NVIDIA Forceware 191.07 WHQL Vista (Windows Vista, Freeware, 99.9MB) [alt DL] unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. Changes: Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs. Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with version 191.07 drivers vs. version 190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings): Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2 Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled Adds SLI support for Aion, Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more. Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application. Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver IceRocket Tags: nvidia, forceware, driver, vista, windows freeware, whql

NVIDIA Forceware 190.62 WHQL XP (Windows XP, Freeware, 78.5MB) [alt DL] unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. Also available for Vista. Changes: Optimized for the latest PhysX gaming titles: Batman: Arkham Asylum and Darkest of Days. Installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814. Includes several bug fixes. IceRocket Tags: nvidia, forceware, windows freeware

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 9.1.1.1014 (Windows, Freeware, 2.7MB) [alt DL] installs the Windows INF files. The INF files inform the operating system how to properly configure the chipset for specific functionality, such as AGP, USB, Core PCI, and ISAPNP services. IceRocket Tags: intel, chipset, installation, windows freeware

NVIDIA Forceware 186.18 WHQL XP (Windows, Freeware, 72.9MB) [alt DL] unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. Vista version also available. [alt DL] Changes: Numerous bug fixes. Installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0428. IceRocket Tags: nvidia, forceware, whql, xp, vista, windows freeware

VIA Hyperion Pro Driver Package 5.23A (Windows, Freeware, 12.7MB) [alt DL] includes the following components: INF V3.10A (from 3.00A) AGP V4.60A V-RAID V5.80F (from V5.80C) and RAID Tools v5.85 (from v5.81) VIA IDE Falcon Storage Device driver v2.70A VIA Hyperion Pro drivers are suitable for ANY VIA chipset - but they are particularly recommended for KT4## series, P4X4## series and newer: K7 chipsets: KT400, KT400A, KT600, KT880, KM400, KN400 K8 chipsets: K8T800, K8T800Pro, K8M800, K8M890, K8N800, K8N890, K8T890, K8T890Pro, K8T900 P4 chipsets: P4X400, P4X400A, PT800, PT880, PM800, PN800, PM880, PN880, PT880Pro, PT894, P4M800/Pro/CE, P4M900, PT890 C Series Chipsets: CN700, CN400, CLE266, CX700,CX700M, CX700M2, CN800, CN896 V Series Chipsets: VN800, VN896, VX700, VX800 IceRocket: via hyperion pro chipset driver, windows freeware

VIA Hyperion Pro Driver Package 5.22a (Windows, Freeware, 12.6MB) includes the following components: INF V3.00A AGP V4.60A V-RAID V5.80C and RAID Tools v5.81 VIA IDE Falcon Storage Device driver v2.70A VIA Hyperion Pro drivers are suitable for ANY VIA chipset - but they are particularly recommended for KT4## series, P4X4## series and newer: K7 chipsets: KT400, KT400A, KT600, KT880, KM400, KN400 K8 chipsets: K8T800, K8T800Pro, K8M800, K8M890, K8N800, K8N890, K8T890, K8T890Pro, K8T900 P4 chipsets: P4X400, P4X400A, PT800, PT880, PM800, PN800, PM880, PN880, PT880Pro, PT894, P4M800/Pro/CE, P4M900, PT890 C Series Chipsets: CN700, CN400, CLE266, CX700,CX700M, CX700M2, CN800, CN896 V Series Chipsets: VN800, VN896, VX700, VX800 IceRocket: via hyperion pro chipset driver, windows freeware

NVIDIA ForceWare 182.08 WHQL XP (Windows XP, Freeware, 77.01MB) [alt DL] software unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. It ensures the best experience with your NVIDIA hardware. Also available for Vista. Fixes: NVIDIA Control Panel: The user cannot create custom resolutions. GeForce 200 Series: Need for Speed Undercover and Dead Space–the applications cannot be run using a Gateway XHD3000H 30” HD monitor at 2560x1600 resolution. GeForce 200 Series: Photoshop CS4–OpenGL settings are grayed out and cannot be set for the application. Note: This release no longer supports GeForce 5-series cards, and older. If you have one of these older cards, Nvidia Forceware 175.19 WHQL is probably the last driver available. IceRocket: nvidia forceware whql graphics driver, windows freeware

Double Driver 2.1 (Windows, Freeware, 1.79MB) is a very simple and useful tool which not only allows you to view all the drivers installed on your system but also allows you to backup, restore, save and print all chosen drivers simply and reliably. This is a portable app (unzip and run), so it’s easy to use it for backing up a client’s hardware drivers without installing any software. IceRocket: double driver, backup driver, windows freeware

