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Nvidia 180 driver speeds up GTX 260, Makes it fast

Post Date: 2008-11-19
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    Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 5:46am
Nvidia 180 driver speeds up GTX 260

Makes it faster than 4870


The upcoming 180 driver release from Nvidia allows the Geforce GTX 260 with 216 Shaders to overake the Radeon HD 4870 in top titles like Call of Duty 5, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Left for Dead and Dead Space. Nvidia's new driver is set to launch this week and it will also bring some more functionality.

The first benchmarks will be revealed today, while the driver will hit the market shortly after. This is Nvidia's three month plus effort to fight against the sucessfull Radeon HD 4870 from AMD and with a new driver things will start to look good for Nvidia.

This driver will be the right time for Nvidia to relaunch the Geforce GTX 260 with 216 Shaders and try to fight AMD for the performance crown. We should have a few numbers for you shortly, so stay tuned.



Edited by DST4ME - 19 Nov 2008 at 5:46am

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Well... Im glad Im getting that card...
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Everything I've been able to dig up since the drivers were released a few hours ago, shows a slight increase across the board, but nothing major.
 
Seriously, with the exception of SLI/Crossfire and Dual card configs, you never see major jumps in FPS through drivers.
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Im goin with 2 GTX 260s. How were the increases with SLI?
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Well lets hear from people who have it, thats what counts, couple of hours is not enough to come to any conclusions

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OH Oh that will be me in a month!
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