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Anyone have the 5x.xx Beta Drivers nvidia to download?

I stand corrected, nice find.

English 51.75 Version:
Word has it this driver reduces image quality to increase frames per second
Controversial Driver rejected by Valve for use on Half Life 2 Benchmark
English Language file present only in this beta release
Controversial Driver used in the Aquamark3 previews
All nVidia cards are supported in this release
Files are dated: Aug 28, 2003
WinZip Packaged

Sounds crappy though.
 
thx MonkeyDriveExpress, guess mine was 'linkified BY a lazified' 😀

here is what somebody else said about them:
"51.75 are very much Alpha Drivers, not everything works as it should.
Dualview doesn't work properly, it wants to reboot continually and still no TV-out. Also noted that after about 1hrs use the Desktop Icons revert back to default. (thx Almighty1)
People with problem Dell US UXGA screens only get 640x480 and 1600x1200 no other resolutions. (at least 1600x1200 works now)
Others have noted big drops in 3Dmark 2k1, and nearly all have noted lower quality in games.
These drivers are only here for you to have a look at the new layout and have a play with the new features. Don't rely on these for everyday use !!"
 
I have the 52.13's and they don't render fog correctly either. AnandTech claims that's corrected in the 52.14 version they got to try out.
 
Ok... tried the 52.14's and there still fog issues in Soldier of Fortune 2. I went back to the 44.03's because I felt like trying those again... and they do a better job of rendering fog than the 45.23's that I've been using. The 45.23's only seem to render fog on top of certain objects... the 44.03's render fog how it's supposed to be. I hope all these fog issues are dealt with by the time the 5x.xx series is released to the general public.
 
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