**Video Card Drivers**

[Gamingphreek]

With all the new drivers coming out virtually everyday, i thought this thread might help some people. I will update it daily with any new drivers (Beta or Official)

I am in the next couple of days going to contact my ISP in search of a website. That way i can host some of these files, and archive the drivers as well. That way we will have almost EVERY driver concievable. What do you guys think of this?

**NOTES**

**Please post results, and contribute in the forums of TweaksRus.com for their generosity and support.**

Benchmarks Various Nvidia Drivers: Includes the top 7x series drivers. Thanks to Pray For Death for the link.

Benchmarks 7x.xx : The latest drivers compared thanks to some searching around.

Benchmarks (NV) : A BIG thanks to THUGSROCK for providing benchmarks and keeping them up to date!

IQ Difference (NV) : A BIG thanks to McArra for this.

IQ Difference II : A Big thanks to VIAN for taking the time to do this.

**DRIVERS**
Nvidia Forceware
2000/XP
Beta WHQL 71.89: Rumored to be very nice set

Beta 76.50

Beta 71.86: Information coming

Beta WHQL 76.44: Only for Geforce 6 series without modded inf.

Beta 72.30 : No OCing via SLI, more info to come.

Beta 76.41 : TEMP BUG FIXED. Supports OGL2.0. Xtreme G Drivers are released as well.

Official WHQL 71.84: Finally an official release. Enjoy

Beta 76.10 : If password is needed (not sure if he uploaded it after crack) the password is proe. Supposedly fixes all bugs, but many people still have temp bug and SC bug. Performance around the same as 71.84 and 75.90.

WHQL Beta 71.90 : Tagged 27 February 2005. Possibly the precursor to the Official drivers.

Official Beta 71.84 : Originated from Leadteks FTP server. Rumored to fix the shiny grass in CS. You must register with Tweaks R Us (Formerly Valance Studios) in order to download from their sight. Drivers are tagged 24 February 2005.

Beta 75.90: Originated from station drivers. All cards supported. So far people reporting decent gains in everything. Temp "bug" is still present. Tagged 10 February 2005.

Beta 67.71: Originated from Dell for the "Go" mobile cards but works with all. OLD: Tagged 30 November 2004.

Official Beta 71.81: Originally for Quadro cards but works with all cards. Fixes Halo bugs. Tagged 28 January 2005

Official 71.80: Originated from Nvidias FTP sight. Tagged 20 January 2005. Minor gains here and there, intended for use with Quadro cards.

Official Beta WHQL 71.25 : Tagged 10 January 2005.

Official Beta 67.66 : Tagged 10 January 2005. Newest Official driver straight from Nvidia. Supposed to completely enable pure video.

Beta 71.21 : Drivers are tagged 6 December 2004

Beta 70.78: Drivers are tagged 23 November 2004. For Quadro only so you must use the modded .inf which is included.

Beta 71.50 : Drivers tagged 22 of December 2004. Originated from leadtek. Again, mixed reviews by people. Setup.exe sometimes does not work, therefore manual installation is recommended.

Beta 71.40 : Drivers are tagged 16th of December. Latest unofficial (not originating from another manufacturer) drivers. People have mixed thoughts on these. Best to stay with what you have unless they are giving you problems.

Beta 67.65 : Drivers are tagged 30 December 2004: Originated from Asus: Recommend installing manually

Beta 67.60 : Drivers are tagged 11 November 2004

Beta 71.24 : Drivers are tagged 30 December 2004. Originated from Sparkle. *Only Geforce 6 users, anyone else must use the modded .inf file.

Beta 71.22 : Drivers are tagged 28 December 2004. Originated from MSI. If card is not supported use modded .inf that is included.

Beta 71.20: Drivers are tagged 2 December 2004. New Driver Interface; Improves performance in general. Benchmark is here

Beta **WHQL 66.97: Drivers are tagged 2 December 2004. ONLY FOR GEFORCE 6 SERIES UNLESS YOU USE THE INCLUDED MODDED INF (Will lose WHQL for cards other than Geforce 6 series.

