ATI & nVidia drivers

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5.13

This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

The drivers provided below are qualified for use under Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home editions. For Windows XP Media Center Edition, we provide CATALYST display drivers for certified and compatible RADEON products.

 

The Catalyst® software suite 5.13 contains the following:

- Radeon® display driver 8.203

- Multimedia Center™ 9.08

- HydraVision™ 3.25.0006

- HydraVision™ Basic Edition 3.25.9006

- Remote Wonder 3.02

- WDM Driver Install Bundle

- Southbridge/IXP Driver

- Catalyst® Control Center Version 5.13

 

Features:

*Powerful Performance

-Consistent performance improvements

-ATI OVERDRIVE™, ATI’s new solution that optimizes graphics processor performance.

*Advanced Stability

-Industry's most stable 3D acceleration software

-Fully supported by ATI’s “Customer Care” program

-VPU RECOVER significantly reduces the number of system crashes caused by graphics hardware hangs.

-SMARTGART™ determines and dynamically adjusts AGP bus settings to ensure maximum stability

*Innovative Features

-SMARTSHADER™ effects support the latest and most realistic pixel shader effects in Direct3D and OpenGL applications

-Unified Direct 3D™ and OpenGL® control panel provides full control over performance and image quality settings

-Gamers can now use personal game profiles

-HYDRAVISION™ Basic Edition provides a new, easy-to-use interface to configure and manage multiple monitors

-The eRecord feature provides a mechanism for software components to output error messages. A new System Messages (Event Viewer) menu has been added to the CATALYST™ CONTROL CENTER System Tray. This launches the Event Viewer, providing a mechanism for users to view the error messages.

- Enhanced HDTV support. The HDTV user interface has been significantly modified, making it much easier to select and configure the correct resolution for your HDTV when using the Component Video or DVI connection. The Displays Manager wizard has also been updated to assist users in setting up and configuring Component Video HDTV for the optimal viewing experience.

 

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81.98

Official, WHQL Certified Driver for the nVIDIA RIVA TNT, GeForce, Geforce 2, GeForce 3 + 4, the 'Ti' range of cards, GeForce FX and some Quadro cards.

nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers has the following other editions available: nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows 9x/Me, nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows NT, nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows Vista and nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows 2000/XP (64-bit).

 

Release Highlights:

- WHQL Certified

- Application compatibility fixes. For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.

- Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.

- TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.

- Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.

- Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs.

- PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support.

- Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV.

- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support

 

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Корпорация nVIDIA выпустила очередные сертифицированные драйверы ForceWare 81.98. В этот раз не забытs операционные системы семейства Windows 9x и Windows XP Media Center Edition для домашних кинотеатров.

 

 

предназначены для операционных систем Windows 9x/2000/XP/MCE/2003, а так же 64 битных версий Windows XP и 2003

датированы 21-м декабря

поддерживают видеокарты от GeForce 2 до GeForce 7

имеют WHQL сертификат

доступны в версиях с многоязычным интерфейсом

В этой версии заявлены следующие изменения:

 

 

множественные исправления для приложений, подробно в документации драйвера

поддержка смешанного использования карт разных производителей для режима SLI

поддержка TV-Out/HD-out для режима SLI

добавлена поддержка режима VSync в играх, использующих Direct3D при работе в SLI режиме

улучшения производительности для двуядерных процессоров

поддержка деинтерлейсинга высокого разрешения декодера PureVideo для MPEG-2

улучшена простота использования при подключении к HDTV

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