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:: UPDATES

• 07-AUG-2005: added description to a problem which occurs with v56.72 ( KB 897101 )
• 13-MAY-2005: added 56.70 (mobile ACER driver)
• 11-NOV-2004: added a WHQL'd INF for FX Go700 and FX Go1000 and the localisation files from a new released DELL mobile driver to our driver, repacked & uploaded again
• 13-SEP-2004: added the MultiLanguage OMEGA's driver to our archive (so you will download the updated ENGLISH only driver from 05.04.2004, all ENGLISH only 3 StarStorm drivers PLUS OMEGA's MultiLanguage Performance & Quality driver in ONE small package ~11MB)
• 05-MAY-2004: added link to v56.72 MultiLanguage release
• 16-APR-2004: added the links for the StarStorm INFs (you can also find them on Pieters page)
• 08-APR-2004: added the COMPLETE StarStorm driver set (B, X and XQ) to the archive (so you will download the updated driver from 05.04.2004 PLUS all 3 StarStorm drivers in ONE small package ~8MB)
• 04-APR-2004: replaced with nVidia WHQL certified English only, people have reported problems with other versions.
• 03-APR-2004: replaced English only with eVGA MultiLanguage release, filedate 24.03.2004, releases 02.04.2004, WHQL

:: DETAILS

v56.70 | LV2Go Information file

• mobile driver for 2K.XP
• filedate 21-JAN-2004
• with WHQL certification
• released by ACER for Go488 and FX Go 5700
• more & detailed informations in the LV2Go Information file
• supported GPUs:
  
  QUOTE
  %NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0186.6% = nv4_ZP2, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0186&SUBSYS_00591025
  %NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.1% = nv4_DT3, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0348&SUBSYS_00451025
  %NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.2% = nv4_DT3, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0348&SUBSYS_0714152D
  %NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.3% = nv4_ZP2, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0348&SUBSYS_00591025
  NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0186.6 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go "
  NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 "
  NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.2 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 "
  NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.3 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700 "

v56.72

• desktop driver for 2K.XP, filedate 2004-MAR-23, released 2004-APR-01
• English only, Setup is included
• with WHQL Certification
• released by NVIDIA, see HERE for the official page
• Release Highlights:
  • Adds support for GeForce 5700 and GeForce 5700 Ultra
  • Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® 1.5 support
  • Supports application profiles for custom image quality and performance modes for all of your applications and games.
  • NVIDIA nView 3.5 Multi-display technology
  • Advanced Microsoft® Internet Explorer® popup blocker
  • Industries only Display Gridlines technology
  • Improved HDTV Y Pr Pb component out support for 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i formats

:: OPEN ISSUES
As with every released driver, version 66.77 of the Release 65 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. What follows is a list of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others will have workaround solutions. (copy&pasted from the official release notes)

• Windows XP: DualView Performance mode doesn't work. A fix for this issue will be included in the next driver release.
• GeForce FX 5200/5700/5750 Ultra, Windows XP: Shadow effects in Splinter Cell do not display properly. This is not an NVIDIA bug.
• Windows XP/2000: Clone mode may be set for the GeForce FX 5600. This setting causes a drop in the performance of 3D applications. The workaround is to use the NVIDIA control panel to reset the system to standard mode from clone mode.
• Windows XP, GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Homeworld2 antialiased performance is slow. This is not an NVIDIA bug, but is a known issue with the application. A game
  patch 1.1 is available at ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/homeworld2/
  updates/homeworld2_update_en_10_11.exe .
• Windows XP, GeForce FX 5600: Enter key does not perform the intended actions in the NVIDIA control panel. A fix for this issue will be included in the next driver release.
• Quadro FX 1100, Windows XP: Mouse pointer is blurry when moved to the right side of the LCD. A fix for this issue will be included in the next driver release.
• Windows XP, Quadro FX 3000, T221 Display: Windows MediaPlayer becomes pink/green with two T221 monitors rotated. A fix for this issue will be included in a future driver release.
• Windows XP: Double-clicked Outlook messages sometimes end up underneath other windows. A fix for this issue will be included in a future driver release.
• Quadro4 980XGL/Quadro FX1000, Windows 2000: Altair Engineering HyperMesh6.0 has problems with model contour color and rubber band operation. A fix for this issue will be included in a future driver release.
• GeForce FX, Windows ME/Windows XP: With 4x (or greater) antialiasing enabled, the Options menu text in the game Spellforce appears only when the mouse cursor hovers over it. A fix for this issue will be included in the next driver release.
• Windows ME: CodeCult benchmark does not run properly. This is not an NVIDIA bug.
• GeForce FX, Windows ME: Gunmetal Demo intro movie does not display properly. This is not an NVIDIA bug.

