New Beta 3 180.84's Released

[MaxAwesome]

My game still looks like this:

 

 

I'm getting seriously tired of this.

 

When I think that they released a game with so many problems I feel like punching them in the face! No game is worth the trouble I've been having to get this game running RIGHT!

 

No matter what I do, I always get messed up textures...

 

EDIT: what can I do to get this game working? Damn texture problems don't go away with any driver version.

Edited December 11, 2008 by MaxAwesome

[gamesguru]

Manually paste the link (http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gta4f*ckingcraprq1.jpg) into the address bar and change the filtered 'f*cking', back into it's original form. That's why your link's not working. Go on try it, it works fine; it does that because of Google's filter on this website.

[MaxAwesome]

Manually paste the link into the address bar and change the filtered 'f*ck', into it's original form. That's why your link's not working. Go on try it, it works fine; it does that because of Google's filter on this website.

Done I figured it, because I saw the * in the link and it was not linking to the image.

 

 

That's how it looks with the latest forceware.

 

No change at all.

 

 

[Lutra78]

Did you use "Driver Sweeper" in WinXP Safe Mode and uninstalled all nvidia-files yet? If you have a nvidia card with these problems, than you driver-files are damaged.

[MaxAwesome]

Did you use "Driver Sweeper" in WinXP Safe Mode and uninstalled all nvidia-files yet? If you have a nvidia card with these problems, than you driver-files are damaged.

No I haven't.

 

I suppose I will do that then.

 

has to be in safe mode, right?

[SlingShotUK]

How are you guys installing the new update? Straight over the top of the old beta or uninstalling first?

 

When I installed beta 1, I uninstalled my current drivers but then when Vista booted back up it reinstalled the driver anyway.

 

I then installed the beta and it went on fine.

 

Was thinking I might just install beta 3 over my current ones. What are you guys doing?

[foyaeman]

Has anybody actually gone in and tried the new drivers, and made benchmarks of before and after? I would volunteer, but the last time I tried to install the latest beta forceware, I got a BSOD and had to reinstall vista...

[juledeac]

i'm also working with driver sweeper.

 

uninstall physx

uninstall drivers

reboot to vista

 

reboot again in save mode

delete nvidia drivers completely via driver sweeper

 

reboot and install newest drivers

 

and of course: reboot again

 

works fine for me...i like to keep it clean and smooth!

 

 

can't test newest drivers now though, my gamer pc is located elsewhere.

Edited December 11, 2008 by juledeac

[MaxAwesome]

I removed all previous drivers with driversweeper in safe mode, to get a clean install.

 

Installed the latest Nvidia drivers and still, my game looks like this.

 

 

 

I'm at my wit's end. No matter what drivers I have, it always looks like this.

 

I'm seriously thinking about returning my game. f*ck this.

 

What do I do? Nothing seems to work!

 

I have a 8600GT 512, E8400 @ stock + Asus P5Q Pro. Not sure it matters, just posted it anyway.

[catzilla]

Alright... Exact same settings.

before

Average FPS: 40.86

Duration: 36.93 sec

CPU Usage: 90%

System memory usage: 86%

Video memory usage: 98%

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1440 x 900 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: Medium

Render Quality: Highest

View Distance: 33

Detail Distance: 25

Video Driver version: 180.48

 

after

Average FPS: 45.16

Duration: 37.07 sec

CPU Usage: 87%

System memory usage: 89%

Video memory usage: 97%

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1440 x 900 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: Medium

Render Quality: Highest

View Distance: 33

Detail Distance: 25

Video Driver version: 180.84 --these are beta3. I had 18 fps at beta2

Edited December 11, 2008 by catzilla

[juledeac]

future drivers or the "allmighty" patch should fix your issues, if not, try to get a refund!

 

i'm not having any problems with missing textures or something like that but the game runs pretty bad, benchmark says ~38fps, game says something else...estimated 10-20fps out on the streets.

 

btw. i'm running it on a E8600 on a P5Q Deluxe with a GTX280 AMP and 4gb of 1066ddr2ram

[Zcool31]

I can run the game just fine with 180.48 so I don't think I'll risk downloading a beta driver.

 

Also, see this topic: Easy way to get more FPS

[Gutslab]

besides using driver sweeper and uninstalling drivers from the programs/features menu, is it okay to delete the actual driver folder? I have a nvidia folder with drivers in them, even after removing them so I also deleted that.

