Nuovi driver nForce da nVidia

nVidia ha rilasciato, sotto il nome di Forceware, un nuovo set di driver per chipset nForce e nForce 2, versione 3.13, da utilizzare con sistema operativo Windows XP oppure Windows 2000. I nuovi driver contengono varie ottimizzazioni, tra le quali la più importante è il nuovo driver per controller EIDE, uno dei principali limiti della precedente versione di driver nForce.

Per installare questi driver al posto di precedenti versioni di driver nForce, è necessario deinstallare tutti i precedenti driver e poi riavviare il sistema così da proseguire con l'installazione dei nuovi driver.

Il download è disponibile dalla sezione software di Hardware Upgrade, a questo indirizzo.

Di seguito sono riportate le note d'installazione dei nuovi driver:

Installation Notes:

• If you are performing an uninstall of your current nForce drivers, your system will have to re-enumerate all devices and restart prior to install of your new package. Multiple restarts may be required; please comply with all instructions to reboot. Failure to do so may cause the install to fail the installation of needed components resulting in system reliability issues
• Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1 prior to attempting to install this package. Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0
• Audio drivers will not install on the following nForce2 products: Chaintech 7NJS. Please use the drivers that come with these products to enable audio functionality

Release Notes:

• WHQL certified kit for nForce, nForce2, and nForce3
• First release of NVIDIA IDE driver for Windows XP and Windows 2000
• General compatibility fixes
• Audio Improvements:
  • Realtek ALC655 codec support added
  • Fix for BSOD on loading DLS files
  • Reduced susceptibility to audio glitches under heavy system load; additional fixes for 6 channel GetPosition glitches
  • ASIO support for recording at sample rates other than 48kHz; lower and more predictable latency
  • Fixes for NOLF. The 3D minimum and maximum distance and the roll off factor were not being taken into account for air absorption. Also modified reverb gain so that the max distance was taken into account
  • Fix for EAX reverbs; initialized EAX reverbs to off when querying for the EAX listener interface; updated EAX property handlers to ignore invalid parameters instead of range limiting -- this matches Creative EAX behavior

Windows XP Driver Versions:

• Audio driver 3.66 (WHQL)
• Audio utilities 3.66
• Ethernet driver 3.63 (WHQL)
• GART driver 3.34 (WHQL)
• Memory controller driver 3.38 (WHQL)
• SMBus driver 3.38 (WHQL)
• IDE In-the-box driver 3.58 (WHQL)
• IDE 2.0 NVIDIA driver 3.66 (WHQL)
• Display driver 52.16 (WHQL)
• Installer 3.77

Windows 2000 Driver Versions:

• Audio driver 3.66 (WHQL)
• Audio utilities 3.66
• Ethernet driver 3.63
• GART driver 3.34 (WHQL)
• Memory controller driver 3.38 (WHQL)
• SMBus driver 3.38 (WHQL)
• IDE 2.0 NVIDIA driver 3.66 (WHQL)
• Display driver 52.16 (WHQL)
• Installer 3.77