New NVIDIA 91.31 WHQL Certified ForceWare Drivers

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 01:59 AM

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/other-tech-news/109655-new-nvidia-91-31-whql-certified-forceware-drivers.html

On news on DH front page..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iria

Source: Blue's News
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New NVIDIA WinXP/2k 32-bit version 91.31 ForceWare reference drivers are now available (thanks DG). The release notes outline what's changed.

Discuss?

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 02:48 AM

I'll start- the custom resolution section using the new control panel is totally messed up and doesn't work right, just like the betas. Mostly only CRT users will notice this - and I guess not many of them use custom resolutions.. but I am surprised by how messed up it is.

[hobo]eclipse · Jun 24, 2006, 02:54 AM

in currently runnin the betas, and get not only the SLI disabled pop up on boot, but also a Virtual Memory to low balloon always comin up the 1st time i enter the new cp after a boot, tried variuos VM setups, all i used before, to avail. i dont know much about the custom resolution thing as i havent used it, but are the pop ups still around? im pleased with the performance of the driver itself, is there many differences from the betas of the same number, to these officials?

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 03:09 AM

Well I was running the other beta .28 (edit) because of the dumb pop-up at the start.

Well get this sh!t!! This is the final release 91.31..
I still get this idiotic thing even though I have the taskbar icon turned off in the CP.. That is surprising and also ridiculous.

WTF Nvidia? These are BETA as far as I am concerned with a known bug like this making it through. I really can't believe it.

Then to make this problem even worse, you click on the dumb thing to turn it off and it opens a webpage? Again, WTF NVidia.. completely stupid.

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 03:26 AM

I was reading the forums over at NVnews... it looks as though there is not a damn thing changed in these from the .31 beta's....

So back to 91.28 for me unless there is a fix for that immensely annoying pop-up bug (besides turning off pop-ups altogether which I am not going to do).

Oh well.

[hobo]eclipse · Jun 24, 2006, 03:35 AM

lol guess i got all whirled up bout nuthin then, cause i reinstalled to the same scenario as well. SLI disabled balloon and Virtual Memory to low balloon the first time i enter the new CP after a boot. BTW, BWX on the SLI balloon just click the X to close it, still poopy nun the less.

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 04:00 AM

yeah I was hoping these bugs I heard about before (I never installed the beta .31's) would be fixed. So I am going back.. Kinda sux after I finally got these all set up and everything. Hopefully they will release another beta soon with these small (but deal-breaking) bugs.

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 05:23 AM

Ok, I think I found a solution- if this works you can disable the task bar icon app... and it fixes that problem. As it is the task bar app pops up no matter how you set it.

Quote:

To fix this bug add the new dword at the following reg key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"NvCplEnableMultiGPUConfigurationPage"=dword:0

This will kill the fkn pop up message for non-SLI users and for systems that don't even support SLI (like mine). It will also allow you to kill the tray app for good like all drivers prior to 91.31.

This is what it looks like when I added it... I am going to test it now.

**MIG-31** · Jun 24, 2006, 07:16 AM

I just installed these just now.... i'm not getting the sli pop-up.

The strange thing is i was using the whql set guru3d was hosting a few days ago and that had the pop-up bug.

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 07:26 AM

Also it says it is 21 MB but it is actually 40.3 MB.. :-/

I can't understand how you didn't get the popup and I did though.. that's strange.

-I have not rebooted since I made that post above with the reg hack.. I guess I will reboot to see if it worked.

EDIT
YUP the reg-hack works.

~~Alien1~~ · Jun 24, 2006, 11:43 AM

Anyone knows when whe will see some new Nvidia official drivers ??

NOTE
I am hearing from several forums complains with these set of beta drivers....
Some say it is just bad and some say that these is crap with several games

Man Nvidia is really slow in creating some new official and stable drivers

BWX · Jun 24, 2006, 12:08 PM

I heard people also say they are really good with Oblivion... I haven't had much experience with them in a game to decide for myself.

**MIG-31** · Jun 24, 2006, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIG-31

I just installed these just now.... i'm not getting the sli pop-up.

The strange thing is i was using the whql set guru3d was hosting a few days ago and that had the pop-up bug.

well after the first boot up i did not get this message. Just booted up now and it has returned.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien1

Anyone knows when whe will see some new Nvidia official drivers ??

NOTE
I am hearing from several forums complains with these set of beta drivers....
Some say it is just bad and some say that these is crap with several games

Man Nvidia is really slow in creating some new official and stable drivers

Apart from these being the official whql drivers released by nvidia yesterday.

Iria · Jun 24, 2006, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

Ok, I think I found a solution- if this works you can disable the task bar icon app... and it fixes that problem. As it is the task bar app pops up no matter how you set it.

