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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
OTHER GAME BENCHMARK
DESERT RATS vs AFRIKA CORPS PRINCE OF PERSIA - WARRIOR WITHIN WARHAMMER 40K - DAWN OF WAR |
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."
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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."
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