Driver update: nVidia ForceWare 61.34

The t-break forum has new nVidia ForceWare drivers appeared† The drivers work with almost all TNT, Quadro and GeForce video cards. A notable mention is the sudden appearance of the GeForce FX 5100, hinting at a possible new budget card from nVidia’s NV34 series. The following driver issues can also be found on the t-break forum:

Open Driver Issues with 61.34

• GeForce 6800 and GeForce FX 5900 Ultra WinXP: Corrupted shadows on player model in Tiger Woods 2004
• GeForce 6800 WinXP – Pauses during logo and intro videos in Painkiller.
• GeForce 6800/38,WinXP: Various D3D titles have black flashing horizontal lines with low resolution and 4x AA.
• GeForce 6800/38, WinXP: Corruption in Tiger Woods 2004.
• GeForce 6800/38, WinXP: Corruption with vehicles and clouds in Sim City 4.
• GeForce FX 5900 Ultra: WinXP: Deus Ex 2 Door Button Shader disappears.
• GeForce 6800 Multimon WinXP: MS Flight Simulator 2004: Corruption on 2nd monitor’s background.
• GeForce 6800 Multimon WinXP: Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness v42 : Corruption on the 2nd monitor.
• GeForce FX 5900 Ultra WinXP: Black horizontal lines flashing at Main menu in Far Cry with 4x AA enabled.

Open Application Issues/Will Not Fix with 61.34

• GeForce 6800 WinXP: Far Cry stopped responding with an exception loading at 1600×1200 and 4x AA. This will be fixed in the next Far Cry patch.
• GeForce 6800 and GeForce FX 5900 Ultra: Incorrect lightning on the gun with Volcano map in Far Cry. This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800 WinXP: Corruption at the very end of the Shadermark 2.1 beta benchmark. This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800: Max Payne 2 & ShaderMark 2.1 will not run at 1600x1200x32bpp with 4x AA. This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800 and GeForce FX 5900 Ultra WinXP: White corruption in AS-FallenCity map in UT2004 This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800: Missing some lighting in terminal in Quake3. This is a known application problem. This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800,WinXP: Long pauses during save game checkpoints in Halo. This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800 and GeForce FX 5900 Ultra WinXP: Corruption during loading screen with Flight Simulator 2004. This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800 WinXP: Some missing text in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King This is a known application problem.
• GeForce 6800 WinXP: GunMetal benchmark will crash back to desktop attempting to launch benchmark. This is a known application problem.