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Date |
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Sept 24th, 2000 |
| Category |
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Video Cards |
| Manufacturer
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nVidia |
| Author |
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Jin-Wei Tioh |
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Here
is a brief recap of the article. nVidia's new Detonator 3 drivers offers
Digital Vibrance Control and fixes the TwinView feature.
Improvements were also made to the driver interface, eg. the
FSAA control panel. The GeForce SDR,
DDR, GeForce2 MX, GTS and Ultra all received a significant
performance boost, according to other hardware sites. While we
were unable to verify this first-hand, those information
sources are considered by many to be reliable. However, we did
manage to test the the Detonator 3 drivers with a TNT2 Ultra
and TNT2. As seen earlier, it wasn't exactly a pretty
picture, with especially noticeable performance drops at
1024x768x16, 1024x768x32 and 1280x1024x16 for both cards. In
the stability department, no appreciable difference was
noticed during the benchmarking process (both Detonators were
rock-solid).
So, if
you own a nVidia product with the word "GeForce" in
its name, then by all means, download the Detonator 3 drivers
(available in our "Downloads"
section). Nevertheless, if you have a TNT2 based product (ie.
TNT2 M64, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra) or a TNT, stay clear away from the
Detonator 3 drivers. If you need the 5.30 drivers, they are
available here.
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