micgrech Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Hi Guys, Just wanting to get some advise around if I should be downloading and installing the latest driver 196.21 for my Nvidia GTX285?? Not sure what I currently have installed but FSX is running smoothly atm and I really don't want to make any changes if I don't really have to! Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J van E Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 My advice: if FSX is running smoothly and you like it as it is, do NOT change a thing! I would only change drivers if things are running crappy. There are loads of people still using (for instance) drivers from last year and they are very happy with it. Never change a winning team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naji Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Sound advice. Still I took the risk and updated the driver for my GTX 280 from the previous 195.xx to the current 196.xx and I am happy that I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaD Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 And I might add that last driver (196.21) causes some malfunctioning to my 285: after a while it goes back from full screen to windowed mode. The same happens with other applications, so no FSX issue. After cleaning things and getting back to 195.81 the problem has been fixed. Bye Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darem Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I am still with 182.50. I heard good things about the 196.21, so I installed it. Everything was ok but one thing: My gauges didn't update anymore (they updated once when I went from full screen to windowed or back, but then remained unchanged). So i went back to 182.50 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I am still with 182.50. I heard good things about the 196.21, so I installed it. Everything was ok but one thing: My gauges didn't update anymore (they updated once when I went from full screen to windowed or back, but then remained unchanged). So i went back to 182.50 ) I had the same thing, but the latest BETA's (196.34) seem ok. I can't believe a driver affected the gauges [only], but it seems to be the case. Unless other games are an issue, sticking with good and stable drivers for FSX only is very sensible advice… and the 182.50 are about as good as they come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Again I have to caution everyone regarding upgrading drivers. It has been my experience if your Graphics Card is like mine a Ge9800 GTX+ then it's old school technologically speaking and really does not like later than about 185.85 Driver. Either I am NOT cleaning ALL the orphaned driver files out or the early hardware just will not work with the very latest driver. As JvE has intimated if it isn't screwed don't muck with it until it is. IMHO far too many sim pilots are so paranoid about obtaining better performance they opt for using driver's that are made for current model cards and cannot possibly be made totally cross card compatable for Cards any older than say 12-18 months, don't get me wrong they might work BUT stability is the big issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 just updated my drivers to the latest beta 196.34 and must say it's a smooth ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J van E Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 just updated my drivers to the latest beta 196.34 and must say it's a smooth ride Just a smooth ride or a smoothER ride? And what driver did you use before this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 to me it seems they have picked up on the flashing issue some where having and it reacts how must I say "snappier" less lag in rendering the textures, all in all it performs fine so yes it is an improvement, at least for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in Isaan Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I had issues with the 196.21 driver, see here: http://orbxsystems.com/forums/index.php?topic=17120.msg158154#msg158154 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 according to the nVidia site there was a glitch with the 196.21 drivers, that has been repaired with the 196.34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgruschow Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 The quality of vid drivers seem to vary from machine to machine. IMHO the 195 drivers were thw poorest ever. I finished up going back to a 192 for my 285 2 gig card. However I now have the 196.21 and think it's marvelous. Will have a peep at the .41 and see how it goes. My advice is find one that suits and stick with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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