nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows 2000/XP 56.72 WHQL

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NVIDIA released new ForceWare drivers revision 56.72 for Windows 2000 & XP. Release Date is April 1, 2004.

Release Highlights:

Adds support for GeForce 5700 and GeForce 5700 Ultra
Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® 1.5 support
Supports application profiles for custom image quality and performance modes for all of your applications and games.
NVIDIA nView 3.5 Multi-display technology
Advanced Microsoft® Internet Explorer® popup blocker
Industries only Display Gridlines technology
Improved HDTV Y Pr Pb component out support for 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i formats*

Download: Nvidia

FluffyChicken

Release notes

Issues Resolved in Version 56.72
Significant issues resolved in driver version 56.72 are listed below:
• GeForce FX 5200/FX5900/FX5950 Ultra, Windows XP: Far Cry (Patch
3) water is rendered incorrectly.
• GeForce FX 5200/FX 5600, Windows XP: Star Wars Galaxies
performance is poor.
• Windows XP: Presentation Director eight-bit test screen is not
displayed correctly.
• GeForce FX 5200/FX 5900/FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: ʺPlay On My
TVʺ option within the NVIDIA panel is not available when playing a
media file.
• Windows XP: OpenGL viewperf crashes or is extremely slow if the
Physical Address Extension boot option is enabled.
• Gameprofiles: Name of the .exe for Return to Castle Wolfenstein
profile is wrong.
• Apocalyptica crashes when 3D stereo is activated and then
deactivated.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: In the game Splinter Cell
Pandora Tomorrow, white flashes occur on a character with
antialiasing enabled.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra,Windows XP: Fogging effect is not applied to
distant trees in the game Far Cry.
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Issues Resolved in Version 56.64
Significant issues resolved in driver version 56.64 are listed below:
• GeForce FX 5700/5700 Ultra/5950 Ultra, Windows XP: Rendering
problems in Splinter Cell buffer shadow mode.
• Image Sharpening is being applied by default, causing text to appear
thinner on some CRTs.
• GeForce FX 5700/5700 Ultra, Ravenshield: Corruption occurs in the
game after a party member death.
• All GeForce FX, Windows XP: Intermittently, Warcraft III videos are
not displayed properly on some systems.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: nView Setup Wizard lacks 16-
bit color choice.
• Quadro NVS, Windows XP: After turning off Span-over-Span, the
display properties panel stops responding when selecting the Quadro
NVS page.
• Quadro NVS, Windows XP: Flight.exe OpenGL has stripes of bad
rendering on dual Quadro NVS cards.
• Quadro NVS 280 AGP + Quadro NVS 280 PCI, Windows 2000: Driver
does not install with SETUP.EXE.
• Windows XP: Black horizontal lines in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2.
• Quadro NVS, Windows XP: Driver causes blue-screen crash.
• Geforce2, Windows XP: Command and Conquer - Generals game
back screen is black
• Geforce4 MX, Windows XP: Rendering problems with Armies of
eXigo
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: 8xAA isnʹt working in Flight
Simulator 2004.
• GeForce3 Ti, Windows XP/2000: VBO alt-tab crash
• Windows XP: PAL-M is incorrectly outputting 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz.
• nView Setup Wizard, Windows NT 4.0: Display mode, resolution and
bit depth are not set properly when Span or Clone mode are selected
in wizard
• GeForce FX 5700, Windows Me: WinDVD/PowerDVD hangs in
nView Clone mode with video mirror enabled.
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• GeForce FX 5700, Windows Me: Scaling loses overlay with
PowerDVD.
• GeForce FX 5700, Windows 98/Me: Macrovision DVD test program
fails.
• Quadro NVS, Windows NT 4.0: NV settings on taskbar should not
include nView Display Mode > Single/Clone/Span if in Multiview.
• Windows XP: Performance and Quality page does not update
correctly.
• GeForce FX 5700,Windows XP: Various textures in Far Cry are not
rendering at 640x480.

