Newest Video Drivers (ATI, NVidia, 3dfx, Matrox, SiS & PowerVR)

[SimGuy]

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Newest Video Drivers (ATI, NVidia, 3dfx, Matrox, SiS & PowerVR):

Introduction:

Since the dawn of the first Graphical Processing Unit, video adapter manufacturers have come to realize that the software utilized to drive the hardware is just as important as the hardware itself. Without a well-written, compact, efficient driver, even the fastest of video cards will perform miserably. From time to time, hardware manufacturers will release updated driver packages for use with their products. These updated driver packages contain software enhancements that can severely affect a video adapter's performance (which could result in substantial increase in performance). Because of this fact, it is very important, now more than ever, to update the video driver software utilized by the video adapter in your system.

This thread contains all of the latest, known drivers for video adapters made by mainstream manufacturers. Drivers can be downloaded by following the links available under each respective manufacturers heading.

If you see newer drivers available other than the ones listed here, post a notice in this thread and I'll make sure to get them added to the list ASAP.

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Other Manufacturers:

Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) (http://www.sis.com/download/) :: PowerVR (http://www.powervr.com/Downloads/Drivers/Index.asp)

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Instructions created by SimGuy.
Driver listings provided by Short-Media members.
Thread maintenance performed by Spinner.
Bandwidth provided by various internet servers (thanks DriverHeaven & VoodooFiles).
Special thanks goes to Terry Makedon from ATI & Dwight Diercks from NVidia.

Last Updated: 2006-August-20 @ 01:17 GMT

[Spinner]

http://www.warp2search.net/download.php?op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=179&ttitle=Beta%20Detonator%2044.61%20Windows%202000%20/%20XP

[SimGuy]

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-> Added NVidia Detonator FX Driver 44.65 Beta (Win2K & XP) (thanks Bad_Karma)
-> Added ATI Catalyst 3.5 Beta (Win2K & XP) (thanks Bad_Karma)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings

[SimGuy]

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-> Added OFFICIAL ATI Catalyst 3.5 (All Windows Versions)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings

[Spinner]

Detonator 44.67 WHQL released:

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1254

[SimGuy]

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-> Added NVidia Detonator FX Driver 44.67 WHQL (Win2K & XP) (thanks Spinner)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings

[Spinner]

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1361

[danball1976]

I haven't even tested 44.67 or the 44.71 yet.

[SimGuy]

The Detonator 44.71 WHQL Beta drivers are available for Windows 2000 & XP and will only work with the following NVidia-based graphics cards:

GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900
Quadro FX 3000
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5800
Quadro FX 2000
Quadro FX 1000
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5600SE
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5200
Quadro FX 500

Core driver files are dated June 23, 2003. WHQL-certified, but still a beta release.

[Spinner]

Doh! yeah, I just noticed they were just for the FX line of cards. I'd better edit my news post.

Thanks SimGuy

[SimGuy]

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-> Added ATI Catalyst 3.6 WHQL Drivers (Win2K/XP/Me/98) (thanks Al_Capown)
-> Added ATI Control Panel 3.6
-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 44.90 Leaked (Win2K/XP Only)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings
-> Updated Thread Header & Added Introduction/Required Software

[GTac01]

http://download.guru3d.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=%20650

45.20

[SimGuy]

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-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 45.20 Leaked (Win2K/XP Only) (Thanks GTac01)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings

[Spinner]

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=24213#post24213

44.65 Detonators, are now WHQL.

[SimGuy]

Spinner said
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&amp;postid=24213#post24213

44.65 Detonators, are now WHQL.

Nice find :D

Added To That Giant Post Up Top :D

[SimGuy]

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-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 45.23 Leaked (Win2K/XP Only) (thanks Slick)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings

[Spinner]

45.24 2000/XP available.

