nVidia ForceWare 97.44

zaim · Dec 9, 2006, 09:45 AM

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...xp_english.exe
for the driver

http://www.zaimc.com/temp/nv4_disp.zip
for the classic menu modded .inf which works

also coolbits.reg works fine with it

Prince_Link · Dec 11, 2006, 01:07 AM

GLARE!

i know who made that inf!

and NO do not use that inf

use this one for english

http://techiedownloads.com/downloads...4/nv4_disp.zip

and this one for international
http://techiedownloads.com/downloads...4_disp_int.zip

both are updated for 97.44 (where yours is a 97.28 inf.. and hasn't had some updates to it....)
and both contain a modded modes.txt file to fix some missing res problems.

neiter of these is for XP64.....hasn't updated the XP64 infs lately... my friend hasn't...

Rasta Monsta · Dec 13, 2006, 03:16 AM

Yay, these work. No more crashie-crashie.

petri1 · Dec 13, 2006, 10:12 AM

well too bad these don´t work on 7series of cards

or if at all there is a emprovment for card like 7800-7900 abd so on

coldfrontt · Dec 13, 2006, 02:08 PM

Well Petri, they work just fine on my 7800GS. Did you bother to replace the .inf before you ran setup?

petri1 · Dec 13, 2006, 03:34 PM

no i haven´t tryed these since i couldn´t find a modded Inf file

but good to hear so where can i find that inf file?

pr0digal jenius · Dec 14, 2006, 07:12 AM

hmmm...looks like a good project

coldfrontt · Dec 14, 2006, 01:59 PM

Used these ones...worked ok
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-xp-linux-nvidia-display-drivers/123947-nvidia-forceware-97-28-a.html

pr0digal jenius · Dec 14, 2006, 06:22 PM

97.28 had mroe then it's fair share of bugs.....especially when trying to deal with using the classic control panel

coldfrontt · Dec 15, 2006, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

97.28 had mroe then it's fair share of bugs.....especially when trying to deal with using the classic control panel

All I meant was the modded .inf.
And I never saw any problems when I used the drivers as well.

Prince_Link · Dec 15, 2006, 02:24 PM

did nobody notice that i linked infs in the second post of this thread.. or are they blind?

zaim · Dec 16, 2006, 02:39 AM

they both seem to work fine man

Prince_Link · Dec 16, 2006, 08:53 AM

yeah, but still. you should use the inf thats made for the newer sets

97.28 inf doesn't have some of the newer settings that are from the 97.44 inf.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 17, 2006, 06:03 AM

the 97.28 inf probably still codes the 8800GTX to "gf8" instead of the nv4_nv3x settings too, which, while it works, isn't reccomended on a full release like that [the gf8 artifact is left over from the 97.02 which were a leak for the 8800 only]

Prince_Link · Dec 17, 2006, 09:11 AM

indeed, it does, i pointed that out to my friend and he said
'97.02 had the gf8 bit becoz it was only made for the G80's, 97.28 had it still well but 97.44 didn't..'

also. with 97.44's infs, he has copied in the nvmodes sections from older infs and fixed the modes.txt to fix the missing resolutions.

petri1 · Dec 21, 2006, 04:28 PM

i´m not sure how these install some makes a folder called 97.28 for an example

if this indeed do install straight on then how do the modded inf help?

zaim · Dec 21, 2006, 07:07 PM

1. download the .exe from the nvidia website
2. double click the installation file
3. after you click next next it will extract all files into C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\97.44 but after that process, cancel the setup. then click YES to agree to cancelling setup.
4. go to the C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\97.44 folder, and paste in the nv4_disp.inf and click YES to confirm overwrite
5. run setup.exe and install driver as per usual

good luck

petri1 · Dec 25, 2006, 12:51 PM

well installed these and installed Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

and maxed all in game settings and kept AA AF at application controlled in Nvidias CP

otherwise i tryed to keep on as much as possible

and it was very smooth no jeky gameplay what so ever

now i don´t know how hard this game is for the GFX and so on
but i thought it went really good

gonna test just cause

ViRuS2k · Dec 25, 2006, 02:09 PM

by the time nvidia release a new g80 driver, our cards will be extinct lol

petri1 · Dec 25, 2006, 02:30 PM

yeah waht´ll be the next gpu G90? before they get the drivers working they´ll be extinct hehehe.

one might be happy if the 8800 cards are available in march april cards seem to dissapear awfully fast from the market once i got the money they are obsolete.

well this card can kick ass in most of today´s games.

