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Realtek ALC882 HD Audio Codecs R1.97

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |

The ALC882 series 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Audio codecs with UAA (Universal Audio Architecture), featuring five 24-bit stereo DACs and three 20-bit stereo ADCs, are designed for high performance multimedia PC systems. The ALC882 series incorporates proprietary converter technology to achieve over 100dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback quality; easily meeting PC2001 requirements and also bringing PC sound quality closer to consumer electronic devices.

The ALC882 series provide 10 channels of DAC that simultaneously support 7.1 sound playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the Front-Out-Left and Front-Out-Right channels. Flexible mixing, mute, and fine gain control functions provide a complete integrated audio solution for next generation multimedia PCs.

Download: Realtek ALC882 HD Audio Codecs R1.97 Windows 2000/XP/2003(32/64 bits) and Vista

nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) 177.41 for Windows Vista

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 |

nVIDIA released these beta drivers for Windows Vista 32/64-bit.

GeForce Release 177 WHQL
Version: 177.41
Release Date: June 26, 2008
Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 35.6 MB/51.6 MB

Release Highlights:
• WHQL-certified for Windows Vista
• Supports GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI Technology with GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs.
• Supports CUDA™ Technology.
• Supports Folding@home distributing computing application.
• Supports HybridPower, a Hybrid SLI Technology, on the following GPUs and motherboards:
 · GeForce GTX 280 GPU
 · GeForce GTX 260 GPU
 · nForce 780a SLI motherboards
 · nForce 750a SLI motherboards
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) 177.41 for Windows Vista 32-bit | nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) 177.41 for Windows Vista 64-bit

nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) 177.41 for Windows XP

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 |

nVIDIA Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition - Windows XP x64, Server 2003 x64

GeForce Release 177 WHQL
Version: 177.41
Release Date: June 26, 2008
Operating System: Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 36.5 MB/47.5 MB

Release Highlights:
• WHQL-certified for Windows XP
• Supports GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
• Supports Folding@home distributing computing application.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) 177.41 for Windows XP | nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) 177.41 for Windows XP/Server 2003 x64 Edition

nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 175.19 WHQL for Windows Vista

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 |

nVIDIA released these beta drivers for Windows Vista 32/64-bit.

GeForce Release 175 WHQL
Version: 175.19
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Operating System:Windows Vista 32-bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 35.2 MB/50.4 MB

Release Highlights:

• WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs.
• Improved 3D performance and load times for GeForce 8 and 9 series GPUs in some DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and OpenGL applications as a result an improved shader optimizer.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way and Quad SLI technology.
• Supports Hybrid SLI Technology to turbo-charge graphics performance and enjoy intelligent power management.
• Supports NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology.
• Several game and application compatibility fixes.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare 175.19 for Windows Vista 32-bit | nVIDIA ForceWare 175.19 for Windows Vista 64-bit

nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 175.19 WHQL for Windows XP, Windows XP MCE

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 |

nVIDIA released the following drivers for Windows XP and Windows XP Media Center Edition.

GeForce Release 175 WHQL
Version: 175.19
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Operating System: Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 36.8 MB/48.1 MB

Release Highlights:

• WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs.
• Improved 3D performance and load times for GeForce 8 and 9 series GPUs in some DirectX 9 and OpenGL applications as a result an improved shader optimizer.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
• Several game and application compatibility fixes.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 175.19 WHQL for Windows XP, Windows XP MCE | nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 175.19 WHQL for Windows XP x64, Server 2003 x64

ATI Catalyst 8.6 for Windows Vista

Friday, June 20th, 2008 |

ATI is one of the first graphic providers to make a 32 and 64-bit driver that supports the Longhorn Display Driver Model (LDDM), the Microsoft Vista revolutionary graphic driver standard as well as the first to provide LDDM drivers for integrated graphics processors. By making LDDM drivers available prior to Windows Vista release, ATI provides developers with a stable, feature-enabled and performance-optimized platform for application development.

This driver release also includes the Catalyst Control Center. The Catalyst Control Center provides an extensive feature set that significantly enhances the end-user experience.

