Official NVIDIA ForceWare 66.93 WHQL
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 11/09/2004 05:27 PM [ Print | 23 comment(s) ] · 6371 views
NVIDIA has now released their newest set of drivers, with the 66.93 WHQL Forceware drivers for Windows XP/2000! Dated November 9, 2004.
WHQL Certified for GeForce 256 through GeForce 6 series.
Release Highlights:
Updated driver to WHQL Certified for GeForce 256 through GeForce 6 Series Added support for GeForce 6600, GeForce 6600 GT, and GeForce 6200 Added support for SLI? Added support for using HDTV over DVI connectors Added support for 512 MB frame buffer GPUs Added support for advanced DVI timing on all GeForce 6 series GPUs Added support to recognize and display monitor name in all control panels Added support for TV/HDTV setup in the nView Display Setup Wizard Updated Gridlines for easier grid setup and management Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 1.5 support
Windows XP/2000
Please leave your performance results in the comments and tell us all how they work!!!
mm98
WHQL Certified for GeForce 256 through GeForce 6 series.
Release Highlights:
Updated driver to WHQL Certified for GeForce 256 through GeForce 6 Series Added support for GeForce 6600, GeForce 6600 GT, and GeForce 6200 Added support for SLI? Added support for using HDTV over DVI connectors Added support for 512 MB frame buffer GPUs Added support for advanced DVI timing on all GeForce 6 series GPUs Added support to recognize and display monitor name in all control panels Added support for TV/HDTV setup in the nView Display Setup Wizard Updated Gridlines for easier grid setup and management Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 1.5 support
Windows XP/2000
Please leave your performance results in the comments and tell us all how they work!!!
mm98
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MAT0 Unregistered |
#58055 Posted on: 11/09/2004 05:37 PM
OH MY GOD! the latest official non whql driver was in july!!! after so many betas, i hope this driver rocks... i had a mountain of problems from 61.77 to 66.8x (whql and non whql) with flatout, rollercoaster tycoon, mafia, ut2004, and i dont remember what more... they were full of bugs! well, i hope this driver rocks... please god PLEASE! |
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MAT0 Unregistered |
#58056 Posted on: 11/09/2004 06:04 PM
ARGHHH!!! Flat Out Demo keeps crashing with a BSOD with this driver!!! it must be a bug in the game, because i tested almost every release after 61.77 (the only ones that work) and i keep getting a BSOD... i hope SOMEONE fixes this problem. |
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Hase1 Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2004-04-06 |
#58057 Posted on: 11/09/2004 06:13 PM
The overlay FullscreenVideoplayback in 1280x1024 ist totally buggy with this v66.93 Driver on a MSI Geforce6800GT v5.40.02.15.01 OriginalBIOS in PowerDVD5.0 and PowerDVD6.0TrialVersion. When you switch to Fullscreen you become doubled Image weird. in FW66.81 the Playback is ok. |
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Pr0ZaC Unregistered |
#58060 Posted on: 11/09/2004 07:02 PM
Well, the SIGNIFICANT issues resolved list is pretty pathetic: • Windows XP, Quadro FX 3400: CATIA - Extra lines displayed on Structural Anlaysis. • Windows XP, Quadro FX 3000, IBM T221 panel, DG5: Desktop appears elongated when HRSD is selected. • Windows XP, Quadro FX 4000: Main grid is corrupted when starting Lightwave 8.0/7.5. • Windows XP, GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, GeForce 6800: Corruption with vehicles and clouds in Sim City 4. • Windows XP, GeForce PCX 5750: Command and Conquer Generals back screen is white (or green). • Windows Media Center Edition: Live TV or DVD playback may stall or stutter when using the “Smart” deinterlacing setting in the NVIDIA DVD Decoder. • GeForce FX 5200, Windows NT 4.0: Crash in Quake3 ver. 1.32 with Multiview. • GeForce 6800, Windows XP: Corruption in the Far Cry loading screen before the map loads at 1600x1200x32 or greater resolutions with antialiasing enabled. • Quadro FX 4000, Windows XP, Lightwave 8.0/7.5: Main grid is corrupted on startup. • GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: Deus Ex 2 door button shader disappears. • GeForce 6800, Windows XP: Corruption after screen shot attempted with antialiasing enabled in Far Cry. • GeForce 6800: Cannot set refresh rate of 48 Hz for 3840x2400. • Quadro FX 1100, Windows XP, Autodesk Inventor 8: Mipmapping is broken. • Windows XP, Quadro 400 NVS: Non-admin accounts can enable multiview, but an error message appears after rebooting the system. • Modo application crashes with GeForce Products. • Windows XP, GeForce 6800: Microsoft Rallisport Challenge performace drops with antialiasing and lens flares enabled. • Windows XP, Quadro NVS 200/280: Roaming profiles cannot be read or written. NVI D I A C o r p o r a t i o n 7 Re l e a s e 6 5 V e r s i o n 6 6 . 9 3 • Windows XP, GeForce4 Ti: Kohan 2 has missing geometry. • Wndows XP: Manual downclocking does not work but locks to the defaults. • Windows XP, GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, GeForce 6800: Corruption with vehicles and clouds in Sim City 4. • Windows XP, GeForce4 Series, GeForce 6800: Fog problems with Men of Valor. • Windows XP, Windows 2000, GeForce FX 5950: When the digital display is the primary in Clone mode, both TV and DFP are black upon resume from standby. • This driver now supports PCI Express under the Windows NT 4.0 |
