ForceWare 53.03 Windows 2000/XP are out

[Phoenix]

eVGA released this set dated 17th November 2003.

Updates in this release:

Among the updates to this driver:

* Improved support for HDTV Modes
* Corrected the following issues from 52.16:
* Clone mode may be set for the GeForce FX 5600 although only one display is connected.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: When 4x FSAA is enabled, half of the screen is black in Tiger Woods 2004 introductory video.
* GeForce4 MX 440 and GeForce4 Ti 4400, Windows XP: Blue-screen crash during Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Homeworld2 antialiased performance is slow.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and GeForce4 Ti 4400, Windows XP: Rendering corruption in Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat.
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: “X2: The Threat” benchmark is choppy or jerky in some places.
* All GeForce FX: Intermittently, Warcraft III videos are not displayed properly on some systems.

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[Toshiro]

Thanks man, will d/l when I get home

[fivefeet8]

BFG also has them up on their site. It doesn't have the Evga logo on them.

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Well these put 3dmark03 optimisations back in.. My 3dmark score went from 4000 to 4800 so *shrug*

They fixed my wc3 movie issue so I am currently using them. Nothen else has really changed.

[fivefeet8]

Originally Posted by Kaizer Sigma

Well these put 3dmark03 optimisations back in.. My 3dmark score went from 4000 to 4800 so *shrug*

They fixed my wc3 movie issue so I am currently using them. Nothen else has really changed.

What I find strange is that they put the game test optimizations in, but the Pixel Shader 2.0 test has lost quite a few Fps from the 52.xx dets. Looks like they took out optimizations for that test and put in some for the game tests. But this is 3dmark2 so. meh.

My games are running fine and I'm sure most are welcoming the bug fixes.

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Originally Posted by fivefeet8

What I find strange is that they put the game test optimizations in, but the Pixel Shader 2.0 test has lost quite a few Fps from the 52.xx dets. Looks like they took out optimizations for that test and put in some for the game tests. But this is 3dmark2 so. meh.

My games are running fine and I'm sure most are welcoming the bug fixes.

I think thats because the Pixel Shader test is allowing for partial hints, + The NEw Compiler is at work. Futuremark has no problem with Partial Hints, the Results are quite a bit better than they were anyways.

Thanks Phoenix for the info. I'm downloading them right now. Just gotta love what the ForceWare drivers do for my card.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

[Kurbster]

I'm starting to wounder why these Forceware drivers haven't been released for linux yet. I'm not even sure if the current linux drivers even work with Mandrake 9.2....

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[Phoenix]

They do take more time for linux releases Kirby.

No prob, sxamiga, unfortunately the newer drivers doesn't do to much for my GF4 although I'm with fivefeet8 regarding the bug fixes.

[mr.saraiva]

Originally Posted by Kirby

I'm starting to wounder why these Forceware drivers haven't been released for linux yet. I'm not even sure if the current linux drivers even work with Mandrake 9.2....

Well, they actually work in 9.2 (stock kernel [2.4.22-10mdk). Hell, it even works with latest cooker with 2.4.23-0.1mdk or 2.6-test9.5mdk. What makes me anger is that we don't have decent drivers for nForce2 sound APU (c'mon guys, alsa is crap for i810/nforce2 & derivates, and oss...arghh). It's decent hardware...i shouldn't have to use ac3dec to get Dolby Digital. Software decoding is good, but if my hardware support it, why can't nvidia make a decent driver? It could at least 'give away' the specs and documentation so the guys at alsa could improve i8x0 driver.