Matrox released new WHQL certified Windows 2000 / XP drivers for Millennium G200, Mystique G200, Millennium G400, Millennium G450, Millennium G550, Matrox G200 MMS and Matrox G450 MMS boards. Release Date: Nov. 21,2002
Version: 5.86.032
Size: 6.48 MB

Just got word from Station Drivers that they have found a new set of Compaq Nvidia Detonators 31.50 for Windows 2000/XP.

Intel officially released the new Application Accelerator 2.3 for Win98 and higher
The IAA replaces the IDE/UDMA driver and has some other performance enhancements
It's working on all i8xx chipsets except the mobile versions - use the older IAA version 2.2.2 for them
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Following on from Degger's story from yesterday the AMD Athlon XP Processor driver update that is showing up on Microsoft Windows Update website but a few peeps had problems download it?

Could this be the driver your looking for: AMD K7 processor driver 5.1.2600.28 Windows XP support for the model 8 processors (Thoroughbred).

Nvidia has released the latest WHQL certified nForce 1/2 driver packages for the Windows OS family. Here is a rip down of the driver versions:

Audio driver 3.06 WHQL Audio utilities 3.07 Network driver 2.84 WHQL GART driver 2.78 WHQL SMBus driver 2.78 WHQL Memory controller driver 2.78 WHQL Display Drivers 40.72 WHQL

While surfin' the net I found some new sound drivers :
Realtek ALC AC97 Series (ALC1xx 2xx 650) driver/application A3.36 for Win9x/W2K/XP/NT and 1.50 for Linux. Cmedia 8738 driver 6.42 for Win98SE/ME/W2K/XP found at MSI homepage. Realtek ALC AC97 Series are mainly used as OnBoard audio on motherboards. CMedia 8738 is often used as OnBoard sound as well as stand-alone PCI soundcard. Read More for links.

Thanks to Scoutch Industries for the news. Two drivers have been released by Microsoft Corporation tonight ( GMT-0500 : Canada Eastern time).

The following updates are:

1 - AMD Athlon XP Processor driver update
2 - Creative Media Driver (Certified verification by Microsoft Corporation)

Click here to get them.

VIA/S3 released some new drivers for their integrated OnBoard VGA chipsets :
New VIA CLE266 drivers for Win9x + W2K + XP
New S3 Pro Savage DDR W2K/XP drivers for VIA KM266/P4M266 and newer chipsets
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Acard have released a new Raid Controller driver! AEC-6880 2.18 for Windows 9X/ME/NT/2000/XP.

Support 200GB HDD Support Hot Plug

Just got word from Station Drivers that they have found a new set of Compaq Nvidia Detonators 31.50 For Windows 9X/ME! windows 2000/XP user will just have to wait! Hehe

For a full list of compatible cards! and before I forget there's also a new Driver for the Nvidia's Geforce4 460Go v36.39 for windows 2000/XP from Toshiba! Click Read more..........

ATI today is hosting the latest installment of their feature rich and well received Catalyst driver suite. Among the long list of fixes in this driver release are as main highlights:
CodeCreatures score is improved by 20% at 4X AA for 9700 series products NASCAR 2002 framerate is up as much as 18% across the entire Radeon products line NHL 2002 performance is up as much as 35% across the entire product line (largest gains on Radeon 7500/8500) Performance on legacy (DX6 and DX7) apps is improved by as much as 15% for Radeon 9700 series products Read more...

This utility allows the operating system to correctly identify the Intel chipset components and properly configure the system. The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility installs specific Windows INF files. The INF files inform the operating system how to properly configure the chipset for specific functionality, such as AGP, USB, Core PCI, and ISA PnP services.

Big Thanks to Ryan @ Rage3d.com for the heads up.

Catalyst DirectX 9.0 BRC0 display drivers are to be used in conjuction with Microsoft's DirectX 9 Release Candidate (RC). This driver is currently a Beta Release Candidate (BRC) and is being provided to permit users to experience the most advanced graphics capabilities available. Please keep in mind that this driver is a Beta Release Candidate and may have outstanding bugs at present (Please refer to the errrata notes for known issues).

ATI does NOT recommend installing these drivers in systems used for mission critical operations or where productivity of any kind is a concern. There is a chance that using any Beta Release Candidate software may result in an unstable system.

After the recent nForce 2 only driver package from Asus, we have found a new unofficial yet WHQL'ed driver set for nForce 1 chipsets: nForce 220/230/415/420/430 for Windows 9x/Me & 2K/XP. These sets were made available by Leadtek. Compatibility with other manufacturer's boards is not yet verified.

Matrox released a new BETA driverset for G200/200MMS/400/450/450MMS/550 cards. Officially the set only is for 200MMS/450MMS but works with the other cards too. Driver Version is 5.87.037.0. No words on fixes yet. Read More ...

Nvidia: If you experienced difficulty with this driver between November 8th and 11th, please download again. We have corrected the issue and updated the file.

The kX Audio Driver which is an independent WDM (Windows Driver Model) driver for all EMU10K1 and EMU10K2-based soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or E-mu Sytems Inc., including the SoundBlaster Live! series, the E-mu Audio Production Studio (APS) card, and the Audigy series of cards, has been updated.

The kX Audio Driver package includes driver system files and setup files as well as a powerful audio mixer application (the kX Mixer), which acts as a Graphical User Interface, providing access to many of the driver's internal functions.

Keyboard and mouse drivers galore. Hit read more for the full list.

Aopen has just released a new set of drivers for Nvidia based grapics cards: 31.40.
Most interesting thing is that there are also drivers available for some 8x AGP cards!
Download them @ AOpen. Note: Drivers seemed to be not yet uploaded to the FTP-servers, when I tried to get them.

Just been informed by Station Drivers that they have got their hands on a new Promise S-ATA150 driver version 1.00.0.14 for Windows 9X/ME/2000/NT/XP.