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NVidia DetonatorXP Drivers

by Steve Gibson, Sep 10, 2001 1:18pm PDT

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Anyone know where to find a prog to change *opengl* refresh rates in XP? d3d is working fine, but OpenGL is giving me fits (which means Q3, Anachronox, and probably some other stuff I'm not thinking of right now).

Nvtool, powerstrip, hztool, all strikeouts :(

Sep 10, 2001 3:08pm PDT

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Anyone know where to find a prog to change *opengl* refresh rates in XP? d3d is working fine, but OpenGL : Gauss
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  NVReffix ? : Toraz Chryx
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    ATTENTION Windows XP (Whistler) users: Currently, WinXP support is disabled due to issues with the progr... : Gauss
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      compatibility mode silly :) : hawkeye
      
      Compatibility mode lets nvreffix run, but it still doesn't work on these new drivers.. Probably a sid... : Mo__
- I just modified the .inf file to set which refresh rates I wanted. (Extract the contents of the .exe fi... : andromeda
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  Edit the .inf file :) That's what I do. : MarksmanX
  - wheres the .inf file ??? : Cpt. Baseballbat

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You guys actually bought GF3s. But.. but.. why?

Sep 10, 2001 5:41pm PDT

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You guys actually bought GF3s. But.. but.. why? : mc-fine
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Ok these drivers are seriously good shit - here's the numbers:

Quake 3 1024x768x32 max detail:

12.41 - 121.6fps
21.81 - 141.6fps

3DMark2k1, 1024x768x32, DXTC, pure hardware T&L:

12.41 - 5793
21.81 - 6538 (!!!)

As already noted, the "Dragothic" test looks better, and my "Nature" fps went from ~21 - ~40 - nearly 100% speed increase!!

Haven't found any problems with them yet either, running WinME on a 1.4 Tbird, Geforce 3. Grab these drivers ASAP!

BH

Sep 10, 2001 7:55pm PDT

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Ok these drivers are seriously good shit - here's the numbers: Quake 3 1024x768x32 max detail: 12.4... : |nEo|Blackhawk
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  running WinME on a 1.4 Tbird, Geforce 3. Grab these drivers ASAP That's like running a ferrari on sta... : abrasion
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    winme is fine. Win2k is ok too. so BITE ME! : Ominous
    - Err no, Win2k is ok, WinME is in-humanly fucking shithouse. : abrasion

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Last official release - 2736 3DMarks
Detonator XP -

Sep 11, 2001 2:47am PDT

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Last official release - 2736 3DMarks Detonator XP - : 0Wingfan
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- * U N F I N I S H ' D *]b Anyway.. 2736 with the last release, and 2514 with these. P4 1.8Ghz 256M... : 0Wingfan

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Where's the beef?!

http://www.drewiscool.com/images/before.jpg

http://www.drewiscool.com/images/after.jpg

Sep 10, 2001 4:17pm PDT

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Where's the beef?! http://www.drewiscool.com/images/before.jpg http://www.drewiscool.com/images/aft... : Incendiary Penis
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- designed for higher end cards : abrasion

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God I'm stupid, I thought these new drivers were ONLY for Windows XP, I didn't know detonator 4 = called XP

Sep 10, 2001 11:24pm PDT

God I'm stupid, I thought these new drivers were ONLY for Windows XP, I didn't know detonator 4 = called ... : abrasion

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Back to 12.41 for me. The new DetonatorXP drivers cause my monitor to switch scan cycles about 8 times in 1 second just before going into standby, which = bad on an older style monitor like I have. You can hear the relay physically switching really rapidly between the modes. I think the drivers basically cause the monitor to be driven at a scan rate it can't handle temporarily while standby (STR) is entered. Last time I had a set of drivers that did this, the horizontal deflection circuit was blown within two weeks on the monitor.

Sep 10, 2001 10:00pm PDT

Back to 12.41 for me. The new DetonatorXP drivers cause my monitor to switch scan cycles about 8 times i... : Barbarian

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Ok, I just did a rollback, since I can NOT tolerate a 60Hz refresh rate in XP with these drivers. I'm on a 21" monitor that does DOUBLE that refresh in all resolutions. Maximum headache. Although, they DID seem to help Anarchy Online.....I didn't notice any choppiness when I first logged on and started to move around.

Sep 10, 2001 8:23pm PDT

Ok, I just did a rollback, since I can NOT tolerate a 60Hz refresh rate in XP with these drivers. I'm on ... : V0lk

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The Geforce family (including GF3) will work with these drivers, right?

Sep 10, 2001 2:07pm PDT

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The Geforce family (including GF3) will work with these drivers, right? : fusion
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  but of course. : johnny rotten
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  no. We are all hapy about drivers for our TNT 2!!!!! : Ominous
  - careful with TNT's, these are Detonator eXPloder drivers. More dangerous than standard detonators. : Barbarian
- Im having the Geforce family over for dinner tonight. Nice people they are. : Keel

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Anyone using Win XP RC2 with these drivers? It seems the 60 Hz refresh rate problem is still existent.

Sep 10, 2001 7:40pm PDT

Anyone using Win XP RC2 with these drivers? It seems the 60 Hz refresh rate problem is still existent. : V0lk

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ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/Windows/12.41

very very fast and the new drivers are there

Sep 10, 2001 2:40pm PDT

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ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/Windows/12.41 very very fast and the new drivers are the... : An Account
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  no one go here please, these are the old drivers. duh : Matthew Luckie
  - obviously heh : tension
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    hey dumbass what do you call this ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/Windows/12.41/W... : An Account
    - shack messed up the links but if you copy and paste they work : An Account

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You need a GF3 to see the improvements. http://www.tcnj.edu/~mann2/det4benchmark.jpg

Sep 10, 2001 5:32pm PDT

You need a GF3 to see the improvements. http://www.tcnj.edu/~mann2/det4benchmark.jpg : Polish Sausage

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I gained almost 1000 points on my amd 1400@1500, A7M266 + Geforce3. Went from 6100 to 7100, so i'm quite happy with the drivers :)

Sep 10, 2001 4:58pm PDT

I gained almost 1000 points on my amd 1400@1500, A7M266 + Geforce3. Went from 6100 to 7100, so i'm quite ... : carpediem

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Old 3DMark2001 score under Win2k: 3019
New Detonators featuring up to 30-50% increase in performance: 3018

WOW!!!

Sep 10, 2001 3:58pm PDT

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Old 3DMark2001 score under Win2k: 3019 New Detonators featuring up to 30-50% increase in performance: 30... : Sludgehead
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anyone do a gf1 ddr benchmark? ill see what it does with my gf1 later

Sep 10, 2001 4:51pm PDT

anyone do a gf1 ddr benchmark? ill see what it does with my gf1 later : ease_one

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- hit your computer with a hammer repeatedly then set on fire. This cool little tidbit will solve all comp... : tension

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I'm thinking I'll wait till elsa produces thier version of these drivers. yes,that's what I'll do

Sep 10, 2001 4:28pm PDT

I'm thinking I'll wait till elsa produces thier version of these drivers. yes,that's what I'll do : brutal

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These things own.. haven't done any fps tests yet, but they:

Accellerate the blended square selection thing in WinXP
Fix the no-refresh-over-85 bug thats been in every driver since 6.50
Fix baldur's gate 2 3d acceleration

Plus, they claim to be faster.

Good stuff.

I'm uploading the 2k/XP version to shack ftp

Sep 10, 2001 2:05pm PDT

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These things own.. haven't done any fps tests yet, but they: Accellerate the blended square selection ... : Mo__
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  what was wrong with baldur gate 2's 3d acceleration? I played through the game and mission pack without... : johnny rotten
  - with 12.41 (maybe just in win2k, i dunno) 3d acceleration test didn't work at all, and while the game ra... : Mo__

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do these drivers work for tnt2

Sep 10, 2001 2:10pm PDT

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do these drivers work for tnt2 : dodob
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  say again louder! DO THESE DRIVERS SUPPORT THE NOW NEARLY DEAD TNT2 FAMBLY?" : KinetiK
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    Yes. : LOD-Glock
    - THANKS! ;) : KinetiK
- the tnt2 goes off, no heat problems. i have a pci edition of the ultra in my athlon 1.2, goes nicely in ... : Matthew Luckie

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GAH! stupid pos. I had 112 fps average in one of the q3 demos with 12.41

with 21.81, i get 109fps

not that its a big drop, but stupid fockers lie!

AMD Athlon 600, Geforce SDR.

Sep 10, 2001 3:46pm PDT

GAH! stupid pos. I had 112 fps average in one of the q3 demos with 12.41 with 21.81, i get 109fps n... : myrddin

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Everyone remember to turn vsync off again. Damn vsync!

Sep 10, 2001 3:28pm PDT

Everyone remember to turn vsync off again. Damn vsync! : str8upkiller

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Interesting...I get higher performance at higher resolutions...

95FPS at 1024x768x32
99FPS at 1280x1024x32

another thing of note, I get 60FPS at 16x12x32 on MPTERRA...um, the one with grass and dirt

oh, they still haven't fixed the S3TC quality bug >:(

Sep 10, 2001 1:59pm PDT

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  hawkeye, it's a hardware problem. There's a way for you to fix it if you hack your registry, but when I ... : archon
  - oh I know the fix, it's the OGL_S3TCQuality key in: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\nv4\Devicex : hawkeye
  - the hack to fix s3tc quality still only works in some cases depending on the texture itself. what it doe... : .spanky.

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Gained approx 600 3dmarks

what should a 1.2GHz/GF3/512 PC133 system get?

Sep 10, 2001 2:15pm PDT

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Gained approx 600 3dmarks what should a 1.2GHz/GF3/512 PC133 system get? : hawkeye
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  I get around 5500 with about the same setup, 1.5 tho : Typo
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    you've got a 1.5GHz? I get 5600 and change 3dmarks default benchmark? : hawkeye
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      yes thats default bench on the 10.80 drivers i think. madonion is not loading at the moment so i can't c... : Typo
      
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      just ran 3dmark 2k1 default with the new drivers and got a 6217. guess you could say these drivers are f... : Typo
      
      if Nvidia did that there would be hell to pay if any of the tech sites worked out what they were doing.. : Toraz Chryx
      
      ok, then my score is about right too, thanks : hawkeye

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Wow, these drivers are letting me do 1920x1080 on my 17"...

