NVIDIA Releases Forceware 169.01 Beta Drivers for Crysis

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NVIDIA Releases Forceware 169.01 Beta Drivers for Crysis

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NVIDIA today released a new set of drivers for both Windows XP and Windows Vista, just in time for you to upgrade before the Crysis demo launches tomorrow. The drivers apply to those with GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series of video cards. Enjoy!

- Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
- Recommended driver for Crysis single player game demo.
- Several game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

NVIDIA ForceWare Release 169.01 Windows XP 32-bit (BETA) (37.46MB)
NVIDIA ForceWare Release 169.01 Windows XP 64-bit (BETA)(46.86MB)
NVIDIA ForceWare Release 169.01 Windows Vista 32-bit (BETA) (35.48MB)
NVIDIA ForceWare Release 169.01 Windows Vista 64-bit (BETA) (48.64MB)
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 169.01 Beta Drivers for Crysis

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Any comments on these drivers before I install ? Rumor has it about 7fps increase at higher resolutions .
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Re: NVIDIA Releases Forceware 169.01 Beta Drivers for Crysis

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I have them installed on Vista 32-bit and 64-bit with no issues... I also did all the Intel QX9650 testing with 169.01 drivers and no problems. So, I have them on 4 systems all okay.
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