:: UPDATES
v71.20 | LV2Go Information file
As with every released driver, version 71.2x of the Release 70 drivers 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.
:: ISSUES RESOLVED
Significant issues resolved in driver version 71.2x
:: OPINION [*by LSudlow]
As of December 28, these are the newest nVidia drivers on the block. And yes, they do contain the new LOD Clamp that solves the texture shimmering problem that many people experience. Users with high-end cards are reporting faster benchmarks, both game and 3DMark. Unfortunately, that doesn't hold true for my slower FX Go5200. Here's why:
The latest nVidia cards rely on large amounts of fast RAM for texture handling and the 7x.xx series is optimized to take advantage of it. Although FX and earlier cards do work with the new memory management scheme, they can't take advantage of it the way the new cards do. Thus we're seeing faster benchmarks with newer cards, while older cards produce numbers slightly slower than before.
The effect is easily visible when launching "The Sims 2," where opening a new neighborhood requires an enormous amount of texture swapping while zooming down into, and around, the town. With the 67.03 driver this zooming is quite smooth on my laptop. The framerate isn't anything to celebrate, but it's visually consistent and smooth. Using 71.20/22, this same zooming is extremely jerky, with many halts and pauses while textures are swapped in and out of main system RAM. The overall framerate isn't much different, but the visual difference is striking and disappointing.
We've seen this pattern with previous generations of drivers. When a new series is introduced, it's always optimized for the latest cards. Over time, nVidia finds ways to improve performance for older cards as well, though it may never equal the performance of one of the earlier drivers.
If you have a newer card than the FX series, especially one with 256MB (or more) of RAM, you should have excellent luck with either of these. For earlier cards, I recommend staying with 67.03 until the 7x series performance improves.
:: BENCHMARKS [*by LSudlow]
driver performance comparison charts for some GPUs
for GF2 Go: HERE from Pieter (v16.20 - v61.77)
for FX Go5200: HERE from Larry (v5x.xx - current)
for FX Go5700: HERE from Sky-Dexter (v65.73 - current)
:: 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 v71.20 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.21 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.22 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.24 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.25 | LV2Go Information file
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.20 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.21 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.22 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.24 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.25 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.20 | Performance optimized
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.22 | Performance optimized
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.24 | Performance optimized
Pieter's No Tweaks INF modified for v71.24 | Original INF, which now recognizes all Laptop and Desktop cards; nothing else was changed!
Larry's DELL 5150/5160 optimized INF
Teraphy's Toshiba "BlackBar PHP Fixer" | choose from all drivers and get your customized Anti-BlackBar-INF
Teraphy's "PHP INF enhancement" page | enhance your INF by choosing from a variety of settings (incl. Toshiba Blackbar fix) for all Laptops
nVLiTE page | choose the language to keep and rip out the rest; delete SETUP and other unneeded files to make the driver as small as possible
- 24-JAN-2004: added v71.25
- 19-JAN-2005: added v71.21
- 29-DEC-2004: added v71.24 (SPARKLE)
- 28-DEC-2004: added v71.22 (MSI), like v71.20 it also includes mobile OEM INFs
v71.20 | LV2Go Information file
- mobile & desktop driver for 2K.XP
- more & detailed informations in the LV2Go Information file
- supported GPUs: see INF (link is in the .NFO file)
- no WHQL certification
- nvoglnt.dll is dated 06-DEC-2004 (in contrary to the rest of the files which are 02-DEC-2004)
- original driver from TechConnect was zipped ~28MB, unzipped ~31 and now 14,8MB
, which is 50% savings, also released by GAINWARD now
Like Almighty1 pointed out HERE there were other sources, but the techConnect one seems to be the most "unmodified" one (biggest filesize). We had bad experience downloading already filesize "optimized" drivers from other pages (like incorrect filenames etc.), so we like to stick with the most original driver. - 70s series drivers include a new set of files, this driver is no exception:
tosgfx.dll is, nvcolor.exe, nvepclnt.exe - This driver includes 29 mobile INFs from the following OEMs:
NVAM = ASUS
NVAN = ??? (Advent ???) (missing)
NVAT = ??? (Advent ???) (missing)
NVCH = ???
NVCP = TOSHiBA
NVCT = Gericom, Olidata, Zepto, TOSHiBA (Compal made), PowerPro
NVCU = Creative (missing)
NVCV = EUROCOM, SAGER missing
NVDD = DELL (missing)
NVDM = DELL
NVDP = DELL (missing)
NVEC = ???
NVFL = ???
NVFM = Fujitsu
NVGM = Gateway
NVHB = Compaq, HP
NVHM = HP/COMPAQ
NVHW = ??? (missing)
NVIL = ???
NVIO = IBM (missing)
NVIV = ???
NVLM = ??? (Leadtek ???) *new*
NVMM = Medion, FIC (manufacturer for different OEMs)
NVMT = HiGrade, Issam, Mitac, Gericom
NVMV = ???
NVMY = ???
NVQU = ACER, vprMatrix, BenQ
NVSD = ??? (missing)
NVSH = ???
NVSM = Samsung
NVSY = SONY (missing)
NVSZ = SONY
NVTQ = ???
