SW: KOTOR - Endar Spire, 1024 x 768
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
SW: KOTOR - Endar Spire, 1280 x 1024
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
SW: KOTOR - Endar Spire, 1600 x 1200
Forceware 66.93
Forceware 77.72
Forceware 78.01
Just like Nascar 2003 and Homeworld 2, SW: KOTOR doesn't get any noticeable performance improvement with newer drivers. You're getting the same level of performance with both Forceware 77.72 and 78.01.
Conclusion:
Driver bugs can be very annoying, both for developers and users alike. Squashing them out takes a lot of time and effort. With the number of games out there, it just get harder It's perfectly understandable driver developers target the newest, popular games first - Battlefield 2 is a perfect example of this. However, this does not excuse the (re)introduction of old or new bugs on old games. Just like with Forceware 77.72, we're still seeing quality image problems and significant performance slowdown with Forceware 78.01 compared to Forceware 66.93.For the time being, NVIDIA users must still make some compromises on a game to game basis. We'll be updating our driver choice of testing to Forceware 78.01, however for testing with F1 Career Challenge and Splinter Cel, we'll fall back to Forceware 66.93. Again, the reason for this is that this should give us a clearer view, sans driver bugs (and shader replacement), of what the GeForce series can do. Hopefully, within the next week or so, we will have another graphics card round up, this time with more new games (at least Battlefield 2).
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