Catalyst 7.1 introduces the ability to playback Blu-ray and HD DVD protected high definition content under Windows Vista 32-bit edition (support for Windows Vista 64-bit edition will be available in a future Catalyst release), when used in combination with a software content player from vendors such as Cyberlink or Intervideo and an ATI Radeon X1000 series graphics accelerator (with HDCP support).

Download: ATI Catalyst 8.6 for Windows Vista (32 bit) | ATI Catalyst 8.6 for Windows Vista (64 bit)

ATI Catalyst 8.6 for Windows XP

Friday, June 20th, 2008 |

ATI Catalyst

suite updates both the ATI Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver 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.

Download: ATI Catalyst 8.6 for Windows XP (32 bit) | ATI Catalyst 8.6 for Windows XP (64 bit)

ATI Catalyst Mobility 8.6 Display Driver for Windows XP

Friday, June 20th, 2008 |

Catalyst - Unified Software Suite for the ultimate in - Performance, Stability, Visual Quality and Innovation

ATI is now offering the full Catalyst Software suite for Mobility Radeon X700 and X800 from Clevo, FIC, Arima, Uniwill, and Mitac.

Catalyst for Mobile Platforms

- For the first time ever in the graphics industry notebook users are able to download the latest Catalyst release every month to enhance their notebook PC.
- Catalyst Mobility includes all of the features found in the regular Catalyst Driver, plus mobile specific features such as, device switching, resume, hotkeys, and power management.
- Supported on Windows XP.

Download: ATI Catalyst Mobility 8.6 Display Driver for Windows XP

Driver Sweeper 1.5.5

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 |

Driver Sweeper is a fast tool to remove driver leftovers from your system.
It’s very important to remove your drivers on a proper way, because driver leftovers can cause problems like stability and startup problems.
You can use it if you want to update/remove drivers from your system.

Download: Driver Sweeper 1.5.5

nVIDIA nForce Driver 15.17 for Windows Vista

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 |

nVIDIA nForce Driver

Version: 15.17
Release Date: June 9, 2008
Operating System: Windows Vista 32-Bit, Windows Vista 64-Bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 52.9 MB/55.7 MB

Windows Vista 32-bit/64-bit Driver Versions:

• Ethernet Driver (v67.80) WHQL
• SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.21) WHQL
• SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.21) WHQL
• RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.21)
• SMU Driver (v1.45) WHQL
• SMBus Driver (v4.64) WHQL
• Installer (v5.93)

Download: nVIDIA nForce Driver 15.17 for Windows Vista 32-bit | nVIDIA nForce Driver 15.17 for Windows Vista 64-bit

nVIDIA nForce Driver 15.17 for Windows XP

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 |

nVIDIA nForce Driver

Version: 15.17
Release Date: June 9, 2008
Operating System: Windows XP 32-Bit, Windows XP Professional x64
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 54.3 MB/57.2 MB

Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit Driver Versions:

• Ethernet Driver (v67.80) WHQL
• SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.21) WHQL
• SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.21) WHQL
• RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.21)
• SMU Driver (v1.45) WHQL
• SMBus Driver (v4.64) WHQL
• Installer (v5.93)

Download: nVIDIA nForce Driver 15.17 for Windows XP 32-bit | nVIDIA nForce Driver 15.17 for Windows XP 64-bit

VIA HD Audio driver 5.60b

Monday, June 16th, 2008 |

VIA Vinyl HD Audio codecs represent the next generation of sound quality, supporting the high definition HD Audio standard for a whole new immersive surround sound experience. The VIA Vinyl VT1708 series deliver top quality audio performance, supporting the latest 8-channel, 24-bit, 192KHz audio content for an all-round high fidelity experience.

Integrating stereo DACs with a 100dB S/N ratio and compliant with the Intel® High Definition Audio Rev. 1.0 specification, VIA HD Audio codecs include leading edge features such as a high quality headphone amplifier, enhanced recording support, and advanced power management features, making them ideal for mobile devices.

