VIA released a new driver for their onboard AC97 audio chipset integrated into VIA mainboard chipsets. Supported chipsets include: 686A/B and 8231/8233/8235 integrated audio.

French site Station Drivers have found or compiled [?] a new driver set 285 for Windows XP. According to the site the driver reduces intermittent sound distortion during digital audio playback. Noteworthy is that the set includes new applications but only some: PlayCenter 3.02.61, Creative Recorder 2.00.36 and AudioHQ 1.20.02. This is proof that Creative is indeed working on the 'old' software but has not bothered to release it to customers.

The long awaited Catalyst 3.3 driver suite has been released earlier by a large OEM partner of ATI, which leaves the conclusion that the official generic drivers will see the light of day this week. The high anticipation results from ATI's unofficial announcement that the driver will include the R350 rendering path for R300 hardware, which should result in an overall performance increase of ~5%. Here is the low down on the release. OS: Windows XP Only Version: 6.14.10.6334; Control Panel included Supports: 9700TX/9700Pro/9800Pro Language: English WHQL Certificate: Yes Date stamp: 03/23/2003 Update: There was an error in our local mirror file. Please download again directly from Dell. The link is fixed and includes all driver files. Sorry for the inconvenience. Read more...

Thanks to Zardon at Driverheaven.net for the info. Just in case some of you missed the release earlier.

The new drivers are based on the official ones by Nvidia which are out.

Guru 3D sends word that they now have the Windows 98/ME & NT versions of Nvidia Detonator 43.51 that leaked last week.

What's interesting in this release is that NV35 (the new upcoming GeForce FX) has been included into installation information.

Matrox has released a new driver set for Parhelia 128 and 256Mbyte versions only. The driver is valid for Win 2K/XP. The new version number is 1.04.00.078; a release note list is scheduled for later today. A new utility called Monitor Manager is said to be released along with the changelog.

With the NDA lifted on the i875 'Canterwood' chipset Intel also lifted the ban on the updated chipset installation utility 5.00.1012 which has the Intel 82875P as target chipset. You can now officially download it.

Just got word that Guru 3D have got their hands on a new set of Nvidia Detonator drivers 43.51 for Windows 2000/XP.

We bring you a new release of Detonator drivers today. Version 43.51 for Windows 2000/XP. These files are 100% original Nvidia drivers! The archive's files are dated 2 April 2003 which makes this the newest set available. Furthermore all Nvidia graphics cards to date are compatible with these drivers which includes the new GeForceFX 5200, 5600 and 5800 series.

ATI released new drivers for their line of TV tuner cards today: v1.11. The new version of ATI Multimedia center is included with it and that is v7.9.

Gateway has released a previously unknown build for Audigy 1 soundcards. Unfortunately the drivers come with an restricted installer and OEM specific inf file. I called out for people with software modding knowledge but received no reply. Update: Several people have offered their help. I did some work with an old Fujitsu update pack and managed to install. However A1 applications reported errors, so I presume new apps are needed as well. Now download the drivers as you please. Leave a comment if you have seen or created modified install routines. Have fun.

Realtek released driver version 3.42 for their ALC-Series soundchips. It supports all types of ALC soundchips from ALC100/P up to the new ALC655 and all OS from Win9x to XP. MSI has CMedia 9738/39 drivers 5.12.01.0029 for Win98SE/ME/W2K/XP available. Both the Realtek and the CMedia chip are widely used as OnBoard sound solutions on mainboards.

SuperMicro's FTP server is hosting the latest known version of Intel network adapter drivers. This driver release is WHQL certified and a multilanguage release. New device drivers exist for Windows 98 / ME / 2K / XP / NT as well as Linux, OS2, Solaris and DOS. The new version number is 7.0.26.0.

The new driver revision 3.0.0.1 adds USB functionality (dedicated port, please!) in the Windows XP operating system. As usual you need to uninstall any previous versions and are required to have administrator rights. Read more...

A new Nvidia WDM driver 1.27 has been posted. This file is required for VIVO and Personal Cinema functionality with Nvidia display adapters and not forgetting there's a new Nvidia NvFlash Tool version 4.38 out for Geforce 3/4 cards.

Just got word from Julio Franco at the TechSpot.com that their device drivers downloads section is up. Be sure to take a look, keep your system up to date. Unfortunately some links are dead. No wonder with 1000+ downloads - hard to administrate.

Today we are proud to announce TechSpot's new Device Drivers Download section. With almost 1,000 drivers to choose from already and updated daily, this new section stands out by itself as a great new service to all our readers.

There are some new WDM drivers and control panel available on TerraTec's website. The drivers work for Windows 98 onward and are v5.0.2000 Build 128. Control panel v1.03.25 Build 128 is included for EWS and DMX cards. The following soundcards ... DMX 6fire EWS88 MT/D EWS88 MIC2+/8+ EWX 24/96 ... are supported.

Canon UK has released new drivers version 7.0.3.0. The drivers work with all Windows Operating Systems from Windows 98 onward. This update applies to the following Canon flatbed scanner models: CanoScan N670U CanoScan N676U CanoScan N1240U CanoScan LiDE 20 CanoScan LiDE 30 ScanGear CS-U is the specialized program (TWAIN driver) for loading images. You can use it to adjust images to your satisfaction as they are scanned. Click on the image to head to Canon's download section.

Hauppauge has updated their WinTV WDM Drivers to 3.34 build 21082 and WinTV2000 application to version 3.52. It's been a long time ago that Hauppauge released the last update for this product series.

These SoftPaq's contain the Windows XP video driver and utility for the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 / Mobility FireGL 9000 graphics subsystem. It enables advanced features and functionality in these graphics chips. Read more for links and fixes.

SiS has posted a new AGP driver v1.15. It supports the following chipsets: SiS540, SiS630, SiS630ET, SiS630E, SiS630S, SiS630ST, SiS635, SiS645, SiS645DX, SiS648, SiS650, SiS651, SiS730S, SiS730SE, SiS735, SiS740, SiS745. The file weighs in at ~5Mb and is valid for Windows 95 - XP. Download