Presenting: nVidia ForceWare !

Guest · Oct 23, 2003

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 · Oct 23, 2003

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

Betamax · Oct 23, 2003

Aye they probably want to force us to update or something

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

fivefeet8 · Oct 23, 2003

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.

Guest · Oct 23, 2003

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

Boltzmann · Oct 23, 2003

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

chp · Oct 23, 2003

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

Phoenix · Oct 23, 2003

Samor said:
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.

fivefeet8 said:
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 · Oct 23, 2003

Phoenix said:
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.

Guest · Oct 23, 2003

fivefeet8 said:
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 · Oct 23, 2003

fivefeet8 said:
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.

bahamut_2006 · Oct 24, 2003

Samor said:
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.

Dukelord · Oct 24, 2003

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

RF · Oct 24, 2003

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...

ZappaZ · Oct 24, 2003

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.

Gamer1 · Oct 24, 2003

Gamer1 said:
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.

:hdbash: :hdbash: :hdbash: :emb:, hehe...

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

Guest · Oct 24, 2003

Gamer1 said:
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 · Oct 24, 2003

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.

Raziel · Oct 24, 2003

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.

Guest · Oct 25, 2003

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 ?

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