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nVidia recommended 169.21 drivers terrible for 7900 GT

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Craxbax   01-03-2008 at 03:52:40 PM

I am back to FW 94.24 drivers for my 7900GT. Anyone have suggestions on better drivers for an EVGA 7900GT? TIA

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evongugg   01-03-2008 at 04:25:25 PM
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What kind of symptoms are you having?

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Craxbax   01-03-2008 at 05:16:47 PM
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Presently none that I have noticed. With the 169.21 the 7900GT ran terrible. Very slow. 3dmark06 score dropped to below 1000 for the SM3.0 and SM 2.0.(7900GTs are normally 2500+/2200+ respectively) I was just wondering if any of the newer drivers performed any better especially with OCing the card.

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rgeist554   01-03-2008 at 05:23:03 PM
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Did you use a driver cleaner before installing the new drivers?

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NeedHelpNoobie   01-03-2008 at 06:21:14 PM
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Same issue he had. Those drivers absolutely raped the performance from my 7900GT 512mb card.

I use the 84.56 Forceware drivers and coolbits. Still shows the best performance in game, and on 3dmark06 for me atleast.

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RuFuS   01-03-2008 at 08:52:17 PM
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My 7600 GS don't even work with this driver ,XP just freezes at startup.At the moment i am using "163.44_forceware_winxp_32bit_english_beta" they are not officially certified but work well for me


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