NVIDIA Forceware 327.23 WHQL XP

# WHQL Certified driver
# Improved compatibility for Lost Planet.
# Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 support.
# Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

* WHQL Certified.
* Adds support for GeForce 7200 GS
* NVIDIA PureVideo" HD driver with support for the following features:
o Hardware acceleration of H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 HD movie formats.
o Video post-processing image enhancements.
o Built-in support for HDCP content protection protocol via DVI or HDMI connectors.
o Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on building a PureVideo HD system.
* Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
* Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
* For a full list of fixes issues, please view the release notes

Single-GPU Issues Resolved:

- Error message occurs when running the NVIDIA Control Panel
Television Setup Wizard.
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400: After changing the color settings from the
NVIDIA Control panel, the settings revert to the default.
- GeForce 7950 GX2, NVIDIA Control Panel: The Multi-GPU
performance mode default is set to Custom when initially creating a
new application profile.
- GeForce 7950 GX2: In the NVIDIA Control Panel, Multi-GPU
antialiasing modes are available when Multi-Display rendering mode
is selected.
- GeForce 7900 GT: The new NVIDIA Control Panel lists the product
name as GeForce 7900 GT/GTO, instead of the correct GeForce 7900
GT.
- GeForce 7600 GS, NVIDIA Control Panel/Classic Control Panel:
HDTV component-out output is split vertically when applying the
1080i resolution.
- GeForce 7600 GS, GeForce 6150/6100: During video playback in VMR
mode, video is corrupt and shaky when noise reduction is enabled.
- GeForce 6800 GT 256MB: Windows Media Player 10 video becomes
corrupt when rotating the screen while playing a video.
- GeForce 6600 128MB: Windows Media Player 10 crashes when
changing the resolution while playing a DVD.
- GeForce 6600 128MB: The secondary Dualview monitor flickers while
playing any NTSC DVD.
GeForce 6600 128MB: The NVIDIA Control Panel crashes while
changing the desktop configuration after changing the video color
settings.
- GeForce 6600, Windows XP Media Center Edition: While playing
MCE Live TV in Clone mode with full-screen video mirror, the
mirrored display is corrupted when resizing the application.
- GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce 6150/6100: HQV objects flutter and the test
bar splits when noise reduction is enabled.

SLI Issues Resolved:

- GeForce 7950 GX2 Quad NVIDIA SLI, NVIDIA Control Panel:
Enabling or disabling Show SLI Visual Indicators when Adjust
Image Settings with Preview page is open causes the NVIDIA
Control Panel to crash.
- GeForce 7950 GX2, Quad NVIDIA SLI, NVIDIA Control Panel:
Unable to preserve Custom AA setting for Direct3D application
profiles.
- GeForce 7950 GX2 512MB, Quad NVIDIA SLI: EverQuestbluescreen
crash occurs when exiting the game.
- GeForce 7950 GX2, SLI: After enabling and then disabling SLI mode,
Display # 4 loses sync.
- GeForce 7950 GX2, GeForce 6600, SLI: Spellforce 2flickering
corruption occurs during game play.
- GeForce 7900 GTX, SLI System: Dungeon Siege 2with SLI mode
enabled, there is graphics corruption when 8x antialiasing is enabled.
- GeForce 7900, GeForce 6800, SLI System: World of Warcraftwith SLI
mode enabled, there are missing character portraits.
- GeForce 7600 GT 256MB, SLI: TimeShiftcorruption occurs at the
start of the game when the resolution is set to 1280x1024.
- GeForce 7300 GT, SLI: Spellforce 2 flickering, multicolored triangles
appear in the terrain when SLI is enabled.