NVIDIA Forceware 181.22 WHQL XP (Windows XP, Freeware, 72.3MB) [alt DL] is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs. Changes: This driver is recommended for the best GPU PhysX experience in EA’s hot PC title Mirror’s Edge. This driver package automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0010. IceRocket: nvidia forceware whql graphics driver, windows freeware

NVIDIA Forceware 181.20 WHQL XP (Windows, Freeware, 72.2MB) [alt DL] unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. Changes: Added support for GeForce GTX 295 and GeForce GTX 285 Enables NVIDIA SLI technology on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards with all SLI-certified GPUs. Enables NVIDIA SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Now you can easily switch between multi-monitor desktop mode and full screen 3D gaming mode. Enables NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #2. Added support for the new NVIDIA CUDA Video Encoder with H.264 optimization IceRocket: nvidia forceware whql graphics driver, windows freeware

DriverMax 4.8 (Windows, Freeware, 2.99MB) [alt DL] is a powerful utility which helps you download, backup and restore the drivers installed on your Windows Vista or Windows XP computer and check if newer versions are available. Change: Identify unknown devices and get Vista rating information before purchasing new hardware. IceRocket: drivermax backup restore hardware driver, windows freeware

ATI Catalyst Drivers for Windows XP 8.12 (Windows, Freeware, 36.4MB) [alt DL] is the ATI unified driver that has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. Display and WDM Drivers included in this bundle. Resolved Issues: Using an HDMI cable to connect an ATI All-in-Wonder to a Yamaha receiver may result in the display resolution being limited to 1280x1024 and audio failing to function Catalyst Control Center, some of the 3D settings are not displayed on  ATI Radeon HD 4870 adapters The operating system may fail to start after installing the display driver with some configurations of "Crosfire" with Radeon X1900 Series devices The operating system may intermittently fail when exiting Test Drive Unlim- ited after extensive game play Dual display, playing multiple video files on each monitor may cause the sys- tem to stop responding City of Villains: Attempting to launch the game on a system running Win- dows XP and containing either two ATI Radeon HD 38x0 or 46x0 products may result in the game failing to load and the operating system failing to respond Some OpenGL applications may cause the OS to stop responding on some ATI Radeon HD 45xx adapters On some configurations, the display driver may stop responding when resolu- tion is set to 2048x1536 with 8X Anti-Alias and Edge Detect filter enabled Exiting some games may intermittently cause the following error message when 8X anti-alias edge detection is enabled: "Display Driver stopped work- ing" Hot unplugging a HDMI connection during video playback may cause system instability Catalyst Control Center: Enabling pulldown setting may not work on all video formats Systems configured with Overlay Theater Mode enabled may intermittently become unresponsive after playing video Catalyst Control Center, setting the de-noise slider does not affect the quality of progressive video content Intermittent flickering may be noticed on the TV out display when playing a DVD using Cyberlink PowerDVD IceRocket: amd ati catalyst driver, windows freeware

ATI Catalyst Drivers for Windows XP 8.12 (Windows, Freeware, 36.4MB) [alt DL] is the ATI unified driver that has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The ATI CATALYST software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. Display and WDM Drivers included in this bundle. Resolved Issues: Using an HDMI cable to connect an ATI All-in-Wonder to a Yamaha receiver may result in the display resolution being limited to 1280x1024 and audio failing to function Catalyst Control Center, some of the 3D settings are not displayed on  ATI Radeon HD 4870 adapters The operating system may fail to start after installing the display driver with some configurations of "Crosfire" with Radeon X1900 Series devices The operating system may intermittently fail when exiting Test Drive Unlim- ited after extensive game play Dual display, playing multiple video files on each monitor may cause the sys- tem to stop responding City of Villains: Attempting to launch the game on a system running Win- dows XP and containing either two ATI Radeon HD 38x0 or 46x0 products may result in the game failing to load and the operating system failing to respond Some OpenGL applications may cause the OS to stop responding on some ATI Radeon HD 45xx adapters On some configurations, the display driver may stop responding when resolu- tion is set to 2048x1536 with 8X Anti-Alias and Edge Detect filter enabled Exiting some games may intermittently cause the following error message when 8X anti-alias edge detection is enabled: "Display Driver stopped work- ing" Hot unplugging a HDMI connection during video playback may cause system instability Catalyst Control Center: Enabling pulldown setting may not work on all video formats Systems configured with Overlay Theater Mode enabled may intermittently become unresponsive after playing video Catalyst Control Center, setting the de-noise slider does not affect the quality of progressive video content Intermittent flickering may be noticed on the TV out display when playing a DVD using Cyberlink PowerDVD IceRocket: amd ati catalyst driver, windows freeware

