Version 163.69 Highlights
This section provides highlights of version 163.69 of the NVIDIA Release 163 Driver.
What's New in Release 163
o Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLITM technology on
Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9.0c and OpenGL(R) 2.1 applications.
o Improved compatibility for The Way It's Meant To Be PlayedTM game titles:
BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, and
World in Conflict.
o Added PureVideoTM HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and
8400 series GPUs.
o Improved performance of the graphics memory manager on GeForce 8
series GPUs running DirectX 9 applications in single-GPU and NVIDIA SLI
configurations.
These improvements solve cases of reported performance slowdowns in some 3D applications
with high graphics settings and resolutions.

Fixed Issues-Windows XP 32-bit

Fixed Single-GPU Issues
All GPUs

o HDCP cannot be enabled with the Dell 30" flat panel on resolutions higher than
1280x800, which prevents playback of HD DVDs or Blu-ray discs. [328561]
o NVIDIA Control Panel Category Pages: Japanese translation issues exist in the
menu options.[257063]
o Battlefield 2: Corruption and flickering occur in the grass when video settings are
set to High.[272027]
GeForce 8 Series GPUs
o GeForce 8800 GTX: The system hangs after playing a Blu-ray disc for awhile using
PowerDVD. [318755]
o GeForce 8800 GTX: nTune (5.05.38.00) GPU fan control settings are not available
(grayed out). [308669]
o GeForce 8800 GTX: nTune (5.05.38.00) GPU fan control settings revert to previous
settings when applied.[308683]
o GeForce 8800 GTX: Video frame freezes while audio continues when playing H.264
HD titles using PowerDVD.[325436]
o GeForce 8600: Jaggies appear during de-interlace video playback using Windows
Media Player. [301769]
o GeForce 8600 GT/GS: When attempting to set the HD mode to 576i, the resolution
switches to 480i instead. [275079]
o GeForce 8600: Rise of Nations:Rise of Legends-the game crashes to the desktop
when the resolution is set to 1920x1200 and antialiasing is set to Medium from the
game control panel.[298503
GeForce 7 Series GPUs
o GeForce 7800 GTX: There is no output on the HDTV. [296699]
o GeForce 7800 GTX: The NVIDIA Control Panel SLI rendering option is not available
for the component-out connection. [301841]
It is available when using the S-Video connection.
o GeForce 7800 GTX: The NVIDIA Control Panel crashes if you change the HD format
of the component-out display under Dualview.[301752]
o GeForce 7800 GTX: The driver cannot switch to another HD format after being set to
480i or 576i.[301828]
o GeForce 7300 LE: NVIDIA Control panel fails to switch modes depending on the
starting and target modes.[232009]
o GeForce 7300 GT: Demo Medieval II : Total War-blue-screen crash occurs while
playing the game with Battle map resolution set to 2560x1600 and with 4x AA
enabled. [317852]
GeForce 6 Series GPUs
o GeForce 6600: Blue-screen crash while playing WMV HD files after enabling
DirectX VA. [316693]
o GeForce 6600: The user cannot change HDTV formats after a first time switch to
HDTV from the DVI or VGA display. [301293]
o GeForce 6150/6100: Battlefield 2 has high frequency flicker of horizontal bands
scanning across the screen on bright backgrounds.[191291]

Fixed SLI-Mode Issues
GeForce 8 Series GPUs
o [SLI], GeForce 8800 GTX: The SLI visual indicators for some SLIAA modes do not
match the NVIDIA Control Panel settings. [327393]
o [SLI], GeForce 8800 GTX: The SLI visual indicators for SLI16xS antialiasing displays
16xQ antialiasing instead. [327398]
o [SLI], GeForce 8600: The SLI Load Balancing indicator does not appear when
invoked. [311894]
o [SLI], GeForce 8500/8400/8300: Blue-screen crash occurs when resuming from
standby mode while an OpenGL demo is running. [317880]
GeForce 7 Series GPUs
o [SLI], GeForce 7900 GTX: Direct3D applications have rolling/flickering corruption
with SLI enabled on component/composite/S-Video out. [301608]
This issue does not occur when using DVI output.
GeForce 6 Series GPUs
o [SLI], GeForce 6800 GT: The desktop splits into two screen when the resolution is
lower than 1280x800.[324342]