Driver update: nVidia Detonator 51.75

3DChipset has managed to get their hands on new Detonator Drivers† These are numbered 51.75 and are the first beta drivers of the 50.x series. The rumor It goes around that nVidia has lowered the image quality in order to keep up the competition with the Radeon cards. The site provides the following release notes with the new Detonators:

Release Notes:

• Word has it this driver reduces image quality to increase frames per second
• Controversial Driver rejected by Valve for use on Half Life 2 Benchmark
• English Language file present only in this beta release
• Controversial Driver used in the Aquamark3 previews
• All nVidia cards are supported in this release
• Files are dated: Aug 28, 2003