Anyone using the 163.xx drivers?

[Tontoman]

Had loaded them up to play Bioshock and fired up RO today after about two weeks away.

Got hit with steam updated which even after restarting steam wouldn't let me launch RO (no error just never launched).

Rebooted whole system (when in doubt...) and RO now launches. But the Nvidia 8800 vid card stutter is now a horror instead of just a mild problem in some maps in some buildings. Basically unplayable.

Anyway, just to confirm is anyone else using the 163.xx nvidia drivers? I'm guessing that and not the steam update is the issue.

Thanks
T.

 

[youngblood222]

Just updated to the 163.71. Danzig (the worst offender for me) does not appear any worse (world detail on low) than the 162's I had been running. 163.69? was horrible for stuttering. Don't have the heart to move up the world detail and see how bad it gets. Based on Nvidias forum thread on the UT engine/8xxx series issues, I wouldn't expect these drivers to help. "The way its meant to be played.....stuttttteeeerrring".

 

[sop_Ie]

Currently using 163.67 I dont get any stutters(not visable to me anyway) that so many people seem to get/report,am using a 8800gtx.

 

[EvilHobo]

The 8800 issue has been rather brutal for me. The stuttering turns in to my game going at 1fps for 1-2 seconds at a zone transition, and the weapon model disappears (leaving just the hands). Really sucks, I could barely play my map today because of it

 

[Heniu]

On Vista the problem has already been solved- no stutters since one of new driver releases.

On XP it still exists, but setting world detail to Low makes it hardly noticealbe, even on danzig.

I'm currently using 163.71 whql drivers.

 

[Corvus.Corax]

Well I have a different story here. I got rid of the stuttering, when I upgraded to the 163.69 betas and the 163.71 are as good. Before that playing Danzig was impossible unless i had the details as low as they go.

I don't know if it's related to the gfx precaching (which i have set to True), but when I turned that off, it seemed to cause some really bad hitching. I tried it only on Arad, but it was so annoying that I rather take the (slightly) longer loading times. Might be a long shot, but maybe worth trying.