nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 71.84 WHQL

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Drivers for the nVIDIA RIVA TNT, GeForce, Geforce 2, GeForce 3 + 4, the 'Ti' range of cards, GeForce FX and some Quadro cards. nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers has the following other editions available: nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows 9x/Me and nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows NT.

What's New (Windows XP/2000)

Support for the GeForce 6200 with TurboCache, NVIDIA PureVideo, and NVIDIA SLI
SLI support for over 60 top games
A CoolBits applet to allow users to easily add their own SLI application profiles for games that are not SLI certified
Robust HDTV Display Setup and adjustments
Multi-Display support for Windows Remote Desktop
Improved compatibility with Windows Remote Desktop in multi-display modes

What's New (Windows 9x/Me)

Support for the GeForce 6 series GPUs
Robust HDTV Display Setup and adjustments

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 71.84 WHQL Certified (Windows XP/2000)

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 71.84 WHQL Certified (Windows 9x/ME)

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(1 reply) #1 -DarkPhoeniX- on 11 Mar 2005 - 17:05

It's about time we had an official driver release from nvidia, wonder if the temperature bug is still there?

#1.1 frazell on 11 Mar 2005 - 17:36

Agreed...

4 months is a extremly long time for new video drivers (especially when compared to ATI's monthly schedual). Seems Nvidia has long fallen off the wagon in the driver arena...

#2 xMorpheousx416 on 11 Mar 2005 - 17:19

QUOTE

wonder if the temperature bug is still there?

From the release notes:

GeForce 6800: The 'Temperature Settings' in the Display Properties reports an approximately 20% higher temperature than with the previous driver version. This issue will be fixed with the next driver release

#3 Saadu on 11 Mar 2005 - 17:45

Damn it nVidia, took you long enough.

#4 c4nad14n on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:10

any performance benefits? or just little bug fixes?

#5 ev0| on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:21

These drivers are so nice tho. they're simple, and it's easy to use

#6 Hankyone on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:31

oh nice finnaly

#7 mentalindustries on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:38

http://download.guru3d.com/detonator/

the 'solidish' betas get released here almost weekly some times 2 times a week

mentalinc

#8 Dark Warhawk on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:38

this is stupid, the temp is not a read error it really does make your card run hotter. for the first time i think ATI is making the better drivers. i guess will have to wait 5 months for a fix

#9 ReAnimation on 11 Mar 2005 - 18:51

I'm not risking running these drivers. I know about the temp bug, but I thought I would use them anyway since they are now 'officail'. My 6800GT hit 66 Degree's C (which is a massive 14 degrees C increase) after 10 minutes in windows....I am now back to 66.93 until nVidia roll's out a driver that sorts this out.

(1 reply) #10 craZySoldier on 11 Mar 2005 - 19:23

They are beta

#10.1 Radium on 11 Mar 2005 - 22:25

They used to be.
They are official now.
Check NVIDIA's site.

#11 smashguy on 11 Mar 2005 - 19:49

Sounds pretty good to me!

(1 reply) #12 bigl523 on 11 Mar 2005 - 20:35

"GeForce 6 Series, SLI: After exiting a 3D game, the NVIDIA clock frequency remains at the higher 3D-performance frequency instead of reducing to the standard clock frequency. This issue can be worked around by rebooting your computer to reset the clock frequency. This will be fixed in the next driver release."

Is this just for SLI cards or SLI and 6800 series cards? This is the sole reason why i have not installed these yet.

#12.1 codykm on 12 Mar 2005 - 08:01

This is for SLI cards and any 6XXX card (6600, 6600gt, 6800, 6800 gt, 6800 Ultra), plus any others i may be missing.

#13 GSDragoon on 11 Mar 2005 - 20:45

Despite the few degrees higher idel temp, they are pretty nice. Been using these for a couple of weeks now. 6800 user.

#14 MrMunka on 11 Mar 2005 - 22:17

About damn time...! So on to the download, thanks for the heads up by the way.

#15 Jørgen on 11 Mar 2005 - 22:26

It crashes my nvidiacard just as other betas have done in the past. NMI parity failed etc.

#16 bilemke on 11 Mar 2005 - 22:28

Correct link for 9x/me version please...

Info Page of betanews
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/nVIDIA_ForceWare_Drivers_for_Windows_9xMe/950852325/2

Direct download like posted above but correct this time.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/950852325/2

They both point to 2k/xp right now.

Last edited by 4554 on 11 Mar 2005 - 23:10

#17 DjmUK on 11 Mar 2005 - 22:41

No Linux driver updates?

(1 reply) #18 ranasrule on 11 Mar 2005 - 22:55

should i uninstall the old drivers before installing these ?

#18.1 Max™ on 11 Mar 2005 - 23:01

Its a good idea to clean them off - but I never do.

#19 mariusu on 11 Mar 2005 - 22:59

i'm having the 60hz problem with these drivers. but where the hell are the settings to override the refresh rate? they're gone now?
ideas anybody?

#20 StevoFC on 11 Mar 2005 - 23:20

you people act like the temp bug is such a big deal. video cards can run much hotter than cpu's with no worries at all. and it's really not that big of a deal to begin with.

