繼NVIDIA釋出ForceWare 84.20後,日前又再推出新驅動程式ForceWare 84.21,最重要的是通過微軟WHQL認證了。不過要注意的是,這個驅動程式只有Geforce7全系列和部份Geforce6系列的產品有獲得微軟WHQL認證,Geforce5以下的產品在安裝時,微軟Windows作業系統會問你這驅動程式沒通過驗證,是否繼續安裝,請通通選繼續即可。其實他們目前也針對長老捲軸4這款遊戲也準備了84.25測試版驅動程式,等正式版釋出再說吧。
有需要的人可以從這邊下載ForceWare 84.21(WinXP/2000 32位元版本)。
官方列出的主要更新項目如下:
1、WHQL Certified
2、Adds support for GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7900 GT, and GeForce 7600 GT.
3、New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements.
* Support for high definition H.264 hardware decode acceleration on GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs.
* Support for high definition MPEG-2 inverse telecine.
* Support for high definition MPEG-2 spatial temporal de-interlacing.
4、Adds mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
5、TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
6、Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
7、Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
另外,從80版本的驅動程式開始,NVIDIA改成只支援下列型號產品,更舊的如TNT2、GeForce DDR等的產品,必須下載70版本的驅動程式才可以用。
80版本支援產品如下(最新版為84.21,產品名稱有標示星號的為通過微軟WHQL認證):
GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX 100, GeForce2 MX 200, GeForce2 MX 400, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500, GeForce4 MX 420, GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 440-SE, GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X, GeForce4 MX440SE with AGP8X, GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics, GeForce4 MX Integrated graphics, GeForce4 MX 4000, GeForce4 Ti 4200, GeForce4 TI 4200 with AGP8X, GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4800, GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE, GeForce FX 5100, GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5200LE, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, GeForce FX 5500, GeForce FX 5600, GeForce FX 5600 Ultra, GeForce FX 5600SE, GeForce FX 5600XT, GeForce FX 5700, GeForce FX 5700VE, GeForce FX 5700 Ultra, GeForce FX 5700LE, GeForce FX 5800, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra, GeForce FX 5900, GeForce FX 5900 Ultra, GeForce FX 5900XT, GeForce FX 5900ZT, GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, GeForce PCX 5300, GeForce PCX 5750, GeForce PCX 5900, GeForce 6100, GeForce 6150 LE, GeForce 6150, GeForce 6200*, GeForce 6200 with TurboCache, GeForce 6200SE with TurboCache, GeForce 6500, GeForce 6600*, GeForce 6600 LE*, GeForce 6600 VE*, GeForce 6600 GT*, GeForce 6610 XL*, GeForce 6800*, GeForce 6800 LE*, GeForce 6800 XE*, GeForce 6800 XT*, GeForce 6800 GS*, GeForce 6800 GT*, GeForce 6800 Ultra*, GeForce 7300 LE*, GeForce 7300 GS*, GeForce 7600 GT*, GeForce 7800 GS*, GeForce 7800 GT*, GeForce 7800 GTX*, GeForce 7800 GTX 512*, GeForce 7900 GT*, GeForce 7900 GTX*, Quadro2 MXR, Quadro DCC, Quadro4 200 NVS, Quadro4 400 NVS, Quadro4 380 XGL, Quadro4 500 XGL, Quadro4 550 XGL, Quadro4 580 XGL, Quadro4 700 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL, Quadro4 780 XGL, Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 980 XGL, Quadro FX 330, Quadro FX 350*, Quadro FX 500, Quadro FX 540*, Quadro FX 550*, Quadro FX 600, Quadro FX 700, Quadro FX 1000, Quadro FX 1100, Quadro FX 1300*, Quadro FX 1400*, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 3000, Quadro FX 3000G, Quadro FX 3400*, Quadro FX 3450*, Quadro FX 4000 SDI*, Quadro FX 4400*, Quadro FX 4500*, Quadro NVS, Quadro NVS with AGP8X, Quadro NVS 200, Quadro NVS 280, Quadro NVS 400, Quadro NVS 440, Quadro NVS 280 PCI, Quadro NVS 285 PCI
70版本支援產品如下(這些產品唯一可用的最新版本為71.89,請勿安裝70最新版的78.01):
TNT2, TNT2 Pro, TNT2 Ultra, TNT2 Model 64 (M64), TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro, Vanta, Vanta LT, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Pro, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra, GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics, Quadro, Quadro2 Pro, Quadro2 EX