Single-GPU Issues Resolved:

" NVIDIA Control Panel: The 3D->Monitor GPU Temperatures: graph
timeline shows invalid time markers.
" Full screen video control does not work properly under nView Clone
mode.
" NVIDIA Control Panel: Control panel dialog forces the user to apply
changes when leaving the "Change display configuration" page.
" A blue-screen crash occurs when starting Microsoft Flight Simulator
04 after enabling 2x antialiasing from the NVIDIA panel.
" Quadro FX 3450: Textures become corrupt when moving around
Google Earth.
" NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285: Video is corrupted under Full-Screen
Video Mirror.
" GeForce 7950 GX2, Windows XP x64, NVIDIA Control Panel: The
Adjust Image Settings preview animation stops after one rotation.
" GeForce 7950 GX2, NVIDIA Control Panel: The primary display
changes color if color changes are made on the secondary display.
" GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 6800 GT: Civilization 4a white,
transparent, flickering layer appears when zooming out.
" GeForce 7900/7800 GTX: Far CryHDR light sources are visible
through solid objects.
" GeForce 7600 GT: Video is corrupt when playing a DVD in VMR
mode.
" GeForce 7600 GT: Video is corrupt when playing a file in overlay
mode at low resolutions.
" GeForce 7300/7600: A white line appears at the bottom of the Media
Center Edition screen when viewed at 1080i with component-out.
" GeForce 7300 GS: When playing a video using Windows Media
Player in VMR mode, full-screen video mirror does not work.
" GeForce 7300 GT: When running the HQV benchmark on Windows
Media Player 10, there is fluttering playback .
" GeForce 6800, NVIDIA Control Panel: The NVIDIA Control Panel
crashes when trying to change nView modes.
" GeForce 6800, NVIDIA Control Panel: Display mode changes are not
applied after switching from Advance view to Standard view.


SLI Technology Issues resolved:

" SLI: Hitman Blood Moneyglasses on the roulette playing tables
flicker.
" GeForce 7950 GX2 Quad NVIDIA SLI, NVIDIA Control Panel: The
Performance and Quality images in the Adjust Images Settings with
Preview page disappear when the Classic Navigation Pane is enabled.
" GeForce 7950 GX2 Quad NVIDIA SLI: The system hangs when
launching Nascar: SimRacing with 8xS antialiasing enabled.
" GeForce 7950 GX2 Quad NVIDIA SLI: Game screens exhibit vertical
jumping lines on large displays such as the Apple 30" Cinema
Display, and 1900x1200 Sony and Samsung LCDs.
" GeForce 7950 GX2 Quad NVIDIA SLI: Prince of Persia: Warrior
Withinthe Intro logos do not display.
" GeForce 7950 GX2 Quad NVIDIA SLI: Prey demoflickering occurs
when pressing to return to the menu.
" GeForce 7950 GX2, SLI: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced
Warfightercorruption occurs on bottom half of the screen when
loading the game with SLI mode enabled.
" GeForce 7900 GTX, SLI: The NVIDIA Geoforms demo shows
flickering and corruption in bright areas with SLI enabled.
" GeForce 7900 GTX, SLI: Half-Life 2 Lost Coastshadows flicker.
" GeForce 7800 GTX, SLI System: DinoBones demo runs at 3 fps when a
second display is attached.
" GeForce 6800, SLI: Stuttered rendering occurs during test 3 in
3DMark05 at 1600x1200 4xAA with SLI enabled.

Please note this driver release is only for the latest GeForce 7950 GX2 GPUs.

- Adds support for Quad NVIDIA SLI" Technology on GeForce 7950 GX2 GPUs.
- Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
- New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements.
Adds noise reduction post processing
Adds image sharpening post processing
Improved Inverse telecine algorithm
Improved de-interlacing algorithm
Improved compatibility with third party MPEG-2 decoders
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support

Single-GPU Issues Resolved
- GeForce 7950 GX2: Blue screen crash occurs when running 3D Mark
06 with an Intel i955XBK motherboard.

SLI Technology Issues Resolved
- GeForce 6 and 7 Series: Added an SLI profile for Prey.
- NVIDIA Control Panel: SLI multi GPU rendering has been
disabled popup message appears on non SLI capable systems.
- NVIDIA Control Panel: The digital display cannot be set to its native
resolution when the analog display is set as the primary display
under nView Clone or Spanning modes.
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500: With four monitors connected, from the
NVIDIA Control Panel>Workstation>Synchronize Displays page,
the server cannot be set.
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4400: Under the NVIDIA Control Panel
>Workstation>Synchronize Displays, the secondary display is unable
to be set as the client.

