Anyone want to get rid of nView?

digitalwanderer · May 10, 2002, 04:15 AM

I was reading an article, (that I can no longer find the link to), by Legion about how to modify NV4_disp.inf so it would install the 29.20 dets without nView. I don't like nView. Nothing against it, but I only use one monitor and sort of hate loading any extra junk on my system. ('Specially one that keeps trying to keep an icon on my desktop, grrrrrrr....) So I gave it a try.

I couldn't find a file named "NV4_disp.inf", but "nvagp.inf" seemed to have what he was talking about in it. I basically just chopped out all references to nview, nwiz, and nview.Quadro. (Well, a bit more...but I did just follow Legion's instructions slightly modified.) They seem to be running fine for me on my GF3, as soon as 'Politically Correct' is over I'll throw 'em on my GF2 MX400 and see how they do.

Speaking of PI, it's just starting so I gotta run. If you don't feel like doing all the fun bits yourself you could just download this zipped version of the modified nvagp.inf and copy it over the one in your C:29.20_9xWIN9X folder. (Or wherever you unzipped the 29.20 9x/me drivers too.)

This is totally a "do at your own freaking risk!" type of thing, but it's a very tame one that I'm pretty sure I didn't screw up. You can always open up the .inf and poke around, it's just to save some folks some editing. (An annoyingly large amount of editing.)

Damn it, Bill Maher is talking and Jesse Jackson is a guest; I must depart.

EDITED BITS: I found the article by Legion when I needed to reference it to play with Omegadrive's beta detonators....

Impulse · May 10, 2002, 09:00 AM

[SIZE=small]Hey I hate the NView part In the new Nvidia Drivers. I just take them out and edit my INF file and I'll save some HD space at least. Useless for me and other people who don't use It so basicaly, Its crap

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digitalwanderer · May 10, 2002, 02:18 PM

It seems to have actually kicked up the old 3dm2k1se score a touch, but I didn't happen to actually check the numbers yet. (Not sure where the heck they are right now & I don't feel like digging.

) It's not actually an MX400, it's a Silura GF2 T400 which is an MX400 w/tv-out. I haven't tried to use the tv-out, (I don't use it very much if at all, I miss my Fury. nVidia's tv-out quality leaves a LOT to be desired!), but the option to use it is still there.

But no more nView crap!

Melikes this trick, I think I'll make it a regular habit. Should I keep posting the modified .infs for the new releases as they come out or should I not bother?

Alan Allen · Jun 22, 2002, 05:45 PM

You can just turn nView off in control panel/nVidia,nView/Disable.

May 10, 2002, 04:15 AM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Anyone want to get rid of nView? I was reading an article, (that I can no longer find the link to), by Legion about how to modify NV4_disp.inf so it would install the 29.20 dets without nView. I don't like nView. Nothing against it, but I only use one monitor and sort of hate loading any extra junk on my system. ('Specially one that keeps trying to keep an icon on my desktop, grrrrrrr....) So I gave it a try. I couldn't find a file named "NV4_disp.inf", but "nvagp.inf" seemed to have what he was talking about in it. I basically just chopped out all references to nview, nwiz, and nview.Quadro. (Well, a bit more...but I did just follow Legion's instructions slightly modified.) They seem to be running fine for me on my GF3, as soon as 'Politically Correct' is over I'll throw 'em on my GF2 MX400 and see how they do. Speaking of PI, it's just starting so I gotta run. If you don't feel like doing all the fun bits yourself you could just download this zipped version of the modified nvagp.inf and copy it over the one in your C:29.20_9xWIN9X folder. (Or wherever you unzipped the 29.20 9x/me drivers too.) This is totally a "do at your own freaking risk!" type of thing, but it's a very tame one that I'm pretty sure I didn't screw up. You can always open up the .inf and poke around, it's just to save some folks some editing. (An annoyingly large amount of editing.) Damn it, Bill Maher is talking and Jesse Jackson is a guest; I must depart. EDITED BITS: I found the article by Legion when I needed to reference it to play with Omegadrive's beta detonators.... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

May 10, 2002, 02:18 PM	Thread Starter #3
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Works fine on my GF2 MX400 It seems to have actually kicked up the old 3dm2k1se score a touch, but I didn't happen to actually check the numbers yet. (Not sure where the heck they are right now & I don't feel like digging. ) It's not actually an MX400, it's a Silura GF2 T400 which is an MX400 w/tv-out. I haven't tried to use the tv-out, (I don't use it very much if at all, I miss my Fury. nVidia's tv-out quality leaves a LOT to be desired!), but the option to use it is still there. But no more nView crap! Melikes this trick, I think I'll make it a regular habit. Should I keep posting the modified .infs for the new releases as they come out or should I not bother? __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jun 22, 2002, 05:45 PM	#4
Alan Allen The "Eye" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 286 Rep Power: 0	You can just turn nView off in control panel/nVidia,nView/Disable. __________________ [COLOR=lightblue] [SIZE=small]Alan Edward Allen[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=xsmall] [COLOR=yellow]AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz 266fsb (AIR COOLED MC-462A), Gigabyte GA-7DXR - Microsoft Windows Me Micron 512Meg PC2100 DDR 16-8-8-2-6-2-2 @ 2.7v, IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40Gb (x2), Setup as RAID 0 ASUS V8200 Deluxe GeForce3 - nVidia 40.71's [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

May 10, 2002, 09:00 AM	#2
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	[SIZE=small]Hey I hate the NView part In the new Nvidia Drivers. I just take them out and edit my INF file and I'll save some HD space at least. Useless for me and other people who don't use It so basicaly, Its crap ...[/SIZE]