Presenting: nVidia ForceWare !

nVidia Has now officially released the new Set of Detonators, or as they are now called, "ForceWare" Drivers . This set is marked as 52.16 and is WHQL & International . I dont think there's much difference between the other 52.16 leaked versions and this one .. Check out nVidia's Press Release about the new naming scheme and drivers :

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_9304.html

[Yeloazndevil]

hmm new name....the old name was better

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[Betamax]

Aye they probably want to force us to update or something .

Anyways, I'll probs grab them when I get home.

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[fivefeet8]

Some have said that the reason for the "Forceware" name is because Nvidia is going to add it's Nforce Drivers making "Forceware" totally unified for all Nvidia products including motherboards.

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hm...is this worth checking out for GF4 ti users or should I keep the 45.23's ?

[Boltzmann]

I guess I'll give them a try tomorrow (unfortunately I've to go to University this night).

At least I'll be able to see if anyone has a problem before I try them

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[chp]

I heard that they want to update "ForceWare" once the year.. meaning "rare" builds.

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[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Samor

hm...is this worth checking out for GF4 ti users or should I keep the 45.23's ?

In some benches you'll get about 20%-25% speed ups, IQ and performance is slightly enhanced, but as we know this subjective at least for benchmarks.
Yeloazndevil had reported that he experienced low FPS rates with this sets on his GF4 Ti 4200 as for me I haven't been affected to much with my GF4 Ti 4600.

Originally Posted by fivefeet8

Some have said that the reason for the "Forceware" name is because Nvidia is going to add it's Nforce Drivers making "Forceware" totally unified for all Nvidia products including motherboards.

I don't like that idea. They should left different sets for Nforce chipset mobo owners and video cards only owners, I'd say what do I want for the nforce drivers if I have mobo equipped with anything else than nvidia mobo chipsets??

[fivefeet8]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I don't like that idea. They should left different sets for Nforce chipset mobo owners and video cards only owners, I'd say what do I want for the nforce drivers if I have mobo equipped with anything else than nvidia mobo chipsets??

Yea. I agree, but like I said, it's not official, just what some people were suggesting. I've installed them and there are no Nforce Drivers with them. But who knows, maybe Nvidia may add them in later.

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Originally Posted by fivefeet8

Some have said that the reason for the "Forceware" name is because Nvidia is going to add it's Nforce Drivers making "Forceware" totally unified for all Nvidia products including motherboards.

Well detonator didnt really make sense anyway. Since detonator drivers were originally implied to "Detonate" TNT (Dynamite) Cards.

[Noxious Ninja]

Originally Posted by fivefeet8

Some have said that the reason for the "Forceware" name is because Nvidia is going to add it's Nforce Drivers making "Forceware" totally unified for all Nvidia products including motherboards.

That would be dumb. Unified video drivers is one thing, but bundling motherboard drivers and video drivers together? Bleh. I hope they provide seperate packages.

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[bahamut_2006]

Originally Posted by Samor

hm...is this worth checking out for GF4 ti users or should I keep the 45.23's ?

im still stuck with a geforce 4 ti 4200, and these drivers made no noticeable increase or decrease in speed or quality.

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[Dukelord]

I'm curious as to what versions of nVIDIA product it is compatible with

[RF]

Damnit! I want nforce drivers now! If they arnt released by the end of october, damn we should call the damn bbb or something! ARG IM SO PISSED AT THOES FCKS!@

Sry, but I had to vent that out...

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[ZappaZ]

Tried the Starstorm version on my GF4 4200 and got improved IQ in some games but only very small changes in fps (upwards) , overall it seems like a good deal.

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Originally Posted by Gamer1

personally i wouldn't like the yearly updates.

i want annual updates, or updates when something new comes along instead of a strict yearly updates.

why... a problem for a game might have been solved and an update would be very nice instead of waiting a whole year for a fix.

for people complaing about constant updates... if you don't want to update, then don't. you don't have to. no one is making you. as a yearly update would have the same effect except it's a longer process.

hehe... here's what i meant to say, thx for chrisray for pointing this out:

i want constant updates or when something new comes along instead of a strict yearly updates.

why... a problem for a game might have been solved and an update would be very nice instead of waiting a whole year for a fix.

for people complaing about constant updates... if you don't want to update, then don't. you don't have to. no one is making you. as a yearly update would have the same effect except it's a longer process.

, hehe...

*in a hulk like vioce: vocabulary limited... talk... hard... sense no....

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Originally Posted by Gamer1

personally i wouldn't like the yearly updates.

i want annual updates, or updates when something new comes along instead of a strict yearly updates.

why... a problem for a game might have been solved and an update would be very nice instead of waiting a whole year for a fix.

for people complaing about annual updates... if you don't want to update, then don't. you don't have to. no one is making you. as a yearly update would have the same effect except it's a longer process.

Umm. I hate to do this but. You realise annual means yearly right? So you just said. I want yearly updates, And then said yearly updates are a bad idea.

[grahf]

Anyone tested these with Pete's OGL2 plugin? I just downloaded them and took them for a short test. Everything seems to be improving. Games such as WC3 and Battlefield 1942 has noticeably higher fps. Halo still has more or less the same speed. Guess Gearbox did a lousy job on the port afterall. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to test pete's plugins. Anyone who did please post your results.

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[Raziel]

They're called "Forceware" cause they're part of a software suit called Forceware (GeForce, nForce, dunno how they'll call the sound cards), which has yet to be released, the whole suit includes nForce drivers, but they'll stay separated from the gfx drivers of course.

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Soundstorm ? i thought they erased that idea .. since nForce 3 arent going to have it anymore .. maybe they are making them stand-alone sound cards ?