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NVIDIA FORCEWARE v66.93 REVIEW
"In this review we test the Nvidia Forceware driver 66.93 to 61.77 and 56.72 using 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, Doom3, Tribes Vengeance, Xpand Rally, Colin Mcrae 2005, Painkiller, Prince of Persia, Rally Trophy, Scrapland and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War."
 In this article we compare the recently released 66.93 drivers to the previous 61.77 and 56.72 drivers using software such as 3dmark 2005, Doom3, Tribes Vengeance, Xpand Rally, Colin Mcrae 2005, Painkiller, Prince of Persia - Warrior Within, Rally Trophy, Scrapland and Warhammer 40K - Dawn of War.
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
| PROCESSOR |
AMD ATHLON XP 3200 |
| VIDEO CARD |
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT |
| NVIDIA DRIVER |
FORCEWARE v66.93 |
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FORCEWARE v61.77 |
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FORCEWARE v56.72 |
| MOTHERBOARD |
ASROCK K7S8XE+ SIS748 |
| MEMORY |
2x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0c |
3DMARK BENCHMARKS
COMMENT - "The 66.93 driver performs the best in two out of the three 3dmark benchmarks. The 66.93 driver delivers a performance increase of 4% with 3dmark 2001 SE and 5% with 3dmark 2005. Using 3dmark 2003 the 66.93 driver lost out to the 56.72 driver which delivered a performance increase over the 61.77 driver of only 2%."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
3DMARK 2001 SE
1024x768 Resolution
32Bit color
D3D Hardware T&L
Antialiasing Disabled
Double Frame Buffer
Compressed Texture Format
24Bit Z-Buffer Depth
3DMARK 2003
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
3DMARK 2005
1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate
GEFORCE 6600 GT SPECIFIC
HLSL VS Target 3_0
HLSL PS Target 3_0
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DOOM III
ADVANCED OPTIONS DISABLED COMMENT - "The best drivers for use with Doom3 are the 61.77 and 66.93 drivers which delivered identical performance. The 56.72 drivers are a very different story and they resulted in a 43% performance drop with advanced options are disabled and a 33% performance drop with advanced options enabled."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Screen Size
Fullscreen Enabled
Vertical Sync Disabled
Demo1 Benchmark
OPTIONS DISABLED
Bump Maps Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Disabled
Specular Disabled
Antialiasing Disabled
OPTIONS ENABLED
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Antialiasing Disabled
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