{"id":15598,"date":"2010-02-19T13:23:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=15598"},"modified":"2010-05-02T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T20:52:39","slug":"nvidia-196-21-driver-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/nvidia-196-21-driver-test\/","title":{"rendered":"nVidia 196.21 Driver Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--pagetitle:Introduction &#038; Setup--><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019ll be testing nVidia\u2019s latest official driver (<span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">196.21<\/span>), and I\u2019ll compare it to my previously installed driver (<span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">195.62<\/span>). The games used will be run at the settings I usually play them at. TrAA will be used where possible with <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">SS<\/span> denoting super-sampling and <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">MS<\/span> denoting multi-sampling.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the text charts are color coded and <span style=\"color: #ffff99;\">yellow<\/span> means 195.62 is faster, while <span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\">red<\/span> means 196.21 is faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hardware<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>nVidia GeForce GTX285 (1 GB, reference clocks).<\/li>\n<li>Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (reference 3 GHz clock).<\/li>\n<li>4 GB DDR2-800 RAM (4\u00d71 GB, dual-channel).<\/li>\n<li>Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R (Intel G33 chipset, F7 BIOS).<\/li>\n<li>Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic.<\/li>\n<li>30\u201d HP LP3065 (maximum resolution 2560&#215;1600).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Software<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows XP 32 bit SP3<\/li>\n<li>nVidia driver 196.21 and 195.62, high quality filtering, all optimizations off, LOD clamp enabled.<\/li>\n<li>DirectX February 2010.<\/li>\n<li>All games patched to their latest versions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Settings<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16xAF forced in the driver, vsync forced off in the driver.<\/li>\n<li>AA forced either through the driver or enabled in-game, whichever works better.<\/li>\n<li>Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.<\/li>\n<li>All results show an average framerate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Benchmarks &#038; Conclusion--><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Benchmarks<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15606\" title=\"Text\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/text.png?resize=302%2C324\" alt=\"Text\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/text.png?resize=302%2C324 302w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/text-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/graph.PNG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18048\" title=\"Graph\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/graph.PNG?resize=545%2C504\" alt=\"Graph\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/graph.PNG?resize=545%2C504 545w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/graph-300x277.PNG 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>196.21 is slightly slower in <em>Call of Juarez 2<\/em>, <em>Crysis Warhead<\/em>, and <em>Fear 2<\/em>. 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