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* THIS ALONE WILL NOT INSTALL THE DRIVERS!!!
* YOU MUST INSTALL THEM THROUGH YOUR DISPLAY
* PROPERTIES!!!!
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*IMPORTANT - DRIVER INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS*
These drivers are Release .43 & 2.83 of the NVIDIA
Reference Drivers. This release of the display driver is to
be used with boards based on the RIVA TNT & 128 chip. This
release includes drivers for both WinNT4.0 and Win95/98
in either an AGP or PCI configuration. This Reference
Driver is supplied to board manufacturers for their use
in developing fully supported drivers customized for
their specific board configuration. While we expect this
driver to operate correctly on RIVA TNT based boards,
we are not able to provide full product support for
other manufacturers products. It is recommended that end
users install the drivers supplied from their board
manufacturer to receive full product support.
This release includes support for DirectX 6.0 (DX6) and multi-
monitor configurations.
If you were using a Win95 driver from a board manufacturer
that also provided a Control Panel applet, (like Diamond's
InControl Tools, STB's Vision, etc.) that applet will not
work correctly with the NVIDIA Reference Driver and can
cause system problems. It should be removed before these
new drivers are installed. (See Installing from
non-NVIDIA drivers, below.)
System Requirements to use the NVIDIA Reference Drivers
Win95 System requirements:
- OSR2 for full AGP functionality (which includes
Microsoft's OPENGL32.DLL)
- Microsoft's OPENGL32.DLL
- Microsoft's Dx5 or greater
- 2MB disk space
Win98 System requirements
- Microsoft's Dx5 or greater
- 2MB disk space
WinNT System requirements:
- Service Pack 3
- 2MB disk space
Downloading the NVIDIA Reference Drivers:
To download the Release .36a (.36 for WinNT) Reference
Drivers begin by clicking on the correct driver version
for your system.
select WIN9xPCI.ZIP to install drivers on Win95 PCI systems
select WIN95AGP.ZIP to install drivers on Win95 AGP systems
select WIN98ALL.ZIP to install drivers on Win98 AGP or PCI
systems
select NT40TNT.ZIP to install drivers on WinNT systems.
This will download the compressed driver to your system.
Save it in a temporary directory on your system disk.
example: c:\RIVATNT
The following sections will help you install our latest
Win95/98 or WinNT display drivers which include the
OpenGL ICD driver.
Win95 Installation Information:
Before installing the new drivers it is recommended that
you have a copy of your current drivers, usually supplied
with your board.
If not previously installed, you will need to install
these on your system first:
1. OSR2 or later for AGP systems (usually pre-installed
on AGP systems).
(Optionally, the USB supplement is needed for full
AGP functionality. This should have been included
with your system or motherboard. See your system
manufacturer's web site for this file.)
2. Install Dx5 or greater (the final version of Dx6 is
recommended). This is contained in your board
vendor's drivers, on the Microsoft web site, or
on a recent DirectX application. It is recommended
you install the latest Service Pack from Microsoft.
You can obtain this by browsing for "Support
Drivers, Patches and Service Packs" \ "Windows 95
Updates" from:
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/default.htm
The final version of Dx6 can be obtained from:
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/default.asp
3. If you have OSR2 or later installed on your system
you should already have Microsoft's OPENGL32.DLL
installed on your system. If you do not already
have a version of OPENGL32.DLL in your
Windows\System, or you have another vendor
specific OPENGL32.DLL file installed, you need
to install Microsoft's OPENGL32.DLL. You can
obtain this file and other required files from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/opengl95.exe
When you are ready:
4. Unzip WIN9xxxx.ZIP to an empty folder (such as
C:\RIVATNT).
5. Close all programs
6. Install the driver using the Display Properties
dialog box:
Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
Start the "Display" applet program.
Select the "Settings" tab
Push the "Change Display Type" button (or the "Advanced
Properties" button).
Push the "Change" button in the "Adapter Type" area.
The "Select Device" dialog box will appear, push
the "Have Disk" button.
Specify the path to the new unzipped driver by
pressing "Browse..."
After selecting the correct path press "OK".
Click "OK" twice to install the new drivers. Close
down the open windows.
7. After successfully installing the reference drivers,
you will need to restart the operating system for
the new drivers to take effect.
Windows 98 Installation Information
1.Unzip WIN9xxxx.ZIP to an empty folder (such as
C:\RIVATNT).
2. Close all programs
3. Install the driver using the Display Properties
dialog box:
Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
Start the "Display" applet program.
Select the "Settings" tab.
Push the "Advanced Properties" button.
Select the "Adapter" tab.
Push the "Change" button.
Push the "Next" button.
Select the radio button labeled "Display a list of
all the drivers in a specific location..."
Push the "Have Disk" button and specify the location
where you unzipped the files. The system should
find a .inf file in the location you specify.
Press "OK".
Click "OK", then "Next", then "Finish"
4. After successfully installing the reference drivers,
you will need to restart the operating system for
the new drivers to take effect.
WinNT Installation Information:
Before installing the new drivers it is recommended that
you have a copy of your current drivers, usually supplied
with your board.
