ATI is one of the first graphic providers to make a 64-bit driver that supports the Longhorn Display Driver Model (LDDM) ? the Microsoft Vista revolutionary graphic driver standard ? as well as the first to provide LDDM drivers for integrated graphics processors. By making LDDM drivers available more than a full year prior to Windows Vista release, ATI provides developers with a stable, feature-enabled and performance-optimized platform for application development.

Nvidia have released 2 new sets of nForce4 AMD/Intel X16 Drivers 6.85 and 6.83 for Windows 2000/XP and Windows XP 64bits! Dated 26 January 2006

timeshift send us the following news: Realtek has released v6.39 for their RTL8169/8110 Gigabit NIC chipsets dated 27/01/2006 @ Realtek

ForceWare 83.40 Win2000/XP

These drivers where released by videocard manufacturer Sparkle. The drivers have been WHQL tagged, which means that Microsoft took a peek at them and labeled them to be "ok".

Realtek released version 3.82 driver for their ALC AC97 audio chipsets. The driver supports all ALC series audio chipsets from ALC100 up to ALC850 mainly used as onboard sound on various motherboards.

The NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the NVIDIA ForceWare driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with better performance and image quality. The Driver has support for all Geforce cards.

This set started out as a laptop driver from ASUS with International language files and has been modded into the latest XTreme-G modded Forceware driver. It has been virus checked, compressed, and reduced to a svelt 17.8MB, for your convenience.

This download contains an improved version of the drivers found on the Sound Blaster Audigy®, Audigy 2 series, and Audigy 4 series installation CDs. Microsoft® Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2, or Windows 2000! Dated 24 Jan 06

Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 83.20 for Windows 2000/XP! These Drivers come from Toshiba for their upcoming go7300, go7400 and possibly a Quadro 110M as well. Your going to need a modified .inf file if your card is not listed! Dated December 15 , 2005

VISTA has no control panel with the LDDM drivers. So I tried to install the normal XP drivers and found these worked with Vista and gave a Control panel just like in XP, but then there was no glass effect. From here I worked on an INF that would work with Vista and XP, after some testing and tweaking I think I have it sorted.

Here's two new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 85.05 and 86.70 for Windows Vista! Your going to need a modified .inf file if your card is not listed! Dated December 22 , 2005

As we enter 2006 we see the first Catalyst driver set for the New Year labeled as the 6.1s. These come out just in time for the release of the latest FutureMark benchmark application labeled 3DMark06 funnily enough.

The new Radeon Omega Drivers based on the Official Catalyst 6.1 Drivers are out!

What's New in Omega Drivers?
v3.8.205

[*] Based on the Catalyst 6.1 Official drivers.
[+] Starting from this set, I will use my own version internally for the Catalyst drivers, instead of using 6.1, 6.2, etc, I will be naming them 6.01, 6.02, etc, this will make the Cat versions less confusing and more "logical".
[*] Updated Multires to v1.56. (fixes the "non-supported" resolutions bug)
[+] New version naming scheme for the Omega Drivers, now is based on the internal ATI version number than in the 2D Display version.

Just got an email that Catalyst 6.1 is available from ATI.
This release is mainly a maintenance driver and cleans up a few bugs.
Issues Resolved in Catalyst® Software Suite 6.1 BattleField 2 Special Forces: A blooming or ghosting effect is no longer noticed when playing the game in night vision mode. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-21263 Beyond Good and Evil: Flickering artifacts are no longer noticed on the game characters after approximately 15 minutes of game play. Further details on this resolved issue can be found in topic number 737-20795 Read more

Our bro's over at Station-Drivers send word that they've snagged a WHQL set of ATi Catalyst 5.13 Build 8.203 drivers with CCC: 1.2.2044.266 and supports ATI's Radeon X1900 for Windows 2000/XP! Dated 23/12/2005

TweaksRUs has released their modded version of NVIDIA's Forceware 82.65; XTreme-G 82.65.v2 in both winXP2k and x64 versions.

Guru3D are saying that they are looking good for sure, we virus and pest controlled them and they came out clean.
They repacked the archive and it's down from a 32 MB filesize towards 19 MB right now for a faster download. Interesting facts .. these drivers support a GeForce 7800 GT and 7300 LE. Read more for download

Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 81.97 for Windows 2000/XP! These Drivers come from Dell for their 7800 GTX based machines (Desktop). Your going to need a modified .inf file if your card is not listed! Dated December 1, 2005

IntelliPoint software enables you to customize the unique features of your Microsoft® mouse. You can reassign mouse buttons to perform commands, shortcuts, and application-specific functions. You can also modify mouse settings, such as pointer speed and updated horizontal scrolling.

IntelliType Pro software enables you to customize the unique features of your Microsoft® keyboard to fit your needs. With IntelliType Pro software, you can reassign many of the keys to open a program, file, or Web page, or to perform commands, such as Find, Show Desktop, or other application-specific functions.