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Cimlite Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: 2005-11-12 |
#58061 Posted on: 11/09/2004 07:25 PM
If you had seen the amount of corruption in the Far Cry loading screen before the map loads at 1600x1200x32 or greater resolutions with antialiasing enabled before... you would not mock this driver. |
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Tuckwit Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2002-09-26 |
#58063 Posted on: 11/09/2004 07:34 PM
Dam, I had to go back to 61.77 for flatout, was hoping to put this new one on, thnks for the heads up. Very addictive game btw |
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Pr0ZaC Unregistered |
#58064 Posted on: 11/09/2004 07:35 PM
So, nV finally solves a long standing problem for one of their top selling TWIMTBP games and suddenly everyone is praising the driver? What about Flat Out users ranting about nV cards and reboots? Another TWIMTBP game that doesn't work as MTB (at least for them). It looks like drivers from nVidia aren't THAT much better than ATis  |
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Tuckwit Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2002-09-26 |
#58065 Posted on: 11/09/2004 07:35 PM
P.S. thats with the full game, not demo. |
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MB Member Posts: 26 Joined: 2004-05-21 |
#58066 Posted on: 11/09/2004 07:55 PM
Not having any problems with my 6800GT, PowerDVD 5 and 1280x1024. |
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MAT0 Unregistered |
#58067 Posted on: 11/09/2004 07:57 PM
well, i want to point out some things. flatout & flatout demo have the same problem. yes, both of them, the hang with a Blue Screen of Death if they are not 61.77 drivers. i guess there is a bug in the game because it seems a joke now... the fixes list only represents the fixes included between the latest driver 66.93 and 66.89, not 66.93 and 61.77 |
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Pr0ZaC Unregistered |
#58068 Posted on: 11/09/2004 08:24 PM
Please, check something for me! (I got a FX5200) Start the Flat Out demo and chose the third game ("flying pilot"). Make a successful thow and make the pilot stick to the net. Now wait for about 5-10 minutes and tell me if you get a BSOD. My machine reboots. |
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MAT0 Unregistered |
#58069 Posted on: 11/09/2004 08:48 PM
my pc gets a bsod because i configured my pc not to reboot when it hangs. and yes, it does hangs with a bsod or a reboot with this driver. |
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Devourer Unregistered |
#58070 Posted on: 11/09/2004 08:52 PM
66.81 worked just peachy for me with FlatOut. |
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Devourer Unregistered |
#58071 Posted on: 11/09/2004 08:54 PM
66.81 worked fine for me on FlatOut. |
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Pr0ZaC Unregistered |
#58072 Posted on: 11/09/2004 09:06 PM
Thanks for the feedback. |
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hinkle Unregistered |
#58073 Posted on: 11/09/2004 10:11 PM
I was really waiting for you to say that last sentence |
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Pr0ZaC Unregistered |
#58074 Posted on: 11/09/2004 11:06 PM
I know you love me hinkle  |
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hinkle Unregistered |
#58075 Posted on: 11/09/2004 11:11 PM
I certainly do. I too always try to keep the heat going on here  |
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rtz Member Posts: 30 Joined: 2004-09-28 |
#58081 Posted on: 11/10/2004 02:08 AM
Thanks, but no thanks Nvidia. Would have liked something newer then 70.41. I've been running these for weeks. |
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Phalin Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: 2002-07-28 |
#58083 Posted on: 11/10/2004 04:15 AM
Nvidia sure screwed the pooch on this one. |
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Boogieman Unregistered |
#58095 Posted on: 11/10/2004 06:54 PM
*WOOF* |
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shlepp420 Unregistered |
#58099 Posted on: 11/10/2004 09:19 PM
These seem towork fine on my fx5900, no issues so far, Counterstrike Source seems to run smoother, gained about 4-5fps around the water in Aztec. |
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Elwin Unregistered |
#58128 Posted on: 11/12/2004 11:30 PM
There is really a bug in 66.93 regardin overlay playback on 1280x1024 and refresh rate more than 60Hz on my LCD monitor. At 60Hz everything fine. At 75 i am getting something like huge interlkace or effects for 3D glasses. Workaround is not to use refresh more than 60Hz on flat panel monitors (DVI) and not to use fixed aspect ratio scaling which somehow switching refresh rate on my monitor to 75Hz and I can't change it from windows or nvidia panel. (windows show 60Hz refresh, monitor shows 75Hz) These bugs MUST BE resolved ASAP! Thanks. Elwin. |