RivaTuner 2.20 (Windows, Freeware, 2.4MB) [alt DL] is a powerful tweaking utility for NVIDIA based cards. All series of Detonator drivers have a lot of undocumented registry entries. Some of them don't affect anything, but some are very useful. Changes: Fixed incorrect 2x effective memory clock multiplier for RADEON HD 4870 / 4870 X2 series equipped with QDR DDR5 memory Added ForceWare 178.xx and 180.xx drivers families support Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare drivers. Added databases for ForceWare 178.13, 178.15, 178.24, 180.10, 180.20, 180.42, 180.43, 180.44, 180.47 and 180.48 Added Catalyst 8.9, 8.10 and 8.11 driver families detection Added workaround for broken error reporting system of PowerPlay clock control interfaces in Catalyst 8.10 hotfix 2 and Catalyst 8.11 driver families Added driver-level fan control support for ForceWare 180.xx drivers family Updated PCI DeviceID database for both AMD and NVIDIA display adapters Added NVIDIA G98 graphics processors support Added AMD RADEON HD 4830 display adapters family support Added support for direct assess to flashrom chips of AMD RV7xx graphics processors family Updated exceptions list for bundled D3DOverrider utility Seriously redesigned hardware access layer provides drastically improved multi-GPU support Drastically increased performance of routines applying clock frequencies and fan speed when experimental cloning modes are enabled Now RivaTuner displays physical GPU index in the main tab on multi-GPU systems to simplify identifying independent physical devices and logical devices of the same physical GPU (e.g. two independent RAMDACs located on the same physical GPU) Improved hardware monitoring module IceRocket: rivatuner, tweak nvidia graphics card, windows freeware

K-Lite Codec Pack 4.31 Full (Windows, Freeware, 14.8MB) [alt DL] is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. Changes: Added Media Player Classic Home Cinema version 1.1.843. This version of MPC has some new functionality. Such as internal DXVA decoders for H.264 and VC-1 video, and support for the video renderer EVR. At this moment the regular version of MPC is still included and used by default. Once the Home Cinema version becomes more stable, it will become the default. Please read the FAQ if you want to use the DXVA functionality of MPC-HC. All requirements to make it work are explained in there. Updated Media Player Classic to version 6.4.9.1 rev. 82 Updated ffdshow to revision 2202 Removed libtheora and tremor plugins for ffdshow. Libavcodec is used instead. Updated LAME MP3 ACM codec to version 3.98.2 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.7.7 When creating file associations for WMP/BS.Player/ZoomPlayer, the icon of the player is used as filetype icon. The MPC style icons are now only used when associating files to MPC. Minor changes IceRocket: k-lite codec pack, directshow filter tool

DirectX Redistributable November 2008 (Windows, Freeware, 86.2MB) [alt DL] is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. It includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications using the DirectX APIs. IceRocket: directx, redistributable, november 2008, windows, freeware

NVIDIA Forceware 178.24 WHQL XP (Windows XP, Freeware, 82.4MB) [alt DL] software unleashes the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, gaming, platform, workstation, laptop, multimedia, and mobile products. It ensures the best experience with your NVIDIA hardware. Changes: Adds support for newly-released GeForce 9-series motherboard GPUs. Includes several application compatibility fixes. IceRocket: nvidia, forceware, video, graphics, hardware, driver, windows, freeware

ATI Catalyst Drivers 8.10 XP (Windows, Freeware, 34.9MB) [alt DL] is the free software suite for ATI Radeon graphics that helps improve PC performance by increasing overall stability and providing innovative new features. Also available for Vista. Changes: Radeon display driver 8.541 Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only) HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only) Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only) WDM Driver Install Bundle Southbridge/IXP Driver Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.8 IceRocket: ati, catalyst, radeon, driver, suite, windows, xp, freeware

DriverMax 4.5 (Windows, Freeware, 2.9MB) [alt DL] is a powerful utility which helps you download, backup and restore the drivers installed on your Windows Vista or Windows XP computer and check if newer versions are available. Changes: Download the latest drivers faster than before and find out about fresh updates Identify unknown devices Get Vista rating information before purchasing new hardware. Technorati: drivermax, driver, backup, download, windows, freeware, restore