NVIDIA ForceWare 52.16 WHQL (Windows 2000/XP)

[SM-Bot]

A few days ago, I posted news of these drivers, but at the time, they hadn't gone official, but seeing as now they have, I thought I'd take the time to bring them to your attention again. The main thing you'll notice about these drivers, is that they are now called 'ForceWare', instead of 'Detonator'. The recently released 64-Bit drivers, reported in the above news post, also carry the new 'ForceWare' name.

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nVidia has today introduced its new NVIDIA® ForceWare™ release 50 graphics driver, a new Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) engineered to provide unmatched performance and image quality on both Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL® applications. In addition to its unmatched DirectX 9.0 application performance, this new graphics driver also delivers world-renowned compatibility, stability, and reliability across all NVIDIA GPUs.

Release Highlights:

Enhanced image quality for both anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing
New nView 3.0 Multi-Display Setup Wizard—to easily configure your multi-display settings
nView Grid lines— to section off the display to help organize your various Windows
Customized user profiles—to save display settings and image quality settings on a per application/game basis
A new user friendly interface
Microsoft® DirectX® and OpenGL® support
Support for GeForce 5700, GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, and GeForce FX 5950
For a complete list of compatibility fixes please consult the v52.16 Release Notes
DOWNLOAD (18.9MB)

[Thrax]

Curious that their new image quality, according to HardOCP, isn't improved at all. :-/

[Jengo]

i have seen alot better quality with my GF FX 5200

[Thrax]

Firmly doubtful. They're essentially the same chips on the same drivers.

[TheSmJ]

Anyone know of how this driver performs?

[SimGuy]

On My Asus Ti4400, I noticed slight performance gains with the 52.16's over the 45.23's, most notably in Halo.

With the BFG Asylum FX 5900 Ultra, I noticed a substantial performance improvement in FS2004, RTCW, Q3A and overall 3D stability.

Make sure to read the release notes for a little insight into all the changes with the introduction of NVidia's new ForceWare drivers.

NVidia ForceWare 52.16 Driver Release Notes (http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/52.16/ForceWare_Release_50_graphics_drivers_Release_Notes_v52.16.pdf)

[TheSmJ]

Allright. I'll give them a try later. Perhaps they will fix Halo for me.