NVIDIA Releases New Drivers

Published on December 3, 2001 By koop In WinCustomize News

NVIDIA has announced that they will be releasing new drivers for their graphics cards tomorrow December 3, 2001. They are expected to be available for download from http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=drivers

The 23.11 release of the Detonator XP drivers were developed to maximize 2D as well as 3D performance, and to take advantage of the new API's in Windows XP. These same API's are used in WindowBlinds.

How good is your video performance and what difference will driver support make? Why not download XP Bench, the free video performance utility from Stardock, and find out.
XP Bench can be downloaded from http://www.xpbench.com for free. This instrument tests how well your video card and driver work together to support a number of features, including alpha-blending.
You can upload your results and see other people's scores at http://www.xpbench.com/results.asp

Comments

Enzyme

on Dec 03, 2001

Whoa! My XPBench mark (Geforce 3, 800 Athlon, 256MB) went from 179 to 83xx! Nice one NVIDIA!

Attila

on Dec 03, 2001

Yay

Spiguy

on Dec 03, 2001

Don't pat those suckers on the back so fast until they release some 3dfx drivers (whom they bought out but will not offer 1 ounce of support for).

Larry Kuperman

on Dec 03, 2001

NVIDIA is offering a trade up program for 3DFX Voodoo cards, Spiguy.
Check out: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011126_4364

Yes, the latest drivers make a HUGE difference. Hats off to NVIDIA.

Orion

on Dec 04, 2001

"Don't pat those suckers on the back so fast until they release some 3dfx drivers (whom they bought out but will not offer 1 ounce of support for)."

Woah....Hold on there cowboy!

nVidia did not "buy out" 3dfx. They bought their intellectual property (ideas/patents) i.e. NOT SHIPPED PRODUCTS. nVidia doesn't owe 3dfx users squat. I have 2 V5-5500 now collecting dust in a box somewhere. We are victims of 3dfx's poor business decisions. Get over it and get a GF3...I'll promise you won't be disappointed. Even the AA beats the V5 IMO.

koop

on Dec 04, 2001

Orion, you are right on both counts. 3dfx died because of their poor decisions.

The latest generation of NVIDIA hardware and driver support is amazing. The GeForce 3 is an exceptional card.

But even if you are running a older card, the new drivers improve performance.

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