NVidia Driver 185.18.29 x86_64 vs. Previous Versions
Tuesday, 28. July 2009, 20:28:15
Here we go again with NVidia driver test on Unigine. Unfortunately there is no 64 bit version for Unigine, so I've run the 32 bit version on my 64 bit driver. Here are the results and setups...
Testing setup of Unigine:
Blue charts are Sanctuary, red charts are Tropics.
First 2 charts are Unigine Score the last 2 are FPS.
Personal Conclusion:
- nice speed and score rise in Tropics Demo, I wasn't expecting such a huge increase on my GeForce 8600GT.
- but, because there is always a "but", the Sanctuary Demo performed slightly slower with an average FPS drop from 37 to 32 FPS.
- as a final thought, this driver seems like doing better job with complex graphics and still keep a good pace with general, not so intensive, graphics.
Testing setup of Unigine:
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Sanctuary demo benchmark edition v2.1 Settings Render:opengl Mode:640x480 windowed Shaders:high Textures:high Filter:trilinear Anisotropy:16x Translucence:enabled Parallax:enabled Reflection:enabled DOF:disabled HDR:disabled |
Tropics Demo v1.1 Settings Render:opengl Mode:640x480 windowed Shaders:high Textures:high Filter:trilinear Anisotropy:4x Occlusion:disabled Reflection:enabled Refraction:enabled Volumetric:enabled |
Blue charts are Sanctuary, red charts are Tropics.
First 2 charts are Unigine Score the last 2 are FPS.
Personal Conclusion:
- nice speed and score rise in Tropics Demo, I wasn't expecting such a huge increase on my GeForce 8600GT.
- but, because there is always a "but", the Sanctuary Demo performed slightly slower with an average FPS drop from 37 to 32 FPS.
- as a final thought, this driver seems like doing better job with complex graphics and still keep a good pace with general, not so intensive, graphics.
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