The NGO ATI Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the ATI Catalyst driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with a better performance and better image quality. The Driver has support for all Radeon cards.
Catalyst 5.8 Out
Thanks to the very cool people in ATI.com they have agreed to let Driverheaven host Catalyst 5.8 CCC before they go live on www.ati.com on Wednesday.
VIA HyperionPro 5.0.1 Beta
There are three main differences between a VIA Hyperion 4in1 driver package and a VIA HyperionPro package, detailed below. All other recommendations remain.
ForceWare 78.10 for Laptop and Desktop GPUs
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 78.10 for Windows 2000/XP! These Drivers come from Fujitsu. A modded inf (from Pieter at LapTopVideo2Go) is included to allow the use of these drivers with many more cards than they were released for! Dated 10-AUG-2005
Catalyst 5.7 Drivers: Memory Limited Performance Improvements
We've already talked a little about HyperMemory, but hopefully, this article will shed some more light on what exactly it is and how ATI implements it in the latest version of their driver. The addition of HyperMemory to all drivers is essentially an all-around good thing, although it will benefit some more than others. Ultimately, we'll tell you exactly who will be very pleased, or just mildly pleased (or indifferent) with the results. But first, let's talk a little bit about HyperMemory.
XTreme-G 77.77-HD Released
XTreme-G 77.77-HD, based on nVidia's Forceware 77.77 WHQL, has been released by TweaksRUs.com!
Nvidia Forceware Tweak Guide *Updated*
TweakGuides have thrown up their latest guide that looks at tweaking your Nvidia Forceware Drivers!
I've gone through and updated my Nvidia Forceware Tweak Guide to account for the changes and new features in the Official 77.77 Forceware drivers. The main changes are on page 6 of the guide, and in particular you should check out the new Triple Buffering setting. Have a quick run through the rest of the guide as well to make sure all your settings are optimal.
I've gone through and updated my Nvidia Forceware Tweak Guide to account for the changes and new features in the Official 77.77 Forceware drivers. The main changes are on page 6 of the guide, and in particular you should check out the new Triple Buffering setting. Have a quick run through the rest of the guide as well to make sure all your settings are optimal.
Realtek AC97 Driver v3.75 (Build 5890)
Realtek has released a new driver for their ALCxxx audio processors.
Official Forceware 77.77 WHQL Certified
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 77.77 WHQL Certified for Windows 2000/XP and for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition! Dated: August 11, 2005
NGO nVidia Optimized Driver v1.7776
The NGO nVidia Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the nVidia Forceware driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with a better performance and better image quality. The Driver has support for all Geforce cards.
Nvidia Forceware 77.56 32 & 64 Bit WHQL Drivers
We have just discovered new drivers on the nvidia FTP and so far we are getting excellent feedback on them with performance just as good if not better than the 77.76 drivers and better Image Quality. As of yet no bugs have been found, And they are WHQL Certified :)
ForceWare 77.37 ? BETA Drivers for Windows 2000/XP
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of ForceWare 77.37 BETA Drivers for the Quadro family of desktop workstation solutions! Dated: July 27, 2005
XTreme-G 77.77-HD 64-Bit Released
TweaksRUs.com has released their first 64-Bit modded driver; XTreme-G 77.77-HD 64-Bit .
ForceWare 77.77 Beta
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of ForceWare 77.77 Beta for Windows 2000/XP! Dated: Jul 30, 2005! Thanks to Station-Drivers
WinVista 75.03 LDDM-enabled drivers for Windows Vista (x86) Beta 1
After the release of Windows Vista Beta 1 (codenamed Longhorn) many users of the nVidia GeForce 6x00-series was met with the disappointing news that the only LDDM-certified drivers for nVidia cards support the FX-series, not the later generation. LDDM-certified drivers are necessary to experience the various effects in the new GUI. The Geforce 6x00 drivers that came with Windows Vista Beta 1 was not LDDM-certified, and the various special effects were disabled.
ForceWare 77.74 WHQL
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 77.74 WHQ for Windows 2000/XP! Dated: 08/07/2005! Thanks to Station-Drivers
ForceWare 77.77 for Windows XP 64-bit
Here's a new set of Forceware Drivers in the shape of 77.77 for Windows XP 64-bit ! Dated: 2005-7-29!
New Realtek ALC AC97 Audio Driver v3.75
Realtek released version 3.75 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.
ForceWare 77.52 for Windows Vista
Windows Vista Beta (x64) drivers developped for the unreleased Windows Vista (codename Longhorn).
CATALYST Beta Driver 1 for Windows Vista beta 1 (code name Longhorn)
ATI is one of the first graphic providers to make a 64-bit driver that supports the Longhorn Driver Display Model (LDDM) ? the Microsoft Vista revolutionary graphic driver standard ? as well as the first to provide LDDM drivers for integrated graphics processors. By making LDDM drivers available more than a full year prior to Windows Vista release, ATI provides developers with a stable, feature-enabled and performance-optimized platform for application development. ATI is also the first to provide Catalyst Windows Vista driver feedback via our Catalyst? Crew Feedback program.