New Forceware Video Drivers 56.72 for Windows XP/2000

**Razor Blade** · April 1st, 2004

Heres whats new

-Adds support for GeForce 5700 and GeForce 5700 Ultra
-Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® 1.5 support
-Supports application profiles for custom image quality and performance modes for all of your applications and games.
-NVIDIA nView 3.5 Multi-display technology
-Advanced Microsoft® Internet Explorer® popup blocker
-Industries only Display Gridlines technology
-Improved HDTV Y Pr Pb component out support for 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i formats*

Download Forceware 56.72 Drivers

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**Raziel** · April 1st, 2004

Cool

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**fivefeet8** · April 1st, 2004

Cool.. For those who have Nforce motherboards, new SW IDE drivers and Audio Drivers were also released..

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_...5_win2KXP.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_audio_4.31_win2KXP

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**Razor Blade** · April 1st, 2004

Good Day for anything Nvidia today.

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**fivefeet8** · April 1st, 2004

Wow.. These drivers seems to have fixed a few GLSL bugs as well. Check out this GLSL demo that wasn't working quite right with Nvidia cards implementation of GLSL before. The fire in the middle of the room was missing. Now, with these updated Forceware's, the demo runs correctly and fast too.

1024x768, 4xAA, 8xAF-quality.

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Gamer1 · April 1st, 2004

i hate releases on april 1, you just don't know which are the true releases, and which ones aren't.

okay, tried it, and works fine

...

good release, but it will never replace my 45.23 dets on my primary machine.

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**Razor Blade** · April 1st, 2004

Well it's an official nvidia release so I doubt it's a joke.

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**hushypushy** · April 1st, 2004

sweet...i have nforce2 but i dont use the IDE drivers or Audio...oh well the gfx card drivers are still good...

btw razor blade how did you get this? do you even have any Nvidia stuff?

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Boltzmann · April 1st, 2004

Good news. Nvidia rocks - I'm downloading now

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RF · April 2nd, 2004

The Ide drivers blow again. They switched all my drive letters around and was an overall a pain in the royal ass. I am LOVING these new audio drivers, in****ingcredible!

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**hushypushy** · April 2nd, 2004

i didnt download the IDE drivers, and i never will

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Phoenix · April 2nd, 2004

Quite fast official release, let's try them

, let's see what they can do for my GF4.

Mind fivefeet8 linking me to download that demo?

Zeke_D · April 2nd, 2004

Well, since I have a 5700 Ultra, I better download.

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Toshiro · April 2nd, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by fivefeet8

Cool.. For those who have Nforce motherboards, new SW IDE drivers and Audio Drivers were also released..

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_...5_win2KXP.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_audio_4.31_win2KXP

Bah, these IDE drivers do not work with my CDRW, Alcohol 120% does not detect my burner anymore cuz of these drivers

Reverting back to normal IDE from MS, they work fine.

**n_w95482** · April 2nd, 2004

I'm not going to be using the IDE drivers for a long time, if ever again

. I'll download the audio drivers though, I hope they fix the problem I've been having with my headphones.

Edit: The new sound control panel seems pretty nice. I like how it tells you the DSP usage and channel usage. I still have my problem with my headphones though

.

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**Raziel** · April 2nd, 2004

I use the IDE drivers and they run fine here, no problems so far.
Don't flame nvidia either, they prevent that they are potentially hazardous

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RF · April 2nd, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by フェニックス

Quite fast official release, let's try them

, let's see what they can do for my GF4.

Mind fivefeet8 linking me to download that demo?

Fast? Fast? November 3, 2003 was the last official release. (3.13's)

Edit: oh, yes reffering to the video drivers yes it was

I was reffering to the Nforce drivers.

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**n_w95482** · April 2nd, 2004

Well the IDE caused problems with Gens on my computer and I believe they are behind my FFX encoding problems (videos freezing around frame 1600). Since I uninstalled the drivers, Gens runs fine and all of my DivX encoded FFX movies work fine. I've heard of other people having problems with them as well. I thought that a reformat would fix it but it didn't

. If they work fine for you, then by all means use them

.