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2447

[SimGuy]

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-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 45.24 Quadro Certified (Win2K/XP Only) (thanks Spinner)
-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 45.23 WHQL (All Windows Versions) (thanks SimGuy)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings

[SimGuy]

http://www.short-media.com/forum/images/icons/icon4.gif Latest Additions: http://www.short-media.com/forum/images/icons/icon4.gif
-> Added Omega Catalyst 2.4.74a (Catalyst 3.6-based, Win2K/XP)
-> Added Omega Detonator FX 44.03 (All Windows Versions)
-> Added Voodoolizer V3/4/5 1.05 Drivers (All Windows Versions)
-> Added Xpenter V2 X-Gamers 3 Drivers (All Windows Versions)
-> Added X-MojoMotion Voodoo Banshee Drivers (All Windows Versions)
-> Added Matrox Parhelia 512 Driver 1.04 (WinXP/2K/NT4)
-> Removed "Previous Display Drivers" listings (who uses old drivers)
-> Updated thread layout (and mistakenly pasted "sdfsdfsdf" where it shouldn't have been) :D

[Creep]

I like the new layout of the post, looks awsome, btw, you should add Omega's Voodoo 4/5 2K/XP drivers, they were the best ones I have ever found.

[Spinner]

Nice work Simguy, love the new layout.

[Enverex]

May want to scrap the blue devider bars because it makes the page too big for anyone using a screen resolution lower than 1024x768.

NS

[Geeky1]

NS... two questions:

Why use anything lower than 800x600?
If the monitor can handle higher (which everything I've seen except ancient CRTs and the LCDs in some low-end laptops can) why on earth would you use 800x600 or less? I can't even stand 1024x768 anymore, and 1280x1024 is the absolute lowest I'll use...

[Enverex]

Er...... sometimes it's not a question of choice but forced due to old/crap hardware, and/or other issues.

Why use anything lower than 800x600?

I said 1024x768.

Some things may be your preference but that really has nothing to do with my point.

NS

[SimGuy]

Easy there guys. I usually design for 1024x768 as thats the minimum resolution most people use now adays. :)

Personally, I run 1280x1024, so I usually end up pushing bars and things a little too far.

I'll shrink the bars and see how things work out. :)

Thanks for the comments & I'll definately look into adding the Omega voodoo drivers. I didn't even know that he made any! :)

[Enverex]

If the thread allows tables then you could make the actual bars as their own invisible table and set the bar as a repeating backdrop but make the bar only say 10px wide, meaning regardless of the actual size the the persons browser, it will fit exactly.

NS

[SimGuy]

FYI Only:

Terry Makedon (ATI Catalyst Driver Programmer) has announced that the Catalyst 3.7 series of drivers is being polished and packaged as I type this.

ATI users will be able to download the Catalyst 3.7's either later this evening or tomorrow afternoon and can expect to see many fixes implemented with regards to hanging games.

[SimGuy]

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-> Added ATI Catalyst 3.7 WHQL (All Windows Versions)
-> Added ATI Control Panel 3.7 (All Windows Versions)

[SimGuy]

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-> Added Omega Detonator FX 45.23 WHQL (All Windows Versions) (thanks Blackhawk)
-> Added Omega Catalyst 3.7's (All Windows Versions) (thanks Blackhawk)

[SimGuy]

FYI Only:

The Catalyst 3.8 series of drivers is expected to be released within the first week of October 2003.

Terry Makedon from the ATI Catalyst group has mentioned that there will be exciting new features integrated into these drivers and that these Catalyst's will be the single largest new-feature filled driver released EVAR by ATI.

Rumour has it that the following features are going to implemented into the Catalyst 3.8's:

<LI>"SMARTSHADER" technology, implementing a higher Anti-Aliasing stepping that's one higher than the current max.
<LI>Adaptive Anti-Aliasing (possibly resembling RGSS)
<LI>Per-game settings of AA/AF settings that are selectable.
<LI>Revamped Control Panel layout (thank christ).
<LI>An official "Catalyst Destroyer" uninstaller that will completely remove all driver files & registry entries.
<LI>OpenGL 1.5 support.
<LI>"OVERDRIVE" technology, which will dynamically overclock your graphics adapter to the optimal level for increased performance. Overdrive will constantly monitor the temperature of the VPU and will adjust the speed as required to keep thermal issues from popping up.
<LI>"SMARTSAVE" technology, which will allow the ATI Display Driver to reset the graphics adapter when it stops responding to commands in most cases without requiring a system restart.

