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Creative Releases 41.80 Drivers for Win9x/ME/2k/XP!!!

Posted by: [NT] on: 12/23/2002 09:04 PM [ Print | 24 comment(s) ] · 9899 views

Just got word from "anonymous" that Creative Europe has released brand new drivers for their line of NVIDIA Graphics Cards. These latest drivers are of version 41.80 dating back to 27th of November 2002 (11/27/2002).

Their full version is 6.14.1.4180 (win2k/xp) - making them the first DX9 compliant drivers (?) as previous drivers' full versions were 6.13.1.4xxx. The DXDiag app in DirectX 9 also says it supports DDI 9 - whereas 41.09 for example only showed them as supporting DDI 8...

Click on Read More to find out what cards are supported and where to download them ;)

UPDATE: Farge spotted in the 41.80 .zip file that a file called "modes.txt" says: Version 42.00, 12/10/2002 - so could this be the next version to come out? Time will tell...



NVidia.Nv4 = "3D Blaster RIVA TNT" NVidia.Nv5 = "3D Blaster RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro" NVidia.NvVanta = "3D Blaster Vanta/Vanta LT" NVidia.NvUltra = "3D Blaster TNT2 Ultra" NVidia.Nv5M64 = "3D Blaster TNT2 M64/M64 Pro" NVidia.Nv10 = "3D Blaster GeForce 256" NVidia.Nv10DDR = "3D Blaster GeForce Pro" NVidia.Nv11 = "3D Blaster GeForce2 MX" NVidia.Nv11DDR = "Creative GeForce2 MX200/MX400" NVidia.Nv15 = "3D Blaster GeForce2 GTS/Pro" NVidia.Nv15DDR = "3D Blaster GeForce2 Ti" NVidia.Nv15BR = "3D Blaster GeForce2 Ultra" NVidia.Nv17.1 = "3D Blaster 4 MX460" NVidia.Nv17.2 = "3D Blaster 4 MX440" NVidia.Nv17.3 = "3D Blaster 4 MX420" NVidia.Nv17.4 = "3D Blaster4 MX440 SE" NVidia.Nv18.2 = "3D Blaster4 MX440 with AGP8X" NVidia.Nv18.3 = "3D Blaster4 MX440/440SE with AGP8X" NVidia.Nv18.4 = "3D Blaster4 MX420 with AGP8X" NVidia.Nv20 = "Creative GeForce3" NVidia.Nv20.1 = "3D Blaster GeForce3 Ti 200" NVidia.Nv20.2 = "3D Blaster GeForce3 Ti 500" NVidia.Nv25.1 = "3D Blaster 4 Ti4600" NVidia.Nv25.2 = "3D Blaster 4 Ti4400" NVidia.Nv25.4 = "3D Blaster 4 Ti4200" NVidia.Nv28.1 = "3D Blaster4 Ti4800" NVidia.Nv28.2 = "3D Blaster4 Ti4200 with AGP8X" NVidia.Nv28.3 = "3D Blaster4 Ti 4800 SE"

Please remember that these drivers are not generic and not official from NVIDIA so only try them out @ your own risk!!

You can download them from Creative Europe HERE. Mirrors will be added later as they are created.

First fast mirror for Win2k/XP drivers : HERE. Another one @ 3dchipset (Thanks Solomon)
Third fast mirror also @ Xtreme HardWare


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Scoty
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#39981 Posted on: 12/23/2002 09:50 PM
can i use this driver with non-creative cards or is this for creative cards only?

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Mark_fox
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#39983 Posted on: 12/23/2002 09:54 PM
They should work ok on non-creative cards but your current card will show up on your system as a Creative/3D Blaster XXX when you intall them, e.g. if you have Geforce 3 then after you install this driver, the system will list it as "Creative GeForce3", and etc...

However, any installation of these drivers at your own risk sir, they are not from NVIDIA directly ;)


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Mark_fox
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#39984 Posted on: 12/23/2002 09:55 PM
Oh and, if any1 mirrors these drivers or finds a good mirror - post a comment for us or let me know so I can edit the news. Thanks ;)

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lostboy
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#39986 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:03 PM
got them down off the euro server ,fired them onto my system running a geforce 4 4200 blaster,yup i can confirm they rock compared to the n/vidia 4109`s,things kinda run smoother in d3d under dx9,now i can get ut 2003 running smooth could not b4.
live for speed runs an average 8fps faster,atuner works fine~:-)
Well satisfied here,bout time creative pulled the stops out.


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#39987 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:22 PM
yea way to go creative!!

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Tha_Man
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#39988 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:35 PM
now let's hope NVIDIA brings out their "unified" DX9 compatible drivers soon! damn, it would be great to have some extra performance or quality with DX9 on my LeadTek Geforce4 Ti4200 128MB :-P

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Jollemi
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#39989 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:37 PM
I modded the inf file so the names were the good old NVidia names. These drivers are good. Nature test in 3DMark2001SE came down a notch but the score was the same as before indicating that other test were up. OpenGL is a little bit faster too. It fixed a TV-out bug I had. This is with a GF4 TI4600, the previous drivers were 41.09...

