New Detonator Drivers

by Maarten Goldstein, Dec 03, 2002 9:25am PST

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By: JennasBush x Show Full Post

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Anyone figured out what this new setting does exactly? http://whythrowchip.go.dyndns.org/4091.gif

The description you get from clicking on the slider with the help button is somewhat confusing. I'm not sure it it improves performance while possibly hurting visual quality or if it merely improves performance at the possible expense of some stability.

At any rate, I set it on maximum performance and I'm having some problems with BF 1942. I'm not sure whether I'm just going to go back to the 40.72's or if I should try another setting with that slider.

Dec 03, 2002 3:29pm PST

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Anyone figured out what this new setting does exactly? http://whythrowchip.go.dyndns.org/4091.gif The ... : JennasBush
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- just gimme your card and yer problems will be solved : aliengrey
- HIGH QUALITY (slower) -- BALANCED -- LOW QUALITY (speedy) : SlamDunk

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man
i still get excited about new Nvidia drivers
even though i have an ATI card

is there something wrong with me ?

Dec 03, 2002 10:37am PST

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man i still get excited about new Nvidia drivers even though i have an ATI card is there something w... : eroczep
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  Yeah stability and speed increases usually does it :) : MarksmanX
  - 3D Mark isn't a game. : 5150 Joker

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nVidia drivers > ATI drivers

I don't care about performance, but stability. The Rage 128 Pro has to be one of the most mature ATI cards on the market, yet their latest driver package on ATI's website is a pile of shit... why? Because they don't revise their drivers enough like nVidia does, thus more bugs.

Yes, nVidia is trying to squeeze more FPS out of your video card, but there's so many sets of detonators that I hate it when people get pissed off because the new ones aren't any faster. Hello, if it's not broke, don't fix it!

Dec 03, 2002 6:38pm PST

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nVidia drivers > ATI drivers I don't care about performance, but stability. The Rage 128 Pro has to be... : reVy79
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- i don't think they care too much about the rage 128 anymore... : carnivore

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Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST

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Ever since 30.82 I've had real trouble with new detonators, even after uninstalling the previous versions I still get ``an error has occured while windows was using control panel.app'' (I forget the exact error) when I click on the additional nvidia properties.
Using win2k/SP3 with GF3 Ti200

Dec 03, 2002 10:45am PST

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Ever since 30.82 I've had real trouble with new detonators, even after uninstalling the previous versions... : Razenhat
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  try detonator destroyer - www.guru3d.com - it fixed a similar problem for me : smellslikefish
  - what about those of us running 2000/xp? I want a fix now! :( : agrivaine

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Anybody know why I lost the super cool menu under Display properties that let me tweak my card after upgrading to these?

Dec 03, 2002 1:03pm PST

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Anybody know why I lost the super cool menu under Display properties that let me tweak my card after upgr... : fishbone
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- you mean the little menu on the side of the nvidia display properties? When I mouse over mine it goes al... : agrivaine

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I have a refresh rate fix "theory".

I think Nvidia cannot fix the driver because Microsoft would not WHQL it...
For some reason I just cannot imagine Nvidia unable to fix this.

Dec 03, 2002 6:46pm PST

I have a refresh rate fix "theory". I think Nvidia cannot fix the driver because Microsoft would not W... : dynamo

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An increase of 32 points on 3dmark 2001SE from the previous WHQL's. GF3 ti200, Athlon 1.4, PC133, meh system.