Plus the usual performance increases & application compatability fixes. Looks like a winning set to me! :)

[Spinner]

Detonators 45.33 available for 2000/XP, they're the ones which fix that strange flickering problem.

[danball1976]

SimGuy said
Easy there guys. I usually design for 1024x768 as thats the minimum resolution most people use now adays. :)

Personally, I run 1280x1024, so I usually end up pushing bars and things a little too far.

I'll shrink the bars and see how things work out. :)

Thanks for the comments &amp; I'll definately look into adding the Omega voodoo drivers. I didn't even know that he made any! :)

OT Here, 1280x1024 isn't a 4:3 resolution. 1280x960 is a true 4:3, so the 1280x1024 usually stretches things a bit. So therefore, I always run 1280x960

[SimGuy]

All the wallpapers I have are 1280x1024.
A 5:4 aspect ratio is fine by me, plus it gives me more desktop space.

On the 21" Trinitron, I run 1800:1440, again another 5:4 aspect ratio.

If someone runs 800x600 on today's systems, they really should invest in a new monitor. :D

[SimGuy]

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[SimGuy]

FYI Only:

The world can expect to see the Catalyst 3.8 drivers to be released the afternoon of October 8th.

It has been confirmed via ATI Staff that one of the main features will be that Catalyst will now include a game settings profile selector, in which you can store what level of AA/AF you want certain games to run at.

As well, an integrated overclocking utility will be shipped with the Catalyst 3.8's, allowing anyone to overclock their ATI-based video adapter (if it supports it).

More information will be available October 8th from www.atitech.ca

[GHoosdum]

GRR! Cat 3.8 is released 5 days too late for me to download it before LANWAR!

[SimGuy]

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-> Added Matrox Parhelia 1.05 Driver (Win2K/XP Only) (thanks Spinner)

[SimGuy]

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-> Added ATI Catalyst 3.8 WHQL (All Windows Versions)
-> Added ATI Control Panel 3.8 (All Windows Versions)

[SimGuy]

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-> Added Omega Catalyst 3.8 (All Windows Versions) (thanks GHoosdum)
-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 52.13 Beta (Win2K/XP Only)

[SimGuy]

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-> Added NVidia ForceWare 52.16 WHQL (Win2K/XP Only)

//Edit: I appologize for having all the red "X's" on the main post, as the ISP webspace where those graphics are being hosted is offline for the next 10 days. I'm in the process of porting those graphics to a new host. ;)

//DoubleEdit: Graphics back online :)

[danball1976]

How are these at video playback? All of the drivers later than 44.03 have caused bad video playback (improper color and frame synching, and causing a sort of ghosting)

[SimGuy]

They seem to be working fine so far on my Asus GF4 Ti4400 & BFG Asylum GF FX 5900 Ultra, other than a visible choppiness in the original Unreal Tournament (however that could be due to the instances of folding@home running on both of those PC's).

[danball1976]

As seen in my sig, I have a PNY Verto GeForce 4 Ti4200 AGP4x 64MB video card.

For the life of me, I have never been able to get it to run in AGP mode on my KD7-RAID. It ran in AGP mode when I had my KX7-333R

I'm hoping this issue will be resolved when I get the NF7-S v2.0, and if it doesn't then its the video card.

[SimGuy]

Have you tried disabling 8x VLINK in the BIOS?

Reading up on the ABIT forums, a boatload of people have been having AGP problems with selected video cards on the KD7 & KD7-RAID motherboards. Disabling 8x VLINK seems to help in some situations.

[danball1976]

Tried that, I don't think it ever worked.

[SimGuy]

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-> Fixed Omega Catalyst 3.8 Download Links (Thanks MoXon)
-> Fixed Omega Detonator FX 45.23 Download Links (Thanks MoXon)

[SimGuy]

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-> Added ATI Catalyst Driver Suite 3.9 WHQL (All Windows Versions)
-> Added ATI Control Panel 3.9 (All Windows Versions)

[Mt_Goat]

Any reports on the 3.9's yet?

