Driver: Nvidia 81.98 (WHQL)


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is the 6800GS (AGP) supported?..

83.40 does

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0040.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0041.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0042.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0043.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0045.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0047.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0048.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT"

NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_004E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000"

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE "

NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT "

There is a pinned thread for just this very sort of thing.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=415813

that thread is a bad idea, there was a discussion on that topic, plus the list is out of date. cats 6.1 came out about 2-3 weeks ago

changelog for those who wanted it.

ForceWare Release 80

Version: 81.98

Release Date: February 7, 2006

WHQL Certified

Issues Resolved in Version 81.98:

- Removed the Direct Access functionality from the driver user interface.

- Low Viewperf 8.01 scores occur with Dual Core and dual processor systems.

- Dual Core Processors: Corel Paint Shop Pro X does not work.

- Rendering problems occur in Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

- GeForce 7 Series: Ground textures in Flight Simulator 2004 do not render correctly when using Ultra High settings.

- GeForce 7800 GTX 512: The system cannot resume from Standby.

- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Running F.E.A.R. hangs the system on the Apple 30ʺ Cinema display when Monitor Scaling is used.

- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, GeForce 6800/6600: Ground and water textures are corrupted when zooming out in Civilization 4.

- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, GeForce 6800: Shadows fail to render in Splinter Cell 1.

- Dual GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Everquest 2 launches to a black screen when antialiasing is set to 2xQ at 1920 x 1200 resolution.

- GeForce 7800 GTX 512: Chronicles of Riddick does not run at resolutions higher than 800x600.

- GeForce 7800, GeForce 6800: Corruption is seen in Flight Simulator 2004.

- GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 6800, Quadro FX 4500: The system slows down with the Liquid Edition SD time line.

- GeForce 6800: Wrong colors appear when playing QuickTime trailers using the non-native video resolution.

- GeForce 6800 Ultra / GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Battlefield 2 has corruption or crashes when a player switches from zoomed commander view to zoomed sniper view.

- GeForce 6800: Shimmering or cropping of the full-screen video mirror occurs when covering the video window with another window.

- GeForce 6150/6100, Windows XP Media Center Edition: The driver does not recognize display connection changes that occur during a system shutdown.

- GeForce 6100/6150, Windows Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2: HD modes are listed as available when a TV is connected using S-Video.

- GeForce 6150/6100, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: The display remains inactive when resuming from Suspend mode.

- GeForce FX 5200: Textures disappear in CrimeLife v105.

- GeForce4 Ti 4200, Windows 98: Java applications crash when calling OpenGL

^^ I suspect that changelog is including the December release changes.

The re-release was to fix a bug with direct access to the monitor settings within the nvidia control panel.

*Removed the Direct Access functionality from the driver user interface.

Looks to me like there was just this change in this February release.

I will so not bother to download this one for that fix. :)

What was nVidia's problem calling this 81.99? :rolleyes:

"Re-release" a driver over a month later without changing the version. Clever. It will never confuse, nVidia.

^^ I suspect that changelog is including the December release changes.

Looks to me like there was just this change in this February release.

I will so not bother to download this one for that fix. :)

What was nVidia's problem calling this 81.99? :rolleyes:

"Re-release" a driver over a month later without changing the version. Clever. It will never confuse, nVidia.

I totally agree with you on that. A bug fix should warrant at least a xx.x1 change to the driver number. Worthless download to almost everyone.

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