Dec 03, 2002 6:02pm PST

An increase of 32 points on 3dmark 2001SE from the previous WHQL's. GF3 ti200, Athlon 1.4, PC133, meh sy : indeego

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anyone know where i can get some geforce4 temperature monitoring software programs?

i have the msi geforce 4 ti 4200 128 mb vivo

it comes with a temperature monitoring program but it's a flash / shockwave program which i have to use in internet explorer. it has a bunch of animations and movies in it playing nonstop which slows down games if i want to monitor the temperature on one monitor and play on the other.

i just want a small program that doesnt use all my resources, and something that can me minimized into the systray............

tia

Dec 03, 2002 4:24pm PST

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anyone know where i can get some geforce4 temperature monitoring software programs? i have the msi ge... : bangooo
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  http://www.computerchaos.net/images/GeForce%203/msiinfo4.jpg That is flash? : indeego

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this has probably been said before but what the fuck do i care... every driver update they say 25% increase, that would mean my card is like 400% faster then when i first bought it, we should sue for false adverstising or something heh..bah

Dec 03, 2002 3:22pm PST

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this has probably been said before but what the fuck do i care... every driver update they say 25% increa... : aliengrey
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  Well first you have to pass reading 101 and then you should consider suing. Up to a 25% increase in pe : MarksmanX
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    can i get a hug daddy? : aliengrey
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      SHUT UP! *MarksmanX slaps aliengrey* 25 FUCKING years old and still can't read properly! *Marksm... : MarksmanX
      
      huh? i don't get it : aliengrey
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  The "up to 25% increase in performance" is for the 40.xx driver version, it's not for every minor revisio... : idealego
  - yeah i was just going to say that, duhhhh :P : tunis5000

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wow guys, the last drivers had a 25% increase! now this one does too! OMG, my GF2 is like.. 50% faster now!

Dec 03, 2002 11:07am PST

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wow guys, the last drivers had a 25% increase! now this one does too! OMG, my GF2 is like.. 50% faster no... : VERTEBRAINS
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  UP TO 25 =) They are tricky worders : jigstah
  - I'm pretty sure that 25% figure refers to all Det40's compared to Det30 performance. It's not cummulative... : diehlr
- Actually, that would be 1.25^2 = 56% faster@!!!@#@#!!!! : davew2040

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You'd think that with people as bright as they have working there, they'd be able to include some OpenGL refresh rate fixes, as opposed to only supporting Direct3D. Not to say that the setup they have for Direct3D is very good, because it's not. And to make things worse, these new drivers kill rivatuner's ability to set the refresh rate, which has a great interface and everything. Why are we moving backwards here?

Dec 03, 2002 3:34pm PST

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You'd think that with people as bright as they have working there, they'd be able to include some OpenGL ... : davew2040
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  Ever tried refresh force? I think it's clearly the best now. It works with all driver versions and you ... : JennasBush
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    I think his point is, the drivers should offer an option to let you set the refresh rates yourself. : diehlr
    - I think you should have continued reading until the part where he says he's dissapointed that they break ... : JennasBush
  - refresh force rules. It effects dx/gl and desktop so you don't have to screw around with anything else. : idealego
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  These new drivers work with RivaTuner 2.0. I just used it! :) : MarksmanX
  - Well shucks, I guess I should try the latest version then... although as of rivatuner 2.0 candidate 11, i... : davew2040

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Dude they can be had for like $115 US now. Get your own.

Dec 03, 2002 3:38pm PST

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Dude they can be had for like $115 US now. Get your own. : JennasBush
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- woops : JennasBush

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How the hell do I force the refresh rate on these drivers to 100 Hz for example? The old tools don't seem to work? I use Windows XP.

Dec 03, 2002 2:07pm PST

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How the hell do I force the refresh rate on these drivers to 100 Hz for example? The old tools don't seem... : Cpt. Baseballbat
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- Use reforce : Polish Sausage
- Use Powerstrip : ArctosViros

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Do you guys disable vsync? Also there is something in there about overriding refresh rates or allowing applications to set refresh. Has anyone messed with this yet?

Dec 03, 2002 3:06pm PST

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Do you guys disable vsync? Also there is something in there about overriding refresh rates or allowing a... : str8upkiller
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- Yeah I disable VSYNC, that's how you get the high score of the card. Or it will be locked at the monitor... : MarksmanX

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Am I completely removing the old drivers if I go to control panel-->Add Remove Programs-->Remove "NVIDIA Windows 2000/XP Display Driver" ?

