®®® Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 (edited) :: UPDATES 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 :: DETAILS 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 nowLike 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 = ASUSNVAN = ??? (Advent ???) (missing)NVAT = ??? (Advent ???) (missing)NVCH = ???NVCP = TOSHiBANVCT = Gericom, Olidata, Zepto, TOSHiBA (Compal made), PowerProNVCU = Creative (missing)NVCV = EUROCOM, SAGER missingNVDD = DELL (missing)NVDM = DELLNVDP = DELL (missing)NVEC = ???NVFL = ???NVFM = FujitsuNVGM = GatewayNVHB = Compaq, HPNVHM = HP/COMPAQNVHW = ??? (missing)NVIL = ???NVIO = IBM (missing)NVIV = ???NVLM = ??? (Leadtek ???) *new*NVMM = Medion, FIC (manufacturer for different OEMs)NVMT = HiGrade, Issam, Mitac, GericomNVMV = ???NVMY = ???NVQU = ACER, vprMatrix, BenQNVSD = ??? (missing)NVSH = ???NVSM = SamsungNVSY = SONY (missing)NVSZ = SONYNVTQ = ???NVTS = TOSHiBANVTW = GericomNVUW = HugeBee, Jewel, Gericom, AlienwareNVWI = AOpen, NEC, Medion v71.21 | LV2Go Information file 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) v71.22 | 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) 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.dllmsicpl.dllmsicpl.sysmsiuins.exenvapi9x.dllnvgpio.dllnvclock.dllvgauti.syswinsys.exe This driver includes mobile INFs from the following OEMs:NVAM = ASUSNVAN = ??? (Advent ???)NVAT = ??? (Advent ???)NVCH = ???NVCP = TOSHiBANVCT = Gericom, Olidata, Zepto, TOSHiBA (Compal made), PowerProNVCU = Creative (missing)NVCV = ??? (EUROCOM?/SAGER?) missingNVDD = DELL (missing)NVDM = DELLNVDP = DELL (missing)NVEC = ???NVFL = ???NVFM = FujitsuNVGM = GatewayNVHB = Compaq, HPNVHM = HP/COMPAQNVHW = ??? (missing)NVIL = ???NVIO = IBM (missing)NVIV = ???NVLM = ??? (Leadtek ???)NVMM = Medion, FIC (manufacturer for different OEMs)NVMT = HiGrade, Issam, Mitac, GericomNVMV = ???NVMY = ???NVQU = ACER, vprMatrix, BenQNVSD = ??? (missing)NVSH = ???NVSM = SamsungNVSY = SONY (missing)NVSZ = SONYNVTQ = ???NVTS = TOSHiBANVTW = GericomNVUW = HugeBee, Jewel, Gericom, AlienwareNVWI = AOpen, NEC, Medion v71.24 | LV2Go Information file 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 v71.25 | LV2Go Information file 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 :: OPEN ISSUES 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. LV2Go Information file[/b] LV2Go Information file[/b] LV2Go Information file[/b] LV2Go Information file[/b] LV2Go Information file[/b] 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 all_INFs_from_v71.20.zip Edited July 17, 2006 by ®®® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Repackaged driver so OEM Laptop INFs are in a seperate directory. This will allow easier instalation of modded INFs. Modded INFs are also up Enjoy, I must go to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted December 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 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. Why is when i write stuff like this i got hit myself from fate :) I really have a problem here right now, and that was before you uploaded the new repacked driver , Pieter: I got an localization (german) installation error after the reboot with the version i uploaded first. After that i renamed the driver @ server as precaution measure. Then checking the original driver i found nothing unusual. Then packing the original driver with our tool i found nothing unusual. Then installing original driver over v67.02 (without uninstalling first) gave me localization resource error with the DE (german) files. So i unzipped the original 71.20 TechConnect driver (unexpanded files inlcuded DL_ etc.), reinstalled, rebooted and everything was fine. Then i uninstalled the original 71.20 TechConnect driver, rebooted and installed the driver treated by our packing tool and everything was fine again ??. Then i created a new folder and started all over again. Unzipping the original techConnect driver, using our tool, packing and i got a filesize of 14.868.558 bytes. Comparing with the filesize i uploaded there was a difference: 14.867.925 :( :P Then comparing both folders: TechConnect Original driver folder with the one just created and they were identical :thumbsup: :( :thumbsup: I used the same identically packing tool version v2.83 (checked with WinDiff: no difference) and both driver folders are also identically (also checked with WinDiff). The ONLY difference was the location of the folders. And that results in a difference of 600 bytes ??? :) :) What was causing the initial installation error, i can't say. I would think it had to do with installing the driver over the older one without uninstalling the older one, but that's hjust a guess. It could also be something to do with the packing. i need a coofee :P I never experienced something like this in the whole time packing and uploading drivers for LV2Go :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty1 Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 I edited my original post of 71.20 since we don't want people getting the drivers at other sources... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 I just unpacked the driver you had on the server. Did my rearranging so that that setup.exe will work without trying install the OEM INfs. Then repacked. Checked the driver by re-unpacking then uploaded. Wasn't sure what you ment with the file name. After the file was OK I just uploaded it, seeing there were no errors. PM/post me if any problems arise, as in the mornings I only have 30min to get the drivers/INFs up. So it's a furious chaotic scramble of doing about 4 things at once. All ended up OK in the end. (phew) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty1 Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Good job Pieter! :) P.S. Pieter, the Performance INF on the frontpage for 71.20 is still 30.43 when downloaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Performance INF will be 30.44 internally, just forgot to update the version number. Yesterday was just crazy 6 drivers, it takes it out of a guy. I'll update. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Larry, do i repeat myself when i write your opinion always strikes my head :) ? If so don't worry, it can't be said often enough. I'm overwhelmed by your incisive (had to use LEO to translate that word) summaries. This one is by far the best one i've ever read probably. :) Keep up with that, i would miss this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Nice review Larry :) I'm waiting for this to be printed in a glossy mag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Thanks, guys... Much appreciated! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty1 Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Performance INF will be 30.44 internally, just forgot to update the version number.Yesterday was just crazy 6 drivers, it takes it out of a guy. I'll update. :) Actually, the 30.44 yesterday was identical in size and CRC to the 30.43 you had previously. The current one is correct. Good job regardless! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Is it just me or does the Display Optimaztaion wizard doesn't work (nvcolor.exe) The process statrs, but there is no Menu or something (see pic). The process just stays in the taskbar. I just restored my image and updated to 71.20, so now i'm experiencing this "issue". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 (edited) i tried playing call of duty: united offensive after installing 71.20 and the performance .inf and i cant play it, it flashes so bad, but the original call of duty doesnt do it im using a 128mb nvidia geforce fx 5600 go in my 3.06 ghz laptop with 1gb ram Edited December 16, 2004 by ®®® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest acidspawn Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Is it just me or does the Display Optimaztaion wizard doesn't work (nvcolor.exe)The process statrs, but there is no Menu or something (see pic). The process just stays in the taskbar. I just restored my image and updated to 71.20, so now i'm experiencing this "issue". had the same problem with the 70.90... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty1 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 dontknow, I tried display optimization wizard with 70.41, 70.90 and 71.20 and I never see anything after I click on it. It works on my desktop but not the mobile machines. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 @Almighty1: Tested on a Desktop and it works there, too. But here on Laptop the process only shows up in the TaskBar, have to kill it with TaskManager, no other way to get rid of these. Pieter, what and where is nv4dtmp.dll? I saw that in the latest 71.20 INF, but never saw that file before. I just searched all the drivers, but no reference, though some of the latest driver i don't have on HD due to download traffic limit. //EDIT After looking a second time i figured this whole section is weird (the BOLD ones are double): [nv.Display]nv4_disp.dll,nv4_disp.dll,nv4dtmp.dllnvsvc32.exe [nv.CoInstaller] nvcod.dll nvcodins.dll,nvcod.dll [nv4.Miniport] nv4_mini.sys,nv4_mini.sys,nv4mtmp.sys [nv4.icd] nvoglnt.dll,nvoglnt.dll,nvotmp.dll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 The optimizer definitely doesn't work on the Inspiron 5150 or 5160. (I can make it run, but it has no effect.) I've removed it from my custom inf for those machines. I believe the tmp.dll files are created during the installation process by temporarily renaming the existing files. This allows the drivers to be swapped and updated without first being uninstalled. Neat trick! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZTOP77 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Is it just me or does the Display Optimaztaion wizard doesn't work (nvcolor.exe)The process statrs, but there is no Menu or something (see pic). The process just stays in the taskbar. I just restored my image and updated to 71.20, so now i'm experiencing this "issue". Hey man , i just got same problem with nvcolor.exe , i just delete it :P If is not working , why keep it , right ? :) Man , i got no idea , what i did yesterday, but is it still working. :( Thats what i got left of it :( I took that screen shot before i find him useless & delete him :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty1 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 dontknow, you're right since I remember I had like 4-5 of those in the taskbar and I had to kill it too since it wasn't doing anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted December 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Maybe the wizard doesn't recognized the NV Go cards :P It just searches for internally hardcoded DEV_IDs in the nvcolor.exe :) So it hangs and searches forever :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty1 Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Yeah and hogs up resources while at it... hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 So if you modify that file it will work? When somebody comes out with a mobile 70 series driver this will work and might be fixeable if we swap out the files from different 70s drivers. Like we could get this driver working with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KaJu Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 Hello I am from Germany. So sorry for my bad english. At 9.01.2005, i will get a Clevo Clone Notebook with: Odin E803 Barebone 17" Geforce 6800 256MB DDRII 17" - PCI Express - DVI - RAID WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 Intel P4 3400MHz (550) LGA775/Box/1MB 800FSB/ Prescott DDRII RAM 2x512MB PC533 Pioneer DVR-K14L 8x DVD Brenner Samsung SN-324 F Combolaufwerk 8x/24x/10x/24x DVD/CD/CDRW/CD 2x 80GB HDD 2,5" S-ATA MHT-2080BH 5400rpm WLan 54MBit &Bluetooth f. E803 Interne Webcam Microsoft Windows XP Professional :) I will install this driver on it. Witch inf can i use? Greetings from Germany KaJu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 You should use Pieter's regular modified INF. You should follow the insrtuctions here. http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/pages/instructions.htm If you have any more questions about which driver to use, which INF to use, ect, feel free to ask. I should point out that if you are wondering which driver to use for your games, you should check out some of the threads in this forum section. http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/index.php?showforum=12 Bill Edit: Why did you get a WSXGA+, and not a WUXGA (1920x1200)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KaJu Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 BillEdit: Why did you get a WSXGA+, and not a WUXGA (1920x1200)? Hi Thanks for Help. When i got it, and have Problems, i will ask them here. In Germany, there is no WUXGA (1920x1200) ! :) The WSXGA+ is the best we can order. :) Greetings from Germany KaJu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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