Voor zijn videokaarten heeft nVidia nieuwe drivers uitgebracht in de ForceWare-serie die hun werk doen op Windows XP, XP MCE en Server 2003 , zowel 32- als 64-bits. De stuurprogramma's zijn inmiddels aangekomen bij versienummer 163.71 en voorzien van een WHQL-certificering. De ontwikkelaars hebben verbeteringen toegevoegd voor PT Boats: Knights of the Sea en Team Fortress 2 en een klein foutje met sli-ondersteuning op Geforce 7300- en 7600-videokaarten opgelost. De lijst met veranderingen voor deze en de vorige versie ziet er als volgt uit:
Version 163.71:
New Features:Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit
- Improved compatibility with PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
- Added NVIDIA SLI profile for Team Fortress 2
Fixed SLI-Mode IssuesGeForce 7 Series GPUs
- GeForce 7300/7600: SLI mode cannot be enabled. [349475]
Version 163.69:
Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit
Fixed Single-GPU IssuesAll GPUs
Fixed SLI-Mode IssuesGeForce 8 Series GPUs
- HDCP cannot be enabled with the Dell 30” flat panel on resolutions higher than 1280x800, which prevents playback of HD DVDs or Blu-ray discs. [328561]
- NVIDIA Control Panel Category Pages: Japanese translation issues exist in the menu options.[257063]
- Battlefield 2: Corruption and flickering occur in the grass when video settings are set to High.[272027]
GeForce 7 Series GPUs
- GeForce 8800 GTX: The system hangs after playing a Blu-ray disc for awhile using PowerDVD. [318755]
- GeForce 8800 GTX: nTune (5.05.38.00) GPU fan control settings are not available (grayed out). [308669]
- GeForce 8800 GTX: nTune (5.05.38.00) GPU fan control settings revert to previous settings when applied.[308683]
- GeForce 8800 GTX: Video frame freezes while audio continues when playing H.264 HD titles using PowerDVD.[325436]
- GeForce 8600: Jaggies appear during de-interlace video playback using Windows Media Player. [301769]
- GeForce 8600 GT/GS: When attempting to set the HD mode to 576i, the resolution switches to 480i instead. [275079]
- GeForce 8600: Rise of Nations:Rise of Legends–the game crashes to the desktop when the resolution is set to 1920x1200 and antialiasing is set to Medium from the game control panel.[298503]
GeForce 6 Series GPUs
- GeForce 7800 GTX: There is no output on the HDTV. [296699]
- GeForce 7800 GTX: The NVIDIA Control Panel SLI rendering option is not available for the component-out connection. [301841] It is available when using the S-Video connection.
- GeForce 7800 GTX: The NVIDIA Control Panel crashes if you change the HD format of the component-out display under Dualview.[301752]
- GeForce 7800 GTX: The driver cannot switch to another HD format after being set to 480i or 576i.[301828]
- GeForce 7300 LE: NVIDIA Control panel fails to switch modes depending on the starting and target modes.[232009]
- GeForce 7300 GT: Demo Medieval II : Total War–blue-screen crash occurs while playing the game with Battle map resolution set to 2560x1600 and with 4x AA enabled. [317852]
- GeForce 6600: Blue-screen crash while playing WMV HD files after enabling DirectX VA. [316693]
- GeForce 6600: The user cannot change HDTV formats after a first time switch to HDTV from the DVI or VGA display. [301293]
- GeForce 6150/6100: Battlefield 2 has high frequency flicker of horizontal bands scanning across the screen on bright backgrounds.[191291]
GeForce 8 Series GPUs
Fixed Issues–Windows XP 64-bitGeForce 7 Series GPUs
- GeForce 8800 GTX: The SLI visual indicators for some SLIAA modes do not match the NVIDIA Control Panel settings. [327393]
- GeForce 8800 GTX: The SLI visual indicators for SLI16xS antialiasing displays 16xQ antialiasing instead. [327398]
- GeForce 8600: The SLI Load Balancing indicator does not appear when invoked. [311894]
- GeForce 8500/8400/8300: Blue-screen crash occurs when resuming from standby mode while an OpenGL demo is running. [317880]
GeForce 6 Series GPUs
- GeForce 7900 GTX: Direct3D applications have rolling/flickering corruption with SLI enabled on component/composite/S-Video out. [301608] This issue does not occur when using DVI output.
- GeForce 6800 GT: The desktop splits into two screen when the resolution is lower than 1280x800.[324342]
[break]De driver kan in de volgende smaken binnen gehaald worden:
- GeForce FX 5200, Windows XP x64: Display Properties Window corruption occurs while playing a .vob file in Windows Media Player, previewing 3D Flower Box screen saver, and then reverting from the preview. [234046]
Windows XP, XP MCE en Server 2003 32-bits (Engels - Internationaal)
Windows XP en Server 2003 64-bits (Engels - Internationaal)