Detonator 40

**Kane** · August 29th, 2002, 15:02

nVidia have unleashed the Detonator 40 on the world. You can download it here
edit wow, I just noticed this description:

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For applications vendors, Detonator 40 includes a CineFX(TM) Hardware Emulator that allows developers to create advanced cinematic effects for NVIDIA's next-generation graphics technologies -- but have them rendered on NVIDIA's current family of GPUs. CineFX is NVIDIA's next-generation graphics processing architecture -- a highly efficient and advanced rendering architecture featuring advanced programmability; high-precision color; dramatically improved performance; support for high-level shading languages; generalized vertex and pixel processing; and high bandwidth to system memory and CPU.

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jegHegy · August 29th, 2002, 15:12

guess it won't help my gef2ti then ^_^ thanks for the news anyway ^_^

nyaa

**Kane** · August 29th, 2002, 15:17

Maybe it will, man. Apparently there is a 25% speed up! probs only for the 4Ti, but taht's not the really good news.
It allows it to emulate pixel and vertex shaders and CineFX
I don't actualy know this, this is what I have been given to understand. verification would be helpful people.

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sonicfoot · August 29th, 2002, 15:32

Already in to the detonator 40? Thats quick! Has anyone tried it out yet?

jegHegy · August 29th, 2002, 15:36

Lord Kane: pixel shader emu? hmm. might as well try it out..

nyaa

edit: as for the 25% speed increase, i doubt it a lot ^^ i believe it when i see it ^^
edit #2: ugh, it's for w2k/xp only. hope they'll release them for w9x too someday ._.

Phoenix · August 29th, 2002, 15:54

More info:

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.

Products Supported:
RIVA TNT
Aladdin TNT2
TNT2
TNT2 Pro
TNT2 Ultra
TNT2 Model 64 (M64)
TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro
Vanta
Vanta LT GeForce 256
GeForce DDR
GeForce2 MX
GeForce2 MX 100
GeForce2 MX 200
GeForce2 MX 400
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce2 Pro
GeForce2 Ti
GeForce2 Ultra GeForce3
GeForce3 Ti 200
GeForce3 Ti 500
GeForce4 MX 460
GeForce4 MX 440
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce4 Ti 4200
GeForce4 Ti 4400
GeForce4 Ti 4600
Quadro
Quadro2 Pro
Quadro2 EX Quadro2 MXR
Quadro DCC
Quadro4 200 NVS
Quadro4 400 NVS
Quadro4 500 XGL
Quadro4 550 XGL
Quadro4 700 XGL
Quadro4 750 XGL
Quadro4 900 XGL

So GF4 Ti 4600 owners, how good/bad are these new drivers?

August 29th, 2002, 16:56

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Originally posted by jegHegy
Lord Kane: pixel shader emu? hmm. might as well try it out..

nyaa

edit: as for the 25% speed increase, i doubt it a lot ^^ i believe it when i see it ^^
edit #2: ugh, it's for w2k/xp only. hope they'll release them for w9x too someday ._.

hmm...might have to upgrade to the evil OS someday soon. More and more XP only stuff!

Recca · August 29th, 2002, 17:00

yes i can use it. Update on increase of speed or graphics will come as soon as i test it. Hope my simple GF2MX400 doesn't burn to that of crisp

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Christemplar · August 29th, 2002, 17:00

Wow, that's great! My GeForce2 MX 100/200 is on the list!

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**Kellicros** · August 29th, 2002, 17:03

So how it works on GF2 MX400? Anyway, I am gonna download and test it now. Thanks for the news, kane.

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Particleman · August 29th, 2002, 21:02

I tried them on my 4600, got a 5% performance increase in 3Dmark. But everything else remained pretty much the same. The nature test in 3Dmark ran at a significantly higher framerate (that was the only thing I saw a 25% increase in), but that was it. Nvidia's doing a bit of exagerting when they say there is a 25% increase, but that's nothing new.

Still you won't see me complaining about a performance increase, however small or however limited to a very small set of criteria.

