nVidia Physics Pack 1 -- Anyone Tried it.

**asingh** · 23-08-2008, 07:04 AM

Hi..

has any one tried this..

http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcew...s/download.asp

**vamsi_krishna** · 23-08-2008, 09:33 AM

i've seen it now. As the file size is nearly 3GB i download it tonight and i will give my feedback as soon as possible.

rockthegod · 23-08-2008, 10:09 AM

Already tried and tested it when it got released !!! Overall the pack is awesome but the complete thing is not worth downloading (esp. for people with underwhelming internet bandwidth).

--> The drivers worked perfectly on my rig ... works excellently on both Win XP x32 and Win Vista x32. Good performance gains over the official 175.16 drivers. Till date I have been on the hacked 177.39 drivers with physX enabled. Posted the benchmarks earlier.

UT3 v1.2 Benchmark @ 1680x1050 Highest Quality (Win XP SP3) using the UT3 Benchmarking Tool:
(177.39/PhysX enabled) ::: 103 fps average
(177.83/PhysX enabled) ::: 104 fps average

--> UT3 PhysX mod works perfectly... with all the 3 optimized PhysX maps @ 98 FPS average.

--> PhysX demos work nice.

---> Badaboom media converter is an awesome softy (freakin fast) but has limited options within a nice and highly user-friendly GUI. Man I wish this could be free .... no more waiting for hours to rip a DVD into a high quality mobile-playable video.

---> Warmonger (the full version is provided here) is a pathetic game... even at its low settings the game runs at less than 30 fps with occasional hang-ups and screen-freezes @ 1680 res. It is a multiplayer game primarily but u can play deathmatches with bots too. The concept seems nice, like blowing up buildings to make or close pathways.. the weapons are pathetic.. not worth its > 400 MB download size.

---> The tech demos are OK but not mind boggling. They run great and if u have a good internet connection with lots of available bandwidth, u can give them a try.

---> The Sneak Peak demos are allright too.... !!!!