DX10 well it is far away for me

ZeroOne · Dec 25, 2006, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaim

1. download the .exe from the nvidia website
2. double click the installation file
3. after you click next next it will extract all files into C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\97.44 but after that process, cancel the setup. then click YES to agree to cancelling setup.
4. go to the C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\97.44 folder, and paste in the nv4_disp.inf and click YES to confirm overwrite
5. run setup.exe and install driver as per usual

good luck

If U have Winrar installed Right click the "driver".exe, and choose "extract" to , where ever u want.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 26, 2006, 06:02 AM

g80 support is a touch slow, i messed around with this set on a non g80 card, and didnt like it...back to 9381

petri1 · Dec 29, 2006, 07:16 PM

so what is better 80 series of drivers or ealry 91´s?

Prince_Link · Dec 30, 2006, 07:11 AM

92.91 is the best series 90 driver

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 2, 2007, 10:38 PM

Here for those who are lazy or would like to just download, click extract,
(leave everything default) when it's compelete it'll close and run the installer.

Fallow this link To Download

97.44 w/modified nv4_disp.inf and modes.txt are already installed...

WWNSX · Jan 20, 2007, 10:25 AM

I finally got to put these in and they work just as well as the 92.91s if not better. The only bad thing I noticed is that after putting in coolbits the clock settings formy e-VGA 6800GS AGP core was at 400mhz and for MEM it was at 2.2GHZ

So I manually set the clock since I only use RivaTuner for Vertex unlocking on my 6800GS next I'll test profiles with the defualt control panel and see if that works if not then I got nHancer to use. so far so good with these ones.

satyrica · Jan 20, 2007, 11:25 AM

Is this a recommended install for a eVga 7950 gt?
I don't particularly want to install the stock drivers (latest=93.71)...

What do you guys recommend?

tia

Dec 9, 2006, 09:45 AM	#1
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	nVidia ForceWare 97.44 http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...xp_english.exe for the driver http://www.zaimc.com/temp/nv4_disp.zip for the classic menu modded .inf which works also coolbits.reg works fine with it __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

Dec 11, 2006, 01:07 AM	#2
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	GLARE! i know who made that inf! and NO do not use that inf use this one for english http://techiedownloads.com/downloads...4/nv4_disp.zip and this one for international http://techiedownloads.com/downloads...4_disp_int.zip both are updated for 97.44 (where yours is a 97.28 inf.. and hasn't had some updates to it....) and both contain a modded modes.txt file to fix some missing res problems. neiter of these is for XP64.....hasn't updated the XP64 infs lately... my friend hasn't... __________________

Dec 13, 2006, 10:12 AM	#4
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	well too bad these don´t work on 7series of cards or if at all there is a emprovment for card like 7800-7900 abd so on __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Dec 13, 2006, 02:08 PM	#5
coldfrontt DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: canada Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	Well Petri, they work just fine on my 7800GS. Did you bother to replace the .inf before you ran setup? __________________ [color=blue]TANSTAAFL![/color]

Dec 13, 2006, 03:34 PM	#6
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	no i haven´t tryed these since i couldn´t find a modded Inf file but good to hear so where can i find that inf file? __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Dec 14, 2006, 07:12 AM	#7
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	hmmm...looks like a good project

Dec 14, 2006, 01:59 PM	#8
coldfrontt DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: canada Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	Used these ones...worked ok http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-xp-linux-nvidia-display-drivers/123947-nvidia-forceware-97-28-a.html __________________ [color=blue]TANSTAAFL![/color]

Dec 14, 2006, 06:22 PM	#9
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	97.28 had mroe then it's fair share of bugs.....especially when trying to deal with using the classic control panel

Dec 15, 2006, 02:24 PM	#11
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	did nobody notice that i linked infs in the second post of this thread.. or are they blind? __________________

Dec 16, 2006, 02:39 AM	Thread Starter #12
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	they both seem to work fine man __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

Dec 16, 2006, 08:53 AM	#13
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	yeah, but still. you should use the inf thats made for the newer sets 97.28 inf doesn't have some of the newer settings that are from the 97.44 inf. __________________

