nVidia ForceWare 60.72 & ATi Catalyst 4.4

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Thanks to TechConnect for these 2 driver updates. Please note that the nVidia driver is a beta driver!

nVidia Forceware 60.72 beta Win2k/XP
A new nVidia Forceware driver (beta) is now available for download and this one works for all nVidia videocards within Windows2000 and XP.

Signature = "$Windows NT$"
Provider = %NVIDIA%
ClassGUID = {4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Class = Display
CatalogFile = NV4_DISP.CAT
DriverVer = 04/04/2004, 6.0.7.2

Download: nVidia Forceware 60.72 beta Win2k/XP @ Googlemaster | Techconnect Mirror

ATI Catalyst 4.4
Theres also a new Catalyst driver, resolved issues are:

Connecting a secondary CRT and enabling VPU Recover no longer results in the operating system failing to restore itself
The new rotation implementation no longer fails to update the desktop when doing a mode set on exit
Setting the display resolution to 1024x768 32bpp and switching the DVI connector for HDTV to 480i no longer results in the HDTV device not working within the ATI Control Panel
Setting the display resolution to 1152x864 32bpp under Windows XP and playing an MPEG or AVI file using the Windows Media Player no longer results in display corruption on the TV output
Setting the display resolution to 1920x1080 on an ATI RADEON 9700 PRO when connected to a specific monitor no longer results in the image not being display
The file version and the product version information is now correct

Download: Win 98/ME | Win2000 | WinXP | ATi Multimedia Center 9.0

View: Release Notes

Resolved Game Issues (ATI Catalyst 4.4 cont)
This section provides information on game issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST™. These include the following:

Worms 3D no longer fails to properly play. Launching in game movies no longer results in only the sound being heard with the display being corrupted or black
Intermittent texture corruption and flashing is no longer seen when playing the game Battlefield 1942
The shadow of the characters in the game Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow are now being displayed properly
Display corruption is no longer noticed when switching between 2D and 3D modes in the game Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
The performance of the game Tomb Raider AOD is no longer compromised when running the game at the display resolution of 1600x1200
The brightness option found in certain games is now working properly when extended desktop is enabled and both monitors are set to 1280x1024 32bpp
Configuring the game RACER version 0.50 to run at full screen, 1600x1200 32bpp, no longer results in the game failing to respond
Setting the display resolution to 1600x1200 and running the game Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy no longer results in display corruption being noticed at a specific point in the game
Display corruption is no longer seen when playing the demo version of the game Far Cry

(1 reply) #1 NEXTY on 09 Apr 2004 - 10:20

Just beat me to it Neobond

I just posted about this, well the nVidia driver.
Going to give them a run just now, see how they are.

#1.1 Neobond on 09 Apr 2004 - 10:21

better luck next time

#2 forster on 09 Apr 2004 - 10:28

Looking forward to seeing if this fixes mu UT2004 issues

(3 replies) #3 Gian-Pa on 09 Apr 2004 - 10:42

I updated ATI Catalyst Driver and now Colin McRae Rally 4 doesn't work anymore!!
It says:
No Compatible 3d cards detected!

It worked before! I have a Connect3D ATi 9600-XT 128MB.

Please help!

#3.1 Maxious on 09 Apr 2004 - 10:55

check that acceleration is still on in display properties and dxdiag - for some reason it turns them off for me every few drivers

#3.2 Gian-Pa on 09 Apr 2004 - 12:00

[QUOTE]yeah! that's the problem! so how do i activare it? it says "not available"

[/QUOTE]
Ok problem solved uninstalling driver and installing it again...
It seems that u can't install over a new version of an ati driver (like for nvidia's graphic cards)

Last edited by 30452 on 09 Apr 2004 - 12:58

#3.3 Buttseh on 10 Apr 2004 - 14:53

Add NOVIDEO the end of your CMR4 shortcut.

(1 reply) #4 ^vøødøø on 09 Apr 2004 - 11:16

I have modified the 60.72 drivers so that they work on a wider range of cards (Laptops etc.)

*Use at your own risk blah blah... Only tested on my GF4-440GO

Download Here...
60.72 Modified

#4.1 Almighty1 on 10 Apr 2004 - 02:13

For notebook modded drivers for Nvidia... goto

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com

#5 NEXTY on 09 Apr 2004 - 12:16

Poor result in my personnel test:

2513 3dmark driver: 5672 gforcefx 5600
2486 3dmark driver: 6072 " " "

MY SYSTEM DETAILS:

Intel(R) Pentium(R)HT 4 CPU 2.80GHz 3.1 GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Family Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Internal Clock 3.1 GHz
Internal Clock Maximum 3.6 GHz
External Clock 220.0 MHz
Socket Designation CPU 1
HyperThreadingTechnology Available - 2 Logical Processors
Capabilities MMX, CMov, RDTSC, SSE, SSE2
Version Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Caches
Level 1 8 KB
Level 2 512 KB
Level 3 0 B

DirectX Info
Version 9.0b
Long Version 4.09.00.0902

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DirectDraw
Version 5.3.0000000.900
Primary Device NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Display Device 1/1
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Driver 6.0.7.2

Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Total Local Video Memory 256 MB
Total Local Texture Memory 256 MB
Total AGP Memory 126 MB
Driver File nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.0.7.2
Driver Date 4-4-2004
Driver WHQL Certified false
Max Texture Width 4096 px
Max Texture Height 4096 px
Max User Clipping Planes 6
Max Active Hardware Lights 8
Max Texture Blending Stages 8
Fixed Function Textures In Single Pass 8
Vertex Shader Version 2.0
Pixel Shader Version 2.0
Max Vertex Blend Matrices 0
Max Texture Coordinates 8
VGA Memory Clock 501.4 MHz
VGA Core Clock 324.0 MHz
PCI
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Memory Info
Total Physical Memory 1022 MB
Free Physical Memory 676 MB
Total Pagefile Memory 2.40 GB
Free Pagefile Memory 2.18 GB

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Motherboard Info
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Model P4P800
Version Rev 1.xx
BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version 080009
BIOS Release Date 02/23/2004
BIOS Properties Plug and Play, Flash, AGP
AGP
Revision 3.0
Rate 4x, 8x (8x enabled)
Available Rate 0x0000000c
Selected Rate 0x00000008
Aperture Size 128 MB
Sideband Addressing supported (enabled)
Fast Write supported (enabled)

Monitor Info
Monitor 1/1
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Manufacturer (19in Standard monitor types)
Max Width 1600 px
Max Height 1200 px

Operating System Info
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Version 5.1.2600
Service Pack Service Pack 1
Locale GB
Desktop Width 1152 px
Desktop Height 864 px
Desktop BPP 32 b

Last edited by 1266 on 09 Apr 2004 - 12:33

(1 reply) #6 NEXTY on 09 Apr 2004 - 12:18

silly me to much of a hurry there

Last edited by 1266 on 09 Apr 2004 - 12:33

#6.1 Boogiman on 09 Apr 2004 - 12:22

QUOTE (#6.0)

You can edit it your self. Press on the orange "E"

opps
Admin edit above, as needed please, didn't think it was that big. sorry

#7 zivan56 on 10 Apr 2004 - 01:21

My Radeon Mobility 9200 is missing a ****load of textures in most games

Going back to 4.2...

#8 Almighty1 on 10 Apr 2004 - 05:06

60.72 breaks 1600x1024 60hz mode and sends out a 1280x1024 60hz signal instead on my GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and SGI (Silicon Graphics Inc) 17.3" 1600x1024 16:10 LCD Display. The same problem occured with 23.11 and got fixed in 27.40 and worked fine even in 56.72.

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