What's the next step?

After I reboot it's asking for drivers but the driver download is an executable installation right? So there are no drivers to point to.

Dec 03, 2002 12:33pm PST

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Am I completely removing the old drivers if I go to control panel-->Add Remove Programs-->Remove "NVIDIA ... : JennasBush
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  And... So what I'm saying is that Windows XP will install some shitty default drivers if I cancel out ... : JennasBush
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    Run the install and then cancel it; it creates a dir with all the files you need in C:\NVIDIA. Or, use Wi... : Gimik
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      Great that seems to work well. At a point during the installation it says it detected a previous version... : JennasBush
      
      Yes! : MarksmanX
      
      I've never uninstalled previous versions for WHQL. Part of WHQL certification is it has to properly remo : indeego

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16.3 MB... wow. Wasn't it under 2 MB for a year or so...

Dec 03, 2002 2:40pm PST

16.3 MB... wow. Wasn't it under 2 MB for a year or so... : indeego

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I'm downloading these right now, anybody else going to try these suckahs out>?

Dec 03, 2002 9:34am PST

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I'm downloading these right now, anybody else going to try these suckahs out>? : dabum
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  I am gonna stick with the 30.82s until I have to really move to the new ones. : rndm
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      GeForce 4 Ti4200 : rndm
      
      The 40.72 will accually increase your performace, and the are WHQL certiifed now. Nvidia has good drivers... : Drocnoc

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is it just me or is it probably 99% of the people having trouble with the newer drivers, simply people too stupid to fully uninstall the older drivers and having conflicts?
ive always kept up with the newest betas, for years, never had problems with anything. strange..

Dec 03, 2002 11:18am PST

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is it just me or is it probably 99% of the people having trouble with the newer drivers, simply people to... : boobie
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I've been using these v41.09 drivers for over a week now. No problems whatsoever. I have the new VIA AGP 4.40 driver installed also...

Dec 03, 2002 12:31pm PST

I've been using these v41.09 drivers for over a week now. No problems whatsoever. I have the new VIA AGP ... : SlamDunk

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is the digital vibrance a new feature in these drivers? my monitor is saved now! i thought it was going bad, and this fixed everything!

Dec 03, 2002 12:12pm PST

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is the digital vibrance a new feature in these drivers? my monitor is saved now! i thought it was going... : Original G
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  it's been in since GF2MXs. : Old_Fart
  - wow, maybe i should pay attention : Original G

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http://www.clrmnd.com/ActivityLog/#12.2.2002

for directx9 developers

Dec 03, 2002 11:22am PST

http://www.clrmnd.com/ActivityLog/#12.2.2002 for directx9 developers : wretchedmage

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I *really* wish they would post exactly what was changed/fixed.... oh well. :/

Dec 03, 2002 11:13am PST

I *really* wish they would post exactly what was changed/fixed.... oh well. :/ : sharkII

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ahh what the heck, i'll try them out...

Dec 03, 2002 10:52am PST

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ahh what the heck, i'll try them out... : tunis5000
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- 16.3 megs, damn! : tunis5000

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last ones caused a hell of a lot of reboots, hope these dont.

Dec 03, 2002 10:45am PST

last ones caused a hell of a lot of reboots, hope these dont. : Beady

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Let the System Breaking Begin!

Dec 03, 2002 10:14am PST

Let the System Breaking Begin! : tommysgun

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rndm> same WITH ME.

I installed the other new ones that were released last month, and they didnt work with Maya4.. so unless theres some compatibility with Maya4 or 3DSmax this time around.. Im staying put, unfortunately.

Dec 03, 2002 10:10am PST

rndm> same WITH ME. I installed the other new ones that were released last month, and they didnt work ... : VERTEBRAINS

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are these the drivers that yadda yadda..

Dec 03, 2002 9:58am PST

are these the drivers that yadda yadda.. : boobie

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