• SYMPTOMS
  If you log off a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer or a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, you experience the following symptoms:• Roaming profiles are not saved to the profile server.
  • Event entries are not added to the Application log.
  • If you are using the Microsoft User Profile Hive Cleanup Service tool, the tool does not log the log-off process.
  • The following messages are listed in the Userenv.log file:
  USERENV(1b0.7f0) 16:37:20:209 UnloadUserProfileP: Wait succeeded. In critical section.
  USERENV(1b0.7f0) 16:37:20:360 UnloadUserProfileP: Didn't unload user profile, Ref Count is 2
• CAUSE
  This problem occurs if you installed the Winxp_2k_56.72 NVIDIA driver that was released on April 1, 2004. This version of the NVIDIA driver loads the profile two times. When the user logs off, the first profile is unloaded. However, the other copy of the profile is still loaded.

:: ISSUES RESOLVED
Significant issues resolved in driver version 56.72 (copy&pasted from the official release notes)

• GeForce FX 5200/FX5900/FX5950 Ultra, Windows XP: Far Cry (Patch 3) water is rendered incorrectly.
• GeForce FX 5200/FX 5600, Windows XP: Star Wars Galaxies performance is poor.
• Windows XP: Presentation Director eight-bit test screen is not displayed correctly.
• GeForce FX 5200/FX 5900/FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: "Play On My TV" option within the NVIDIA panel is not available when playing a media file.
• Windows XP: OpenGL viewperf crashes or is extremely slow if the Physical Address Extension boot option is enabled.
• Gameprofiles: Name of the .exe for Return to Castle Wolfenstein profile is wrong.
• Apocalyptica crashes when 3D stereo is activated and then deactivated.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: In the game Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, white flashes occur on a character with antialiasing enabled.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra,Windows XP: Fogging effect is not applied to distant trees in the game Far Cry.

:: WORKING CONFIGURATIONS
+DELL
Precision M60, 128MB Quadro FX Go1000 (NV36M-GL), WUXGA Sharp 1920 x 1200, with INF 20.32: PERFECT
Inspiron 8600, GF FX Go5650, WSXGA+ 1680x1050, with INF 20.32: Standby problem solved

:: NON-WORKING CONFIGURATIONS
-DELL :
Precision M60, Quadro FX Go700 : standby problem

:: BENCHMARKS [*by LSudlow]

Driver..|..3DMark01..|..3DMark03..|..3DMark05
53.03...|....6963....|....1335
53.04...|....6965....|....1332
53.06...|....6976....|....1333
53.30...|....6940....|....1335
53.81...|....6943....|....1337
54.01...|....6833....|....1307
56.55...|....6744....|....1306
56.56...|....6731....|....1304
56.64...|....6661....|....1277
56.72...|....6822....|....1308
56.82...|....6591....|....1271
58.21...|....6803....|....1308
60.60...|....6536....|....1190
60.72...|....6826....|....1253
60.80...|....6484....|....1186
61.11...|....6446....|....1186
61.12...|....6639....|....1215
61.21...|....6620....|....1213
61.40...|....6697....|....1269
61.80...|....6702....|....1271
62.01...|....6896....|....1308
62.11...|....6897....|....1308
62.20...|....6890....|....1307
65.62...|....6776....|....1301
65.73...|....6806....|....1307
65.90...|....6806....|....1308
66.00...|....FAIL....|....1309
66.31...|....6782....|....1308
66.32...|....6782....|....1305....|.....189
66.51...|....6796....|....1304....|.....202
66.70...|....FAIL....|....FAIL....|.....FAIL
66.72...|....FAIL....|....FAIL....|.....FAIL
66.74...|....6839....|....1322....|.....196
66.77...|....6823....|....1321....|.....197
66.81...|....6847....|....1321....|.....191
66.93...|....6836....|....1320....|.....187
67.50...|....6830....|....1320....|.....195
70.41...|....6740....|....1296....|.....191

NOTE: I use a home-grown inf (especially modded & tweaked for DELL's Inspiron 5150/5160), which can be found HERE.
Pieter's version may perform quite differently.


:: DOWNLOAD &
This and all other drivers available at LaptopVideo2Go are 7-zipped and come as a self-extracting archive for your convenience. We take care that your download time/traffic is minimized by compressing the driver in an optimized way. The method we had developed first is a service that you'll only find here proper working.

Driver v56.70 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v56.72 | filesize 11.794.512 bytes | MultiLanguage (includes complete StarStorm Set PLUS the complete OMEGA Performance & Quality driver )
Driver v56.72 | filesize ~17,7 MB | MultiLanguage (even more languages than we host)
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v56.72
Larry's DELL 5150/5160 optimized INF
StarStorm mobile INF modified for v56.72 | X (Quality, Performance, Speed)
StarStorm mobile INF modified for v56.72 | XQ (eXtra Quality)
StarStorm mobile INF modified for v56.72 | B (Benchmark, Performance)
OMEGA mobile INF modified for v56.72 | MultiLanguage Quality modded
OMEGA mobile INF modified for v56.72 | MultiLanguage Speed/Performance

OEMv56.72INF.zip ( 6.55k ) Number of downloads: 80

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