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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 5900 XT
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v66.93
	FORCEWARE v61.77
	FORCEWARE v56.72
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK K7S8XE+
MEMORY	2x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0c

OTHER GAME BENCHMARK

COMANCHE4

	52
	54
	52

CALL OF DUTY

	95
	93
	92

COLIN MCRAE RALLY 2005

	30
	50
	46

CONFLICT VIETNAM

	42
	44
	43

DESERT RATS vs AFRIKA CORPS

	92
	91
	90

FARCRY

	50
	50
	47

GTR

	45
	44
	44

PAINKILLER

	105
	106
	105

PRINCE OF PERSIA - WARRIOR WITHIN

	52
	55
	47

RALLY TROPHY

	62
	64
	63

SCRAPLAND

	47
	40
	40

UNREAL 2 - THE AWAKENING

	83
	83
	84

WARHAMMER 40K - DAWN OF WAR

	39
	49
	41

X2 THE THREAT

	90
	89
	89

XPAND RALLY

	50
	42
	45

v56.72 v61.77 v66.93

COMMENT - "With Comache4 the 61.77 driver offered the best performance by 4% which was an extra 2fps. The 56.72 drivers offered the best performance for Call of Duty by 4%. The 61.77 drivers offered the best performance for Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 and delivered a 40% performance increase over the 56.72 drivers which had some problems running this game. The 61.77 drivers once again offered the best performance, this time with Conflict Vietnam which is gave a 5% performance increase over the 56.72 drivers. Desert Rats vs Afrika Corps was won by the old 56.72 drivers and it gave an increase of 3% over the 66.93 drivers. Far Cry was jointly won by the 56.72 and 61.77 drivers, the 66.93 driver was the slowest by 6%. GTR was a close result with the 56.72 driver winning by 3% which was only 1fps. Painkiller was won by the 61.77 drivers by 1fps over the 56.72 and 66.93 drivers which both gave the same 105fps score. Prince of Persia was won by the 61.77 driver by 8fps which was 15%. Rally Trophy was also won by the 61.77 driver by 2fps over the 56.72 driver. Scrapland was a good victory for the 56.72 drivers when it increased performance by 15% which was 7fps. Unreal2 was very close with the 66.93 driver winning by 1fps. Warhammer 40K Dawn of War was a victory for the 61.77 driver when it delivered a 21% performance increase over the 56.72 driver. The 56.72 driver was the best for X2 The Threat but only by 1fps. Xpand Rally was won by the 56.72 driver when it increased performance by 16% which was an extra 8 fps."

CONCLUSION - "The 56.72 driver is the oldest tested and as expected had graphical problems with some of the latest games. Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 had graphical issues and poor performance. Doom3 also had poor performance and graphical issues. These drivers also gave random windows crashes esp in Outlook Express. The 61.77 and 66.93 drivers performed pretty much the same and unlike the 56.72 drivers we didn't experience any graphical or stability problems."

NVIDIA FORCEWARE v66.93 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - NVIDIA FORCEWARE v66.93 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - TRIBES VENGEANCE AND UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

PAGE 3 - OTHER GAME BENCHMARKS

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