Nvidia Driver Update
Update: Forceware 163.75 is now out. It has already passed WHQL testing. Download the Windows XP/200 32-bit version HERE. It supports GeForce FX, 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
All those months of being driver-starved checking Nvidia’s site again and again and coming up with nothing; now that I am so busy, they deluge me with driver after driver after driver…..
The irony.
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At 5am in the morning I whooped and did a quick jig. (No, you would not have wanted to see that.) I stopped, grimaced, gazed at my unit’s ceiling, and hoped the hardwood flooring above muffled my triumphant outburst. The neighbors continued to doze on, oblivious of the implications this piece of information will do for my PC’s performance.
News from my favorite site, Koroush Ghazi’s Tweakguides.com:
Forceware v162.18 is now out!
For someone who has been stuck with v93.71 for some months now (and wasn’t even able to install v94 because of the rigors of work), this is, to say the least, wonderful, wonderful, news. I feel like Noah when the first drops fell. That ATI Catalyst sun has been shining for much too long. 
Why am I so excited? "Why You Should Change Your Video Drivers" (for John, Anthony, and my cousin Scott) coming out in the early days of August! 
The reasons will be explained there.
For now work, work, work. 
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OLD UPDATE (about Forceware v162.18): For now, do not change your video drivers to this version. I just installed it and even though it is a WHQL version, it has a bug. I cannot play any videos. I could play games just fine but my Animatrix CD gave only blacks, blues, and reds.
There’s a temporary fix here, if some readers have installed this version. No FPS gains from this one but it delivered the most vibrant ingame colors I have ever seen so far. Still, with the video playback bug in it, it’s not worth installing.
First time this happened. What happened there at Nvidia? 
A no complain no regrets motto has been my long standing principle which has guided and lifted me up through the years of turmoil, mishaps, blues and disappointments. So this update of drivers for the VC’s regardless of product brand is not a first priority (not like the games list I have now, hehehe
which is a mile long priority of mine and my work load, count it that’s two on top of that my wedding moneysaveajohnyear). I’ll wait for the VC updates to stabilize and ready for use without no bugs and glitches… I’ll keep watching this blog as always for the news and current day to day buzz…
Comment by Joath — October 7, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
It IS stable. =) Forceware v162.18 was the one that wasn’t hehe. Sorry for the confusion. The original article was about that driver, that’s the reason for the “‘Old’ Update” note. From what I have heard Forceware 163.71 is one of the better drivers in the forceware lineups. I have not tried it though. Busy with work. Maybe this weekend.
Comment by Administrator — October 9, 2007 @ 7:42 pm