Beta 70.90: Drivers are tagged 11 November, supposed to boost games by 2-6fps and a small boost in 3dMark.

Official Beta 67.03: Drivers tagged December 1, 2004. Supposed to fix a bug with the 6600's.

Beta 67.42: Drivers November 22, 2004; Supposedly only for laptops but modded INF is included.

Beta 67.20: Drivers tagged November 17, 2004

Beta 67.02's: Drivers tagged November 16, 2004.. supposed to be very new.

Beta 67.50's: Drivers are tagged 27 October

*Official 66.93's WHQLed: Released Nov. 7/

Beta 66.74's: Tagged 27 October. WHQLED but not official.

Beta 70.41's: Tagged 9 October


98/ME
Beta 66.42's: Tagged 28 August



ATI Catalyst
2000/XP
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def...?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27">Official WHQL 5.4</a>; New ATI drivers... more info to come

Official WHQL 5.3[/S]: Info will be updated as i get it.

Official WHQL 5.2: Released 02-09-05

Official WHQL 5.1 : Just released. >5fps increase in Source based games as well as various stability improvements.

4.12 WHQL: Final revision of the 4.12.... not sure on performance

*Official 4.11's: WHQLed

*Official 4.10's: Tagged 14 October

Beta 8.07's: Tagged 27 September


98/ME
Beta 4.11's: Tagged 8 November

*Official 4.10's: WHQL: Tagged 30 October


MODDED USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

DNA Catalyst 3.6.5.1a Great alternative to the legendary Omega drivers.
Nice improvements all around from what i gather

Omega Catalysts 5.1 : Most popular modded ATI driver out there.

Nvidia DNA Force Drivers (Based on 71.80): Heavily modified for very good IQ and little speed loss. Not for benchmarking.

Zer0Point 66.97 : Claim to fix the Yellow water and have good all around improvements.

Xtreme G Drivers: Very nice set of drivers. Big thanks to creators!!

ATI DNA Drivers 4.12 : As noted on the main website.

ATI Omega 4.12a : Tagged 3 December 2004 Works with ANY Radeon card including Mobility series.

ATI Omega 4.12 Win2K/XP : Tagged 14 October 2004

Nvidia Omega 61.77 Win2K/XP : Tagged 25 December 2004. Bugs fixed and themes added.

And finally, for all you 3DFXers out there. Here are all the drivers you could ever want for those cards.

3DFX Drivers : Various Tag Dates

Links courtesy of Neowin, Nvidia, ATI, and Guru3d, Omegacorner, and Tweaks R Us.

-Kevin

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Discussion continued here.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Please just list any drivers that really really need to go up there. I know i have to put up the 66.82's, but any others that work really well please list.

Any new drivers will be posted here as soon as i find that they are released.

(Benchmarks here for those new drivers will also be nice)

-Kevin

 

[Gamingphreek]

Updated with 4.11 drivers

 

[Gamingphreek]

Updated!

However im having problems with the links, can someone tell me what is wrong, i think it is just a glitch, because all the lines are set up the same only some lines are screwed up.

-Kevin

 

[BlueWeasel]

Catalyst 4.12 Beta

 

[Gamingphreek]

I will add it. ANyone willing to test the 4.12 Betas and the Nvidia 67.02 Betas. I cant right now as im at school but if someone can that would be a big help.

Edit: Hey the links fixed themselves i didn't even do anything. COOL

-Kevin

 

[Malak]

Maybe add omega drivers to the list?

 

[Gamingphreek]

Yes, i am compiling a list of Modded drivers however i have to include Omega DNA, Starforrce and what not. Probably going to only have 1 of each modded driver and replace as new modded ones come out.

-Kevin

 

[Tyrant222]

gonna try those 70.90 forcewares.

thx for the link op

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: qulAKle
Admins pls make this a sticky!