[ceedj]

 

besides using driver sweeper and uninstalling drivers from the programs/features menu, is it okay to delete the actual driver folder? I have a nvidia folder with drivers in them, even after removing them so I also deleted that.

AFAIK, that folder is just where the package is "unzipped" to when you run setup. So if you need to reinstall, you can just do it from that folder. Shouldn't hurt anything by deleting it though.

[hydrophoenix]

why the hell does it start the fraps installer instead of the driver installer.. everything gets unzipped.. I see the nvidia logo and all.. then.. fraps installation.. WTF!!

[juledeac]

if you mean the C:/Nvidia folder then

yes, that's just the folder the installer file extracts the driver files in which it then installs

 

i think you can delete it without a worry

 

please, correct me if i'm wrong there

[ceedj]

why the hell does it start the fraps installer instead of the driver installer.. everything gets unzipped.. I see the nvidia logo and all.. then.. fraps installation.. WTF!!

Because FRAPS has a very STUPID habit of naming their setup file simply "setup.exe". Dumb, and I've bugged them about it several times. Just rename your FRAPS setup.exe file, or move it to another location.

[Paymox]

For you people that get 3-8 fps more, it's probably because you rebooted after you installed the driver (aka cleared the memory) since GTA IV has huge memory leaks. So the real way to check the difference: reboot with old driver -> benchmark, install new driver -> benchmark

[catzilla]

And that's the way i did it.

[MonkeyMhz]

Is this 180.84 or a new 180.84 cuz I just installed the 180.84 a day ago is this new? or the same thing?

[steve30x]

Ive tried all the 180.84 betas and they all have the same date as well as no difference in the game. Also AA cannot be forced on no matter what BETA version you use. Another thing is I checked all the betas (including both linked to here) and they all are marked as 12/02/2008 in their inf. So they are all the same beta.

[Runkaballe]

Why is Nvidia releasing tons of new drivers just for GTA IV and ATi is just sitting on their lazy arse!??..

[techbeam]

For you people that get 3-8 fps more, it's probably because you rebooted after you installed the driver (aka cleared the memory) since GTA IV has huge memory leaks. So the real way to check the difference: reboot with old driver -> benchmark, install new driver -> benchmark

that's exactly what i did.

unfortunately, nothing's changed with this new 3d beta driver.

[steve30x]

ATI has gotten lazy since they were taken over by AMD. AMD ruined ATI. I had an ATI 4870 for 3 weeks but it wasnt good at all so I bought an XFX GTX280 which blew away the 4870 big time.

[D3lta]

Huge improvement with these drivers. The game rarely goes under 30 frames now. Can't wait till WHQL get released.

 

[weedking]

I didn't run the benchmark but the gameplay was so much smoother than with the Beta 2 driver. I was getting stuttering with all the previous drivers even after reboots but these ones are a major improvement.

[catzilla]

108.48 = 42 fps.

108.84 Beta1 = 18 fps.

108.84 Beta2 = 18 fps.

108.84 Beta3 = 45 fps.

Yes. I like beta3.

[Lurf]

These drivers were very bad for me. My windows locked up like 10 secs after getting to the desktop. I'd wait for WHQL release. Even more so because I don't believe performance in this game can really be boosted (in any way), except perhaps if you have some obvious huge issue (Quadcore pc running below 20 fps). Other than that you will need new hardware to see a performance increase.

[Slidey_MightmenT]

Hmm. They didn't work for me.

All settings maxed for benchmarking purposes:

 

Beta 2:

Statistics

Average FPS: 44.27

Duration: 37.49 sec

CPU Usage: 71%

System memory usage: 91%

Video memory usage: 100%

 

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: High

Render Quality: Highest

View Distance: 100

Detail Distance: 100

 

Hardware

Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium

Service Pack 1

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Video Driver version: 180.84

Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)

Intel® Core2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz (@3.66)

 

Beta 3:

Statistics

Average FPS: 38.30

Duration: 37.15 sec

CPU Usage: 75%

System memory usage: 91%

Video memory usage: 100%

 

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: High

Render Quality: Highest

View Distance: 100

Detail Distance: 100

 

Hardware

Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium

Service Pack 1

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Video Driver version: 180.84

Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)

Intel® Core2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz (@3.66)

 

big FPS drop and tearing was really noticeable on the Beta 3 ones.

[jinnyjin]

this didnt work for me either ______________-