nForce4 driver update version 6.86
Posted by: [NT] on: 07/08/2006 06:42 PM [ Print | 6 comment(s) ] · 8947 views
nForce4 series - Windows 2000/XP
Version: 6.86
Release Date: July 7, 2006
WHQL Certified
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File Size: 43.1 MB
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Release Notes
* WHQL driver package for nForce4 AMD, nForce4 AMD/Intel X16 motherboards.
Installation Notes
* Uninstall any existing nForce networking drivers prior to installing this package.
* Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1, at a minimum, prior to attempting to install this package. Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0.
* Installation of DirectX 9.0 or higher is required in order to use NVMixer.
Windows XP/2000 Driver Versions
* Audio Driver (v4.65) "WHQL"
* Audio Utility (v4.51)
* Ethernet Driver (v50.25) "WHQL"
* Network Management Tools (v50.19)
* SMBus Driver (v4.57) "WHQL"
* Installer (v4.89)
* WinXP IDE SataRAID Driver (v6.66) "WHQL"
* WinXP IDE SataIDE Driver (v6.66) "WHQL"
* WinXP RAIDTOOL Application (v6.63) Download
Version: 6.86
Release Date: July 7, 2006
WHQL Certified
English
File Size: 43.1 MB
Read More
Release Notes
* WHQL driver package for nForce4 AMD, nForce4 AMD/Intel X16 motherboards.
Installation Notes
* Uninstall any existing nForce networking drivers prior to installing this package.
* Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1, at a minimum, prior to attempting to install this package. Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0.
* Installation of DirectX 9.0 or higher is required in order to use NVMixer.
Windows XP/2000 Driver Versions
* Audio Driver (v4.65) "WHQL"
* Audio Utility (v4.51)
* Ethernet Driver (v50.25) "WHQL"
* Network Management Tools (v50.19)
* SMBus Driver (v4.57) "WHQL"
* Installer (v4.89)
* WinXP IDE SataRAID Driver (v6.66) "WHQL"
* WinXP IDE SataIDE Driver (v6.66) "WHQL"
* WinXP RAIDTOOL Application (v6.63) Download
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ChrisW Unregistered |
#64924 Posted on: 07/08/2006 06:54 PM
For all you nforcers out there, this driver has Legacy drivers for the IDE driver. So, technically, they should work on even the nforce2 boards, without any modding. At last, a Ethernet driver I can disable, without blue-screening XP. And also, the audio driver has a limited buffer problem. easily fixed, but it shouldn't really need fixing. Comeon nvidia, lets see a genuine Unified Driver, released, without having to resort to modding. |
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jago_ai Unregistered |
#64925 Posted on: 07/08/2006 07:45 PM
It's about GOD DAMN TIME! As for the ethernet driver BSOD-ing...are you installing just the driver or the entire nVidia software as well (firewall, etc.)? When I first built my system I installed everything and it would BSOD on me but when I decided I didn't need all that, I installed just the driver and it worked fine. No more BSODs. |
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ChrisW Unregistered |
#64926 Posted on: 07/08/2006 08:28 PM
Just the driver, as I use a software firewall + a NAT router. >>When I first built my system I installed everything and it would BSOD on me but when I decided I didn't need all that, I installed just the driver and it worked fine. No more BSODs. Try right-clicking the tray icon, for your nvidia LAN, and disable it. Thats where it usually blue-screens, for me. |
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rtz Member Posts: 30 Joined: 2004-09-28 |
#64927 Posted on: 07/08/2006 09:21 PM
It bluescreens when doing that on Win2k also. |
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Persecutor Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: 2002-08-11 |
#64928 Posted on: 07/08/2006 11:26 PM
[QUOTE]And also, the audio driver has a limited buffer problem. easily fixed, but it shouldn't really need fixing.[/QUOTE] What do you mean "a limited buffer problem", and how is it "easily fixed"?? |
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ChrisW Unregistered |
#64930 Posted on: 07/09/2006 12:44 AM
The buffers are limited to 20 buffers, and can be easily identified in games like Battlefield 2, HL2 Episode 1, Counterstrike Source, and a few others, where you suddenly lose some sound effects. I've noticed this in HL2 Ep1, where the sound suddenly cuts off, in lots of action areas, and gun battles. To go from 20 buffers to 52, run regedit.exe, goto this reg key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and do a search for Num2DVoices and Num3DVoices you should find them in one of the subkeys "000xSettingsVAPU", delete them, reboot, now hopefully you should have 52 buffers. You may find that a few games, namely the ones I mentioned, are a bit slower, due to the fact that the sound chip is now doing more work. I don't take credit for this, IF it works for you, as I found this in another forum, and tested it myself to find it did indeed work. |
