http://www.evga.com/forums/(c) EVGA Forums30Nvida also has said that this Driver does not affect ALL Nvidia cards only select ones .and if your running water your mobo should be fried too then (unless separate loops ) this is a bit confusing and leads to speculation ..whats the truth herehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241649Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:38:12 GMTWell finally a driver that works with my GTX 285, been stuck on 190.62 for far to long. The beta 197.13 seem to be working great so far, been gaming all day on BC2 and not a glitch yet, working great on my end.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241639Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:28:18 GMTDownloading now. lets hope nothing dies...http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241634Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:23:11 GMTSometimes,not all the time,3D clocks get stuck in precision when shutting down BattlefieldBC2.It happened with 196.75 driver also and thier the only two drivers that did it.I have to shut off 3d auto profile manually in precision everytime.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241623Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:12:55 GMTI understand that it will drop to idle when I tab out, but I run dual monitors and keep precision on my 2nd monitor while I'm playing. And thanks, I'll try it out.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241621Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:12:39 GMTcan u run tri without a 3 way bridge?http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241614Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:07:42 GMTperhaps you have a bad sli cable. Did you try without it?http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241590Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:44:03 GMTFor added information, I'm experiencing the same troubles. I am waiting for my second RMA. I conducted extensive tests to narrow down the issue. I can reproduce the issue using a single gtx280 ...with three different power supplies.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241546Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:18:49 GMTSounds like artifacting btw if you tab out to look at precision your clocks will drop to idle. My card runs quite nice at 756mhz core at 771 i was getting white blocks on OCCT stress tests so my suggestion try 756 core and 1140 memory hopehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241537Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:13:47 GMTSweet. My 5870 comes today. I am going to benchmark my new 5870 vs my 2 GT280s in SLI. This should be a fun night ;)http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241485Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:37:52 GMTHey, I'll stay with 186.18 for at least a week, the last drivers were a wasted effort to install/un-install. Based on NVIDIAs track record, I'm sure 3+ days from now, more complaints will start rolling in. Don't ghttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241440Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:14:34 GMTIm not defending anyone im making a statement about flashing bios on GPU's or for anything,You always make a backup of the original Bios its actually common sense and the proper method to prevent long term problems like these and failed flashing of the bhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241411Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:24 GMTthx downloadinghttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241408Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:58:46 GMTI didn't read if you did this already but just reading your posts it sounds like you haven't. I would pull the other two cards out of your computer ASAP. It isn't safe for the motherboard or any other device on the board itself to have a faulty device sthttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241405Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:57:12 GMT It doesn't install on my Windows 7 64x even though there is a selection of this driver on their website. Can you explain "doesn't install" better? Is there some kind of error message? Have you removed the prevhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241397Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:52:49 GMTI have had this card for about half a year now and have not had any problems with it up until recently. For the past two months, I have been able to run Modern Warfare 2 with no problems on max settings at 80 FPS and it'll run fine for hours. Nowhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241389Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:48:47 GMT Isn't that just nice? I bet all of you who bricked your cards with that BIOS had 1155 models. gj, EVGA. Even tho flashing can be dangerous the first and biggest rule of all is MAKE A BACKUP before you fhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241388Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:48:05 GMTIt doesn't install on my Windows 7 64x even though there is a selection of this driver on their website.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241382Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:45:25 GMT Saw this posted in the NVIDIA Software section as well. Just FYI, new driver release notices should be posted there as the drivers aren't 200 Series specific. I have know idea what i wahttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241357Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:31:53 GMTWell only my BFG 280GTX is toast. It was the one i bought on the day of their release. Oh well I got almost 2 years out of it. The whole issue is that my pc is liquid cooled and the drivers did something to the bfg that fried it.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241354Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:29:49 GMTI think NVIDIA reacted quickly to get another driver out.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241345Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:24:15 GMT drivers for 300 series cards?! who has these? 300 series is now for the rehashed models (probably DX10.1) not the new top of line models to replace the 200 series. http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241329Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:10 GMTI just got this game yesterday Metro 2033, and let me tell you, the graphics are just amazing!! I haven't seen graphic quality this good since Crysis! It can be played with Direct X 9, 10, and 11 also. It uses all four cores of my i7 and onehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241320Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:11:59 GMTSaw this posted in the NVIDIA Software section as well. Just FYI, new driver release notices should be posted there as the drivers aren't 200 Series specific.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241303Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:04:39 GMTWork great for me..BF2 and MW2http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241284Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:58:02 GMT I thought you can download a game bought from Steam anything you want so what's the need to back it up? Just backup you gamesaves. Because I'm limited to 30gb a month by my ISP, but that's beside the point, thehttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241276Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:54:14 GMTSweet more crappy drivers from Nvidia. I'm tired of testing drivers and only having to rollback because the new ones suck. I have come to the conclusion that nvidia puts out these crappy drivers to make peoples experience horrible with the chttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241221Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:22:19 GMTIf your running just 1 card I would suggest running the problematic games on a lower settinghttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241204Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:12:49 GMTFirst off Auto Fan will only speed up when the card hits or approaches it's temp limit. That's why programs like EVGA Precision are around so ppl can setup profiles for certain things like games. I thought you can download a game bought from Steamhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241201Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:11:14 GMT out of curiosity Russian. What was the card doing when starting your PC. im wondering if i didnt have the same issue with my (x2) GTX 260 superclocked 215 *( 55nm )* At first, nothing. But then... one ofhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241194Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:07:43 GMTI bought this card around a year ago and am having issues with it ever since. One thing that bothers me is the Auto Fan setting being rubbish. I've heard a lot of news recently about the bad nvidia drivers 196.75 breaking auto fan speed, but I cannhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241191Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:06:19 GMTshould set the Bios to your hardwares factory specshttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241188Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:51 GMTahhhhhhh.........another driver!http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241173Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:52:26 GMTSince this is already a flame war, First off it is in the wrong section but oh well get over it and quit crying. Secondly I have 3 5870's and I will not be buying a fermi because of the price difference compared to the extra performance it'll give me. Mohttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241146Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:34:20 GMT These are confimed as working as well as the 196.75 for BFBC2 on my system. Thank God! Temps are 6c lower during stress testing (79c vs 85c) with fan at 100% Framerates are even alittle better 1http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241136Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:28:50 GMTI have a single GPU EVGA Geforce 285 GTX Vanilla. Will it benefit me at all to buy a EVGA 9800 GT and set it to be a dedicated PhysX card? Should I consider a different PhysX card? Sorry for all the questions I just don't want to shell out money that wilhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241099Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:03:12 GMThttp://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=204785&high=275+coop+slihttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241090Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:53:09 GMTok after i use driver sweeper and follow the same instructions after i reboot i get a cmd prompt window that says "c:nvidia...something something something then i get a y/n option i always push yes because i dont know what this is for do you or does anyhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241084Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:49:52 GMTJiinx what your saying makes alot of sense...Ive tried tons of different drivers all the way back to 186, switched out almost all of my components. BTW: Im on Win 7 64 Im gonna try disabling aero and see if that works consistently for getting mhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241076Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:46:10 GMTThese are confimed as working as well as the 196.75 for BFBC2 on my system. Thank God! Temps are 6c lower during stress testing (79c vs 85c) with fan at 100% Framerates are even alittle better 10-15fps in BFBC Ofhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241068Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:40:51 GMT drivers for 300 series cards?! who has these? 300 series is now for the rehashed models (probably DX10.1) not the new top of line models to replace the 200 series.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241066Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:39:43 GMTok ill say it again it wont run in a tri sli config oced or at stock speeds it wont run at all in tri sli it crashes the whole computer to a hard restart...im not stupid i know i paid for vanilla's but i at least expect it to run at vanilla speeds in trihttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241064Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:38:48 GMTI'm not being funny or lazy but I did not post it as I do not have it to hand and would need to try use the sites search for it. Edit : http://forhttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241052Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:28:48 GMTHi helmutcheese, I'd like to read more about GPU lane capacity, could you please post a link to the article you're referring to? Thanks!http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241043Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:18:01 GMTIf your asking (unsure by wording), AFAIK MW2 does not have PhysX. I am unsure if it has any Physics but it does not use the GPU for them.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241040Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:15:43 GMTI cannot get silent hunter 5 to run sli on my GTX295. Does anyone know how to get it running? Thanks.http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241035Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:10:34 GMTI had 2 8800GT's in sli, bought a GTX280 SSC and used one of my 8800GT for Phys-x works greathttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241014Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:58:19 GMToh, so the 400's are out next week. I can't keep uphttp://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241007Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:53:50 GMTNo GTX480 support when they are due out next week? Very strange!http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241001Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:51:13 GMTdrivers for 300 series cards?! who has these?http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=241000Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:50:07 GMT