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.

Nvidia 40.72 GeForce4 Go Drivers! Warning, these drivers are not official GeForce4 Go drivers and are in fact the desktop drivers, adapted so that they will work on laptop systems. These have only been tested on Dell Inspiron 8200 systems. BlargOC take no responsibility for any consequences from using these drivers. Ensure you have a backup of your systems original drivers before installation.

Good news for SiS users: SiS has updated their SiS 315 drivers. This is good for those who still have SiS 315 cards in their desktop and especially for those like me who have a SiS 315 chip on their laptop.

Nvidia has posted the WHQL certified Detonator 40.72 drivers on their web site. Here are direct links:

OS: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP Version: 40.72 File Size: 12.3 MB Release Date: November 11, 2002 WHQL Certified

This Driver Pack Update pack is available for Sound Blaster Audigy owners operating on Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating systems only. The driver contains optimized support for these two operating systems and is designed for use with all current models of Sound Blaster Audigy audio cards. (all existing SB Audigy Audio card to SB023x)

This update includes supports to the Korean, Japanese, German, French and English languages in addition to the first release of the Audigy Driver Pack.

Note: This update requires the installation CD to be installed before running the update.

Realtek have released new ALC650 audio drivers v3.35A for onboard 5.1 audio systems that are used on new motherboards with SiS chipset.

Hercules released a Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP driver update for the Muse soundcard series. A changelog is not available. Supported cards include:
Hercules Gamesurround Muse DVD 5.1 Hercules Gamesurround Muse LT Hercules Gamesurround Muse XL Read more for installation instructions and download link.

New Xabre Performance driver available on the SIS Xabre site.

Supported cards:
Xabre 400
Xabre 200
Xabre 80

The Intel Application Accelerator replaces the ATA drivers that come with Windows with drivers optimized for Intel desktop and mobile PCs. It reduces the storage sub-system bottleneck, enabling the processor and other system level hardware to be more productive and efficient. In most cases, it is not a requirement for your operating system to work properly.

Again it is Asus who has some new drivers for the nForce series. The packages are available for Windows XP and 9x/ME. Each about 15Mbyte in size were uploaded today and contain partially WHQL'd drivers. Read more for driver versions and download links.

I was just over @ Station Drivers and I noticed that they had some Creative Soundblaster Live & Audigy drivers v5.12.1.283 for Windows 9X/ME/2000/XP. Rancho*: Caution. This is the ripped driver pack from the leaked Audigy 2 suite we reported earlier about.