NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.18 WHQL Drivers

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NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.18 WHQL Drivers

Postby Apoptosis » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:20 am

For those of you that didn't catch it at the end of last week, NVIDIA has updated their GPU drivers, bringing the version up to 186.18. Other than the usual bug fixes, the 186.18 WHQL drivers also installs the new PhysX System Software, version 9.09.0428. Those needing to get the drivers can follow the links below.

- Nvidia Geforce 186.18 WHQL-Vista/Win 7 64-bit
- Nvidia Geforce 186.18 WHQL-Vista/Win 7 32-bit
- Nvidia Geforce 186.18 WHQL-XP 64-bit
- Nvidia Geforce 186.18 WHQL-XP 32-bit
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.16 WHQL Drivers

Postby InspectahACE » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:38 am

it fixed the lag issue I had on the last official drivers at least :)
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.16 WHQL Drivers

Postby geokilla » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:13 am

InspectahACE wrote:it fixed the lag issue I had on the last official drivers at least :)

What lag issue were you getting?

Topic says Forceware 186.16 when it should be Forceware 186.18. :mrgreen:
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.16 WHQL Drivers

Postby FZ1 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:30 am

geokilla wrote:
Topic says Forceware 186.16 when it should be Forceware 186.18. :mrgreen:
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.18 WHQL Drivers

Postby jnanster » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:23 pm

Jeeeze, the Vista 64 is 111 MB. :?
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.18 WHQL Drivers

Postby InspectahACE » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:34 pm

geokilla wrote:What lag issue were you getting?


mainly on the desktop things were a bit slow. especially when I right-clicked on the desktop and it took almost a minute for the menu to show. Then it took nearly as long if not longer for the Nvidia control panel to show. Enabling/disabling SLI took even longer. The 186 beta and this new set of fixed the issue so I'm happy. :)
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.18 WHQL Drivers

Postby vbironchef » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:46 pm

My 280's were acting funny. I got a message that my drivers not working properly. I went to Nvidia website to check to see if there was any new drivers. The same version but updated on July 2, 2009. I hope I don't have anymore issues. Could someone comfirm this for me or is it in my head. Thanks
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.18 WHQL Drivers

Postby InspectahACE » Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:31 pm

vbironchef wrote:My 280's were acting funny. I got a message that my drivers not working properly. I went to Nvidia website to check to see if there was any new drivers. The same version but updated on July 2, 2009. I hope I don't have anymore issues. Could someone comfirm this for me or is it in my head. Thanks


that's weird dude.. I just went there to check on something and this is what I just saw for the date lol
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 186.18 WHQL Drivers

Postby vbironchef » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:21 pm

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_186.18_whql.html Yea I know it sounds strange, but it is what it is :? looks like a update for install. Updated 7/2 to fix installation issues. Still having issues with drivers.
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