{"id":21795,"date":"2010-11-07T06:33:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T06:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=21795"},"modified":"2010-11-08T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T10:54:46","slug":"nvidia-260-99-driver-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/nvidia-260-99-driver-test\/","title":{"rendered":"nVidia 260.99 Driver Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--pagetitle:Introduction--><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Introduction<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This article will test the performance of nVidia\u2019s driver <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">260.99<\/span> against <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">258.96<\/span> using a <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">GTX480<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the current driver issues that I have detected:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cuse my display\u2019s built-in scaling\u201d option is grayed out on my LP3065. Previous 19x.xx drivers displayed this option just fine.<\/li>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<li><em>Quake 3<\/em>, <em>Jedi Knight 2<\/em> and <em>Call of Duty United Offensive<\/em> are very dark. The console has the error message \u201cSetDeviceGammaRamp failed\u201d.<\/li>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<li><em>Descent 3<\/em> under Direct3D mode has massive artifacting in the menu and briefing screens, and also around the crosshairs when in-game.<\/li>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<li><em>Undying<\/em> hangs with a black screen at startup when any 32 bit color mode is attempted. 16 bit color modes initialize fine.<\/li>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<li>The <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">enhance<\/span> feature is not working in DX10\/DX11, and in certain DX9 titles like <em>Serious Sam HD<\/em>.<\/li>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<li>Poor performance in several titles relative to the GTX285, such as <em>Unreal Tournament 2004<\/em>, <em>Call of Duty 4<\/em>, <em>Quake Dark Places<\/em> and <em>Quake 2 Berserker<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:Setup--><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hardware<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Core i7 870 (3.2 GHz, turbo on, HT off).<\/li>\n<li>4 GB DDR3-1333 RAM (2\u00d72 GB, dual-channel).<\/li>\n<li>Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 (Intel P55 chipset, F6 BIOS).<\/li>\n<li>nVidia GeForce GTX480 (1.5 GB, reference clocks).<\/li>\n<li>Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic.<\/li>\n<li>30\u201d HP LP3065.<\/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 7 (64 bit).<\/li>\n<li>nVidia driver 258.96 &amp; 260.99, high quality filtering, all optimizations off, LOD clamp enabled.<\/li>\n<li>DirectX June 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 align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:1920x1200--><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1920&#215;1200<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-1920.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21800\" title=\"Text 1920\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-1920.png?resize=258%2C256\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-1920.png?resize=258%2C256 258w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-1920-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21797\" title=\"Graph 1920\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Graph-1920.png?resize=450%2C420\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Graph-1920.png?resize=450%2C420 450w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Graph-1920-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here <em>Call of Duty 5<\/em> runs a little faster on the new driver, but <em>Crysis<\/em> is a little slower.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:2560x1600 (TrMS)--><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2560&#215;1600 (Transparency Multi-Sampling)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21801\" title=\"Text 2560ms\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-2560ms.png?resize=264%2C256\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21798\" title=\"Graph 2560ms\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Graph-2560ms.png?resize=451%2C411\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Graph-2560ms.png?resize=451%2C411 451w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Graph-2560ms-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here <em>Far Cry 2<\/em> sees a slight performance drop compared to the old driver.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><!--pagetitle:2560x1600 (TrSS)--><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2560&#215;1600 (Transparency Super-Sampling)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21802\" title=\"Text 2560ss\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-2560ss.png?resize=265%2C324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-2560ss.png?resize=265%2C324 265w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Text-2560ss-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21799\" title=\"Graph 2560ss\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Graph-2560ss.png?w=720\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On this page, <em>Stalker Call of Pripyat<\/em> sees a large performance gain, and <em>Fear 2<\/em> also sees a small performance gain.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script 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