(3 replies) #21 DjmUK on 11 Mar 2005 - 23:34

Linux Drivers 7167 - Available

# Support for GeForce 6200 with TurboCache™ GPUs
# Improved OpenGL workstation performance.
# Added support for XRandR rotation; see Appendix W in the text README.
# Added ExactModeTimingsDVI X config option to give explicit control over the mode timings used on Flat Panels.
# Added Xorg dlloader support.
# Changed driver behavior such that PAT (Page Attribute Table) is used where possible instead of MTRRs.
# Added a workaround for an X server bug with PCI-E GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6600; a fix has been provided to XFree86 and XOrg.
# Fixed stability problems on x86_64 PCI-E systems.
# Fixed 2D rendering corruption on certain older GPUs.
# Improved compatibility with Linux 2.6 kernels.
# Fixed compatibility problems with some SWIOTLB em64t systems.
# Fixed a bug that triggered error messages of the form: "ioctl32(doom.x86:6747): Unknown cmd fd(16) cmd(c0384642){00} arg(ffffc75c) on /dev/nvidiactl"
# Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.
# Improved interaction with the udev filesystem.
# Improved performance of PCI cards on Linux 2.6 systems.
# Updated documentation. Please see the text README file.

Nvidia Linux Drivers

#21.1 mr_da3m0n on 12 Mar 2005 - 01:13

Yaaaaaaaaay!
*waits for them to land in portage*

#21.2 sentio on 12 Mar 2005 - 02:40

Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.

Yaay!

#21.3 nookadum on 13 Mar 2005 - 02:25

# Added Xorg dlloader support.

# Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.

YES!

Now all I have to do is wait for ATI to revamp their drivers for Linux so my other computer (9500np) will actually work better.

#22 cibbis on 12 Mar 2005 - 03:32

well the 7190's still dont have the tempature fixed on them, and yes i do realize they are beta and NOT official nvidia drivers, just thought i would add my 2c on the temp problem

(1 reply) #23 SkyyPunk on 12 Mar 2005 - 03:43

SOB! wont install on my geforce go 5200

#23.1 ckempo on 14 Mar 2005 - 12:47

Go here and you can get a modified INF file to work on the Go! editions... my laptop is running these drivers just fine....

#24 xtremev3 on 12 Mar 2005 - 04:32

if i max out the driver settings like 8x antialiasing and so on java programs will not run correctly on my system they show a blank screen so set it to application preference

(1 reply) #25 IGx89 on 12 Mar 2005 - 04:36

Since these are official, non-beta drivers, how come Neowin is linking to betanews.com instead of nvidia.com (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_71.84.html)?

#25.1 josrh on 12 Mar 2005 - 10:58

yeh, it annoys me when they do stuff like linking to betanews, softpedia etc instead of the official sites.

(1 reply) #26 reKoiL on 12 Mar 2005 - 12:21

this is gonna sound noobish but how do u c the temprature reading

i got a GIGABYTE GeForce FX 5700

#26.1 RanCorX2 on 12 Mar 2005 - 13:29

only certain features work on certain cards, and they hide the hidden features as well. 5700, umm donno if it has temp readin??

(1 reply) #27 Section 31 on 12 Mar 2005 - 14:56

I can't override my refresh rates. I used to do it with the version before this one. I want to get 75Hz in games, not 60Hz. It strains my eyes.

#27.1 Radium on 12 Mar 2005 - 21:53

Look for something called "RefreshForce".
It will narrow it down so that there's only one refresh rate of each mode.
No need to run software in the background.

#28 quick on 12 Mar 2005 - 15:47

Been using the 75.90 release and haven't had any temp or other probs, they work fine in all the games i've tried but i haven't tried all that many... I guess i will stick with these unless there is some advantage over the 75.90?

(1 reply) #29 inVision on 12 Mar 2005 - 17:27

I can't override my refresh rate's either... the whole option is gone...

#29.1 inVision on 12 Mar 2005 - 17:36

http://nvtweak.laptopvideo2go.com/ Press enable all and check back again

Google rulez

#30 Ficman on 12 Mar 2005 - 22:07

Sweet

#31 Mando on 13 Mar 2005 - 11:08

the temp issue can be worked around. I turn up my clock settings with my gainward tool (expert tool) to 401 core and then apply . I then set it back to windows 2d setting default of 400 and the temp readings sort themselves out.

no big deal although slightly annoying i agree.

was using 66.97s from gainward before these and i dont see any major performance gains tbh, but thats ok considering the performance of the 6800gts would you REALLY notice that big a boost from any new driver release?
the days of big boosts from just a driver release are gone i think.

i ran 3dmark 05 & Aquamark3 benchmarks @1600x1200@32bitx4aa x4af (i run all my games at this

) and the scores were the same apart from maybe 50-75 marks more for the newer driver release.

Roll on next Official release if they fix the only small niggle atm (temp readings)

Last edited by 11418 on 13 Mar 2005 - 11:15

#32 Dirtie on 14 Mar 2005 - 06:17

Perhaps these will fix some of my games crashing on my Geforce FX 5200 ever since the 66.93 version? I had to roll back to 61.77...

Oh, BTW, people with the overheating, perhaps you shoulld look at the release notes under "Open Issues":

GeForce 6800: The Temperature Settings in the Display Properties
reports an approximately 20% higher temperature than with the
previous driver version.

Last edited by 78934 on 14 Mar 2005 - 06:25

#33 Boofster on 14 Mar 2005 - 16:39

Installed and no probs. Refresh tab is missing. Not sure why.

Unlock it with NVTweak:
nvtweak.laptopvideo2go.com

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