SkyeHack · August 29th, 2002, 23:21

looks prettu cool

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zero0w · August 30th, 2002, 00:29

I suppose OpenGL 1.4 support is new.
Speaking of which, Linux driver does not have OpenGL 1.4 support yet.

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Mad · August 30th, 2002, 03:46

can anyone with a gf2MX400 try it out??
wanna see the results first...

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**Kellicros** · August 30th, 2002, 03:58

I have the new drivers installed on my gf2mx400, it works great IMO, don't have a benchmarking tools here though.

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Recca · August 30th, 2002, 06:33

ITS INCREDIBLE I can run most of my psx games with 4xFSAA and only about 5-7FPS loss and if i put Screen smoothing i lose about 20 extra but its still fast

So its a constant 50-60FPS for since i used to run it at force 80FPS
I can recommend this driver to any who can use it.

PS: I could run Warcraft 3 finely with settings at medium and 4XFSAA and no speed loss at all.

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August 30th, 2002, 08:18

This result is from my GF2MX/MX400 175MHz/166MHz (Core Freq./SDRAM Freq.):
3DMark2001 SE, all default settings: 2289(Det. 30.89)->2437(Det. 40.41)
Does that sound like good news?

Also, I have tried the NV30 Emulate thingy. It seems to only support OpenGL since the program that enables the emulation is titled "nvidia OPENGL emulation tool".

P.S. Just tried it with the Pete's GPU plugins in Darkman's GPUTest and the scores are around the same with the other Det.s I tried (30.XX). But I do notice a speed up in games like Chocobo's Racing emulated by PCSX. Since the only thing that changed since the last time I played was the driver, I am pretty sure that is the cause

**Kellicros** · August 30th, 2002, 11:43

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Originally posted by Recca
ITS INCREDIBLE I can run most of my psx games with 4xFSAA and only about 5-7FPS loss and if i put Screen smoothing i lose about 20 extra but its still fast

When 4XFSAA Enabled, my FF7 runs at full speed untill the swirl effects, it drops to something like 01 fps, I have the swirl effect and screen smoothing disabled but still having the problem. Also in the menu, fps drops to 30 sometimes.

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Recca · August 30th, 2002, 13:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Evil Squall
When 4XFSAA Enabled, my FF7 runs at full speed untill the swirl effects, it drops to something like 01 fps, I have the swirl effect and screen smoothing disabled but still having the problem. Also in the menu, fps drops to 30 sometimes.

I noticed that to thats why i only use 4xFSAA but thats what causing the imense slow downs in menu's.
2xSai seems to be faster to untill alot of textures show up then it slows down so 4xFSAA is what i use for now.

Thanx for the news Kane i appreciate it

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**Kane** · August 30th, 2002, 14:13

Well it died on my machine, refusing to install. That might have something to do with the fact that my Voodoo 5 is my primary card, and the GeForce is on a TV....

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August 29th, 2002, 15:12	#2
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	guess it won't help my gef2ti then ^_^ thanks for the news anyway ^_^ nyaa

August 29th, 2002, 15:17	#3
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Maybe it will, man. Apparently there is a 25% speed up! probs only for the 4Ti, but taht's not the really good news. It allows it to emulate pixel and vertex shaders and CineFX I don't actualy know this, this is what I have been given to understand. verification would be helpful people. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210 Last edited by Lord Kane; August 29th, 2002 at 15:31..

August 29th, 2002, 15:32	#4
sonicfoot Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 728	Already in to the detonator 40? Thats quick! Has anyone tried it out yet?

August 29th, 2002, 15:36	#5
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	Lord Kane: pixel shader emu? hmm. might as well try it out.. nyaa edit: as for the 25% speed increase, i doubt it a lot ^^ i believe it when i see it ^^ edit #2: ugh, it's for w2k/xp only. hope they'll release them for w9x too someday ._.

