Geforce Detonator Drivers

DARREN · 7th July 2001, 10:40 AM

Has anyone else tried using these drivers and if so are they any good? Have downloaded them but have not installed them yet. Keeps giving me a "..... not a valid win32 application" error. Ideas?

DARREN · 7th July 2001, 10:41 AM

OOPS! I was meaning the 12.41 drivers!!

jaibutch · 7th July 2001, 11:18 AM

what op/sys ya usein?

DARREN · 7th July 2001, 11:24 AM

win 98

G e n o c | d e · 7th July 2001, 11:58 AM

the 6.50 are meant to be pretty good for win98...
Works fine for me

Jakl · 7th July 2001, 3:25 PM

Well depends on your vid card, anything more than 6.xx are optimised for dx8 so you may not be able to play some of the older games. I use 12.90's on my geforce 3 cause they are a huge imporvement for me over the 12.41's, but people with geforce 2's drop in performance going from 12.41 to 12.90, those drivers are optimised for the gf3 cards. If the 6.50's work fine and are doing their job then keep em, i wish i could go back to em cause I can't play midtown madness 2 now

buddyholly · 7th July 2001, 8:30 PM

I had the same problem (with new drivers & midtown madness 2) my solution was to get the update from MS for the game - works sweet now - before that all I got was horrible plain white everything

btw after a shit load of testing - on my old geforce DDR and geforce3 the best drivers I decided on were the &.52's for the old card ( in the missus's pc now ) and yep the 12.9's for the geforce3

elvis · 9th July 2001, 9:33 AM

the WHQL detonator 12.41's are a farce. don't bother getting them. funnily enough they have a ton of bugs in them. (eg: no TNT1 support, no overclocking, etc). so much for "Windows Hardware Quality"

go here and get the 12.90's:

http://www.the-ctrl-alt-del.com/Drivers.htm

they are (for my geforce2mx) the best i have ever had in terms of performance. i've managed my highest 3dmark2001 score to date on these. however a lot of people swear by the 10.80 drivers. but whatever bakes your biscuits.

either way don't use the 6.XX's. as mentioned they are not dx8 compatible, and won't suit if you are trying to run any dx8 applications/benchmarks.

StratosFear · 9th July 2001, 9:41 AM

i personally wouldn't go anything below the 10.80's
they were very stable

Im gonna try the latest 12.90's now. Hopefully they work in windows xp

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Auriga · 9th July 2001, 10:57 AM

im a vid card newbie

but er where exactly do the 12.90s go?

Kharn83 · 9th July 2001, 11:57 AM

ye im on xp, 12.90s work fine
if u get a blocked thing due to signature theres a option somehwere in control panel where u can say do not block unsigned files only warn etc etc

to install the drivers just update the drivers thru device manager or thru display -> change driver or whatever and direct the wizard to the folder with the driver.

Dr Kildare · 9th July 2001, 1:18 PM

Give the 12.90's a burl.. They work the best for me...

ProteuS · 9th July 2001, 2:06 PM

Download 12.90s from www.3dchipset.com then unzip them somewhere you'll remember.

Go into add/remove programs and remove the nvidia drivers then reboot, when the hardware wizard asks for the drivers point it to where you unzipped the file you downloaded.

12.90s fixed a problem I had with 12.40s were if i went into advanced properties the refresh rate would default back to 60htz.

Improves performance a bit as well.

BTW ive got a Leadtek MX.

Cheers.

vega · 9th July 2001, 3:07 PM

for tnt users i highly recommend the 2.08 drivers. they were without doubt the best detonator drivers for the tnt, tnt2 cards.

i'm using 12.41 with my Geforce 2 GTS atm.

Danthemanz · 9th July 2001, 7:21 PM

Since this has nothing to do with Hardware or Overclocking, ill move it to the "Software Stuff" forum

7th July 2001, 10:40 AM	#1
DARREN Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arana Hills -Nth Brisbane Posts: 1,133	Geforce Detonator Drivers Has anyone else tried using these drivers and if so are they any good? Have downloaded them but have not installed them yet. Keeps giving me a "..... not a valid win32 application" error. Ideas? __________________ Intel i7 3770k cpu @ , Corsair H100 cpu Cooler, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3, 32GB Geil DDR3, 2 x 2GB Gainward GTX670 SLI, Xigmatek Elysium case, Enermax Revolution 85+ SLI 1050W, 512GB Crucial M4 SSD, Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion sound card, + 12.0TB hard drives, Acer B273HU 27" LCD, Acer AL2616W 26" LCD, Ducky Shine DK9008 keyboard BFBC2 Stats:http://bfbcs.com/stats_pc/Dazzar BF2 stats: http://bf2s.com/player/22470868/ BF3: http://bf3s.com/player/247565363

7th July 2001, 10:41 AM	#2
DARREN Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arana Hills -Nth Brisbane Posts: 1,133	OOPS! I was meaning the 12.41 drivers!! __________________ Intel i7 3770k cpu @ , Corsair H100 cpu Cooler, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3, 32GB Geil DDR3, 2 x 2GB Gainward GTX670 SLI, Xigmatek Elysium case, Enermax Revolution 85+ SLI 1050W, 512GB Crucial M4 SSD, Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion sound card, + 12.0TB hard drives, Acer B273HU 27" LCD, Acer AL2616W 26" LCD, Ducky Shine DK9008 keyboard BFBC2 Stats:http://bfbcs.com/stats_pc/Dazzar BF2 stats: http://bf2s.com/player/22470868/ BF3: http://bf3s.com/player/247565363

