56.64 ownez

March 15, 2004

got 6258 3dmark03 points with the new 56.64 drivers, thast like a hundred more then with 56.56 and the quality is the same

gonna try with aquamark a bit later too :p

March 15, 2004

Go you ! (Y)

March 15, 2004

I hope they work on my Geforce Go, the last few 56.XX releases have left a nasty black line on the right side of the screen.

March 15, 2004

I hope they work on my Geforce Go, the last few 56.XX releases have left a nasty black line on the right side of the screen.

My sony with 56.56 runs flawless with 56.56

I'll check pieter's inf page later to see if these are good for laptops

piters inf

March 15, 2004

My sony with 56.56 runs flawless with 56.56
I'll check pieter's inf page later to see if these are good for laptops

piters inf

Well it's a known bug with my laptop and the 56 series, he's been working on finding out what's causing it for some time now to no avail.

March 15, 2004

wow 100 more 3dmarks. before i get excited, what does that mean in real games?

March 15, 2004

what does that mean in real games?

nothing :blink:

March 15, 2004

i get a waring that the drivers don't support win XP :o that correct?

off topic: wOOt :star: :star: yeah !

March 15, 2004

Does it do any good to a guy who uses geforce2 mx 400 and just wants to watch videos and web surf?

March 15, 2004

nothing :blink:

heh yea it was more of a rhetorical question than anything :)

March 15, 2004

Does it do any good to a guy who uses geforce2 mx 400 and just wants to watch videos and web surf?

If your current drivers works for ya, just keep them..

March 15, 2004

wow 100 more 3dmarks. before i get excited, what does that mean in real games?

Not even an extra 1 FPS :) ... So as Trust says ... Nothing :)

I know I use benchmark progs myself, but they are not the be all and end all, real live benchmarks like, erm actual gaming, is how to tell if the drivers are any good :)

March 15, 2004

Not even an extra 1 FPS :) ... So as Trust says ... Nothing :)
I know I use benchmark progs myself, but they are not the be all and end all, real live benchmarks like, erm actual gaming, is how to tell if the drivers are any good :)

true indeed... i know and agree with this as well...

but like you said, with me there is some strange cosmic force that just propels me to run 3Dmark03 every-time i install a new driver... its like the damn app on first run hypnotized me into believing it actually means something...

March 15, 2004

tried getting that driver and it said i shouldn't install it bcz it could mess my system.

March 15, 2004

Time to see how awesome it makes my GeForce4 MX420 64MB PCI Card! w00t! :woot:

March 15, 2004

Here is the ultimate tool kit who dont have them yet ;)

First the infamous Coolbits reg hack. With this registry entry you can ENABLE overclock options in ForceWare.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]"CoolBits"=dword:00000003

After adding this to your registry, you'll gain access to Clock Frequencies tab where you can adjust GPU and memory speed :)

Second and the latest trick is for GLSL aka Open GL 2.0 support. By default Nvidia drivers do support up to Open GL 1.5.

But via our new kit item :) you can enable Open GL 2.0 support instantly. I think it's an experimental support right now but some demos that use new GLSL extensions working flawlessly without any problem. Also note that i'm not sure which nv cards handle this: i'm a fx5600 user and i assume at least 5600 and over suppport this.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\OpenGL][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\OpenGL\Debug]

"ShaderObjects"=dword:00000001

after adding the registry data, you can check if Open GL 2.0 is really enabled via a small tool called Open GL Extension Viewer - http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/.

if you wanna test and play with some Open GL 2.0 stuff just surf to: http://esprit.campus.luth.se/~humus/

Edited March 16, 2004 by yodat

March 16, 2004

tried getting that driver and it said i shouldn't install it bcz it could mess my system.

wow it said

and what excactly is "it"

March 16, 2004

Probably the installation program.

March 16, 2004

I gained 178 points in 3DMark03. No ****, from 2245 3DMarks to 2423 3DMarks (from 56.56 to 56.64)

March 16, 2004

I had smoother experience in UT2k3, ZSNES and Kyodai Mahjong... :D

March 16, 2004

I got on average of a 20 point decrease on my Geforce 2 MX 400 from 56.55 to 56.64. Although I don't know if it's just psychological but I swear by desktop looks crisper and cleaner with 56.64, anyone else notice this?

March 16, 2004

Before anyone starts whinging about some obscure hardware conflict, I'll post the important information from the driver release notes (I wish more people would read these)

Open Issues in Version 56.64

As with every released driver, version 56.64 of the Release 55 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. What follows is a list of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others will have workaround solutions.

? Windows XP/2000: Clone mode may be set for the GeForce FX 5600

although only one display is connected.

This setting causes a drop in the performance of 3D applications. The

workaround is to use the NVIDIA control panel to reset the system to

standard mode from clone mode.

? Windows XP, GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Homeworld2 antialiased

performance is slow.

This is not an NVIDIA bug, but is a known issue with the application. A game

patch 1.1 is available at ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/homeworld2/

updates/homeworld2_update_en_10_11.exe

? Quadro NVS, Windows NT 4.0: NV settings on taskbar should not

include nView Display Mode > Single/Clone/Span if in Multiview.