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Fagiiri
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#39990 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:42 PM
I got this mirrored.

Fast mirror: koti.mbnet.fi/fagiiri/4180_Win2K_XP.zip

I actually can't believe that these drivers could have any real improvement more than a nifty placebo effect :)

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#39991 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:50 PM
They Faster! 5-10 more fps in UT2k3 and 500k Polygons per second in Earth & Beyond , the only 2 games currently on my HDD

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Jollemi
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#39992 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:51 PM
Ja nyt on mbnetin serveri tukos ;)

Kyllä niillä vauhtia vähän tuli OGL puolelle. D3D:stä lähti vauhtia ja toisaalta tuli lisääkin eli +-0 siinä. Nuo korjas bugeja kuitenkin pois että se oli parasta noissa ajureissa. Sanoisin että parhaat 4x.xx ajurit mulle mitkä on tullu vielä tähän mennes. Jäämme odottelemaan jos tulis vielä 42.00 ajuritkin jossakin vaiheessa...

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Fagiiri
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#39993 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:55 PM
MBNET saa osottaa vähän joulumieltä,
Creativellahan on _aivan_ paskat servut, tullu ku jotain 14kt/sek vaikka 512 ADSL sentään.
Ja tuskin "peilaus" on kiellettyä Mbnetin säännöissä? :D

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Fagiiri
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#39994 Posted on: 12/23/2002 10:57 PM
Well damn good that I was wrong!
I was waiting for some improvement from NVIDIA,
ATI was all over them by releasing new sets of Catalyst almost every week!

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Jollemi
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#39995 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:00 PM
Mulle tuli jopa 15kt/s samanlaisella 512 ADSL:llä :)... Ei tuo Creative häikäise muutenkaan. Äänikortitkin on mitä on nykyään. VIA:n piirisarjoista eivät tykkää ainakaan. Kaiutinsarjat on kyllä hyviä...

Eiköhän ne mahda huomauttaa sua asiasta jos se mbnetin porukoita jotenkin haittaa haittaa :). Pystyvät varmasti kuitenkin näkemään mitä tiedostoa siellä vedetään kuin viimeistä päivää :)

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Fagiiri
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#39996 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:04 PM
Meinaat että porukka lataa tätä niiku me joulukinkkua huomenna? :D

Mbnet on tutimassa ja jos ei, niin olin muutenki irtisanomassa bitti-paskin,
joten antaa palaa vaan; "fire my ass, I beg!" :D

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Fagiiri
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#39997 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:09 PM
Got ya, who was first? :D

Anyway, just thought that I should tell you that your link doesn't work :(

Or is it just me? Or you are uploading it, and I'm whining just for nothing here?

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Jollemi
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#39998 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:10 PM
Varmasti vetävät. Kun vihdoinkin NVidialta jotain tuli. Kinkkua kyllä vedetään kovaa vauhtia huomenna ;D

Hehe, eiköhän ne mahda joulun jälkeen ihmetellä että mikä ihmeen piikki on siirtoihin tullu tuos 23-24.päivän välisenä yönä. Yhtäkkiä ihan putken täydeltä on lähteny täältä tavaraa :D

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Jollemi
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#39999 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:11 PM
It doesn't work for me either. I think we are the Finnish whiners. LOL :)

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Fagiiri
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#40000 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:16 PM
Well we got the german dude this time, didn't we :D

No offense german-dude, just having some wierd christmas time here :D

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Jollemi
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#40001 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:22 PM
Yeah, we did :)

Yeah, Finnish people are weird when it's christmas :D

*whistling the song Finnish whistler* and I don't know why I'm doing that, but who cares :D

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Mister
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#40002 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:29 PM
you guys got my humor!!!!

nice ONE DUUUUuuDEEezzZZZ!

you got me!

BUT me got a real real real fine kickass SUITE!!
in London!!! and ive just had to win the auction and I DID IT!! ...and it feels much better than having z first mirror site... nice! me flying on dec 25th.. so to all da geeky downloaders out there: hurry up.. my site goes down when i enter z plane!!

merry x-mas!

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Fagiiri
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#40003 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:33 PM
Yhyy, topicissa lukee että tolla sakumannilla oli ensimmäinen "nopee-peili"..

Mä oon niiq tosi sad nyt :D

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Jollemi
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#40004 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:37 PM
And I'm not giving your humor back to you :D

I got a real fine kickass...Umm...Shirt :D

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Jollemi
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#40005 Posted on: 12/23/2002 11:40 PM
Pitäisköhän sun vähän haukkua niitä? Flametat niitä vähän maililla että mitäs rasismia tämä on kun suomalainen pistää mirrorin niin sitä ei edes huomioida vaan saksalaisen mirrori huomioidaan ja väitetään että se oli eka :D

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#40006 Posted on: 12/24/2002 12:50 AM
a7v333/xp2200+/gf4600/512m PC2700
all clocks and bios at defaults
Dx Driver 3dmark
8.1b 40.72w 11629
8.1b 41.80 11538
9.0 40.72w 11611
9.0 41.80 11617

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