It eliminates that popup, OK. Interesting on nvidia's site it indicates "this will be fixed in a later release" for non-SLI capable PCs

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/n...GVkIG1lc3NhZ2U*

However, if I go into the Control Panel and Try to turn off the tray icon it just reappears as soon as I exit the CP.

BWX · Jun 25, 2006, 01:51 AM

Yeah.. it's messed up. That reg hack fixes all the problems.

BWX · Jun 25, 2006, 06:33 AM

Well I just tried to make a profile in the default control panel. it does not work at all. So either that was broken before, or the reg-hack breaks the profiles in the default CP.

Guess I will try the new CP to see if it works.

**MIG-31** · Jun 25, 2006, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

Ok, I think I found a solution- if this works you can disable the task bar icon app... and it fixes that problem. As it is the task bar app pops up no matter how you set it.

This is what it looks like when I added it... I am going to test it now.

Been looking for this fix within my files.I don't appear to have that reg file.

But i'm going to try out this file posted Here

EDIT: That has worked.

BWX · Jun 25, 2006, 07:40 AM

Yeah you have to add the entry.. Anyway it works for disabling the pop-up- but it totally breaks the profiles.

Nvidia sucks for releasing this garbage.. I am quite disappointed.. In order to get rid of there advertising pop-up you have to hunt for fixes. That's pathetic.

I'll delete that reg entry and try the reg fix from Nvidia- seems like that will probably work better... Why this is not released with the drivers, I don't know.

Zardon · Jun 25, 2006, 08:39 AM

i have been using the 91.31 betas for a week now and they are a great set, then again im actually using an SLI setup so I didnt know anything about this popup thing everyone was experiencing.

BWX · Jun 25, 2006, 09:11 AM

I un-did the reg-hack I had previously tried and applied the one Nvidia supplied and all seems well now.. On reboot I hope everything sticks.

FiatluX · Jun 25, 2006, 09:32 AM

No SLI popup here either !

Erroneus · Jun 25, 2006, 10:29 AM

Where is the reg fix from nvidia?

BWX · Jun 25, 2006, 11:02 AM

The one MIG-31 posted is the one that works- Post #17

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/n...i=&p_topview=1

Erroneus · Jun 25, 2006, 11:11 AM

And good morning to me :X

Thanks

BWX · Jun 25, 2006, 11:31 AM

lol

MEABeemer · Jun 25, 2006, 12:45 PM

I'm lovin' this driver!

C U L8R!!!

~~Alien1~~ · Jun 25, 2006, 03:10 PM

Downloaded these from www.Nvidia.com and works great with all games until now etc

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.31.html

EDIT

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIG-31

Apart from these being the official whql drivers released by nvidia yesterday.

Yep Stupid me

The Nvidia Hack also works fine fortunately

tdc2957 · Jun 25, 2006, 03:26 PM

I want to ask will DH make its tweaked version.
If yes,when?

~~Alien1~~ · Jun 25, 2006, 04:21 PM

After tests
The 91.31 drivers work great with games

But the Nvidia Control Panel still needs work....i noticed several small bugs like not applying the desktop color right sometimes after trying to make changes etc

Also trying to find the menu that you want is a little mess situation...

Zardon · Jun 25, 2006, 06:02 PM

just switch to the old panel, options are in the new one.

Jun 24, 2006, 02:48 AM	Thread Starter #2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I'll start- the custom resolution section using the new control panel is totally messed up and doesn't work right, just like the betas. Mostly only CRT users will notice this - and I guess not many of them use custom resolutions.. but I am surprised by how messed up it is. __________________

Jun 24, 2006, 03:09 AM	Thread Starter #4
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Well I was running the other beta .28 (edit) because of the dumb pop-up at the start. Well get this sh!t!! This is the final release 91.31.. I still get this idiotic thing even though I have the taskbar icon turned off in the CP.. That is surprising and also ridiculous. WTF Nvidia? These are BETA as far as I am concerned with a known bug like this making it through. I really can't believe it. Then to make this problem even worse, you click on the dumb thing to turn it off and it opens a webpage? Again, WTF NVidia.. completely stupid. __________________ Last edited by BWX; Jun 24, 2006 at 05:26 AM.