August 29th, 2002, 15:54	#6
Phoenix Ada... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: GDL, MX Posts: 2,229	More info: 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. Products Supported: RIVA TNT Aladdin TNT2 TNT2 TNT2 Pro TNT2 Ultra TNT2 Model 64 (M64) TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro Vanta Vanta LT GeForce 256 GeForce DDR GeForce2 MX GeForce2 MX 100 GeForce2 MX 200 GeForce2 MX 400 GeForce2 GTS GeForce2 Pro GeForce2 Ti GeForce2 Ultra GeForce3 GeForce3 Ti 200 GeForce3 Ti 500 GeForce4 MX 460 GeForce4 MX 440 GeForce4 MX 420 GeForce4 Ti 4200 GeForce4 Ti 4400 GeForce4 Ti 4600 Quadro Quadro2 Pro Quadro2 EX Quadro2 MXR Quadro DCC Quadro4 200 NVS Quadro4 400 NVS Quadro4 500 XGL Quadro4 550 XGL Quadro4 700 XGL Quadro4 750 XGL Quadro4 900 XGL So GF4 Ti 4600 owners, how good/bad are these new drivers?

August 29th, 2002, 17:00	#8
Recca Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Where ever fate shall lead me. Posts: 3,941	yes i can use it. Update on increase of speed or graphics will come as soon as i test it. Hope my simple GF2MX400 doesn't burn to that of crisp __________________ この世に悪があるとすれば、それは人の心だ。エドワ-ド・D・モリスン

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Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,719	So how it works on GF2 MX400? Anyway, I am gonna download and test it now. Thanks for the news, kane. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

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Particleman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 462	I tried them on my 4600, got a 5% performance increase in 3Dmark. But everything else remained pretty much the same. The nature test in 3Dmark ran at a significantly higher framerate (that was the only thing I saw a 25% increase in), but that was it. Nvidia's doing a bit of exagerting when they say there is a 25% increase, but that's nothing new. Still you won't see me complaining about a performance increase, however small or however limited to a very small set of criteria.

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Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 4,030	can anyone with a gf2MX400 try it out?? wanna see the results first... __________________ Main PC:Win 7 SP1 PRO X64 - Asus P5G41C-M LX - Intel Q6600@2.4Ghz - OCZ 2x 2GB DDR2 1000Mhz - Sapphire Vapor-X HD5770 1GB GDDR5 - 19" LCD SyncMaster T190 - Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB HTPC:Acer Aspire AR1600 - Windows 7 PRO X86 - Atom 230@1.6Ghz - 3GB DDR2 800Mhz - Nvidia ION LE - SATA II WD 160GB + Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB USB 3.0 Notebook:Dell Inspiron 14R N4110 - Windows 7 SP1 PRO X64 / Ubuntu 12.04 X64 - Intel Core i5 2410M@2.3Ghz - 8GB DDR3@1333Mhz - Intel HD 3000 - WDC SATA II 640GB + SSD Kingston V200 128GB +WD Scorpio Blue 320GB USB 3.0 CASE

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Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,719	I have the new drivers installed on my gf2mx400, it works great IMO, don't have a benchmarking tools here though. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

August 30th, 2002, 08:18	#17
PNaveS Guest Posts: n/a	This result is from my GF2MX/MX400 175MHz/166MHz (Core Freq./SDRAM Freq.): 3DMark2001 SE, all default settings: 2289(Det. 30.89)->2437(Det. 40.41) Does that sound like good news? Also, I have tried the NV30 Emulate thingy. It seems to only support OpenGL since the program that enables the emulation is titled "nvidia OPENGL emulation tool". P.S. Just tried it with the Pete's GPU plugins in Darkman's GPUTest and the scores are around the same with the other Det.s I tried (30.XX). But I do notice a speed up in games like Chocobo's Racing emulated by PCSX. Since the only thing that changed since the last time I played was the driver, I am pretty sure that is the cause

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Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,303	Well it died on my machine, refusing to install. That might have something to do with the fact that my Voodoo 5 is my primary card, and the GeForce is on a TV.... __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Phenom II X4, 4Gb DDR2, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 32Gb OCZ Vertex SSD, 500Gb RAID HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium Erika: (MCPC) Revo3610, Windows 7 Home Premium Kimiko: (Craptop) HP Mini 210