Detonator 40 (40.41) released

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Aug 29th, 2002, 03:10 PM
SirSpeedy113

Detonator 40 (40.41) released

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Quote:

Up to a 25% increase in performance
nView™ 2.0 multi-display technology increases productivity and provides the necessary tools to control the way users access and view applications.
NVRotate™ enabling image rotation on today’s advanced flat panel displays.
NVKeystone™ allows for real-time image correction on portable projectors and heads-up displays.
Digital Vibrance Control™ allows users to adjust color controls to achieve accurate, bright colors under all conditions.
New control panel streamlines user interface and enables faster and easier access to all video settings
Robust Channels enables higher faster performance and better stability for all applications through fail-safe paths in the drivers
CineFX Simulator allows developers to use Cg—“C for graphics”—to write complex shaders in a high level language faster and more easily than before.
NVIDIA’s patented Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) – supports all products in a single driver binary

-Emo
Aug 29th, 2002, 04:45 PM
Zaei

Good show.... then again, 10 megs for a driver is a bit hefty....

Z.
Aug 29th, 2002, 06:14 PM
JungleMan

I'm running some tests with them now. Trying to break my previous 3DMark score.

Zalman bracket w/Sunon 42cfm strapped on side for benchmarking, I'm seeing what she can do...
Aug 29th, 2002, 06:32 PM
Sastraxi

Must be in great demand now... 50 minutes remaining at 4.2 kb/s :(
Aug 29th, 2002, 08:09 PM
chrisjk

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They're a pile of shite

http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...postid=1150731

Also nView causes fatal exception now
Aug 29th, 2002, 09:28 PM
JungleMan

Indeed Chris, it has screwed my system up so much. GTA3 won't even run now.

NVIDIA has great drivers? Pfft.

:mad: @ NVIDIA
Aug 29th, 2002, 09:34 PM
SirSpeedy113

:confused: mine is running fine

-emo
Aug 29th, 2002, 09:36 PM
chrisjk

I just re-installed 29.42 which is the one I had before. Seems okay now

I'll have to try GTA3 though...
Aug 29th, 2002, 11:22 PM
h3adbang3r

this is beta..im not gonna bother installing it
i think u should wait for the 'Real' release.. not beta

heres some more info from nvidia.com:

Quote:

Detonator 40 is the beta graphics driver for all NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Detonator 40 supports 2D graphics, DirectX 8.1, OpenGL 1.4, nView Desktop Management software version 2.0, NVRotate. NVKeystone, Digital Vibrance Control and includes a new control panel and the CineFX emulator. Through NVIDIA’s Unified Driver Architecture, Detonator software supports all GPUs below in a single driver.

go here
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
and then to Graphics Driver - Detonator 40 to see more
Aug 29th, 2002, 11:42 PM
Sastraxi

Worked fine for me.. only thing I noticed is that resolutions change faster now...
Aug 30th, 2002, 06:11 AM
JungleMan

Oh yeah...NVRotate is stupid but amusing..:D
Aug 30th, 2002, 09:22 AM
Gimlin

bah ATI had that for a long time.
Aug 31st, 2002, 11:32 PM
Lord Orwell

maybe they will fix the problem i had with my geforce256.
it kept resetting my win xp machine. i had to use an old driver.
and 29.42 wouldnt install AT ALL on my win me one. And YES,
i used the one FOR win me.
Sep 1st, 2002, 08:32 PM
MXAlPhA

man... i hope it'll b able 2 pick up my 4200. It's bein detected as a quadro!! piece of ****
Sep 1st, 2002, 08:38 PM
JungleMan

Dude!! That's a good thing! The Quadro is about $1000 :D and it's a CAD card
Sep 1st, 2002, 10:04 PM
SirSpeedy113

Quote:

Originally posted by Jungle-Man
Dude!! That's a good thing! The Quadro is about $1000 :D and it's a CAD card

heheh mine says that too...(Quadro DCC)

-Emo
Sep 1st, 2002, 10:19 PM
Zaei

No problems here, though nView sucks... slows down my Alt-Tabbing.

Z.
Sep 1st, 2002, 11:26 PM
JungleMan

http://gamershq.madonion.com/news/?n...208/2002083101

Drivers are off the NVIDIA website.
Sep 2nd, 2002, 08:40 AM
Sastraxi

UT runs a bit faster than before, framerates in my 2D game (in DirectX8) jumped from 400 to like 410, so it's not THAT much better :)
Sep 2nd, 2002, 10:25 AM
Zaei

My card doesnt even support anisotropic filtering =).

Z.
Sep 2nd, 2002, 03:25 PM
JungleMan

What card do you have?
Sep 2nd, 2002, 03:31 PM
Sastraxi

He has a TNT2.
Sep 2nd, 2002, 06:30 PM
Lord Orwell

i have one of them laying around... It makes a nice paperweight :p
Sep 2nd, 2002, 08:04 PM
Zaei

Quote:

Originally posted by Lord Orwell
i have one of them laying around... It makes a nice paperweight :p

My Rage Pro makes a better one =).

Z.
Sep 2nd, 2002, 08:52 PM
SirSpeedy113

Quote:

Originally posted by Zaei
My Rage Pro makes a better one =).

Z.

hahah that's my old one.. ATI Range Pro :D :cool:

-Emo
Sep 2nd, 2002, 11:02 PM
Lord Orwell

oh yeah?? well none of you can compete with my s3 mach 64!
a whopping 2 meg of ram and no 3d acceleration!
(i used to use it for dual displays, and i never throw anything away)