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| 190816 | 2003-11-11 02:19:00 | 52.16 is out. I downloaded them last week after reading this article. It has the technical reasons why this version makes such an improvment. www.extremetech.com I can go back to bridge commander now. |
gerardkean (1765) | ||
| 190817 | 2003-11-11 02:38:00 | Not a very complimentary review until you start getting into the driver comparisons and see the difference the new driver (apparently) makes. It does appear, however, that this release is specifically for the FX range of cards (am I wrong?), so probably won't work with GF2-4 etc. I'm having a bit more of a read elsewhere to findout. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 190818 | 2003-11-11 02:43:00 | yep, that's wrong. Gforce, FX and TNT2 all share the same drivers and driver benefits. I'm running a TNT2 on a 500mhz machine and so I'm always skeptical. It made a difference. |
gerardkean (1765) | ||
| 190819 | 2003-11-11 02:57:00 | > yep, that's wrong. Gforce, FX and TNT2 all share the > same drivers and driver benefits. > I'm running a TNT2 on a 500mhz machine and so I'm > always skeptical. It made a difference. Right you are :) From nVidia: ForceWare Release 50 graphics driver is the graphics driver for all NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). ForceWare Release 50 supports 2D graphics, DirectX 9, OpenGL 1.4, nView Desktop Management software version 2.0, NVRotate. NVKeystone, Digital Vibrance Control and includes a new control panel and the CineFX emulator. Through NVIDIA’s Unified Driver Architecture, ForceWare Release 50 software supports all GPUs below in a single driver. Products Supported: TNT2 TNT2 Pro TNT2 Ultra TNT2 Model 64 (M64) TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro Vanta Vanta LT GeForce 256 GeForce DDR GeForce2 MX GeForce2 MX 100 GeForce2 MX 200 GeForce2 MX 400 GeForce2 GTS GeForce2 Pro GeForce2 Ti GeForce2 Ultra GeForce3 GeForce3 Ti 200 GeForce3 Ti 500 GeForce4 MX 460 GeForce4 MX 440 GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X GeForce4 MX440SE with AGP8X GeForce4 MX 420 GeForce4 Ti 4200 GeForce4 TI 4200 with AGP8X GeForce4 Ti 4400 GeForce4 Ti 4600 GeForce4 Ti 4800 GeForce4 Ti 4800SE GeForce FX 5200 GeForce FX 5200 Ultra GeForce FX 5600 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GeForce FX 5950 Ultra NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Quadro FX 1000 Quadro FX 2000 Quadro Quadro2 Pro Quadro2 EX Quadro2 MXR Quadro DCC Quadro4 200 NVS Quadro4 400 NVS Quadro4 500 XGL Quadro4 550 XGL Quadro4 700 XGL Quadro4 750 XGL Quadro4 900 XGL GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics GeForce4 MX Integrated graphics GeForce FX 5600SE Quadro FX 500 Quadro FX 1000 Quadro FX 2000 Quadro FX 3000 NOTE: GeForce2 Go and GeForce4 Go mobile processors are not supported in this driver. Please contact the notebook's manufacturer for graphics drivers for your notebook PC. That said though, the forum attached to the review site above holds some opinions of the new drivers - most of them aren't good ones :( Mike |
Mike (15) | ||
| 190820 | 2003-11-11 03:14:00 | The early 50.xx drivers did have bad effects for a few people (I know someone in a lan club with some stories). The idea is to stay away from versions 50.xx up to 52.16 but 52.16 are good. Since I got bitten bad with the 7.0 release of directX. I make a point of reading reviews and user opinions first. Appart from mobile chipsets, the riva and riva 128 aren't supported. |
gerardkean (1765) | ||
| 190821 | 2003-11-11 04:06:00 | > The early 50.xx drivers did have bad effects for a > few people (I know someone in a lan club with some > stories). The idea is to stay away from versions > 50.xx up to 52.16 but 52.16 are good. > > Since I got bitten bad with the 7.0 release of > directX. I make a point of reading reviews and user > opinions first. Well did you read the user opinions of the 52.16 attached to that review? They weren't that appreciative - and they weren't talking about earlier releases, they were talking about the 52.16 (as that's what the review was about). Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 190822 | 2003-11-11 04:30:00 | Hi Guys WARNING These drivers are optimised for DX9 games. OpenGL games still have performance issues. For example, games like Homeworld 2 still do not benefit from these drivers. I say again - DX9 optimised. If you have DX9 games, I recommend these drivers. For openGL games I would stick with 44.03 drivers. nVidia is working on OGL optimisations hopefully for the next release. Rev Species 116 |
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