If not previously installed, you will need to install this
on your system first:
1. Install Microsoft's Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.0
on your system. You can obtain this by browsing for
"Support Drivers, Patches and Service Packs" \
"Windows NT Service Packs" from:
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/default.htm
When you are ready:
2. Unzip NT.ZIP to an empty folder.
3. Close all programs
4. Choose NT's Start\Settings\Control Panel\Display
\Settings\Display Type\Change\Have Disk\Browse.
5. Locate the folder with the unzipped reference
drivers...Display should list NVIDIA RIVA TNT
6. After NT successfully installs the reference drivers,
you will need to restart the operating system for
the new drivers to take effect.
Installing from non-NVIDIA drivers:
If you are installing the NVIDIA Reference Drivers and
presently have non-NVIDIA supplied drivers installed,
it is recommended that you uninstall your existing
driver's Control Panel tools before installing the
NVIDIA Reference Drivers. Our driver does not include
the hooks in it to support the tools provided
by other board manufacturers. As a result, their
tools will not operate correctly with the NVIDIA
Reference Drivers and could cause system problems
if you try to use them with our drivers. The best
way to uninstall drivers is to use an uninstall
utility provided by your board manufacturer. Please
contact them for information on how to uninstall
their tools.
Uninstalling NVIDIA drivers:
If you have a need to do this, first start by
uninstalling Control Freak. To do this use the Add/Remove
Programs dialog box:
Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
Start the "Add/Remove Programs" applet program.
Select Control Freak, and click "Add/Remove".
You will now be able to re-install your original driver
on the system.
General information for all users.
About OpenGL:
The NVIDIA Reference Driver Release .36a (.36 for WinNT)
includes our latest version of the OpenGL ICD for
RIVA TNT. This OpenGL ICD is now available for
both Windows 95 and Windows NT. It accelerates
rendering of OpenGL applications when:
- Display is set to 16-bits per pixel or 32-bits per pixel
- Enough video memory exists to support the OpenGL
resolution requested
- Microsoft's OPENGL32.DLL is correctly installed
Several pre-release versions of the OpenGL ICD have
previously been made available through the Internet.
This version should be much more stable, and
should perform better in almost all cases.
Microsoft's OpenGL will auto-detect that the RIVA
products have hardware-accelerated OpenGL available,
and use that whenever possible. If OpenGL applications
complain about missing required DLL's, or if you are
seeing unusual OpenGL behavior, then it is likely that
either you are missing OPENGL32.DLL, or that an
application shipped with a version of OPENGL32.DLL
that is not compatible with the RIVA OpenGL ICD.
You should look in the application's directory for a
file called OPENGL32.DLL, and rename it. The application
will then use the OPENGL32.DLL from the Windows\System or
WinNT\System32 directory. You also can obtain the correct
OPENGL32.DLL is by re-installing it from the WindowsNT CD.
About Control Freak:
Also included in the NVIDIA Reference Drivers is our
Control Panel applet, Control Freak. This applet adds
a RIVA tab to the Display Properties Dialog box. There are
several useful controls and setting information here. To
learn what each setting can do, just right click on the
setting to get an information box.
Additional information:
The files included with the Release .36a (.36 for WinNT)
Reference Drivers:
PCI files:
NV4.VXD
NV4AGP.INF
NV4CPL.DLL
NV4CPL.HLP
NV4DD32.DLL
NV4DISP.DRV
NV4MINI2.VXD
NV4OGL.DLL
NV4RM.VXD
NVARCH16.DLL
NVARCH32.DLL
AGP files:
NV4.VXD
NV4AGP.INF
NV4CPL.DLL
NV4CPL.HLP
NV4DD32.DLL
NV4DISP.DRV
NV4MINI2.VXD
NV4OGL.DLL
NV4RM.VXD
NVARCH16.DLL
NVARCH32.DLL
VGARTD.VXD
NT 4.0 files:
NV4OGLNT.DLL
NV4_DISP.DLL
NV4_MINI.SYS
NV4_DISP.INF
Modes supported in Release .36a (.36 for WinNT)
These are the Win95 and WinNT modes now supported by the drivers
in this release:
Resolution BitDepth Max Refresh Rate at Max Refresh Rate
8 and 16bpp at 32bpp
320x200 8,16,32 60,72,75,85,100,120 120 (DDraw only)
320x240 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120 120 (DDraw only)
400x300 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120 120 (DDraw only)
480x360 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120 120 (DDraw only)
512x384 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120 120 (DDraw only)
640x400 8,16,32 70,72,75,85,100,120 120 (DDraw only)
640x480 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120, 240
140,144,150,170,200,240
800x600 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120, 240
140,144,170,200,240
960x720 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120 120 (DDraw only)
1024x768 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120, 170
140,144,150,170
1152x864 8,16,32 60,70,72,75,85,100,120, 140
140,144,150
1280x1024 8,16,32* 60,70,72,75,85,100,120 100
1600x1200 8,16,32** 60,70,72,75,85 75
1920x1080 8,16*,32** 60,70,72,75,85 72
1920x1200 8,16*,32** 60,70,72,75 60
*Requires an 8MB graphics buffer
** Requires a 16MB graphics buffer