Dec 17, 2006, 06:03 AM	#14
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	the 97.28 inf probably still codes the 8800GTX to "gf8" instead of the nv4_nv3x settings too, which, while it works, isn't reccomended on a full release like that [the gf8 artifact is left over from the 97.02 which were a leak for the 8800 only]

Dec 17, 2006, 09:11 AM	#15
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	indeed, it does, i pointed that out to my friend and he said '97.02 had the gf8 bit becoz it was only made for the G80's, 97.28 had it still well but 97.44 didn't..' also. with 97.44's infs, he has copied in the nvmodes sections from older infs and fixed the modes.txt to fix the missing resolutions. __________________

Dec 21, 2006, 04:28 PM	#16
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	i´m not sure how these install some makes a folder called 97.28 for an example if this indeed do install straight on then how do the modded inf help? __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Dec 21, 2006, 07:07 PM	Thread Starter #17
zaim HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,052 Rep Power: 42	1. download the .exe from the nvidia website 2. double click the installation file 3. after you click next next it will extract all files into C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\97.44 but after that process, cancel the setup. then click YES to agree to cancelling setup. 4. go to the C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\97.44 folder, and paste in the nv4_disp.inf and click YES to confirm overwrite 5. run setup.exe and install driver as per usual good luck __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

Dec 25, 2006, 12:51 PM	#18
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	well installed these and installed Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and maxed all in game settings and kept AA AF at application controlled in Nvidias CP otherwise i tryed to keep on as much as possible and it was very smooth no jeky gameplay what so ever now i don´t know how hard this game is for the GFX and so on but i thought it went really good gonna test just cause __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Dec 25, 2006, 02:09 PM	#19
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	by the time nvidia release a new g80 driver, our cards will be extinct lol

Dec 25, 2006, 02:30 PM	#20
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	yeah waht´ll be the next gpu G90? before they get the drivers working they´ll be extinct hehehe. one might be happy if the 8800 cards are available in march april cards seem to dissapear awfully fast from the market once i got the money they are obsolete. well this card can kick ass in most of today´s games. DX10 well it is far away for me __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Dec 26, 2006, 06:02 AM	#22
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	g80 support is a touch slow, i messed around with this set on a non g80 card, and didnt like it...back to 9381

Dec 29, 2006, 07:16 PM	#23
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	so what is better 80 series of drivers or ealry 91´s? __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Dec 30, 2006, 07:11 AM	#24
Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	92.91 is the best series 90 driver __________________

Jan 2, 2007, 10:38 PM	#25
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Here for those who are lazy or would like to just download, click extract, (leave everything default) when it's compelete it'll close and run the installer. Fallow this link To Download 97.44 w/modified nv4_disp.inf and modes.txt are already installed... __________________

Jan 20, 2007, 10:25 AM	#26
WWNSX DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles California a.k.a Hell Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	I finally got to put these in and they work just as well as the 92.91s if not better. The only bad thing I noticed is that after putting in coolbits the clock settings formy e-VGA 6800GS AGP core was at 400mhz and for MEM it was at 2.2GHZ So I manually set the clock since I only use RivaTuner for Vertex unlocking on my 6800GS next I'll test profiles with the defualt control panel and see if that works if not then I got nHancer to use. so far so good with these ones. __________________ [AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton @ 2.200MHZ @1.650v \| Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev 2.0 w/1008 RedDwarf Bios & Bios Savior \| Swiftech MCX462-U+Vantec Tornado 80mm \| 512MB (2x256MB) Corsair 3200LL @ 2-3-3-11, 2.7VDimm \| eVGA 6800GS 256MB 8X AGP Core @ 400MHZ Mem @ 1.100MHZ \| Antec [COLOR=#0000ff]TrueBlue[/COLOR] 480W PSU \| [COLOR=#00ff00]SoundStorm[/COLOR] \| Maxtor 250GB w/16MB Cache, WD 40GB \| Yamaha CRW-[COLOR=#ff0000]F1[/COLOR]E, Sony DDU1621, 3½ Floppy]

Jan 20, 2007, 11:25 AM	#27
satyrica DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	7950? Is this a recommended install for a eVga 7950 gt? I don't particularly want to install the stock drivers (latest=93.71)... What do you guys recommend? tia