- Adds support for GeForce 7950 GX2
- Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
- New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements: Adds noise reduction post processing, Adds image sharpening post processing, Improved Inverse telecine algorithm, Improved de-interlacing algorithm, Improved compatibility with third party MPEG-2 decoders
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
- for a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.

- Adds support for GeForce 7950 GX2
- Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
- New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements: Adds noise reduction post processing, Adds image sharpening post processing, Improved Inverse telecine algorithm, Improved de-interlacing algorithm, Improved compatibility with third party MPEG-2 decoders
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
- for a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.

- Beta driver
- Adds support for GeForce 7900 GS, GeForce 7300 GT, Quadro FX 4500 X2, Quadro FX 5500, Quadro FX 3500, Quadro FX 1500, and Quadro FX 560.
- Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
- New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements.
* Adds noise reduction post processing
* Adds image sharpening post processing
* Improved Inverse telecine algorithm
* Improved de-interlacing algorithm
* Improved compatibility with third party MPEG-2 decoders
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support

- Added SLI profile for Tomb Raider: Legend

- General compatibility fixes

- Version 84.21 is WHQL certified.

Added support for the following products:
- GeForce 7900 GTX/GT (PCI-E)
- GeForce 7600 GT (PCI-E)
- GeForce 6800 GS (AGP)
- GeForce 6800, Windows XP: FixedHanger textures in space maps are
not rendered in Star Wars Battlefront 2.
- Windows XP: Increased performance when playing F.E.A.R with
antialiasing enabled.

Issues Resolved in Version 84.12

Single GPU Issues
- Windows XP, GeForce 7800 GTX: Dell 30" panel DVI link hot plug
does not work properly.
- Windows XP: Corel Paint Shop Pro X does not work on dual-core
processors.
- GeForce 7 Series, GeForce 6 Series: Resolutions higher than 1280x800
are unavailable on the Dell 3007WFP panel with dual-link DVI GPUs.
- GeForce 7 Series, GeForce 6 Series: Serious Sam 2 freezes on Dual
Core CPUs.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT 512: 4x AA does not work at 2560x1600 on the
Apple 30" Cinema display.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Reflective surfaces in Max Payne 2 are
unaffected by light sources.
- GeForce 7 Series, GeForce 6800: The NVIDIA Dawn Ultra demo runs
slowly on AGP systems.
- GeForce 7 Series: Global profile options are changed when changing
individual application profiles.
- GeForce 7 Series: There is no default color-correction option available
in the application profiles.
By design, the default setting for color profiles is "Not Available".
- GeForce 6800, Windows XP: Star Wars Knight of the Old Republic 1
and 2 stutter badly with dual core CPUs.
- GeForce 6600, Windows XP Media Center Edition: Component out
options are not available in the NVIDIA TV Device Settings page.
This issue is resolved with BIOS version 5.43.02.89 or higher. Please contact
your OEM or graphics card manufacturer to receive this BIOS.
- GeForce 6600: "Run a DLL Error" occurs when changing resolutions
in nView Horizontal Span mode.
- GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Dungeon Siege 2 intermittently hangs with a
black screen.
- Windows XP, GeForce FX 5900/5950: Graphics corruption occurs
with Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2.


SLI Issues
- GeForce 7 Series, GeForce 6 Series, SLI: Resolutions higher than
1280x800 are unavailable on the Dell 3007WFP panel with dual-link
DVI GPUs.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, SLI: Cars and various objects do not render
properly in TOCA Race Driver 2 with any level antialiasing enabled.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Flickering occurs in the water in Serious Sam
2.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, SLI: There is corruption when running
Ground Control 2 with SLI enabled.
- GeForce 6800, Windows XP, SLI: There is a large performance drop in
Far Cry when 8x SLI antialiasing is enabled, compared to 4x
antialiasing.
- GeForce 6600 (all models except GeForce 6600 VE), SLI: RUNDLL
error occurs when enabling SLI without the SLI connector.