 

[Malak]

Catalyst 4.12 drivers gave me 11 fps increase in video stress test in source. Definitely worth getting if you have HL2.

 

[THUGSROOK]

a simple nV 67.02 vs 70.90 driver comparison.....

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6055

 

[Gamingphreek]

Thanks THUGSROCK!

As a not i will be updating with Omega, DNA, Starforce drivers as well as pulling drivers from other sites.

It would also cut down, significantly, on traffic if you posted 3dMark scre questions, and regular scores here.

-Kevin

 

[fbrdphreak]

:thumbsup:
Thanks Kevin

 

[thegimp03]

wow, thanks.

 

[ZoNtO]

Hey OP thanks for this thread. I have an idea for ya too though if you want to post this link:

Valence Studios Nvidia Modded Drivers

These are modded versions of the Nvidia releases that have better image quality, performance, stability, fixes, Coolbits overclocking built-in, etc.... I have personally used the last two releases and found them great! You could also link to Tech Connect (NGO) and their drivers. With the crappy quality of Nvidia drivers lately (coming out every other day it seems like), it's nice to have a solid set of drivers. They run great on my system.

You can also check out Guru3d.com's forums if you want to find out more about driver releases. They have great info there!

Thanks again for the topic

 

[ZoNtO]

Double post

 

[Avalon]

:thumbsup:
Good stuff. I've got the 66.93s right now, so I think I may try the 70s and see if I get much of a boost in HL2 and other games. Although, it would be really nice to upgrade my rig, since I'm very CPU limited at the moment and don't know if I'll see any gains because of that.

 

[platinumike]

THUGS your link doesnt work, Im thining about trying out the 70.90's. How are they?

 

[AnImuS]

I went from 5043 in 3dmark 05 to 5218 using 70.90. eVga 6800LE @ 400/1100

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Avalon
:thumbsup:
Good stuff. I've got the 66.93s right now, so I think I may try the 70s and see if I get much of a boost in HL2 and other games. Although, it would be really nice to upgrade my rig, since I'm very CPU limited at the moment and don't know if I'll see any gains because of that.

What's your CPU?

 

[Avalon]

Mobile barton, currently at 2.3ghz for now. Florida is too damn hot, even in the winter...ambient temps are a pain to get down. I'd buy an SP-97, but I don't want to dish out $45 on a HSF for an AXP rig when I'm upgrading to A64 in 3 weeks, dropping an XP-120 on whatever chip I get, and hope for 2.6ghz

I'm only able to game at 10x7 at the moment due to limitations of my monitor, which is why I'm basically CPU limited. A monitor upgrade may well come with the rest of my rig, though, depending on how much money I have left over after the build.

 

[cryptonomicon]

do new driver releases help aging cards, like my asus gf4 ti4200?

my drivers are, well, significantly old (45.23 I think, from late 2003). but it's a long DL on a 56k modem, so would you guys say there is significant optimizations to even the older cards? My gut instinct says yes, but i don't know anything about this-- it could be that the new drivers are just made to support new cards and bug fixxes for them.

 

[ZoNtO]

Well newer cards of course support them, and they do add fixes and tweaks for them, but as any company does they like to concentrate on their newer models. Check on say futuremark.com or guru3d.com's forums and see what other people have been running. I would definitely try a newer driver if I were you, just leave your dialup connection on overnight downloading! That's what I used to do anyway.

Another thought, if you want to paypal me shipping I could just burn some crap for you and mail it out in a case. PM me if you have any questions (probably a stupid idea, but hey I have a t1 here so I might as well use it)

 

[ZoNtO]

Tech connect magazine has released their 0.4 Optimized nVidia driver based on the 70.90 set. I got 12369 in 3D Mark 03 with it and 5269 in '05 with my 6800GT @ 400/1100 &amp; Athlon64 @ 2.3x Ghz....