Slightly OT: Nvidia 27.10 drivers...

Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been leaked... Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got a modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 underclocked, as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to 27.10. Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? Milhouse

Pay attention: ----------------- For fans of the nVmax util, download ver. 4.00.14 (a *beta*, thank you very much, Blue's News) here: http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.pl?action=download --Steve "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Pardon my ignorance, but what is NVMax? Overclocking utility? > > James > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been

leaked...

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> > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got a > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > underclocked, > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to 27.10. > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > Milhouse > > > > > >

Um, ok. Looks like an overclocking utility. Why is it any better than, say, HZTool? "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FWx48.10396$[email hidden]... > Pay attention: > > ----------------- > > For fans of the nVmax util, download ver. 4.00.14 (a *beta*, thank youvery

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> much, Blue's News) here: > > http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.pl?action=download > > --Steve > > > "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Pardon my ignorance, but what is NVMax? Overclocking utility? > > > > James > > > > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been > leaked... > > > > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got a > > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > > underclocked, > > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to

27.10.

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> > > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > > > Milhouse > > > > > > > > > > > >

If yer not a fan (cf. below), don't ask. "rik zeppelin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:23A48.19245$[email hidden]...

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> Um, ok. Looks like an overclocking utility. > Why is it any better than, say, HZTool? > > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:FWx48.10396$[email hidden]... > > Pay attention: > > > > ----------------- > > > > For fans of the nVmax util, download ver. 4.00.14 (a *beta*, thank you > very > > much, Blue's News) here: > > > > http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.pl?action=download > > > > --Steve > > > > > > "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Pardon my ignorance, but what is NVMax? Overclocking utility? > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been > > leaked... > > > > > > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got

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> > > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > > > underclocked, > > > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to > 27.10. > > > > > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > > > > > Milhouse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

HZTool? Never heard of it. I just like it because of the three video card overclocking methods I've tried (CoolBits hack, Powerstrip, NVMax), it works (unlike CoolBits...go figure!) and is very unobtrusive (unlike Powerstrip). Milhouse "rik zeppelin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:23A48.19245$[email hidden]...

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> Um, ok. Looks like an overclocking utility. > Why is it any better than, say, HZTool? > > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:FWx48.10396$[email hidden]... > > Pay attention: > > > > ----------------- > > > > For fans of the nVmax util, download ver. 4.00.14 (a *beta*, thank you > very > > much, Blue's News) here: > > > > http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.pl?action=download > > > > --Steve > > > > > > "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Pardon my ignorance, but what is NVMax? Overclocking utility? > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been > > leaked... > > > > > > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got

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> > > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > > > underclocked, > > > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to > 27.10. > > > > > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > > > > > Milhouse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

There's also RivaTuner...still going strong despite Riva cards going the way of Rage cards. "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zTF48.7455$[email hidden]...

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> HZTool? Never heard of it. > > I just like it because of the three video card overclocking methods I've > tried (CoolBits hack, Powerstrip, NVMax), it works (unlike CoolBits...go > figure!) and is very unobtrusive (unlike Powerstrip). > > Milhouse > > "rik zeppelin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:23A48.19245$[email hidden]... > > Um, ok. Looks like an overclocking utility. > > Why is it any better than, say, HZTool? > > > > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:FWx48.10396$[email hidden]... > > > Pay attention: > > > > > > ----------------- > > > > > > For fans of the nVmax util, download ver. 4.00.14 (a *beta*, thank you > > very > > > much, Blue's News) here: > > > > > > http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.pl?action=download > > > > > > --Steve > > > > > > > > > "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > Pardon my ignorance, but what is NVMax? Overclocking utility? > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > > > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been > > > leaked... > > > > > > > > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had

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> a > > > > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > > > > underclocked, > > > > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to > > 27.10. > > > > > > > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much

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> > > > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > > > > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > > > > > > > Milhouse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Does anyone understand vVidia's driver revision numbering scheme at all? How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ? -Larry "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been leaked... > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got a > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900underclocked,

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> as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to 27.10. > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > Milhouse > >

Just add 4, what's so hard about that? ;) "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:TnM48.6582$[email hidden]... > Does anyone understand vVidia's driver revision numbering scheme at all? > > How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ?

I bet what we might consider minor changes get considered changes major enough at nVidia to warrant another full version... I mean, there were what, the 6.xx drivers, 14.xx drivers, 21.xx drivers, 23.xx drivers, and now the (technically unreleased) 27.xx drivers... I think there's a few 22's, 24's, and maybe a 25...with a few exceptions, I bet most drivers at nVidia never see the light of day. The few we get are probably the better ones, leaked by someone or left on the wrong FTP or something... Milhouse "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:TnM48.6582$[email hidden]...

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> Does anyone understand vVidia's driver revision numbering scheme at all? > > How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ? > > -Larry > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been

leaked...