Jun 24, 2006, 03:26 AM	Thread Starter #5
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I was reading the forums over at NVnews... it looks as though there is not a damn thing changed in these from the .31 beta's.... So back to 91.28 for me unless there is a fix for that immensely annoying pop-up bug (besides turning off pop-ups altogether which I am not going to do). Oh well. __________________

Jun 24, 2006, 04:00 AM	Thread Starter #7
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	yeah I was hoping these bugs I heard about before (I never installed the beta .31's) would be fixed. So I am going back.. Kinda sux after I finally got these all set up and everything. Hopefully they will release another beta soon with these small (but deal-breaking) bugs. __________________

Jun 24, 2006, 07:16 AM	#9
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	I just installed these just now.... i'm not getting the sli pop-up. The strange thing is i was using the whql set guru3d was hosting a few days ago and that had the pop-up bug. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here Last edited by MIG-31; Jun 24, 2006 at 07:29 AM. Reason: spelling

Jun 24, 2006, 02:54 AM	#3
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	in currently runnin the betas, and get not only the SLI disabled pop up on boot, but also a Virtual Memory to low balloon always comin up the 1st time i enter the new cp after a boot, tried variuos VM setups, all i used before, to avail. i dont know much about the custom resolution thing as i havent used it, but are the pop ups still around? im pleased with the performance of the driver itself, is there many differences from the betas of the same number, to these officials?

Jun 24, 2006, 03:35 AM	#6
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	lol guess i got all whirled up bout nuthin then, cause i reinstalled to the same scenario as well. SLI disabled balloon and Virtual Memory to low balloon the first time i enter the new CP after a boot. BTW, BWX on the SLI balloon just click the X to close it, still poopy nun the less.

Jun 24, 2006, 07:26 AM	Thread Starter #10
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Also it says it is 21 MB but it is actually 40.3 MB.. :-/ I can't understand how you didn't get the popup and I did though.. that's strange. -I have not rebooted since I made that post above with the reg hack.. I guess I will reboot to see if it worked. EDIT YUP the reg-hack works. __________________ Last edited by BWX; Jun 24, 2006 at 07:50 AM.

Jun 24, 2006, 11:43 AM	#11
~~Alien1~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 365 Rep Power: 0	Anyone knows when whe will see some new Nvidia official drivers ?? NOTE I am hearing from several forums complains with these set of beta drivers.... Some say it is just bad and some say that these is crap with several games Man Nvidia is really slow in creating some new official and stable drivers Last edited by Alien1; Jun 24, 2006 at 11:58 AM.

Jun 24, 2006, 12:08 PM	Thread Starter #12
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I heard people also say they are really good with Oblivion... I haven't had much experience with them in a game to decide for myself. __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 01:51 AM	Thread Starter #15
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Yeah.. it's messed up. That reg hack fixes all the problems. __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 06:33 AM	Thread Starter #16
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Well I just tried to make a profile in the default control panel. it does not work at all. So either that was broken before, or the reg-hack breaks the profiles in the default CP. Guess I will try the new CP to see if it works. __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 07:40 AM	Thread Starter #18
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Yeah you have to add the entry.. Anyway it works for disabling the pop-up- but it totally breaks the profiles. Nvidia sucks for releasing this garbage.. I am quite disappointed.. In order to get rid of there advertising pop-up you have to hunt for fixes. That's pathetic. I'll delete that reg entry and try the reg fix from Nvidia- seems like that will probably work better... Why this is not released with the drivers, I don't know. __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 08:39 AM	#19
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	i have been using the 91.31 betas for a week now and they are a great set, then again im actually using an SLI setup so I didnt know anything about this popup thing everyone was experiencing.

Jun 25, 2006, 09:11 AM	Thread Starter #20
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I un-did the reg-hack I had previously tried and applied the one Nvidia supplied and all seems well now.. On reboot I hope everything sticks. __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 09:32 AM	#21
FiatluX DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 53 Rep Power: 0	No SLI popup here either ! __________________ Asus A8V-E SE A64 Venice 3200+ @2400 (10X240) CPU & NB Watercooled 3Gb Corsair XPS DDR400 Inno3D 6800GS PCI-E Watercooled Vista RTM

Jun 25, 2006, 10:29 AM	#22
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Where is the reg fix from nvidia? __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 11:02 AM	Thread Starter #23
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	The one MIG-31 posted is the one that works- Post #17 http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/n...i=&p_topview=1 __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 11:11 AM	#24
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	And good morning to me :X Thanks __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 11:31 AM	Thread Starter #25
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	lol __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 12:45 PM	#26
MEABeemer C-Groove StreetFighter Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 405 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I'm lovin' this driver! C U L8R!!! __________________ XBox360 Slim 250GB

Jun 25, 2006, 03:26 PM	#28
tdc2957 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	I want to ask will DH make its tweaked version. If yes,when? __________________

Jun 25, 2006, 04:21 PM	#29
~~Alien1~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 365 Rep Power: 0	After tests The 91.31 drivers work great with games But the Nvidia Control Panel still needs work....i noticed several small bugs like not applying the desktop color right sometimes after trying to make changes etc Also trying to find the menu that you want is a little mess situation...

Jun 25, 2006, 06:02 PM	#30
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	just switch to the old panel, options are in the new one.