NVIDIA Forceware (2K-XP) 52.16 Official
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What card, and what DirectX - the later drivers need to be paired with DirectX9, or you probably will se a massive framerate drop.
To be honest though, ther isn't much extra performance to be got from older cards by newer drivers - I'm running 45.23 on a 2MX - and I shall probably put 52.16 (Inno3d Win9x issue) on.
Somebody on driverheacen reckoned the 52.16 works great with the Geforce 4 MX (no more than a souped up Geforce 2), so maybe these drivers do help the old cards ... better software emulation? - If I disappear for a while, it means I broke my system with them!
To be honest though, ther isn't much extra performance to be got from older cards by newer drivers - I'm running 45.23 on a 2MX - and I shall probably put 52.16 (Inno3d Win9x issue) on.
Somebody on driverheacen reckoned the 52.16 works great with the Geforce 4 MX (no more than a souped up Geforce 2), so maybe these drivers do help the old cards ... better software emulation? - If I disappear for a while, it means I broke my system with them!
Well,I`m running with 45.23 on GF4 Ti4200 8x and DX9.0b on XP Pro and Windows Me.I think I`ll wait until Micro$**te officially tests and approves `em...Or is it worth downloading the Forceware anyway?
P.S. Just been to the NV site and saw "WHQL Certified" stated...hmmm...I`ll try it! Thanks for the news,Laz!
P.S. Just been to the NV site and saw "WHQL Certified" stated...hmmm...I`ll try it! Thanks for the news,Laz!
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Well, I just threw them in (52.16 Inno3d on Creative GB0030 - Geforce 2MX - slow DDR) in Win98SE.
These are the FIRST driver set that have ever givin me NVROTATE capability (pivot screen).
I lost 50 3Dmark 2001 (on my old 2250 score) - and I also lost the ability to force 2x AGP on my old AMD Irongate chipset - I'll pull out the tool I used before it was a settable option, and I'm expecting to score higher than before if I can make 2x mode engage and stay there.
2294 - after locking AGP 2X using Creative AGP Wizard (only works on a Creative card / doesn't care if drivers are non-Creative).
Fastest score I've had, out of this really poor card
Geforce 2MX - Core 175 MHz / DDR 143 MHz (and as the 2MX is crippled to 64 bit with DDR instead of 128 bit with SDRAM, this is slower than a standard SDRAM model ... I know that NOW
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Athlon 1200 Thunderbird
Irongate (AMD 750) chipset (bad news for performance)
SDRAM of less than great timings.
Just taken a wander round the results site, and it looks pretty damn good - considering the unfavourable clock speeds (175/143 instead of 175/166 default), and the lacklustre chipset.
These are the FIRST driver set that have ever givin me NVROTATE capability (pivot screen).
I lost 50 3Dmark 2001 (on my old 2250 score) - and I also lost the ability to force 2x AGP on my old AMD Irongate chipset - I'll pull out the tool I used before it was a settable option, and I'm expecting to score higher than before if I can make 2x mode engage and stay there.
2294 - after locking AGP 2X using Creative AGP Wizard (only works on a Creative card / doesn't care if drivers are non-Creative).
Fastest score I've had, out of this really poor card
Geforce 2MX - Core 175 MHz / DDR 143 MHz (and as the 2MX is crippled to 64 bit with DDR instead of 128 bit with SDRAM, this is slower than a standard SDRAM model ... I know that NOW
)Athlon 1200 Thunderbird
Irongate (AMD 750) chipset (bad news for performance)
SDRAM of less than great timings.
Just taken a wander round the results site, and it looks pretty damn good - considering the unfavourable clock speeds (175/143 instead of 175/166 default), and the lacklustre chipset.
Every version higher than 44.03 drops approx. 1000 points of my 3dMark 2001SE score.....even this 52.16 forceware drivers...
ECS 7S5A mobo (only 4X AGP-this sux )
512 MB DDR PC2100
CPU AMD Athlon 2400XP
Aopen Aeolus GF4 TI4200 128 MB 8X AGP
ECS 7S5A mobo (only 4X AGP-this sux
)512 MB DDR PC2100
CPU AMD Athlon 2400XP
Aopen Aeolus GF4 TI4200 128 MB 8X AGP
Well,I downloaded `em,tried `em out.The main`core` drivers were quite good and seemed to speed my system up a little..Then I right clicked on the desktop and tried to go to display properties..(you know the drill by now..).settings >advanced.There were two missing applets.And no main Geforce+Direct X settings+OpenGl settings.Blank.The error box appeared."nvcpl.dll"Sent the error report to M$.Tried Dr Watson and the NView file properties box.They both pointed to the same two files...I discovered the faults:plextorman said:
"NVCpl.dll-NView Display Properties Extension"-CRITICAL ERROR!!
"NVWDDI.dll-NView Display Driver Interface Library"-CRITICAL ERROR!!
So I turned NView off,but nothing changed.And this is supposed to be "WHQL Certified"?
It doesn`t look like it to me! Or anyone else on god`s earth for that matter.As I said,the main core drivers were sound enough but try to change the display properties and there`s nothing there except a critical error or two! I just went back to 45.23 and everything`s hunky dory again...And I am Windows Updated to the hilt,along with SP1 and the "SP2 hotfixes" so it`s not my system that`s to blame,it`s those so called "WHQL" drivers..Or is it?...
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@ Plextorman:
Did you uninstall the old drivers with DriverCleaner b4 installing the ForceWare 52.16?
Did you uninstall the old drivers with DriverCleaner b4 installing the ForceWare 52.16?
Nah,I always go into safe mode and uninstall and install the drivers.That way it`s a pretty clean install.I`ve got DriverCleaner,but I`ve only used it once many moons ago.Seemed OK on 98/ME.I wouldn`t use it on XP though.Like I said earlier,the main core drivers are pretty good..It`s only the drivers connected with the display properties which f**k up...dxdiag tests were okay so I assume running DirectX programs would have been OK,but running OpenGL stuff remains to be seen.Anyway,I`ve stuck with the 45.23..good enough for me-(note:unintentional poetry there..)roadworker said:
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