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> > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got a > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > underclocked, > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to 27.10. > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > Milhouse > > > > > >

Larry, Yeah, which 545 cars did Porsche produce between the 356 and the 911? Lessee, there was the 550 Rennsport, the 718 RSK Spyder, Gurney's 804 F1 car.... --Steve Smith "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:TnM48.6582$[email hidden]...

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> Does anyone understand vVidia's driver revision numbering scheme at all? > > How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ? > > -Larry > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been

leaked...

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> > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got a > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > underclocked, > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to 27.10. > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > Milhouse > > > > > >

I'm afraid I don't see how this relates to my basic question? -Larry "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:40T48.21619$[email hidden]...

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> Larry, > > Yeah, which 545 cars did Porsche produce between the 356 and the 911? > Lessee, there was the 550 Rennsport, the 718 RSK Spyder, Gurney's 804 F1 > car.... > > --Steve Smith > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:TnM48.6582$[email hidden]... > > Does anyone understand vVidia's driver revision numbering scheme at all? > > > > How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ? > > > > -Larry > > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been > leaked... > > > > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got a > > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > > underclocked, > > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to

27.10.

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> > > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > > > Milhouse > > > > > > > > > > > >

Geez, Lar...do I hafta spell it out for ya? <<How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ?>> In the same vein: how did Porsche get from, say, their 356th model to their 911th model w/o 545 cars in between? This is a trick question: the 911 is actually Porsche's 901st design (Peugeot claimed they had a lock on any 3-digit car model designations with a "0" in the middle), but then yer obviously neither a math nor a car person, so... Never mind. --Roseanne Rosanadana "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Xe458.14393$[email hidden]...

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> I'm afraid I don't see how this relates to my basic question? > > -Larry > > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:40T48.21619$[email hidden]... > > Larry, > > > > Yeah, which 545 cars did Porsche produce between the 356 and the 911? > > Lessee, there was the 550 Rennsport, the 718 RSK Spyder, Gurney's 804 F1 > > car.... > > > > --Steve Smith > > > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:TnM48.6582$[email hidden]... > > > Does anyone understand vVidia's driver revision numbering scheme at

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> > > > > > How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ? > > > > > > -Larry > > > > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been > > leaked... > > > > > > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had none...got

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> > > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > > > underclocked, > > > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to > 27.10. > > > > > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much better > > > > improvement...hehe...long live overclocking! > > > > > > > > What's everyone else's opinions on these drivers? > > > > > > > > Milhouse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I still don't get it, but oh well. I found some useful information on activewin today (below) that actually answers the question. Somewhat :) I'd link the site, but the thing is in a lanquage I can't understand and I can't find the actual page... -Larry >>Some of you might have noticed the big jump in the version numbers of the Detonator drivers. It's actually easy once you understand how it works. They number the drivers from the latest chip it supports. For the NV25, and until the NV30 is released, all the drivers will be numbered between 25.00 and 29.99. Some beta drivers were released today (version 27.10), so they support the upcoming GeForce 4. When the NV30 is released, the driver numbers will be from 30.00 to 34.99, until the NV35.. and so on! << "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2zc58.30850$[email hidden]... > Geez, Lar...do I hafta spell it out for ya? > > <<How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ?>> > > In the same vein: how did Porsche get from, say, their 356th model totheir > 911th model w/o 545 cars in between? > > This is a trick question: the 911 is actually Porsche's 901st design > (Peugeot claimed they had a lock on any 3-digit car model designationswith

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> a "0" in the middle), but then yer obviously neither a math nor a car > person, so... > > Never mind. > > --Roseanne Rosanadana > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Xe458.14393$[email hidden]... > > I'm afraid I don't see how this relates to my basic question? > > > > -Larry > > > > "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:40T48.21619$[email hidden]... > > > Larry, > > > > > > Yeah, which 545 cars did Porsche produce between the 356 and the 911? > > > Lessee, there was the 550 Rennsport, the 718 RSK Spyder, Gurney's 804

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> > > car.... > > > > > > --Steve Smith > > > > > > "Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:TnM48.6582$[email hidden]... > > > > Does anyone understand vVidia's driver revision numbering scheme at > all? > > > > > > > > How the hell do we get from 23.xx to 27.xx ? > > > > > > > > -Larry > > > > > > > > "Milhouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > > news:WVq48.3798$[email hidden]... > > > > > Just in case you haven't heard, the 27.10 DetonatorXPs have been > > > leaked... > > > > > > > > > > Some people say they've had problems with them, but I had

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> a > > > > > modest little increase in 3dMark 2001 with my Celeron 750 (900 > > > > underclocked, > > > > > as it's dying...*sigh*) and GF2 MX200 just from going to 23.11 to > > 27.10. > > > > > > > > > > Of course, once I tossed NVMax in there as well, I got a much

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