[SimGuy]

I haven't had a chance to peruse any of the other boards yet...
I'm still downloading them as we speak.. :)

[Souriat]

53.03 Drivers avalivable http://bfgtech.com/images/5303_IS-NV111403D.zip

Updates to this driver:

Improved support for HDTV Modes

Corrected the following issues from 52.16:

* Clone mode may be set for the GeForce FX 5600 although only one display is connected.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: When 4x FSAA is enabled, half of the screen is black in Tiger Woods 2004 introductory video.
* GeForce4 MX 440 and GeForce4 Ti 4400, Windows XP: Blue-screen crash during Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Homeworld2 antialiased performance is slow.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and GeForce4 Ti 4400, Windows XP: Rendering corruption in Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: “X2: The Threat” benchmark is choppy or jerky in some places.
* All GeForce FX: Intermittently, Warcraft III videos are not displayed properly on some systems.

Downloading them now hopefully i can use my tv with them the last set killed it.

[SimGuy]

I take it these are only for Win2K/XP?
Let me know how it works out for ya and I'll get them posted up here :)

[Souriat]

Yeah i think they're xp only, but ill check the info that comes with them when its done.

//Edit Ok XP only, working fine for graphics, but overlay still not working for me (been broken since they added this nview 3 thing or whatever it was called).

[Creep]

NOTICE!:

The Omega 3.9 ATi Drivers DO NOT work as well as the standard ATi 3.9's. I have 9000 Radeon and the Omega's where causing artifacts in multiple games. If you have noticed a performance drop with the latest set then it's probably affecting you also...

Just a heads up!

[csimon]

yeah I didnt have a good first impression of omegas either ...seems bloated if you ask me.

[Creep]

These are the first set I have seen that are worse then the ATi's. I started using them around 3.4 if I recall right. I used to use the Omega drivers for my Voodoo 4, they worked the best, lord knows i tried about 40 before I found those!

[SimGuy]

Creep had this to say
These are the first set I have seen that are worse then the ATi's. I started using them around 3.4 if I recall right. I used to use the Omega drivers for my Voodoo 4, they worked the best, lord knows i tried about 40 before I found those!

Man, I hear you on that. www.voodoofiles.com has some good unsupported V3/V4/V5 driver packages, but none were as good as Omega's. :)

I'm hearing rumours that the Catalyst 3.10's are due within the next 1-3 weeks (as ATI has promised to have 12 driver releases per year)...

Has anyone notified Omega about the problems experienced? Maybe with a little info, he can get to the bottom of what was going on?

[Creep]

I dont know abou that, I think I'll just stick with the ATi's for awhile, they are working well.

[GHoosdum]

SimGuy: Are they actually calling it Cat 3.10? That doesn't make much sense, since it would be so easy to confuse it with Cat 3.1...?

[SimGuy]

GHoosdum had this to say
SimGuy: Are they actually calling it Cat 3.10? That doesn't make much sense, since it would be so easy to confuse it with Cat 3.1...?

I know what you mean, but AFAIK ATI is going to call it Catalyst 3.10.

Oh the headaches... :D

Not to worry though... as they will start with the Catalyst 4 series in 2004 which is getting so close. :)

Definately a plus :)

[Spinner]

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[SimGuy]

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[Spinner]

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-> Added ATI Catalyst 3.10 (Windows 2K/XP)
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-> Added Fast Voodoo2 4.0 Gold Edition (Windows 2K/XP)
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[leishi85]

a headsup
ati cat 4.1 is out

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-> Main Listing Cosmetics Fixed

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[hypermood]

Catalyst 4.2's are out.
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

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-> Added NVidia Forceware 56.55 WHQL (Windows 2K/XP)
-> Added Matrox Parhelia 1.06.00.99 (Windows 2K/XP)
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[TheGr81]

Catalyst v4.4 is out. WHQL'd :thumbsup:

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-> Added ATI Omega Catalyst 4.4 (Windows 2K/XP) (Thanks TheGr81)
-> Fixed/Updated broken links as a result of Short-Media v3 implementation

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[Creep]

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Why is it a CAB file and not an exe?

edit
Ok it extracts to an exe, but there are some people out there that can't extract cab files...
/edit