NVTS = TOSHiBA
NVTW = Gericom
NVUW = HugeBee, Jewel, Gericom, Alienware
NVWI = AOpen, NEC, Medion
- mobile and desktop driver for 2K.XP
- leaked at OSNN.net
- more & detailed informations in the LV2Go Information file
- supported GPUs: see INF (link is in the .NFO file)
- mobile & desktop driver for 2K.XP
- more & detailed informations in the LV2Go Information file
- supported GPUs: see INF (link is in the .NFO file)
- filedate 09-DEC-2004, leaked 28-DEC-2004
- MultiLanguage (all 27 languages supported, but Traditional Chinese is broken due to an CRC error in the original MSI driver)
- Setup is included
- no WHQL certification
- nvoglnt.dll is dated 13-DEC-2004 (in contrary to the rest of the files which are 09-DEC-2004)
- released by MSI
- includes a set of MSI Control Panel files:
===================================
[Check for odd files inside driver]
===================================
memtest.dll
msicpl.dll
msicpl.sys
msiuins.exe
nvapi9x.dll
nvgpio.dll
nvclock.dll
vgauti.sys
winsys.exe - This driver includes mobile INFs from the following OEMs:
NVAM = ASUS
NVAN = ??? (Advent ???)
NVAT = ??? (Advent ???)
NVCH = ???
NVCP = TOSHiBA
NVCT = Gericom, Olidata, Zepto, TOSHiBA (Compal made), PowerPro
NVCU = Creative (missing)
NVCV = ??? (EUROCOM?/SAGER?) missing
NVDD = DELL (missing)
NVDM = DELL
NVDP = DELL (missing)
NVEC = ???
NVFL = ???
NVFM = Fujitsu
NVGM = Gateway
NVHB = Compaq, HP
NVHM = HP/COMPAQ
NVHW = ??? (missing)
NVIL = ???
NVIO = IBM (missing)
NVIV = ???
NVLM = ??? (Leadtek ???)
NVMM = Medion, FIC (manufacturer for different OEMs)
NVMT = HiGrade, Issam, Mitac, Gericom
NVMV = ???
NVMY = ???
NVQU = ACER, vprMatrix, BenQ
NVSD = ??? (missing)
NVSH = ???
NVSM = Samsung
NVSY = SONY (missing)
NVSZ = SONY
NVTQ = ???
NVTS = TOSHiBA
NVTW = Gericom
NVUW = HugeBee, Jewel, Gericom, Alienware
NVWI = AOpen, NEC, Medion
- desktop driver for 2K.XP
- more & detailed informations in the LV2Go Information file
- supported GPUs: see INF (link is in the .NFO file)
- leaked 29-DEC-2004
- released by Sparkle, and also by Leadtek and Chaintech too
- desktop driver for 2K.XP
- more & detailed informations in the LV2Go Information file
- supported GPUs: see INF (link is in the .NFO file)
- leaked 24-JAN-2005 by Station-Drivers and also released 25-JAN-2005 by Leadtek
As with every released driver, version 71.2x of the Release 70 drivers 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.
:: ISSUES RESOLVED
Significant issues resolved in driver version 71.2x
:: OPINION [*by LSudlow]
As of December 28, these are the newest nVidia drivers on the block. And yes, they do contain the new LOD Clamp that solves the texture shimmering problem that many people experience. Users with high-end cards are reporting faster benchmarks, both game and 3DMark. Unfortunately, that doesn't hold true for my slower FX Go5200. Here's why:
The latest nVidia cards rely on large amounts of fast RAM for texture handling and the 7x.xx series is optimized to take advantage of it. Although FX and earlier cards do work with the new memory management scheme, they can't take advantage of it the way the new cards do. Thus we're seeing faster benchmarks with newer cards, while older cards produce numbers slightly slower than before.
The effect is easily visible when launching "The Sims 2," where opening a new neighborhood requires an enormous amount of texture swapping while zooming down into, and around, the town. With the 67.03 driver this zooming is quite smooth on my laptop. The framerate isn't anything to celebrate, but it's visually consistent and smooth. Using 71.20/22, this same zooming is extremely jerky, with many halts and pauses while textures are swapped in and out of main system RAM. The overall framerate isn't much different, but the visual difference is striking and disappointing.
We've seen this pattern with previous generations of drivers. When a new series is introduced, it's always optimized for the latest cards. Over time, nVidia finds ways to improve performance for older cards as well, though it may never equal the performance of one of the earlier drivers.
If you have a newer card than the FX series, especially one with 256MB (or more) of RAM, you should have excellent luck with either of these. For earlier cards, I recommend staying with 67.03 until the 7x series performance improves.
:: BENCHMARKS [*by LSudlow]
driver performance comparison charts for some GPUs
for GF2 Go: HERE from Pieter (v16.20 - v61.77)
for FX Go5200: HERE from Larry (v5x.xx - current)
for FX Go5700: HERE from Sky-Dexter (v65.73 - current)
:: 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 v71.20 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.21 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.22 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.24 | LV2Go Information file
Driver v71.25 | LV2Go Information file
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.20 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.21 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.22 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.24 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.25 | modded especially for Laptops, but also has Desktop card support
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.20 | Performance optimized
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.22 | Performance optimized
Pieter's mobile INF modified for v71.24 | Performance optimized
Pieter's No Tweaks INF modified for v71.24 | Original INF, which now recognizes all Laptop and Desktop cards; nothing else was changed!
Larry's DELL 5150/5160 optimized INF
Teraphy's Toshiba "BlackBar PHP Fixer" | choose from all drivers and get your customized Anti-BlackBar-INF
Teraphy's "PHP INF enhancement" page | enhance your INF by choosing from a variety of settings (incl. Toshiba Blackbar fix) for all Laptops
nVLiTE page | choose the language to keep and rip out the rest; delete SETUP and other unneeded files to make the driver as small as possible