Newest Video Drivers (ATI, NVidia, 3dfx, Matrox, SiS & PowerVR)
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DISCLAIMER: This thread contains links to both official & BETA drivers that are available for each respective manufacturer. In no way, shape or form is Short-Media or myself responsible if these drivers cause any type of data loss, system malfunctions or odd occurances. Utilize the following files at your own risk.
WARNING: Beta and/or "Leaked" drivers have not been tested by your video card's manufacturer and are not guaranteed to work with your hardware.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INSTALL INCORRECT VIDEO DRIVERS FOR YOUR ADAPTER. YOUR SYSTEM MAY REFUSE TO BOOT AND/OR DATA LOSS MAY OCCUR.</TD><TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="220">[img]http://www.short-media.com/files/downloads/Temp Downloads/driverheader.jpg[/img]</TD></TR></TABLE>
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.
<TABLE WIDTH="755" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="2" BORDER="0"><TR><TD COLSPAN=3><TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="2" BORDER="0"><TR><TD WIDTH="76"><IMG SRC="http://www.short-media.com/img/drivers/ati.gif"></TD><TD>ATI-Based Video Adapters<BR>Radeon X850-X300, 9800XT-7000, Radeon DDR/VE & AIW Series</TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="33%"><BR>Catalyst 6.8 (Drivers Only)<LI>Version: Unknown<BR><LI>Dated: 08/18/2006<BR><LI>Size: 12.4 MB / 15 MB<BR><LI>DL: 2K/XP :: XP64 :: 9x/ME (5.9)</TD><TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="33%"><BR>Catalyst 6.8 (inc Control Center)<LI>Version: Unknown / Unknown<LI>Dated: 08/18/2006<LI>Size: 34.7 MB / 38.3 MB<BR><LI>DL: 2K/XP :: XP64 </TD><TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="33%"><BR>Omega Catalyst 6.7<LI>Version: 3.8.273 / 2.6.37<LI>Dated: 08/15/2006<LI>Size: 22.9 MB / 16 MB<BR><LI>DL: 2K/XP :: 9x/ME (4.2)<BR><BR></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Other Manufacturers:
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) :: PowerVR
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
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Comments
-> 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
-> Added OFFICIAL ATI Catalyst 3.5 (All Windows Versions)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1254
-> Added NVidia Detonator FX Driver 44.67 WHQL (Win2K & XP) (thanks Spinner)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings
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.
Thanks SimGuy
-> 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
45.20
-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 45.20 Leaked (Win2K/XP Only) (Thanks GTac01)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings
44.65 Detonators, are now WHQL.
Nice find
Added To That Giant Post Up Top
-> Added NVidia Detonator FX 45.23 Leaked (Win2K/XP Only) (thanks Slick)
-> Updated "Previous Display Drivers" listings
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2447
-> 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
-> 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)
NS
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...
I said 1024x768.
Some things may be your preference but that really has nothing to do with my point.
NS
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!
NS
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.
-> Added ATI Catalyst 3.7 WHQL (All Windows Versions)
-> Added ATI Control Panel 3.7 (All Windows Versions)
-> Added Omega Detonator FX 45.23 WHQL (All Windows Versions) (thanks Blackhawk)
-> Added Omega Catalyst 3.7's (All Windows Versions) (thanks Blackhawk)
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!