See release notes for what's not yet fixed and other info. (on driver page)

FluffyChicken

Release notes

Issues Resolved in Version 56.72
Significant issues resolved in driver version 56.72 are listed below:
• GeForce FX 5200/FX5900/FX5950 Ultra, Windows XP: Far Cry (Patch
3) water is rendered incorrectly.
• GeForce FX 5200/FX 5600, Windows XP: Star Wars Galaxies
performance is poor.
• Windows XP: Presentation Director eight-bit test screen is not
displayed correctly.
• GeForce FX 5200/FX 5900/FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: ʺPlay On My
TVʺ option within the NVIDIA panel is not available when playing a
media file.
• Windows XP: OpenGL viewperf crashes or is extremely slow if the
Physical Address Extension boot option is enabled.
• Gameprofiles: Name of the .exe for Return to Castle Wolfenstein
profile is wrong.
• Apocalyptica crashes when 3D stereo is activated and then
deactivated.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: In the game Splinter Cell
Pandora Tomorrow, white flashes occur on a character with
antialiasing enabled.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra,Windows XP: Fogging effect is not applied to
distant trees in the game Far Cry.
14 N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n
C h a p t e r 2 : R e l e a s e 5 5 D r i v e r I s s u e s I s s u e s Re s o l v e d i n Ve r s i o n 5 6 . 6 4
Issues Resolved in Version 56.64
Significant issues resolved in driver version 56.64 are listed below:
• GeForce FX 5700/5700 Ultra/5950 Ultra, Windows XP: Rendering
problems in Splinter Cell buffer shadow mode.
• Image Sharpening is being applied by default, causing text to appear
thinner on some CRTs.
• GeForce FX 5700/5700 Ultra, Ravenshield: Corruption occurs in the
game after a party member death.
• All GeForce FX, Windows XP: Intermittently, Warcraft III videos are
not displayed properly on some systems.
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: nView Setup Wizard lacks 16-
bit color choice.
• Quadro NVS, Windows XP: After turning off Span-over-Span, the
display properties panel stops responding when selecting the Quadro
NVS page.
• Quadro NVS, Windows XP: Flight.exe OpenGL has stripes of bad
rendering on dual Quadro NVS cards.
• Quadro NVS 280 AGP + Quadro NVS 280 PCI, Windows 2000: Driver
does not install with SETUP.EXE.
• Windows XP: Black horizontal lines in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2.
• Quadro NVS, Windows XP: Driver causes blue-screen crash.
• Geforce2, Windows XP: Command and Conquer - Generals game
back screen is black
• Geforce4 MX, Windows XP: Rendering problems with Armies of
eXigo
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, Windows XP: 8xAA isnʹt working in Flight
Simulator 2004.
• GeForce3 Ti, Windows XP/2000: VBO alt-tab crash
• Windows XP: PAL-M is incorrectly outputting 50 Hz instead of 60 Hz.
• nView Setup Wizard, Windows NT 4.0: Display mode, resolution and
bit depth are not set properly when Span or Clone mode are selected
in wizard
• GeForce FX 5700, Windows Me: WinDVD/PowerDVD hangs in
nView Clone mode with video mirror enabled.
NVI D I A C o r p o r a t i o n 15
Re l e a s e 5 5 V e r s i o n 5 6 . 7 2
• GeForce FX 5700, Windows Me: Scaling loses overlay with
PowerDVD.
• GeForce FX 5700, Windows 98/Me: Macrovision DVD test program
fails.
• Quadro NVS, Windows NT 4.0: NV settings on taskbar should not
include nView Display Mode > Single/Clone/Span if in Multiview.
• Windows XP: Performance and Quality page does not update
correctly.
• GeForce FX 5700,Windows XP: Various textures in Far Cry are not
rendering at 640x480.

See release notes for what's not yet fixed and other info. (on driver page)