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Brothers in Arms - Chapter 1, 1024 x 768
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
24
54.6
88
21.33 (4x AA 16x AF)
44.34 (4x AA 16x AF)
81 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
28.33
65.14
104.67
23.67 (4x AA 16x AF)
51.98 (4x AA 16x AF)
99 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
28.33
69.49
108.33
29.33 (4x AA 16x AF)
55.77 (4x AA 16x AF)
Brothers in Arms - Chapter 1, 1280 x 1024
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
17
38.36
67.67
15 (4x AA 16x AF)
30.71 (4x AA 16x AF)
61.67 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
16.67
44.03
82
12.67 (4x AA 16x AF)
35.05 (4x AA 16x AF)
74 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
19
48.33
83
18 (4x AA 16x AF)
40.03 (4x AA 16x AF)
73.66 (4x AA 16x AF)
Brothers in Arms - Chapter 1, 1600 x 1200
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
12
28.61
53.67
9 (4x AA 16x AF)
21.34 (4x AA 16x AF)
44 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
10.5
32.98
67
9 (4x AA 16x AF)
24.19 (4x AA 16x AF)
50.5 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
14.5
35.48
64
8.5 (4x AA 16x AF)
26.71 (4x AA 16x AF)
51 (4x AA 16x AF)

Like we said before, newer drivers targets newer games. While we're not seeing the same increase going from 77.72 to 78.01 as going from 66.93 to 77.72, we're still seeing a little performance boost (around 2 to 3 fps) across the board. Of course, you'd be more happy to know that the 78.01 also will not crash you system when you quit the game (or alt-tabbing).

Homeworld 2 - Vaygr Bomber Attack, 1024 x 768
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
31
153.23
352
27 (4x AA 16x AF)
120.15 (4x AA 16x AF)
355 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
33
165.16
364
21 (4x AA 16x AF)
89.06 (4x AA 16x AF)
168 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
33
164.09
363
21 (4x AA 16x AF)
88.64 (4x AA 16x AF)
168 (4x AA 16x AF)
Homeworld 2 - Vaygr Bomber Attack, 1280 x 960
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
33
136.26
352
20 (4x AA 16x AF)
92.61 (4x AA 16x AF)
259 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
32
133.21
333
14 (4x AA 16x AF)
60.56 (4x AA 16x AF)
105 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
32
133.46
333
14 (4x AA 16x AF)
60.38 (4x AA 16x AF)
105 (4x AA 16x AF)
Homeworld 2 - Vaygr Bomber Attack, 1600 x 1200
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
25
111.51
346
14 (4x AA 16x AF)
65.5 (4x AA 16x AF)
167 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
20
94.36
215
9 (4x AA 16x AF)
41.16 (4x AA 16x AF)
68 (4x AA 16x AF)
.
21
95.35
215
9 (4x AA 16x AF)
41.2 (4x AA 16x AF)
68 (4x AA 16x AF)

Performance in Homeworld 2 are identical between Forceware 77.72 and 78.01. While that might seem good, it's actually not. Forceware 66.93 is still the fastest driver. Quite surprising, since Homeworld 2 is an OpenGL game, where NVIDIA should excel. Thankfully, patching the game to the latest version now gives you real anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering with the game (regardless of driver versions).

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