NVIDIA has released the Detonator XP Drivers for their series of 3d video cards. Note they're for ALL operating systems, and not just Windows XP. The name is a marketing deal, of course. So what's new? Nothing really clear, since it's all marketing jargon, but what the hell:
Update: No lie folks, these drivers really speed up Windows XP and the HL engine. Anyone with an NVIDIA card should download these drivers ASAP!
- performance increases of up to 50%
- highly optimized directx® and opengl® pipelines
- new opengl 1.3 icd with nvidia extensions
- full hardware acceleration of windows xp, including:
- fastest windows xp 2d and 3d performance
- nvidia xpress link
- full hardware acceleration for the new windows xp graphical user interface
- fastest windows xp 2d and 3d performance
- nvidia’s patented unified driver architecture (uda) – all products supported in single driver binary
Update: No lie folks, these drivers really speed up Windows XP and the HL engine. Anyone with an NVIDIA card should download these drivers ASAP!