Greg Hess Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 For Geforce 4 Vi Cards.... http://download1.nvidia.com/Windows/41.03/41.03_win2kxp.exe These drivers FINALLY add Refresh support!!! REFRESH SUPPORT!!!! No more 60 HERTZ in !@)(&$!(&)@! games. Just wanted to share that. We posted it on techbits about a week ago, but we've been going through about 10-18 techbits a day now, so they get buried pretty fast. (Were on the front page of www.3dluvr.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3danim8d Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Hi Greg, Are these officially released? The ones for download are still at 40.72. How do they work with Max? Also, do you mean Ti instead ov Vi? Thanks, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted November 4, 2002 Author Share Posted November 4, 2002 They are offical drivers...which have not yet been released on nvidias site. I've been using them for a week or so now, and have been enjoying the fact that 3D now runs at proper refresh rates . No second LCD to test twinview stuff though. Ti series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Nichols Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 What about MAX support... last I tried the 4 series drivers in MAX I was having problem crashes... granted it was an early beta and things may have changed. Are you using it in MAX? If so what MAX drivers are you using? I have a Quadro 4 900 at work with twin CRT's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3danim8d Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Ahhh... They keep bouncing me off when I try to download these drivers, any idea when they will appear on thDetonator download page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted November 4, 2002 Author Share Posted November 4, 2002 Odd. I just downloaded them this second; 4:48 pm EST. With no issues or problems. No idea on the main site Det date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3danim8d Posted December 2, 2002 Share Posted December 2, 2002 Ah!!! I was Finally able to get these things downloaded. Now to install them... Just don't tell me there is anything newer already... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3danim8d Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Ah, okay I set myself up for this one... Nvidia 41.09 are ready for download http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/41.09/41.09_win2kxp.exe Get 'em while their hot!!! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Well it has been an entire month since I posted the 41.03's . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Does that driver support a Quadro 2 Pro? If not, what would be the best driver for my video card? I'm currently using Direct3D for MAX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 If you have a quadro2 pro, you should be using maxtreme drivers. www.nvidia.com do a search for maxtreme. Otherwise you should be using opengl...as its MUCH faster then d3d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Greg, For sorme reason Direct3D seems to be faster than maxtreme and openGL :???: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 D3d is about 1/100th as stable as ogl, and remarkably slower then maxtreme. D3d was never really polished to a finished mark in max, and is generally regarded of the worst of the 4 possible choices to max in. (Software heidi is more stable). Check out the optimizing nvidia accelerators link at www.3dluvr.com and hopefully that will help solve the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Greg, Where would we be without you!!! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 I will check that out. Thanks Greg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 http://www2.3dluvr.com/15/10/S15A10FIL52.jpg Here's also a graph I did with the 3dsmax4 scenes (max 5 wasn't out then) comparing the various scores with a Quadro DCC in Opengl, D3D, and Maxtreme. You'll see the main scene that d3d is faster in is the wireframes, but not against maxtreme. That tends to be the ONLY scene d3d is faster then ogl in. And I'll reiterate that with larger meshes, nothing is less stable then d3d . I just realized I shouldn't have said only. Its also a bit faster in the 4views test. Ignore the multitexture scene...I fubared all the tests by forgetting to turn on multitexturing...Made a total ass outta myself. [ December 03, 2002, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: Greg Hess ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Do a search for oglfx.ini in the 3dsmax directory. This file has a line which reads "Multitexture=0" Change this to 1 to enable multitexturing on the nvidia card. Ya I don't know why they disable it by default. Who knows. Do I have to enable that feature(multitexture)? One more thing, The Maxtreme driver that Dvornik found is quite old isn't it? (1999) :???: BTW my video card is Elsa and I'm running MAX 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Old = sometimes better then new. Try it . Maxtreme doesn't effect drivers in anyway, just the maxtreme drivers itself, so its pretty safe to fiddle with. You don't HAVE to turn multitexture=1 on, but it helps . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Thank you for being patient and for your help, I'll give it a try after work. Regards! [ December 03, 2002, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: CHE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuiRibeiro Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hi guys, The 41.09 driver isnt working for me , i cant install it, is it my machine's problem? Say something, Rui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted December 4, 2002 Author Share Posted December 4, 2002 Could be your machine....try installing the det drivers the proven way. 1. Uninstall the old drivers using add/remove programs. 2. Download the drivers you want to install.. 3. Use winzip or another archive utility to extract those drivers to a directory (usually on the desktop). Don't execute this directory. 4. Use Add/remove hardware, to remove the nvidia card from your system device panel. 5. Reboot. 6. When the computer boots back in and says "new hardware found" point it to the directory you unzipped the new det drivers to. Let it install, then reboot. Va la, new drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHE Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hello Greg, I just wanted to let you know that the old Elsa driver doesn't support 3ds Max 5. I downloaded and installed Nvidia's new Maxtreme driver and is working fine so far. I don't know if you have some maxtreme settings that I could possibly give a try. If so, please post them. Thank you. BTW the multitexture was already enable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuiRibeiro Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Hi Greg, thanks for your help. After all the prob had to do with their exe file being corrupt. I just download it again (my forth time ), it just works perfect, and it has its real explorer icon instead of a default exe icon. Tnxs again, Rui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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