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anyone tried 21.85's and F1 2001 yet?

Jeff

anyone tried 21.85's and F1 2001 yet?

by Jeff » Fri, 12 Oct 2001 23:04:42

I see that the 21.85 dets are out and have this note:

"New beta drivers version 21.85 have been released and these are the drivers
you have been wating for. They have cured a multitude of *** bugs in my
system and have _really_ speed things up."

Has anyone tried them with F1 2001 yet to see if they fix the problems
present with the 21.81's?  I would, but I won't be home for another 8 hours
:-(

Mike Blackmor

anyone tried 21.85's and F1 2001 yet?

by Mike Blackmor » Fri, 12 Oct 2001 23:36:45

Yes I have and I'm back to the 12.41's I run those wth Fraps and get
the best performance on my GF2 GTS

On my Athlon 1.4 with 256mb I can run at 1280 x 960 in a race, after
the start I get 40fps + with everything maxed except image quality
which is at high not full, It looks brilliant.

I've tried

6.5
7.52
7.58
12.41
12.90
21.8
21.85

Regards Mike


>I see that the 21.85 dets are out and have this note:

>"New beta drivers version 21.85 have been released and these are the drivers
>you have been wating for. They have cured a multitude of *** bugs in my
>system and have _really_ speed things up."

>Has anyone tried them with F1 2001 yet to see if they fix the problems
>present with the 21.81's?  I would, but I won't be home for another 8 hours
>:-(

Jeff

anyone tried 21.85's and F1 2001 yet?

by Jeff » Sat, 13 Oct 2001 00:05:37

thanks Mike, I'll stick with my 12.90's as well then.

Maybe I'll try the 12.41's too, I've got a very similar setup to yours.


> Yes I have and I'm back to the 12.41's I run those wth Fraps and get
> the best performance on my GF2 GTS

> On my Athlon 1.4 with 256mb I can run at 1280 x 960 in a race, after
> the start I get 40fps + with everything maxed except image quality
> which is at high not full, It looks brilliant.

> I've tried

> 6.5
> 7.52
> 7.58
> 12.41
> 12.90
> 21.8
> 21.85

> Regards Mike


> >I see that the 21.85 dets are out and have this note:

> >"New beta drivers version 21.85 have been released and these are the
drivers
> >you have been wating for. They have cured a multitude of *** bugs in my
> >system and have _really_ speed things up."

> >Has anyone tried them with F1 2001 yet to see if they fix the problems
> >present with the 21.81's?  I would, but I won't be home for another 8
hours
> >:-(

Iain Mackenzi

anyone tried 21.85's and F1 2001 yet?

by Iain Mackenzi » Sat, 13 Oct 2001 00:48:09

Yep, the 21.85s were certainly better than the 21.81s, but still for F1 2001
the 12.90s are best for me.
Iain


> thanks Mike, I'll stick with my 12.90's as well then.

> Maybe I'll try the 12.41's too, I've got a very similar setup to yours.



> > Yes I have and I'm back to the 12.41's I run those wth Fraps and get
> > the best performance on my GF2 GTS

> > On my Athlon 1.4 with 256mb I can run at 1280 x 960 in a race, after
> > the start I get 40fps + with everything maxed except image quality
> > which is at high not full, It looks brilliant.

> > I've tried

> > 6.5
> > 7.52
> > 7.58
> > 12.41
> > 12.90
> > 21.8
> > 21.85

> > Regards Mike


> > >I see that the 21.85 dets are out and have this note:

> > >"New beta drivers version 21.85 have been released and these are the
> drivers
> > >you have been wating for. They have cured a multitude of *** bugs in
my
> > >system and have _really_ speed things up."

> > >Has anyone tried them with F1 2001 yet to see if they fix the problems
> > >present with the 21.81's?  I would, but I won't be home for another 8
> hours
> > >:-(

Tom Pabs

anyone tried 21.85's and F1 2001 yet?

by Tom Pabs » Sat, 13 Oct 2001 03:09:47

Despite the "advertising to the contrary" I would suspect you can just about
bet that the 21.xx(anything) drivers are optimized for the GF3 cards and
performance gains or claims will be relative to those cards and not the GF2
and below (especially, the lower-end GF2 cards like the MX or the GTS,
etc.).  On a GF2 ULTRA, the 12.41's ran the best for me too.  But, that card
is in the back corner of a dark drawer now.....several months back!

Tom

PS:  DX 8.1 is now essential if you are running a GF3 and the new drivers.



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