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post #1 of 98
1/1/09 at 6:02am
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XFastest are the first to release the new GeForce 185.20 drivers, including a new version of Folding@home for NVIDIA GPUs.

http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.p...extra=page%3D1

Links are now up:


Folding@home_GPU_v620nv


ForceWare 185.20 XP (32-bit)


ForceWare 185.20 XP (64-bit )


ForceWare 185.20 Vista (32-bit )

^ These drivers are confirmed working for Windows 7 Ultimate build 7000 as well.


ForceWare 185.20 Vista (64-bit )



Interestingly enough, these new drivers contain a new Ambient Occlusion setting in the Nvidia Control Panel:









Don't forget to read the description of Ambient Occlusion at the bottom ^.

The effect of this new feature is particularly emphasized in titles such as Crysis:

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
GeForce 185.20
Nvidia PhysX 8.11.18
Crysis: WARHEAD
DirectX 10

2048 x 1152 (16:9)

Core i7 965 Extreme @ 3.74GHz
GeForce GTX 280 @ 685/2240

AO OFF (19fps)



AO LOW (17.8fps)



AO MEDIUM (16.6fps)



AO HIGH (13.1fps)





3DMark Vantage results:

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1



Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit build 7000






Hardware-Infos.com has its own review up of the drivers now. Please check it out:

http://www.hardware-infos.com/tests.php?test=52


Edited by AuDioFreaK39 - 1/1/09 at 11:51pm
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1/1/09 at 6:08am
What does ambient occlusion do?
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1/1/09 at 6:08am
Alas, another quiet driver "leak" but at least we know nVidia are actually doing their job.
I'll give em a go now.
Good find +REP.

Edit: 122mb?! What in the name of all that is/was/might be holy have bundled in there?!
I miss the days where drivers were only a few meg.

Ambient Occlusion : Wikipedia

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Ambient occlusion is a shading method used in 3D computer graphics which helps add realism to local reflection models by taking into account attenuation of light due to occlusion. Ambient Occlusion attempts to approximate the way light radiates in real life, especially off of what is normally considered non-reflective surfaces. For example, in the way light through a small crack in the curtain in an otherwise darkened hotel room can slightly illuminate the entire room, and not just the path of light passing through the crack itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_occlusion
Edited by msremmert - 1/1/09 at 6:13am
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1/1/09 at 6:11am
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What does ambient occlusion do?
It says in the screenshot.
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1/1/09 at 6:12am
So, High Ambient Occlusion = Low Ambient Lighting?
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1/1/09 at 6:14am
the f@h app is datestamped 27.08/2008 (in the rar file) so I'm not sure it's the latest version. Good find with the driver, though
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1/1/09 at 6:15am
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So, High Ambient Occlusion = Low Ambient Lighting?
I dont know if you can say that but:

From wiki
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Ambient occlusion is a shading method used in 3D computer graphics which helps add realism to local reflection models by taking into account attenuation of light due to occlusion. Ambient Occlusion attempts to approximate the way light radiates in real life, especially off of what is normally considered non-reflective surfaces. For example, in the way light through a small crack in the curtain in an otherwise darkened hotel room can slightly illuminate the entire room, and not just the path of light passing through the crack itself.
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1/1/09 at 6:18am
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You forgot to set it to Trilinear mipmaps.
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You forgot to set it to Trilinear mipmaps.
Thanks for the tip.
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