NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers v81.85 WHQL - tech
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Forceware graphics drivers v81.85 (Win2k/XP ~
20.7MB) are available for
download from
the
official NVIDIA download page. These new drivers add support for GeForce
6600 VE, GeForce 6150, and GeForce 6100,
mixed
vendor support for NVIDIA SLI,
TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI, add support for VSync on Direct3D
games when running NVIDIA SLI, performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs,
PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support, Usability enhancements
when connecting to an HDTV and
Microsoft DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.0 support.
Single GPU Issues Resolved
- GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: Soft shadows in FEAR are not rendered correctly.
- GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: The system crashes after a minute or so of playing
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast.
- GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: The Apple 30" panel display splits into four grids at
800x600, 1024x768, and 1600x900 resolutions.
- GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: Application performance drops when Gamma Antialiasing is
enabled.
- GeForce 7800 GTX, SLI: With SLI mode enabled, the mouse cursor image
occasionally sticks as the window resize graphic instead of being restored to
the pointer graphic.
- GeForce 7800 GTX SLI: Resuming from system Hibernate results in a corrupt or
distorted desktop.
- GeForce 7800 GT/GTX: F.E.A.R demo - The system hangs when entering room with
volumetric lighting.
- GeForce 7800 GTX: Random pixels appear during gameplay in F.E.A.R.
- GeForce 7800 GTX / GeForce 6800 Ultra/ GeForce 6600: There is intermittent
glowing corruption around the edges of the screen in Far Cry patch 1.33 when HDR
is enabled.This has been partially fixed in driver version 81.85. An upcoming
patch for Far Cry fixes the issue completely.
- GeForce 6 Series: With the latest FarCry patch, the application profile breaks
the HDR functionality. This has been partially fixed in driver version 81.85. An
upcoming patch for Far Cry fixes the issue completely.
- GeForce 6 Series: Tiger Woods 2006 crashes - GeForce 6800 / 6800Ultra: Corrupt
pixel-blocks and slow frame
rendering/long pauses occur in Colin McRae Rally 2005.
- GeForce 6800 Ultra: The system hangs when running 3D applications
on a x16 PCI-E system.
This issue is resolved with an update to the nForce4 430/410 motherboard
BIOS. Contact your motherboard manufacturer for the update.
- GeForce 6800 Ultra: Fable hangs during gameplay.
- GeForce 6800: De-interlacing problems occur with Friends Finale
DVD.
- GeForce 6800 Ultra: Prince of Persia: Warrior runs slowly and does
not render shadows.
- GeForce 6800 Ultra: Prince of Persia: Warrior quits to the desktop.
- GeForce 6800 Ultra: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow fails to render
shadows.
- GeForce 6800 Ultra: Flight Simulator 2004 has scenery corruption
when 3D clouds are not set at 100%.
- GeForce 6600, DVI-HDTV: The Underscan option is grayed out on
HDVT DVI outputs after setting an HDTV resolution
- GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Far Cry has severely corrupt textures on the
Research map.
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