly happy out with the performance of my sim too (qx9770 @4.2ghz,8gb of 2000mhz,win 7 64 and a GTX285) but every bit helps! :)

Bjoern
January 20th, 2011, 07:29
Hm, might be time for a driver update...

noddy
January 20th, 2011, 08:56
Yep just up dated mine from 260.99 to these, and they seem pretty good.

BOOM
January 20th, 2011, 10:04
I'm noticing a nice smooth FPS rate with these drivers on my GTX580.
THX for the HU!!:salute:

papab
January 20th, 2011, 14:17
I agree-they are rock solid,increase in FPS, stutters not there
Will keep investigating........
Rick

halvar342
January 22nd, 2011, 07:54
I updated my system to this new driver yesterday. But no the ATC window in FSX is blurred and very hard to read. I recognized that in my taskbar, left of the clock, some symbols are more fat than normal since the update. Anyone got an idea what could cause this?
I have removed the driver and put it back than. But nothing better. :confused:

ega
January 22nd, 2011, 10:03
I'm noticing a nice smooth FPS rate with these drivers on my GTX580.
THX for the HU!!:salute:


If I recall it correctly, to install these new drivers from 266.xx it is not required to uninstall the previous ones, because the installation process takes care of that, right?

Edmundo

big-mike
January 22nd, 2011, 10:18
I think,you are right.
But i allways do it the old way:Uninstall driver,
boot into Safe-Mode,run Driver Sweeper,Reboot,
install new driver and let him settle down a few minutes.
Then again reboot and you are ready to use it.
Michael

Roger
January 22nd, 2011, 10:30
They seem to be a little better than the last set and one thing I did was to take a screenshot of my Nvidia Inspector settings as I guessed that they'd be erased...and they were.

BOOM
January 22nd, 2011, 10:35
Ega,I just downloaded from The Nividia site,and ran the utility.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

olderndirt
January 22nd, 2011, 17:35
Ran the CD to install my new GTX460 - big mistake. Went to NVidia, downloaded the 266.58 - bingo, we have a winner.

OleBoy
January 22nd, 2011, 18:56
Thanks for the heads up. I'll tuck these away so I have them for my 580