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skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20211 - Posted: 21 Jan 2011, 9:01:25 UTC Post any observations about the latest drivers here. ---------------------------------------------------- Tested Driver Version: 266.58 WHQL Release Date: 2011.01.18 Operating System: XP Pro x86 SP3 GPU: GTX470 I saw no change in performance from the previous 260.99 drivers running several tasks. One to watch out for is a GPU frequency drop. Disabling the screen saver and selecting power options might help. ID: 20211 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20613 - Posted: 4 Mar 2011, 18:28:32 UTC - in response to Message 20211. 267.24 BETA has been released for Windows operating systems. I will try it over the weekend. ID: 20613 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

MarkJ Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Dec 08 Posts: 738 Credit: 200,909,904 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20616 - Posted: 5 Mar 2011, 7:29:59 UTC Last modified: 5 Mar 2011, 7:31:36 UTC I found that the nvidia control panel wouldn't come up on my machine with a GTX295 when using 266.58. No error message. It just refused to work. It worked on other Win 7 x64 machines with different cards, just not the one with a GTX295. Ended up back with 260.99 Driver: 266.58 WHQL OS: Win 7 x64 GPU: GTX295 BOINC blog ID: 20616 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Kirby54925 Send message Joined: 21 Jan 11 Posts: 31 Credit: 70,061,988 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20618 - Posted: 5 Mar 2011, 9:18:47 UTC Currently using the latest beta driver, 270.26, for Linux x64. No performance changes from the previous driver release, although running nvidia-smi -q won't show the GPU utilization percentage. It only shows the temperature and the fan speed. ID: 20618 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20620 - Posted: 5 Mar 2011, 9:48:10 UTC - in response to Message 20616. New in Release 267.24 * Adds 3D Vision support for Bulletstorm. * Adds SLI support for Homefront. * Improves compatibility with Dragon Age II. * Fixes an issue where the NVIDIA control panel may not be accessible via the Windows desktop. Other * Installs HD Audio driver version 1.1.13.1 * Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514 * Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here. New in Release 267.31 * This driver is identical to v267.24 except for a single bug fix for using GeForce GTX 580 with multiple monitors. Other * Installs HD Audio driver version 1.1.13.1 * Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514 * Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here. ID: 20620 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

MarkJ Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 Dec 08 Posts: 738 Credit: 200,909,904 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20622 - Posted: 6 Mar 2011, 6:49:34 UTC I tried 267.24 and while it installed fine it seems GPUgrid doesn't want to give it any work. The server status page shows work available. I might try another project and see if it can pickup work. By the way it does fix the nvidia control panel problem. Cheers, MarkJ 6/03/2011 5:39:26 PM \| GPUGRID \| [sched_op] Starting scheduler request 6/03/2011 5:39:26 PM \| GPUGRID \| [work_fetch] request: 0.00 sec CPU (0.00 sec, 0.00) NVIDIA GPU (129600.00 sec, 2.00) 6/03/2011 5:39:26 PM \| GPUGRID \| Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 6/03/2011 5:39:26 PM \| GPUGRID \| Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU 6/03/2011 5:39:26 PM \| GPUGRID \| [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 CPUs 6/03/2011 5:39:26 PM \| GPUGRID \| [sched_op] NVIDIA GPU work request: 129600.00 seconds; 2.00 GPUs 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| [sched_op] Server version 611 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| No work sent 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| No work is available for ACEMD2: GPU molecular dynamics 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| No work is available for ACEMD beta version 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| ACEMD beta version is not available for your type of computer. 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| Project requested delay of 31 seconds 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| [work_fetch] backing off NVIDIA GPU 2842 sec 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| [sched_op] Deferring communication for 31 sec 6/03/2011 5:39:30 PM \| GPUGRID \| [sched_op] Reason: requested by project BOINC blog ID: 20622 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Snow Crash Send message Joined: 4 Apr 09 Posts: 450 Credit: 539,316,349 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20623 - Posted: 6 Mar 2011, 12:20:34 UTC - in response to Message 20622. I have been using this driver since yesterday without any problems on WinXP x32 - GTX 480 for 24 hours. I'll be trying on Win7 x64 - GTX 295 later today. Thanks - Steve ID: 20623 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

skgiven Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Apr 09 Posts: 3968 Credit: 1,995,359,260 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20630 - Posted: 7 Mar 2011, 9:44:29 UTC - in response to Message 20623. Same here, no problems on XP x86 with two GTX470's. ID: 20630 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

alephnull Send message Joined: 8 Jul 09 Posts: 13 Credit: 306,850,267 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 20699 - Posted: 18 Mar 2011, 14:14:29 UTC - in response to Message 20616. I found that the nvidia control panel wouldn't come up on my machine with a GTX295 when using 266.58. No error message. It just refused to work. It worked on other Win 7 x64 machines with different cards, just not the one with a GTX295. Ended up back with 260.99 Driver: 266.58 WHQL OS: Win 7 x64 GPU: GTX295 i had that exact same problem when one of my machines had the gtx275 cards installed. recently they were changed to gtx570s and 266.58 drivers and the nvidia control panel now works. i was using the older drivers on that machine too when the 275s were installed. that machine was also running win 7 x64 so maybe its and issue with the 200 series cards on that os? in my other system thats still running the 275s, the nvidia control panel works with the 266.58 drivers using xp 32 bit. ID: 20699 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote