New Detonator Drivers

by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 21, 2002 12:07pm PST

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I need to motherfucking post

Mar 23, 2002 2:58pm PST

I need to motherfucking post : rookieone

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What the hell? Did NVIDIA fire their entire QA Team or something? I've had these drivers installed for 10 minutes and I've already found 2 or 3 bugs.

- Refresh rate modes are gone, so all games run at a shitty 75Hz (better than the 60 it used to be, but still...)
- Switching video modes in Unreal Tournament takes FOREVER, close to 30 seconds now, in D3D. What the hell?
- Performance feels worse too

Maybe the Geforce 4 owners will have better luck, but my GF2MX hates this stuff so far (I can't afford anything better right now :(

Back to 23.11 I go...

Mar 21, 2002 12:38pm PST

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What the hell? Did NVIDIA fire their entire QA Team or something? I've had these drivers installed for 10... : StimpyBoy-KNoB-
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- If you're using windows 2000 or XP, run regedt32 and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\S... : idealego
- I got a boost for my GF2 MX PCI card in Win98. : Mastaba

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Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST

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  that doesn't fix shit man. do you even know what you're talking about? do you have a monitor where you c... : Polish Sausage
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    Uh..you can check your refesh rate with just about every monitor (while gaming or jacking of to pron... : [7]kami
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      look at his site. he says himself that his fix doesn't work with 27.42 and greater. What now? : Polish Sausage
      
      http://www.nvnews.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12389 - Don't be lazy =P : aggressor

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I hope this fixes the bluescreen-in-XP crap with many AMD + Via machines (like mine).

It's bullshit that they don't release a full list of changes and bugfixes for drivers. They must internally have the list so why not publish it so we know what to expect or not expect?

Mar 22, 2002 2:18am PST

I hope this fixes the bluescreen-in-XP crap with many AMD + Via machines (like mine). It's bullshit th... : nudel

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They have been updated since this morning because the control panel was broken, so if you got it this morning you'll want to grab them again.

Mar 21, 2002 12:12pm PST

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They have been updated since this morning because the control panel was broken, so if you got it this mor... : Carnivac
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  It's still not fixed. At least in XP. Just downloaded it and am missing the extra control panel tabs (Op... : verbatim
  - Well working in Win2k at least.. :\ : artillery
  - same here, wtf is up with that?!? QA must be fucking asleep, how can you MISS a CONTROL PANEL?!! : moshman

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damn NVIDIA seesm to be getting carried away with the size!
Up over 8mbs now? The Linux 28.02 drivers ive had for weeks now are not even 2mbs... sure they dont have the directx code but can someone say MS bloatware?

Oh well, ill install them tonight when i go into windows to play WarCraft 3 ;)

Mar 21, 2002 12:43pm PST

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damn NVIDIA seesm to be getting carried away with the size! Up over 8mbs now? The Linux 28.02 drivers i... : phinn
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http://www.nvnews.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12389

instructions on how to fix the refresh rate.
it works. i tried it

altho it would be helpful if someone made an app to do all of this automatically.
hello? ztn? someone?

Mar 21, 2002 1:13pm PST

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http://www.nvnews.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12389 instructions on how to fix the refresh ra... : boobie
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Easy Refresh Rate Fix.

Since my way is a lot easier then the other way I saw posted here it is:

This only applies to windows 2000 or XP as far as I know.

Run regedt32 and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<your card id>\Device0
Then edit the entries you want and remove all refresh rates below that of the one you want to use, so for example all my resolutions from 1024x768 and below all start at 85hz now. Works great, I ended up figuring this out when I wanted quakeworld to run at 200hz in software rendering ;P

Don't put in values unless you know your monitor can handle them obviously.

Mar 21, 2002 3:51pm PST

Easy Refresh Rate Fix. Since my way is a lot easier then the other way I saw posted here it is: Thi... : idealego

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and what's with the version numbering???!?!! 28.XX?

wasn't it something (hard to remember)

like 1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
11.0
14.0
17.0 ?
21.0
22.0
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28.0

WTF?

Mar 21, 2002 2:49pm PST

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  Actually it's still pretty much in order, NVidia just moved a decimal place to make it easier to organ... : sur3al1
  - You're right, I forgot it's actually 2.8.whatever.whatever - keep thinking it's 28.XX Still I mean wt... : abrasion

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And as an interesting side note. My PCMark2002 scores have increased since I ran them the other day...

27.70:

http://service.madonion.com/compare?pcm=82845

28.32:

http://service.madonion.com/compare?pcm=105731

Mar 21, 2002 1:57pm PST

And as an interesting side note. My PCMark2002 scores have increased since I ran them the other day... ... : SlimJim

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These 28.32's are just a tad faster then the 27.70's I was using. But it's the bug fixes and what not that are important in a situation like this, more so then the speed increases.

27.70:

http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=3028494

28.32:

http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=3053281

I'll be running these till I find some newer ones.

The ONLY bad drivers I've ever ran into were those 10.20's or 10.40's. I had problems with those. But the other 100 drivers, I've never had any trouble with. And I've ran them all..

Mar 21, 2002 1:55pm PST

These 28.32's are just a tad faster then the 27.70's I was using. But it's the bug fixes and what not th... : SlimJim

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do my current drivers work: check

upgrade drivers: no

particularly if they fucked up the refresh rate AGAIN. amazing.

Mar 21, 2002 1:52pm PST

do my current drivers work: check upgrade drivers: no particularly if they fucked up the refresh ra... : Gauss

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Refresh rate fix doesn't work with those anymore

Mar 21, 2002 12:13pm PST

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Refresh rate fix doesn't work with those anymore : bitshifter
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  They changed the way their set with this driver set. /me waits for latest version of RivaTuner befor... : intoxxxicated
  - same here, I'll wait until the refresh rate can be fixed. I demand 100Hz or more, nothing less. : mofo
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  damn. isn't there any other way to fix this? I think it's strange that nvidia doesn't do anything about ... : JohnnyDanger
  - http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=3266222 : bitshifter

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Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina.

Mar 21, 2002 12:09pm PST

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- <Arnold> Thanks for the tip. </Arnold> : Dechter

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I'm not installing utill there's a new NVidia Refresh Rate Fix.

Mar 21, 2002 1:39pm PST

I'm not installing utill there's a new NVidia Refresh Rate Fix. : MacGyver

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So... If anyone figures out how to fix the refresh rate stuff, let us know. Plz?

Mar 21, 2002 12:55pm PST

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So... If anyone figures out how to fix the refresh rate stuff, let us know. Plz? : Polish Sausage
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  type this in msn search: nvidia refresh rate fix : barbs
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    that doesn't work on 27.42 or higher. Believe me, i've tried. ;( : Polish Sausage
    - the refresh rate fix works with the 27.70 drivers. i think they went back to the old way of doing things... : emcea
- have you tried looking in the registry for 640x480, 800x600 etc? That's all the refresh rate utiliti... : SERIOUSly the SAMe

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Well i got an extra 10 3dmarks with these drivers. I guess there worth the download if you wanna mess around with that Nview desktop manager, i think thats new...

Mar 21, 2002 12:55pm PST

Well i got an extra 10 3dmarks with these drivers. I guess there worth the download if you wanna mess aro... : BigDough

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Is this the driver that makes DAoC not crash when hit with AoE spells?

Mar 21, 2002 12:12pm PST

Is this the driver that makes DAoC not crash when hit with AoE spells? : yada

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http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=3265678

Mar 21, 2002 12:10pm PST

http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=3265678 : Lawgiver

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