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**hushypushy** · April 2nd, 2004

well im fine right now the way things are...so i think ill leave em

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**Razor Blade** · April 2nd, 2004

>>btw razor blade how did you get this? do you even have any Nvidia stuff?

I got my old geforce 2 and my Nvidia Vanta 8mb card.

How I got the news will be my little secret.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,031	New Forceware Video Drivers 56.72 for Windows XP/2000 Heres whats new -Adds support for GeForce 5700 and GeForce 5700 Ultra -Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® 1.5 support -Supports application profiles for custom image quality and performance modes for all of your applications and games. -NVIDIA nView 3.5 Multi-display technology -Advanced Microsoft® Internet Explorer® popup blocker -Industries only Display Gridlines technology -Improved HDTV Y Pr Pb component out support for 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i formats* Download Forceware 56.72 Drivers __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,197	Cool __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400

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fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,608	Cool.. For those who have Nforce motherboards, new SW IDE drivers and Audio Drivers were also released.. http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_...5_win2KXP.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_audio_4.31_win2KXP __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,031	Good Day for anything Nvidia today. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,241	i hate releases on april 1, you just don't know which are the true releases, and which ones aren't. okay, tried it, and works fine ... good release, but it will never replace my 45.23 dets on my primary machine. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,031	Well it's an official nvidia release so I doubt it's a joke. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,852	sweet...i have nforce2 but i dont use the IDE drivers or Audio...oh well the gfx card drivers are still good... btw razor blade how did you get this? do you even have any Nvidia stuff? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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Boltzmann Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: São Paulo - Brazil Posts: 7,651	Good news. Nvidia rocks - I'm downloading now __________________ "The Improved Man will be a king over you. And give women their dowries as appointed." - Anders Sandberg The Hell Law says that Hell is reserved exclusively for them that believe in it. Further, the lowest Rung in Hell is reserved for them that believe in it on the supposition that they'll go there if they don't. - HBT; The Gospel According to Fred, 3:1 - The Principia Discordia

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RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,637	The Ide drivers blow again. They switched all my drive letters around and was an overall a pain in the royal ass. I am LOVING these new audio drivers, in****ingcredible! __________________

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,852	i didnt download the IDE drivers, and i never will __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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Phoenix Ada... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: GDL, MX Posts: 2,229	Quite fast official release, let's try them , let's see what they can do for my GF4. Mind fivefeet8 linking me to download that demo?

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Zeke_D 100% emulated freak Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ari-fu ckin-zona Posts: 1,028	Well, since I have a 5700 Ultra, I better download. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ \| 2.0GB PC3200 \| Maxtor 120GB sATA\| GeForce 6800 GS 256MB Insignia IS-CM100751 19" \| XP Pro SP2 \| LG 16x Lightscribe DVD+/-RW \| Realtek Audio

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n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	I'm not going to be using the IDE drivers for a long time, if ever again . I'll download the audio drivers though, I hope they fix the problem I've been having with my headphones. Edit: The new sound control panel seems pretty nice. I like how it tells you the DSP usage and channel usage. I still have my problem with my headphones though . __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro Last edited by n_w95482; April 2nd, 2004 at 02:19.

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Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,197	I use the IDE drivers and they run fine here, no problems so far. Don't flame nvidia either, they prevent that they are potentially hazardous __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400

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n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Well the IDE caused problems with Gens on my computer and I believe they are behind my FFX encoding problems (videos freezing around frame 1600). Since I uninstalled the drivers, Gens runs fine and all of my DivX encoded FFX movies work fine. I've heard of other people having problems with them as well. I thought that a reformat would fix it but it didn't . If they work fine for you, then by all means use them . __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

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hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,852	well im fine right now the way things are...so i think ill leave em __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,031	>>btw razor blade how did you get this? do you even have any Nvidia stuff? I got my old geforce 2 and my Nvidia Vanta 8mb card. How I got the news will be my little secret. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------