[Spinner]

Why is it a CAB file and not an exe?

edit
Ok it extracts to an exe, but there are some people out there that can't extract cab files...
/edit
Don't moan to me, I didn't make it.;)

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-> Added ATI Control Panel 4.8 (Windows 2K/XP)
-> Added ATI Omega Catalyst 4.7 (Windows 2K/XP) Sorry for the delay
-> Updated NVidia Omega ForceWare 56.72 (Windows 2K/XP)
-> Fixed various broken hyperlinks after main page downloads system upgrade

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[SimGuy]

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-> Added NVidia ForceWare 66.00 Beta (Windows 2K/XP)
-> Added ATI Catalyst Control Center 4.8 (requires Catalyst 4.8 & .NET Framework 1.1)

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-> Added ATI Control Panel & Center 4.9 (Windows 2k/XP)

[KINGPIN]

Thanx For Help

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[djstubbs]

I'm upgrading my video card soon so I'd like to **** around with my current one

which is nvidia geforce fx 5200 ultra.

What drivers would you suggest for maximum performance?

[Spinner]

I'm upgrading my video card soon so I'd like to **** around with my current one

which is nvidia geforce fx 5200 ultra.

What drivers would you suggest for maximum performance?
I haven't had time to check the latest Beta drivers out, the 66.70's, but in my experience the latest officials, the 61.77's, are the one's to use. None of the recent Beta's I've tested compared performance wise.

Cheers

http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/61.77/61.77_win2kxp_english.exe

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[TheGr81]

ATi's 4.12 Catalysts are out. 44 megs with the Catalyst Control Center! :hair:

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-> Added ATI Control Panel 4.12 (Windows 2K/XP) (Thanks TheGr81)
-> Added ATI Control Center 4.12 (Windows 2K/XP) (Thanks TheGr81)

[Access_Denied]

i recently got a Radeon 9550SE and got a driver by the name of wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-071-041026a-018719c Ver 4.0.100.1190 whitch was 26.1Mb.. is this the newest version of them? i feel like such a n00b.. lol

[Spinner]

i recently got a Radeon 9550SE and got a driver by the name of wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-071-041026a-018719c Ver 4.0.100.1190 whitch was 26.1Mb.. is this the newest version of them? i feel like such a n00b.. lolNo, I don't know what version that is off the top of my head, but it's not the latest which just came out today. Catalyst 4.12 are the very latest, go grab them. Make sure you use the Catalyst Uninstaller first.

Cheers

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-> Added NVidia ForceWare 71.84 Official (XP64)
-> Added Matrox Parhelia & M' P650/P750 1.08 (2000/XP)
-> Updated Layout

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-> Added ATI Control Panel & Center 5.4 (Windows 2K/XP)
-> Added Nvidia Omega ForceWare 66.93 (Windows 2K/XP)

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-> Added ATI Catalyst 5.6 (inc Control Panel) (Windows XP64)
-> Added Matrox Parhelia AGP & P650/P750 1.09 (Windows 2K/XP)
-> Added Matrox Parhelia AGP & P650/P750 1.09 (Windows XP64)
-> Updated ATI Section Layout
-> Fixed Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) Link

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[Nightwolf]

I just bought a 6600 and the drivers are version 7.7.7.2, Are there drivers i should update too?

[Spinner]

I just bought a 6600 and the drivers are version 7.7.7.2, Are there drivers i should update too?77.72 are the latest official drivers for Windows XP, unless you have a specific gripe with them, I wouldn't bother upgrading to any of the slightly newer beta drivers.

Cheers

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[csimon]

I haven't tested yet but I'm running the latest cat 510's and it feels like it zoooms! :thumbsup:

[sfleuriet]

510's? :scratch:

[sfleuriet]

oh I just found it - I didn't know they had 5.10 now! cool I'll try to update to that!!

[profdlp]

I haven't tested yet but I'm running the latest cat 510's and it feels like it zoooms! :thumbsup:
What card is that on?

[GrayFox]

I haven't tested yet but I'm running the latest cat 510's and it feels like it zoooms! :thumbsup:
I noticed the same thing :). (X800pro hacked to xtpe here)

[csimon]

What card is that on?
9800 pro ...it's not certified for the x1000's or something like that.

