Message boards : Graphics cards (GPUs) : new driver: 178.24 WHQL
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications     | |
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They're out. Did anyone test them yet? It's somewhat unfortunate timing, as a driver switch will now coincide with the new 6.48 client, so observing performance changes will be difficult. | |
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STE\/E Send message Joined: 18 Sep 08 Posts: 368 Credit: 3,466,808,021 RAC: 53,491,189 Level  Scientific publications   | |
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I've installed them on 2 Cards so far, they work is about all I can really say ... | |
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I've installed them on 2 Cards so far, they work is about all I can really say ... dito :-) | |
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 K1atOdessaSend message Joined: 25 Feb 08 Posts: 249 Credit: 397,690,624 RAC: 1,699,142 Level  Scientific publications | |
I've installed them on 2 Cards so far, they work is about all I can really say ... Same for me. Running two 8800GT's. I've only been running for about 1.5 days with the new drivers, but the few 6.45 WU's I've processed have times that seem comparable to the 178.13 drivers. That being said, I was unaware that the 6.48 app was coming out only a day later, so I'll let someone else test them separately who hasn't already installed 178.24. | |
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Switched back to the prev. driver. | |
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On windows xp with a GTX260 | |
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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Which versions are you comparing? 178.24 and 177.? Anyway, the message seems to be that there is no difference with your setup, which is good to know. | |
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Thamir Ghaslan Send message Joined: 26 Aug 08 Posts: 55 Credit: 1,475,857 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
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New drivers works fine, I'm getting 27 to 29 MS on my first units, will take time to average it out. | |
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
Do New Drivers Really Boost Performance? Of course they do.. sometimes for certain hardware/software combinations. And sometimes it's a half step backwards. My personal experience is it has more to do with stability than performance! Yes, fixing things is the reason why we get so frequent driver updates. Regarding performance.. there's just so much you can do once you invented the wheel. You can tweak it a bit, but you can't make it more round ;) With GPU-Grid it's a bit different: we lost ~20% performance due to the move to CUDA 2.0 compilers. The team says it's driver-related and NV is looking into it. I'm not sure if they'd publicly state if they eventually fix it, as that would mean publicly admitting the problem existed in the first place. That's the main reason why I'm curious about performance changes with every new driver release. MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002 | |
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[SETI.USA]Tank_Master Send message Joined: 8 Jul 07 Posts: 85 Credit: 67,463,387 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications  | |
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There are also new Beta drivers (at least when I selected vista x64 for my geforce 8800 gts 512) | |
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178.24 no problems, no changes in comp. time. | |
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MJH Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 696 Credit: 27,266,655 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications | |
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Hi, | |
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TomaszPawel Send message Joined: 18 Aug 08 Posts: 121 Credit: 59,836,411 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
They're out. Did anyone test them yet? It's somewhat unfortunate timing, as a driver switch will now coincide with the new 6.48 client, so observing performance changes will be difficult. Hi I change my 8800GTS512 to GTX260 it is very nice card :) so on 178.24 i have 28230 seconds per WU. CPU Q6600@2968Mhz, also runing Roseetta@4cores + 1 gpugrid (5 tasks together)... | |
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[SETI.USA]Tank_Master Send message Joined: 8 Jul 07 Posts: 85 Credit: 67,463,387 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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what are you going to do the the 8800? | |
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TomaszPawel Send message Joined: 18 Aug 08 Posts: 121 Credit: 59,836,411 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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I sell it on allegro.pl :) | |
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Rabinovitch  Send message Joined: 25 Aug 08 Posts: 143 Credit: 64,937,578 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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Sow how about present moment? Should we use new drivers or not? What can you say based on your experience in this new drivers? Or any other fresh drivers? | |
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications | |
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Looks like the 178.24 is not any different for GPU-Grid than the previous ones, so feel free to use it or not. | |
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