Nvidia Drivers

[toricred]

I know many people are sticking with the 84.21 driver for nvidia cards on Windows XP to handle HD content (specifically 1080i). Has anyone had any success with the 94.24 or the new 16x.xx beta drivers with XP and a 7600GT?

[UFGrayMatter]

i've been using 93.71 for a while now, handles HD content just fine on a 7600GS

[bhyman1]

I just bumped up to the 94.24. works great.

[phelme]

I'm trying the 162.xxx beta on my Asus Pundit with the 6150 chipset. It seems to work OK as far as playing content (w/Purevideo decoder), but the SageTV (SageMC) interface has this odd hesitation thing going on with the animated graphics. It's like it goes into slow motion as the text flows from one page to the next. Really strange. Never happened with 94.24.

[stewart710]

I have an eVGA 7600GT and I have tried all of the drivers mentioned with no luck. I always have stuttering on 1080i material. I loaded the 162.18 beta drivers last night and they seemd to work 'better' but it was late and can't be sure.

[phelme]

a follow up. one thing I noticed with the 162.18 beta drivers. when using the Purevideo decoder, the slight stutters I'd get with 1080i content on my 6150 graphics (an Asus motherboard) are now apparently gone. with 94.24 the stutters are still there. guess I'll stay with 162. cool.

[stewart710]

Originally Posted by phelme

a follow up. one thing I noticed with the 162.18 beta drivers. when using the Purevideo decoder, the slight stutters I'd get with 1080i content on my 6150 graphics (an Asus motherboard) are now apparently gone. with 94.24 the stutters are still there. guess I'll stay with 162. cool.

After using these drivers in conjunction with FSE, I get way less stutters. Not eliminated completely, but a step in the right direction.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by phelme

a follow up. one thing I noticed with the 162.18 beta drivers. when using the Purevideo decoder, the slight stutters I'd get with 1080i content on my 6150 graphics (an Asus motherboard) are now apparently gone. with 94.24 the stutters are still there. guess I'll stay with 162. cool.

This is on XP right?

Thx
Mike

[phelme]

Originally Posted by mikesm

This is on XP right?

Thx
Mike

yep.

[toricred]

I just bought an 8500GT passive cooled. I had all kinds of problems with the 162 beta driver, but when I used the production driver (152 for the 8 series) everything was beautiful. The card was well worth the $100 I spent on it.

[camus]

Originally Posted by UFGrayMatter

i've been using 93.71 for a while now, handles HD content just fine on a 7600GS

I found have used the same and have the same card, no problems with 1080i playback, but the 84.21 seemed more stable for me. FWIW.

[HawgGuy]

Originally Posted by toricred

I just bought an 8500GT passive cooled. I had all kinds of problems with the 162 beta driver, but when I used the production driver (152 for the 8 series) everything was beautiful. The card was well worth the $100 I spent on it.

What problems did you have with the 162.x drivers that were fixed with the 152.x drivers? I have the same card and am using the 162 drivers with no obvious problems and great PQ.

[toricred]

I kept getting errors with a thread and the suggested fix was to use a newer driver. When I put the production driver in, everything worked perfectly.