[profdlp]

I have a 9600 Pro. Just wanted to make sure it would be worth the trouble.

Sounds like it would be. :)

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[profdlp]

# Catalyst 5.10 (inc Control Panel)Version: Unknown
# Dated: 10/12/2005
# Size: 25.3 MB / 23.9 MB / 15 MB
# DL: 2K/XP :: XP64 :: 9x/ME (5.9)

# Catalyst 5.10 (inc Control Center)Version: Unknown / Unknown
# Dated: 10/12/2005
# Size: 33.8 MB / 54.8 MB
# DL: 2K/XP :: XP64
What's the difference between these two for a WinXP user? :scratch:

[Spinner]

What's the difference between these two for a WinXP user? :scratch:The Control Panel version of the driver suite includes the classic non-resource hogging config and adjustment tool for your graphics card, which basically works as an extension of the Windows Display Properties.

The Control Center version of the driver suite is pretty much the same as above, but with a lot more features. The drawbacks of using this package over the Control Panel package are i) it requires the .Net Framework to be installed and ii) it is quite a demanding application resource wise, especially when compared with the Control Panel.

:)

[profdlp]

Thanks. :)

[csimon]

fyi ...http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=3668

[hartz]

81.84 beta has been available for a while, though I'd post as I see no reference here.

I find them fast but unstable. Definite performance improvement over 78.01, but for example regular crashes in 3DMark05. I am actually going back to 77.72, which is the latest recommened by my motherboard and graphics card maker, becasue I think 78.01 is broken. Problems might also be related to nForce 6.66 - I should not have upgraded both GeForce and nForce on the same day, now I don't know for sure what is causing the problems.

Oh, and 81.84 supposedly has some interesting features:
Switch SLI on/off without a reboot. This worked ONCE. Only ONCE! Thereafter, it went back to forcing a reboot.
Support multiple vendor SLI combinations, presumably still requiring the same BIOS version.
Multi-threading enhancements (For all you lucky dual-processing gurus)

Cheers!
_Hartz

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[csimon]

beta catalyst 5.10a is out too with that opengl tool ...want the link? The way it reads is like it's only been tested on x1000's though. Idunno if or what it can do for older models.

[csimon]

Idunno if you post beta drivers here or not spinner but here they are if you need them ...if not you can remove the post. Thanks!

beta forceware 82.10 (http://www.3dchipset.com/drivers/nvidia/beta/nt5/8210.php)
beta catalyst 5.10a (http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=20855)

I tried it with the 9800 pro. It was the control center and I lost a few hundred points in AquaMark 3 so I uninstalled it immediately. I guess it's on meant for the x1000's.

[Spinner]

Idunno if you post beta drivers here or not spinner but here they are if you need them ...if not you can remove the post. Thanks!

beta forceware 82.10 (http://www.3dchipset.com/drivers/nvidia/beta/nt5/8210.php)
beta catalyst 5.10a (http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=20855)

I tried it with the 9800 pro. It was the control center and I lost a few hundred points in AquaMark 3 so I uninstalled it immediately. I guess it's on meant for the x1000's.I do post beta Nvidia drivers, but the 8210's aren't mainstream enough to warrant posting. I currently don't have a space here to post beta ATI drivers. Mainly because they always release new officials every month, so there isn't much wait time for fixes.

Thanks mate. :)

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[sfleuriet]

Just tried the 5.11 Catalyst drivers and just in normal use it made everything lag a lot. I went back to 5.10 and its fine now.

[tyrs4u]

My Alienware system has the Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 ... Any newer drivers out there other than 78.70 ???

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[sfleuriet]

Wow I'm behind on ATI drivers - DLing now :)

Awesome they work - I finally found one newer than like 5.3 that works for me on my comp :thumbsup:

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[Who?]

ATI Catalyst™ 7.11 Display Driver for Windows XP Professional/Home Edition (http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/radeonx-xp)

Newest drivers I found today for ATI 9800 series for XP... Just thought I would share since I checked here first and didn't find the updated ones....