Just got a Word that Radeonthetop has posted an update of their driver comparison including the new Spirit Driver V1.3 which is based on the Beta Catalyst 4.8 Driver comparison

Station-Drivers reports that VIA Tech has released new drivers for the internal AC97 sound in their chipsets i.e. south bridges T82C686x , VT8231 , VT8233x , VT8235 and VT8237. The version carries the 5.50a number and works on Windows 9x/ME/2K/XP.

They also tell they have a new set of VT64xx Raid series & VT8237 SATA RAID drivers v3.10e.

Realtek have released new Drivers for the RTL8139 (A/B/C/D/8130)/810X series, version 6.15 for windows 98/ME/ 2000/XP! Dated 2004/07/28.

Creative have updated their Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS driver to v5.12.01.444! Dated: 29/07/2004. This update combines the features and fixes of two previous updates:

4.0 ADVANCED HD Driver Patch Update for Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS (released on 29 March 2004) 4.0 ADVANCED HD Driver Update for Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2/Audigy 2 ZS (released on 19 November 2003)

Dark-Tweaker have thrown up their benchies for ATi's latest Catalyst 4.8 Beta 8.04 Drivers plus a performance comparsion againist Catalyst 4.6 , and Catalyst 4.7.

ATi have released Catalyst 4.7 for Windows 98/ME! Dated 07/27/04.

TweakGuides have thrown up their latest guide that looks at tweaking your ATI Catalyst Drivers!

The ATI Catalyst Tweak Guide - an ambitious guide which covers everything from optimizing graphics-related BIOS settings, through to clean installation of the Catalysts, detailed descriptions and recommendations for every setting in the ATI Control Panel, how to access and tweak hidden registry settings for your ATI graphics card, and finally some information on overclocking and benchmarking. It should be the single source for all your ATI graphics card optimization needs.

Just got word that Radeonthetop has posted a new version of the Sprit Driver V1.3 based on the Catalyst 4.8 beta.

NVIDIA has now released their newest set of drivers, just a few days after their last official release, with the 61.77 Forceware drivers.

Our bro's over at Station-Drivers send news that they've snagged a new set of Catalyst Drivers in the shape of 4.8 Beta 8.04 for Windows 2000/XP! All Cards Supported Radeon 7xxx/8xxx/9xxx/X8XX

The new dgVoodoo, version 1.30, is now available for download on VolariGamers. DgVoodoo is the ONLY Glide wrapper available which allows you to play Glide-based games on any DirectX 7 capable video card, and works for BOTH Windows and DOS games. This allows you to play all-time classics such as Tomb Raider, GTA, Red Baron 3D, UT or Carmaggeddon in Glide mode.

Just got word that Radeonthetop.com have posted their Catalyst 4.7 Driver comparison. they compared 6 alternate drivers for Radeon Cards:  

Mobilenvidia has modded the ForceWare 62.20 drivers by modding the INFs so they should be usable by all nVidia powered Laptops and Desktops! For a list of Supported nVidia Mobile GPU's check here

Inside the driver is a directory with OEM laptop INFs use one of these for your laptops make.

Our bro's over at Neowin send news that they've snagged a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 62.20 for Windows 2000/XP! All Cards Supported.

Just spotted this bit of Info posted over at Nvnews.net!

I've created a sticky thread on creating custom resolutions using NVIDIA's ForceWare drivers. Not only can you increase your desktop real estate, but you will find that some games will allow the custom resolutions to be offered as a selection.

Our bro's over at Station-Drivers send news of some updates that are worth checking out Like:

REALTEK High Definition Audio (ALC-880) drivers 1.03 windows 2000/Xp ASUS Smartdoctor 4.45/4.47 SIS SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet drivers 1.16.00.15 ASUS P5GDC Deluxe bios 1002 final: Fix graphic adapter priority not correct MSI Pc Alert 4 4.0.6.3 ASUS Gameface 2.03 MSI PT880 Neo Series bios 1.7: Fix system cannot wake up via onboard LAN ALBATRON PX915G & PX915P Serie bios 1.07 beta Improve performance and alot more ....

Thanks to Guru 3D for the Heads up!

These are modified/hacked ATI Catalyst drivers. The drivers have been optimized with two things in mind, better Image Quality and more/stable frames per second when compared to the official Catalyst drivers from ATI!

Nvidia have just released a new set of ForceWare Drivers version 61.76 WHQL cerfified.

Driverheaven staff member Steve "Chaos" Ruxton has taken Omegas and Unian's drivers for a test drive along with ATIs 4.7 drivers. Steve has done a very thorough job and it makes for informative reading indeed.

Nvidia have just released a new set of nForce Drivers version 4.27 WHQL.

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