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09-16-2008, 10:32 AM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 6,354
|  NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
Sounds interesting but I wonder how good it can really be? Only way is to wait and see I guess. NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II? Quote: NVIDIA will launch a new version of its ForceWare graphics drivers in September, and its unusual name is causing some ripples. GPUCafe claims to have information on what the new update will include, and if they're right, it will be quite an update indeed.
The new release, properly called ForceWare release 180, is being referred to in NVIDIA documentation as "Big Bang 2." This name evokes an earlier driver launch, Big Bang, which first allowed multi-GPU support on the GeForce 6000 series. The name implies that this driver release will be similarly huge, and the declared feature list is pretty compelling. GPUCafe says ForceWare release 180 will bring the following features:
* Multimonitor support for SLI
* Display Port support
* OpenGL 3.0
* Hardware video transcoding
* GPU PhysX support
* Performance optimizations |
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09-16-2008, 10:40 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,009
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
I thought this passed alrdy, Isn't this when they enabled PhysX and other goodies on the G80 and above?
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09-16-2008, 11:21 AM
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cod4 pro :D Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Manchester, england Posts: 647
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
Nope that was the beta i think, this one makes multi-monitor with SLI work by the sounds of it
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09-16-2008, 04:21 PM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 70
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
Sounds good.
Its always the way, you build a new computer and just as you finish something nice and shiny is being announced!
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09-16-2008, 04:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 20K Club Posts: 6,146
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
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Originally Posted by AP4LIFETN  I thought this passed alrdy, Isn't this when they enabled PhysX and other goodies on the G80 and above? |
youre lost.
Physx came out with the 177.xx series drivers.
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09-16-2008, 04:37 PM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,834
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
If this is true, i'm going to keep my 260s and sell the 4870s. The main reason i switched from SLI to crossfire was for multimonitor support. Seems like the 260s will be able to hand a 30" monitor better than the 4870s will. Hmm decisions decisions.
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09-17-2008, 12:39 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NB, Canada Posts: 2,174
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
Pretty sweet update. Too bad I'm going amd now ;p
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09-18-2008, 05:19 AM
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I am of the highest lvl.. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,452
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
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Multimonitor support for SLI
| After saying it was pretty much impossible for all these years? Bah.
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09-18-2008, 09:26 PM
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a clean slate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Embrun ontario canada. Posts: 5,753
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
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Originally Posted by zedman3d After saying it was pretty much impossible for all these years? Bah. | nothings imposible when u throw money at it. also hopefully the 260 will get ahead, and teh 280 can close the gap a litle to cause a price drop.
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09-18-2008, 09:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,803
| Re: NVIDIA Forceware 180: Big Bang II
nVidia is really at the tough spot now...
AMD is dominating the high, medium and the low end now... and Intel is also planning on releasing their Larabee right? They are desperately holding on like AMD was in the last two series for them... | 
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