7th July 2001, 11:24 AM	#4
DARREN Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arana Hills -Nth Brisbane Posts: 1,133	win 98 __________________ Intel i7 3770k cpu @ , Corsair H100 cpu Cooler, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3, 32GB Geil DDR3, 2 x 2GB Gainward GTX670 SLI, Xigmatek Elysium case, Enermax Revolution 85+ SLI 1050W, 512GB Crucial M4 SSD, Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion sound card, + 12.0TB hard drives, Acer B273HU 27" LCD, Acer AL2616W 26" LCD, Ducky Shine DK9008 keyboard BFBC2 Stats:http://bfbcs.com/stats_pc/Dazzar BF2 stats: http://bf2s.com/player/22470868/ BF3: http://bf3s.com/player/247565363

9th July 2001, 9:33 AM	#8
elvis Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 19,937	the WHQL detonator 12.41's are a farce. don't bother getting them. funnily enough they have a ton of bugs in them. (eg: no TNT1 support, no overclocking, etc). so much for "Windows Hardware Quality" go here and get the 12.90's: http://www.the-ctrl-alt-del.com/Drivers.htm they are (for my geforce2mx) the best i have ever had in terms of performance. i've managed my highest 3dmark2001 score to date on these. however a lot of people swear by the 10.80 drivers. but whatever bakes your biscuits. either way don't use the 6.XX's. as mentioned they are not dx8 compatible, and won't suit if you are trying to run any dx8 applications/benchmarks. __________________ Child's Play Charity

9th July 2001, 11:57 AM	#11
Kharn83 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 333	ye im on xp, 12.90s work fine if u get a blocked thing due to signature theres a option somehwere in control panel where u can say do not block unsigned files only warn etc etc to install the drivers just update the drivers thru device manager or thru display -> change driver or whatever and direct the wizard to the folder with the driver. __________________ My Desktop: Core i5 2.3ghz, Gigabyte 1gb GTX460 , 4GB DDR3 RAM, 2TB Seagate 5200rpm HDD, 750Watt Antec trupower PSU My Laptop - HP DV6-6145TX: i7-2630, AMD HD6770m + Intel HD 3000, 500GB 5200rpm HDD, 4gb RAM

7th July 2001, 11:18 AM	#3
jaibutch Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: australia/albury Posts: 1	what op/sys ya usein?

7th July 2001, 11:58 AM	#5
G e n o c \| d e Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 333	the 6.50 are meant to be pretty good for win98... Works fine for me

7th July 2001, 3:25 PM	#6
Jakl Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne, Vic, Australia Posts: 20	Well depends on your vid card, anything more than 6.xx are optimised for dx8 so you may not be able to play some of the older games. I use 12.90's on my geforce 3 cause they are a huge imporvement for me over the 12.41's, but people with geforce 2's drop in performance going from 12.41 to 12.90, those drivers are optimised for the gf3 cards. If the 6.50's work fine and are doing their job then keep em, i wish i could go back to em cause I can't play midtown madness 2 now

7th July 2001, 8:30 PM	#7
buddyholly Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 66	I had the same problem (with new drivers & midtown madness 2) my solution was to get the update from MS for the game - works sweet now - before that all I got was horrible plain white everything btw after a shit load of testing - on my old geforce DDR and geforce3 the best drivers I decided on were the &.52's for the old card ( in the missus's pc now ) and yep the 12.9's for the geforce3

9th July 2001, 9:41 AM	#9
StratosFear Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,686	i personally wouldn't go anything below the 10.80's they were very stable Im gonna try the latest 12.90's now. Hopefully they work in windows xp __________________ 16030511 Email: strat@unite.com.au

9th July 2001, 10:57 AM	#10
Auriga Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Warnbro, WA Posts: 1,185	im a vid card newbie but er where exactly do the 12.90s go?

9th July 2001, 1:18 PM	#12
Dr Kildare Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3,877	Give the 12.90's a burl.. They work the best for me... __________________ Notebook: Apple 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz (Penryn) File Server: Dell PowerEdge SC430 3.4GHz (Presler)

9th July 2001, 2:06 PM	#13
ProteuS Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Perth, bugger Sydney Posts: 169	Download 12.90s from www.3dchipset.com then unzip them somewhere you'll remember. Go into add/remove programs and remove the nvidia drivers then reboot, when the hardware wizard asks for the drivers point it to where you unzipped the file you downloaded. 12.90s fixed a problem I had with 12.40s were if i went into advanced properties the refresh rate would default back to 60htz. Improves performance a bit as well. BTW ive got a Leadtek MX. Cheers. __________________ Superman - Dell 9300 2gig centrino, 1gig ram, geforce go 6800, 60gig 7200rpm hdd. Spiderman - P41.7m, Radeon 7500 64mb 512ddr Octek Laptop. Spiderman 2 IBM thinkpad 390e 196mb(p2 300) Last edited by ProteuS; 9th July 2001 at 2:10 PM.

9th July 2001, 3:07 PM	#14
vega Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 148	for tnt users i highly recommend the 2.08 drivers. they were without doubt the best detonator drivers for the tnt, tnt2 cards. i'm using 12.41 with my Geforce 2 GTS atm.

9th July 2001, 7:21 PM	#15
Danthemanz Old School Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,282	Since this has nothing to do with Hardware or Overclocking, ill move it to the "Software Stuff" forum __________________ At least 13 years and $20k worth of trades....