NVIDIA Forceware 66.60 Benched

**Electronic Punk** · September 15th, 2004

Ran a few tests on these drivers I got last night.
They will not be distributed.

All tested on a stock Athlon64 3400+ on an NVIDIA 6800 Ultra running at 461/1170

61.77 were the last non-WHQL released drivers on the NVIDIA homepage with 61.76 (untested) being the last WHQL. 66.02 was never made publically available and to my knowledge 66.60 never will be, tho I have had no issues with stability. No artifacts were seen on any of the tests and 461/1170 was the optimal range to overclock according to the NVIDIA drivers themselves with coolbits enabled.

3DMark 2001

61.77 - 23696
66.02 - 23011
66.60 - 23154

After a slight performance decrease with the 66.02 drivers after the 61.77 drivers, it was nice to see a slight increase in points. 3DMark 2001 is becoming more and more unsuitable as a benchmark. When 2005 is released this week I don't think we will see many big sites using 3DMark 2001 anymore.

3DMark 2003

61.77 - 12584
66.02 - 13046
66.60 - 13172

A moderate performance increase between 61.77 and 66.02 is improved on in 66.60.

**Electronic Punk** · September 15th, 2004

Hopefully this screenshot should help illustrate my point that 3DMark 2001 SE is now useless.

Here is my card the Geforce 6800 Ultra (light) compared with the ATI 9800 Pro (dark)

The gaming tests (1 to 3) indicate that the 9800 is faster in five out of the six tests, but I belive this is more of a CPU limit, (for ref. my Athlon64 vs Pentium4), rather than a graphical limit. The nature test is a little more intense and the gf6 still doesn't have to worry and then wipes the floor with the 9800 pro for the rest of the tests... however 3dmark score is only dependant on the first seven tests... so the 9800 Pro ends up with a higher 3DMark 2001 SE score than the NVIDIA Geforce 6 Ultra.

Dublex · September 15th, 2004

That isn't suprising as the 2001 edition is three years old.

Do you know how the results compare in game tests?

fantasi · January 4th, 2005

up with one and down with the other...haiz stil lwanting the best set of driver...like the good old 44.30 i think i was...lol

**Electronic Punk** · January 5th, 2005

Well these days, 3dmark 2001 is not such a good indicator of how it will run.
To be honest, playing the games is - most have built in benchmark tools.

September 15th, 2004	Top \| #1
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,506 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 346	NVIDIA Forceware 66.60 Benched Ran a few tests on these drivers I got last night. They will not be distributed. All tested on a stock Athlon64 3400+ on an NVIDIA 6800 Ultra running at 461/1170 61.77 were the last non-WHQL released drivers on the NVIDIA homepage with 61.76 (untested) being the last WHQL. 66.02 was never made publically available and to my knowledge 66.60 never will be, tho I have had no issues with stability. No artifacts were seen on any of the tests and 461/1170 was the optimal range to overclock according to the NVIDIA drivers themselves with coolbits enabled. 3DMark 2001 61.77 - 23696 66.02 - 23011 66.60 - 23154 After a slight performance decrease with the 66.02 drivers after the 61.77 drivers, it was nice to see a slight increase in points. 3DMark 2001 is becoming more and more unsuitable as a benchmark. When 2005 is released this week I don't think we will see many big sites using 3DMark 2001 anymore. 3DMark 2003 61.77 - 12584 66.02 - 13046 66.60 - 13172 A moderate performance increase between 61.77 and 66.02 is improved on in 66.60.

September 15th, 2004	Top \| #2
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,506 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 346	Hopefully this screenshot should help illustrate my point that 3DMark 2001 SE is now useless. Here is my card the Geforce 6800 Ultra (light) compared with the ATI 9800 Pro (dark) The gaming tests (1 to 3) indicate that the 9800 is faster in five out of the six tests, but I belive this is more of a CPU limit, (for ref. my Athlon64 vs Pentium4), rather than a graphical limit. The nature test is a little more intense and the gf6 still doesn't have to worry and then wipes the floor with the 9800 pro for the rest of the tests... however 3dmark score is only dependant on the first seven tests... so the 9800 Pro ends up with a higher 3DMark 2001 SE score than the NVIDIA Geforce 6 Ultra. Attached Thumbnails

January 4th, 2005	Top \| #4
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September 15th, 2004	Top \| #3
Dublex Quazatron R6 droid Joined: January 2002 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 624 Reputation: 180 Power: 130	That isn't suprising as the 2001 edition is three years old. Do you know how the results compare in game tests?

January 5th, 2005	Top \| #5
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,506 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 346	Well these days, 3dmark 2001 is not such a good indicator of how it will run. To be honest, playing the games is - most have built in benchmark tools.