180.10 Vista 64 drivers and other stuff

[Texas Gore]

Both Furmark and Fluidmark result in black screen and then stop responding with the Forceware 180.10's, and need to be killed via task manager.

Both benches worked with 178.xx's, which brings me to my next point -

I have a GTX280 as main renderer and an 8800GT for physx. Fluidmark displays that it is using the 8800GT whether it is selected in the physx control panel or not. BUT when the 280 is selected (Fluidmark still shows the 8800) a higher score is achieved, so it appears to be differentiating between the 2 cards.

And on to the next point -

A friend and I have the same identical graphics cards in similar setup, however his CPU is more powerful than mine by default, plus he has it overclocked. We compared Fluidmark results and strangely enough his were substantially higher because of the CPU. Physx (or maybe only Fluidmark?) appears to be CPU dependant, or at least majorly influenced by CPU speed...seems the point of having a dedicated physx card is crushed... why have a dedicated physx card when a lot of the work is STILL being done by the CPU?

Thanks for reading

[JeGX]

For a next revision of FluidMark, I'll do some tests with two cards (one for the graphics and the other for PhysX).

For PhysX CPU dependency, look at here: http://www.geeks3d.com/?p=845

[Texas Gore]

Thanks for the reply

Sounds good. I wish you good luck.
If you need some beta testing or anything, please contact me. I am willing to help

[JeGX]

Thanks Texas Gore, I add you in my beta test list