Sep 10, 2001 2:41pm PDT

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Wow, these drivers are letting me do 1920x1080 on my 17"... : Trilinear
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  my 21' wont do that :( it only does 1600*1200 max : An Account
  - mine can't do 1600x1200. It's odd. Windows says the res is 1920x1080, and the screenspace is really th... : Trilinear

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ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/Windows/21.81/

theres something wrong with the hardocp w2k/xp drivers it hink i dled them and they were corrupt

Sep 10, 2001 2:41pm PDT

ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/Windows/21.81/ theres something wrong with the har... : An Account

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These are the best drivers I ever came across

Sep 10, 2001 2:25pm PDT

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- STFU! : Atma Weapon
- i havent noticed any difference yet on my tnt2 pci under win2k on my athlon 1.2ghz, although i havent tr... : Matthew Luckie

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As I type this the drivers aren't there, they have removed them.

Here's another place to get them from though
ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/pub/misc/drivers/nvidia/winxp_21.81.exe

Sep 10, 2001 1:57pm PDT

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As I type this the drivers aren't there, they have removed them. Here's another place to get them from... : idealego
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- Thanks for the mirror; works great. :) : xakmalice
- Download is speedy, hope the file isnt corrupt : Bali

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I gained 4 frames

1024x768 max eyejunk. although I always play in fugly mode

seems worth the change.

Sep 10, 2001 2:28pm PDT

I gained 4 frames 1024x768 max eyejunk. although I always play in fugly mode seems worth the cha... : Lawgiver

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It never ceases to amuse me how much excitement a driver release can cause...

Sep 10, 2001 1:43pm PDT

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- I think the reason we're so excited is because those of us who installed XP got a hidden present of brok... : xakmalice

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Could someone lend a hand to a retard? Are these only for XP? Can I not make my GeForce3 a lot better in win2k yet?

Sep 10, 2001 2:26pm PDT

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  The winxp/win2000 ones are the same :P : Atma Weapon
  - THANK YOU SIR!!!! : haiku

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XP and 2K use the same drivers right? i have a GF2MX, worth it for me to run them?

Sep 10, 2001 2:01pm PDT

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Oh yes hooray yes. Nice and snappy.

Sep 10, 2001 2:22pm PDT

Oh yes hooray yes. Nice and snappy. : andromeda

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100.2 FPS in Quake 3 1280 1024

Sep 10, 2001 2:07pm PDT

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- BITBOYS AHOY'd !! : dodob

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AWESOME!

I gained almost 10FPS in the 3dmark2k1 Nature scene

Sep 10, 2001 1:47pm PDT

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AWESOME! I gained almost 10FPS in the 3dmark2k1 Nature scene : hawkeye
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  - still kicks ass :) : hawkeye
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  I gained 10fps in Quake3 which puts me at 174.3fps, not like i needed it but hey 10fps is 10fps. : tension
  - 174fps? That's insane man. Hehehe but I bet you'd probably run like 20fps in DOOM3. : mofo

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http://spots.flatland.com/oniondldet4/Win9x2.zip

Sep 10, 2001 1:56pm PDT

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  is this XP or 2k? : AllYourBase
  - or am I just an idiot and can't see 9X : AllYourBase
  - xp/2k use the same drivers. : tension
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    WIN9x!!!!!!! read the file name gosh : Ominous
    - http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=1950865 : AllYourBase
- Nice one, thanks! : koder
- and w2k/xp drivers are here: http://spots.flatland.com/oniondldet4/WinXP2.zip : KinetiK

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So... is 6478 3Dmarks good for a Geforce 3, 1.4 ghz Athlon with 512 mb DDR ram?

I really noticed a performance gain with these new drivers!

Sep 10, 2001 2:02pm PDT

So... is 6478 3Dmarks good for a Geforce 3, 1.4 ghz Athlon with 512 mb DDR ram? I really noticed a per... : ZedAgent

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Heh, remember back when we'd get all our Detonator drivers from The Ctrl-Alt-Del?

Ah, those were the days...

Sep 10, 2001 1:33pm PDT

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- what, like half a year back? the times were when q2 came out! : ILF

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holy shit the page loaded for me!!

Sep 10, 2001 2:00pm PDT

holy shit the page loaded for me!! : AllYourBase

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I am uploading the win9x to wazootys FTP

Sep 10, 2001 1:58pm PDT

I am uploading the win9x to wazootys FTP : Ominous

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Got them from the Nvidia site & burned them to CD. Taking them home with me when I leave work in 17 minutes.

Sep 10, 2001 1:42pm PDT

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Got them from the Nvidia site & burned them to CD. Taking them home with me when I leave work in 17 minut... : Quagmire
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- go now! =) if you upload them you will be the man : AllYourBase
- you leave work in 17 minutes? bastard. : dodob

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