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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*

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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)

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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)

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