New Realtek ALC AC97 Audio Driver v3.63

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Realtek released version 3.62 driver for their ALC AC97 audio chipsets. The driver supports all ALC series audio chipsets from ALC100 up to ALC850 mainly used as onboard sound on various motherboards.

Logitech MouseWare SetPoint 2.11

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Logitech have released a new set of MouseWare drivers version 2.11 build 459 (without Bluetooth Software) for their new Logitech® MX?1000 Laser Cordless Mouse for Windows 2000 / XP! This release is dated 09/03/2004!

I don't know if this set works for the complete range of Logitech mouse products, as I haven't had time to try them! If anyone does let us know if they do.

Forceware 65.90 WHQL

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Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 65.90 WHQL from Nvidia for Windows 2000/XP! Dated 1 September 2004! This set was released for their Quadro series of cards, I haven't had time to test these drivers so I don't know if this set supports Nvidia's full range of cards or not?

Volari V3 driver 1.06.04 released!

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Good news for those of you who own a Chaintech Volari V3 card. XGI has just released the 1.06.04 driver for the Volari V3 card.
The driver only weighs 4,24 Mb and supports Win9x, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. There is no word on what's new in this new driver set.

Download the driver here

ATI Catalyst Chat

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Just got word that Rage 3D are hoding a live web chat with ATi to discuss the new innovation in driver technology. Click Here for more info.

A Problem With ATI's Drivers In DOOM 3? @ TechReport

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Recently, we received a tip, some information claiming ATI's drivers exhibited some odd behavior in DOOM 3 and that the company might be compromising image quality for performance. What's more, this problem seemed to be specific to DOOM 3, raising the possibility that ATI was guilty of engaging in an application-specific optimization?a practice the firm has forsworn.

Volari Reactor 1.06.50 Drivers

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VolariGamers has laid their hands on the latest XGI beta Reactor driver for Volari, version 1.06.50. Keep in mind that it is a beta driver, so try it at your own risks. No word on what's new! The driver weighs 21,1 Mb and supports the following Windows versions : Win9X, ME, 2000 and XP. The supported boards are the Volari V5 Series, V8 Series, V3XT and Duo Series.

ATI Catalyst 4.8 and 4.9 BETA Doom 3 Performance Analysis

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Last week ATI caused a stir in the enthusiast community by releasing a "Doom 3 Hotfix" driver labeled 4.9 BETA for users of Radeon graphics cards which promised increased OpenGL performance for the new game. They also released their official Catalyst 4.8 drivers which promise even more performance increases. Follow Shane over at TweakTown as he benchmarks all the new drivers and see all the results for yourself.

NVIDIA ForceWare 66.00 2000/XP

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Follow this link for the NVIDIA ForceWare 66.00 2000/XP Download!. There is a new NVIDIA ForceWare driver available for Windows 2000 and XP. This driver is not WHQL certified, and are considerd beta! Release date: 08/12/2004 Note: Install the drivers via device manager! No setup executable! Use it at your own risk!

New Radeon Omega Drivers v2.5.67

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The Omega Drivers for Windows 2k/XP based on the Catalyst 4.8 are now up for download.

Read more for changelist and download

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 6.2.0.1005

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The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility installs to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. This is needed for the proper functioning of the following features:

ATI Radeon DNA-DRIVERS 2.8.4.8

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Thanks to Guru 3D for the Heads up!

These are modified/hacked ATI Catalyst drivers. The drivers have been optimized with two things in mind, better Image Quality and more/stable frames per second when compared to the official Catalyst drivers from ATI!

Catalyst 4.7 vs Catalyst 4.8

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3DChipset have thrown up a small comparison about Catalyst 4.7 and 4.8. Hope you can find what's improved! All in all, the performance increases are quite small to even bother upgrading. It's better to consider more if this new drivers help you resolving some bugs or other stability issues rather than speed.

Catalyst 4.8 Driver Comparison @ Rage3D

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ATi releases almost every month a new version of their Catalyst drivers. Often they improve the support for games or fix bugs, sometimes also the speed (unfortunately sometimes the improvements are cheats...). In this comparison we don't want to test the improvements in games or bug fixes, but the increase in speed with the newer versions. Beyond that we also tested the modded drivers Omega, DNA, Forsage, NGO and Unian, but not the beta-versions.

Dark-Tweaker ForceWare 65.62 Performance Comparsion

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Dark-Tweaker have thrown up their benchies for Nvidia's latest Leaked ForceWare 65.62 Drivers plus a performance comparsion againist ForceWare 56.72 , 61.32 , 61.40 , 61.72 , 61.80, 62.01 and ForceWare 62.11.