Tech ARP - ED#85 : Getting NVIDIA ForceWare 174 To Work With GeForce 8 Cards

	Date :	12 March 2008
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ED#85 : Getting NVIDIA ForceWare 174 To Work With GeForce 8 Cards

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How Much Faster Is ForceWare 174?

Testbed

Processor	Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 - 3.0 GHz core clock - 12 MB L2 cache
Motherboard	ASUS P5B-E Plus - Intel P965
Memory	Two G.Skill 1GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory modules Two Kingston 512MB HyperX PC2-8500 DDR2 memory modules
Graphics Card	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT - ForceWare 174.16 and 169.28 drivers
Hard Drives	120GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA hard drive 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA hard drive
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista
Power Supply	Mushkin 580W PSU

Game Settings

Game	Version	Resolutions	Settings
Company of Heroes : Opposing Fronts	2.201.0	1920 x 1200 1600 x 1200 1280 x 1024	Shader Quality : High Model Quality : High Texture Detail : High Shadows : High Reflections : High Post Processing : On Building Detail : High Physics : High Tree Quality : High Terrain Detail : High Effects Fidelity : High Effects Density : High Rain Detail : High Object Scarring : On Model Detail : Medium
F.E.A.R.	1.08	1920 x 1200 1600 x 1200 1280 x 1024	Physics : Maximum Max Software Sounds : Maximum Particle Bouncing : Maximum Shell Casings : On World Detail : Maximum Corpse Detail : Maximum Effects Details : Maximum Model Decals : Maximum Water Resolution : Maximum Reflections and Displays : Maximum Volumetric Lights : On Volumetric Light Density : Maximum Light Details : Maximum Enable Shadows : On Shadow Detail : Maximum Soft Shadows : Off Texture Filtering : Anisotropic 16x Texture Resolution : Maximum Videos : Maximum Pixel Doubling : Off DX8 Shaders : Off Shaders : Maximum
BioShock	1.1	1920 x 1200 1600 x 1200 1280 x 1024	Windowed Mode : Off Vertical Sync : Off Shadow Maps : On High Detail Post Processing : On High Detail Shaders : On Real Time Reflection : On Distortion : On Force Global Lighting : Off DirectX 10 Detail Surfaces : On Horizontal FOV Lock : Off Graphics Quality : High Actor Detail : High Texture Detail : High
Crysis	1.1	1920 x 1200 1600 x 1200 1280 x 1024	Texture Quality : High Objects Quality : High Shadows Quality : High Physics Quality : High Shaders Quality : High Volumetric Effects Quality : High Game Effects Quality : High PostProcessing Quality : High Particles Quality : High Water Quality : High Sound Quality : High

Page	Topic
1	• Getting NVIDIA ForceWare 174 to work with GeForce 8 graphics cards • Potential problem with ForceWare 174
2	• Testbed • Game Settings
3	• Company Of Heroes : Opposing Fronts • F.E.A.R. • BioShock • Crysis
4	• Conclusion

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