Official NVIDIA ForceWare 61.76 WHQL
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 07/20/2004 10:30 PM [ Print | 11 comment(s) ] · 3186 views
Nvidia have just released a new set of ForceWare Drivers version 61.76 WHQL cerfified.
Release Highlights:
WHQL Certification Add support for GeForce 6800 series support Complete support for NVIDIA PCI-E GPUs Consumer electronic display support for DVI-based digital displays, such as widescreen plasma screens (CEA/EIA-861B) QuickZoom ? ease eye strain and enable ergonomic computing with easy Windows magnification Updated application profiles allow users to assign multiple profiles for each application Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0b and OpenGL® 1.5 support
Windows XP/2000
Windows 95/98/Me
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems Windows Server 2003 SP1 for 64-Bit Extended Systems
Release Highlights:
WHQL Certification Add support for GeForce 6800 series support Complete support for NVIDIA PCI-E GPUs Consumer electronic display support for DVI-based digital displays, such as widescreen plasma screens (CEA/EIA-861B) QuickZoom ? ease eye strain and enable ergonomic computing with easy Windows magnification Updated application profiles allow users to assign multiple profiles for each application Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0b and OpenGL® 1.5 support
Windows XP/2000
Windows 95/98/Me
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems Windows Server 2003 SP1 for 64-Bit Extended Systems
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WF_Chaos Unregistered |
#55233 Posted on: 07/20/2004 11:04 PM
56.72's are better. |
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Tuckwit Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2002-09-26 |
#55234 Posted on: 07/20/2004 11:10 PM
>Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0b and OpenGL® 1.5 support I would hope that they mean DirectX 9.0c support by now. |
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Mmm_Beefy Member Posts: 51 Joined: 2002-12-17 |
#55235 Posted on: 07/20/2004 11:13 PM
what video card do you have though? and how are they better? what apps/games? and are you basing this on using these new drivers or the leaked ones prior to this release? lets have some how's and why's, instead of the "xxxx is better". |
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Tuckwit Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2002-09-26 |
#55236 Posted on: 07/20/2004 11:25 PM
Update - According to page 31 of release notes they do, case closed. |
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WF_Chaos Unregistered |
#55238 Posted on: 07/20/2004 11:45 PM
Im saying the 56.72's are better because my fps has dropped in CS and yes I turned v-sync off. Thats what im basing it on. |
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Tuckwit Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2002-09-26 |
#55239 Posted on: 07/21/2004 12:14 AM
If it's just for CounterStrike you could probably go back to even older drivers, maybe even back to the 12.xx's for even more of those precious FPS. Every newer release usually gets a tiny bit slower for existing cards and older games but adds features, fixes for newer cards/games. People always expect a boost in performance every time... never understood that. |
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hinkle Unregistered |
#55240 Posted on: 07/21/2004 12:21 AM
All 6x.xx drivers support SM3.0 but not all 6x.xx have SM3.0 support enabled by default. One of those is the now officially released 61.76 driver. |
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hinkle Unregistered |
#55241 Posted on: 07/21/2004 12:21 AM
Guess ATI is lying to us again. Microsoft is still WHQLing Win9x drivers... |
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MuffinMan Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2004-09-15 |
#55245 Posted on: 07/21/2004 08:52 AM
I don't know if ATI is lying or not, but it certainly is somewhat confusing. |
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Mmm_Beefy Member Posts: 51 Joined: 2002-12-17 |
#55246 Posted on: 07/21/2004 09:06 AM
what video card do you have? and how many frames did you gain/loose? i cant imagine you loosing that many fps, the most diff i've ever seen was a few here or there, and if a "few" is enough to affect gameplay.. you prob need a new/faster pc 
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Ihmemies Unregistered |
#55251 Posted on: 07/21/2004 07:38 PM
WHQL certificate is expensive. Maybe ATI saves some money by not getting a certificate for stone age OS's. |
