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.

Related links:

• Driver performance check: 175.19 VS 177.92