NVIDIA has made available the following drivers for Windows Vista February Customer Technology Preview (CTP) build 5308.FebCTP_Final.060217-2200. The current ForceWare driver is a preview release that will enable you to test the basic features and capabilities of the new operating system. This driver has no performance optimizations included and has received limited stability testing.
ForceWare 83.50 for Laptop and Desktop GPUs
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 83.50 for Windows 2000/XP! These Drivers come from Asus for their new Mobile laptops Go 7600, Go 7400 and Go 7300. Your going to need a modified .inf file if your card is not listed! Dated 01/12/2006
Looking Back Pt. 2: X800 & Catalyst Under The Knife
We continue our driver investigation series with a look at Catalyst performance on the X800 Series.
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ATI Catalyst 6.2 Build 8.221 WHQL with Control Panel
Our bro's over at Station-Drivers send word that they've snagged a set of ATi Catalyst 6.2 Build 8.221 drivers with Control Panel version 6.14.10.5180 for Windows 2000/XP! Dated 07/02/2006
XTreme-G 83.90.v2 Released
TweaksRUs has released their mod of nVidia's Forceware 83.90, which is, by all accounts, a superb driver. The package has also been virus checked and compressed to a slim 17.88MB.
SFFT Driver Alpha 35 - 3dfx Voodoo3/4/5 - Windows 2000/XP
It's on line the latest release (Alpha 35) of SFFT driver for 3dfx hardware and Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP Operative Systems. It comes out with two packages, one for VSA-100 cards, and so Voodoo4 4500, Voodoo5 5500 and Voodoo5 6000 are supported as well, and one for Voodoo3 family, including Voodoo3 2000, Voodoo3 3000 and Voodoo3 3500 cards. Download it Here.
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 8.0.0.1005 Alpha
The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility installs to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. This is needed for the proper functioning of the following features:
Radeon Omega Drivers 3.8.221 (Cat 6.2)
The new Omega Drivers based on the Catalyst 6.2 are ready!
NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver v1.8362
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.
ForceWare 83.90 Win2000/XP
A new ForceWare driver is out today, this time build 83.90 The new drivers support a range of new NVIDIA graphics cards:
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0290.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0291.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DF.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0391.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0290.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0291.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DF.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0391.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT"
Creative X-fi driver v 2.09.0000 beta
Here a pack of drivers version the 2.09.0000 drivers version 5.12.5.1180 for the X-Fi Series in version beta but limited (at the end of May 2006) New version of "Audio Comforts".
SFFT Driver Alpha 34 - 3dfx Voodoo3/4/5 - Windows 2000/XP
It's on line the latest Alpha 34 release of SFFT driver for 3dfx hardware and Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP Operative Systems. It comes out with two packages, one for VSA-100 cards, and so Voodoo4 4500, Voodoo5 5500 and Voodoo5 6000 are supported as well, and one for Voodoo3 family, including Voodoo3 2000, Voodoo3 3000 and Voodoo3 3500 cards. Download it Here.
Realtek AC97 Driver v3.83
Realtek released version 3.83 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.
NVIDIA ForceWare 82.12 WHQL
MSI has just hosted a new ForceWare Driver on their website. The only difference between this driver and the official beta from NVIDIA is that this version is WHQL Certified and has a few MSI add-ons. The dates and the files are the same.
ATI Catalyst 6.2 Performance Analysis
If for some reason you haven?t updated since the 5.13 drivers, this is the perfect time to take the leap because no matter if you have a lower end ATI card or a higher end card, you should see some form of performance increase throughout a number of games.
ATI releases Catalyst 6.2 with full X1900 support
ATI released Catalyst 6.2 with full X1900,XT, XTX and 1900 Crossfire support.
ATI now introduced a new wizard based interface for Catalyst Control Center that greatly simplifies setting up and using the most commonly used tasks in our user interface.
ATI now introduced a new wizard based interface for Catalyst Control Center that greatly simplifies setting up and using the most commonly used tasks in our user interface.
Nvidia in No Rush to Stamp Out Dangerous Driver Bug
Back on the 20th of October last year Nvidia Corporation introduced a new feature in their ForceWare 81.85 graphics card drivers. They called it ?Direct Access?, and it was designed to enable users to control their monitors directly from the ForceWare control panel instead of the actual controls on their monitor. While it is nice to see Nvidia incorporating new features into their software, it turned out that there is an ?evil side? to this Direct Access feature.
nVidia Forceware 81.98 Drivers
nVidia has released new Forceware 81.98 drivers
Release Highlights: WHQL Certified Adds support for GeForce 7800 GS AGP Application compatibility fixes. For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes. Read More
Release Highlights: WHQL Certified Adds support for GeForce 7800 GS AGP Application compatibility fixes. For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes. Read More
ATI Theater 550 PRO v6.14.10.102 & v6.14.10.133 WHQL
techPowerUp have snagged the latest ATI Theater 550 PRO Drivers for All TV Tuner products based on Theater? 550 PRO, including those from the following manufacturers:
ForceWare 83.60 Win2000/XP
Dell just released a ForceWare driver with revision 83.60, and yes .. they have the new control panel.
The new CP is still a little buggy, but hey its a beta so you can't complain right ?
The new CP is still a little buggy, but hey its a beta so you can't complain right ?