[Geeks3D-Test] NVIDIA ForceWare 177.83 vs 177.92 – OpenGL Side
Categories: Forceware, OpenGL, Test Tags: fluidmark, Forceware, forceware 177.83, forceware 177.92, graphics driver, NVIDIA, opengl, performance
Just a little performance test of the latest ForceWare 177.92 BETA versus the latest ForceWare 177.83 WHQL using oZone3D.Net OpenGL Benchmarks Suite and Lightsmark2008:
| Release 177.83 | Release 177.92 | Difference | |
| FurMark 1280×1024 | 4272 | 4272 | 0% |
| Soft Shadows Branching OFF | 6054 | 5817 | -4% |
| Soft Shadows Branching ON | 10198 | 9542 | -6.5% |
| Surface Deformer | 7721 | 7716 | 0% |
| FluidMark GeForce PhysX | 9626 | 9579 | -0.5% |
| FluidMark Software PhysX | 1495 | 1503 | 0% |
| Lightsmark2008 | 766.7 | 759.4 | 0% |
Well… many websites have claimed that release 177.92 brings a boost in performance. Maybe in Direct3D (I also ran Aquamark and 3DMark2006 under WinXP and I didn’t see differences) under Vista. But in OpenGL, there is no performance gain.
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NVIDIA ForceWare 177.92: GeForce GTX 280 OpenGL Extensions
Categories: Forceware, OpenGL Tags: 3d graphics programming, Forceware, forceware 177.92, game development, geforce gtx 280, graphics card, graphics driver, opengl, opengl extension
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Voici la liste des extensions OpenGL supportées par les pilotes Forceware 177.92 WinXP 32 pour une GeForce GTX 280.
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[English]
Here is the list of OpenGL extensions supported by Forceware 177.92 WinXP 32 drivers for a GeForce GTX 280.
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[French]
Les ForceWare 177.92 offrent les mêmes extensions OpenGL que les Forceware 177.66. Le support OpenGL 3.0 n’est pas inclut dans ces pilotes.
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[English]
ForceWare 177.92 offer the same OpenGL extensions than Forceware 177.66. OpenGL 3.0 support is not included in these drivers.
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[French]Carte graphique utilisée[/French]
[English]Graphics card used[/English]: EVGA GeForce GTX 280 / 1Gb
- Drivers Version: Forceware 6.14.11.7789
- OpenGL Version: 2.1.2
- GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) Version: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
- OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GTX 280/PCI/SSE2
- Drivers Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
- ARB Texture Units: 16
- Vertex Shader Texture Units: 32
- Pixel Shader Texture Units: 32
- Geometry Shader Texture Units: 32
- Max Texture Size: 8192×8192
- Max Anisotropic Filtering Value: X16.0
- Max Point Sprite Size: 63.4
- Max Dynamic Lights: 8
- Max Viewport Size: 8192×8192
- Max Vertex Uniform Components: 4096
- Max Fragment Uniform Components: 2048
- Max Varying Float: 60
- Max Vertex Bindable Uniforms: 12
- Max Fragment Bindable Uniforms: 12
- Max Geometry Bindable Uniforms: 12
- Multiple Render Targets / Max draw buffers: 8
- MSAA: 2X
- MSAA: 4X
- MSAA: 8X
- MSAA: 16X
- MSAA: 32X
OpenGL Extensions: 162 extensions
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Les extensions des anciens pilotes ForceWare se trouvent ICI.
Vous pouvez utiliser GPU Caps Viewer pour récupérer la liste des extensions de votre carte graphique.
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The extensions exposed by the old ForceWare drivers are HERE.
You can use GPU Caps Viewer to retrieve the list of extensions of your graphics card.
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NVIDIA ForceWare 177.92 Graphics Drivers
Categories: Forceware Tags: cuda, Forceware, forceware 177.92, geforce, graphics card, graphics driver, NVIDIA, physx
A new set of ForceWare hits the street. This new version has the number 177.92 and is in BETA stage like almost all NVIDIA drivers 
It doesn’t matter, a new forceware is still good for the GeForce you have in your PC.
This new version includes the PhysX driver 8.08.18 and supports GeForce 6-series, 7-series, 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs, including the newly released GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, 9500 GT, and 9400 GT GPUs.
NVIDIA PhysX acceleration is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory
You can grab’em here:
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