To complete the solution, VIA offers a stylish, easy to use driver with the VIA Vinyl HD Audio codecs that enable full access to its wide range of features. The driver for the VIA VT1708 and VT1708A also optionally supports leading QSound technology that offers unmatched technologies to transforms the PC audio experience with enhancements for games, music, and movies as well as advanced feature control that allows users to fully customize their audio experience.

Target markets for the VIA HD Audio codecs include audio on motherboard solutions, and new convergence devices based on the x86 platform.

Download: VIA HD Audio driver 5.60b

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Driver 2.18.0000 Beta

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 |

This download is a driver providing Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series of audio devices.

Download: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Driver 2.18.0000 Beta (32-bit) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi series Vista Driver 2.18.0000 Beta (64-bit)

SiS UniVGA5 graphics driver 5.12

Friday, May 30th, 2008 |

SiS UniVGA5 graphics driver

· Version: v 5.12
· Release Date: 2008-05-28
· Support Products: SiS671FX, SiS671, SiSM671, SiSM671MX, SiS672FX, SiS672, SiSM672MX, SiSM672
· File Size: 15,058KB
· Support OS: Windows Vista Basic/Premium

Download: SiS UniVGA5 graphics driver 5.12

ATI Tray Tools 1.4.7.1193 Beta

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 |

ATI Tray Tools is a tweaker for ATI Radeon cards.

Software highlights:

- Support for ATI Control Center
- Support for TV Out and displays with profiles
- Options to change Theater mode together with TV Out
- Overclocking with templates including FAN Control
- Automatic overclocking when application required 3D mode
- Temperature monitoring
- Artifact Tester with ability to find maximum stable clocks for GPU and Memory.
- Game profiles with desktop shortcut creation.
- Direct3D settings with templates, GUI form and tray popup menu
- OpenGL settings with templates, GUI form and tray popup menu
- Hardware low level color correction
- Hardware tweaks. Setting PCI latency timer
- Radeon Information Show information about memory type, active rendering pipe lines and more
- System wide Hot Keys. (Load profiles any profiles/work with colors/run any application)
- Refresh Lock system with ability to set separate refresh rates for each resolution.
- Tweak for overriding Pixel and Vertex Shaders
- Speed improvement tweaks for Anisotropic/Trilinear Filtering. Support for Catalyst A.I.
- Support for system options, VPU Recover, DMA Copy and so on
- Support Display Rotation.
- Support for MMC applications
- Support for HYDRAVISION applications
- Monitoring Graphs. (GPU/Env temperature. GPU/Mem speed, Main CPU Usage).
- A lot of useful things. Like Save/Restore Desktop icon positions and more
- Audio Recorder
- Screenshots system
- Powerful Plug-Ins support. (API for VC++/Delphi included)
- PCI Register Set. Allow to program any registers in any PCI device at start up time. For advanced users only!
- Source code for plugins as examples.

Download: ATI Tray Tools 1.3.6.1042 | ATI Tray Tools 1.4.7.1193 Beta Guru3D.com

Double Driver 1.2

Friday, May 23rd, 2008 |

With Double Driver you can view which drivers are installed in your system and you can backup the drivers you choose, save and print the drivers list, and more.

Double Driver is freeware.

Download: Double Driver 1.2

SiS191 Gigabit LAN & SiS190 LAN Driver 2.06a

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 |

SiS191 Gigabit LAN & SiS190 LAN Driver

· Release Date: 2008-03-11
· Support Products: SiS966L, SiS965L, SiS966, SiS965, SiS968,
· File Size: 5,068KB
· Support OS: Windows Vista Basic/Premium, Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Version, Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME,

Download: SiS191 Gigabit LAN & SiS190 LAN Driver 2.06a

Logitech SetPoint 4.60

Monday, May 19th, 2008 |

Logitech SetPoint is the name of Logitech’s unified driver suite for its mouse and keyboard products. It is the successor to the company’s MouseWare and iTouch driver suite.

Requirements: Windows 98, Me, 2000 or Windows XP/Vista 32 and 64-bit

Download: Logitech SetPoint 4.60

DriverForge 4.1.2

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 |

DriverForge is a program that will automatically install drivers from a specified location. It can extract drivers from one location to another location as well.

Download: DriverForge 4.1.2

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