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New Forceware 178.24 Drivers Released, Claims 15% FPS Improvement in COD4

Posted 10/17/08 at 09:38:38 AM  by Paul Lilly

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Nvidia this week has released new WHQL videocard drivers - version 178.24 - applicable for GeForce 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, and 200-series owners. The 85MB download sports a number of improvements, including PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-, 9-, and 200 series GPUs with at least 256MB of graphics memory. Intel X5400XS motherboard owners can now run up to 3-way SLI with the new driver package.

Gaming looks to get a sizable boost with the new drivers as well. Nvidia claims both Call of Duty 4 and Bioshock (DX10) will see a 15 percent gain by running 178.24, while Assassin's Creed (DX10) will get an 11 percent bump on a single card setup. For those sporting 2-way SLI, World in Conflict (DX10), Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, and company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (DX10) are said to run at least 10 percent faster.

Image Credit: Nvidia

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TAGS: games, gaming, nvidia, Drivers, Videogames, cod4, Forceware, 178.24
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avatarLame

Submitted by Spider-Mom on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 2:24pm

These are the left over driver notes from WHQL version 178.13. It would have been better if you covered this on the ACTUAL driver that game support for PhysX and all this other stuff instead of a month latter.

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avatarhasnt this already been released

Submitted by Stephenh1984 on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 12:06pm

but it had an 13 instead if 24

it said the same thing last time so does that mean a 15% more than the 15% they claimed in the 178.13 release

sorry about the double post

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avatarhasnt this already been released

Submitted by Stephenh1984 on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 12:05pm

but it had an 13 instead if 24

it said the same thing last time so does that mean a 15% more than the 15% they claimed in the 178.13 release

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avatarLet me give you guys a tip

Submitted by atomaweapon on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 7:20am

Let me give you guys a tip on the ads. You literally have about 1 to 1.5 seconds to potray a message on them You gotta tell your advertisers that whatever they are selling needs to be fully readable in 1.5 seconds. That means no glowing symbols or animations. It really just needs to be right there. I've seen the animating logo for that laptop a good bit of times now  but i still don't know what it does or what it's for.

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avatarFailure

Submitted by CrimsonKnight13 on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 9:22am

The comments section aren't for BS posts. Go file a complaint in the forums... NOT HERE.

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avatarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Submitted by sirphunkee on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 8:33am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_management

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avatarYeah right

Submitted by strykyr on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 8:08am

If it ain't from the Nvidia website it ain't worth it...aren't you guys supposed to be MPC readers after all??  Why don't you just post ur bank acct info and social security number here and save yourself the time.  While your at it, roll your machine down the steps too.

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avatar180.10 Beta for Vista x64 Leaked

Submitted by CrimsonKnight13 on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 7:17am

FYI - 180.10 Beta (Vista x64) have leaked & offer multi-monitor SLI

 http://resources.vr-zone.com/downloads/nvidia/180.10_Vista64_Driver.zip

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avatarThanks, downloading now. ;-)

Submitted by vistageek on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 3:47pm

Thanks, downloading now. ;-)

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avatarCool!

Submitted by Primus2112 on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 6:53am

Thanks for the heads up Paul! Downloading now. This is why its great to have MPC as my homepage because of all the pertinent and timely news.

Thanks all at MPC :)

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