By dann stubbs (65.35.20.159) on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 03:12 pm:

http://ftphqx.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Display-Peripheral/Video/GeForceGraphics2.1.1.smi.bin


i have not had time to install this yet (on vacation until thursday)

but this looks promising for those of us with the new G4's and the nvidia cards - let's hope this helps lightwave out with many of it's problems.

maybe if others get it installed they can post if it helps/hinders lightwave.

dann

By Nigel Hendrickson (24.168.21.68) on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 11:12 pm:

Well, it ain't there as of 1:07am, July 4th. Only 'GeForce2_MX.smi.bin' (an older version) is in that directory.

Wonder where/why they moved it?

- nigel

By willmac (24.88.85.87) on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 11:17 pm:

Updated to 2.1.1 and turned on Nvidia OpenGL and NO lockup or crash yet. yipee! Seems to be faster on the screen draws too. still testing...

By willmac (24.88.85.87) on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 11:28 pm:

nigel, try the Versiontracker link.

By Nigel Hendrickson (24.168.21.68) on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 11:54 pm:

I just tried that and it sent me back to the same directory I already checked. And It's still not there.

Is there a mirror somewhere?

By ~@~ (Phong) (209.209.26.22) on Wednesday, July 04, 2001 - 06:14 am:

mirror:

http://www.clanmacgaming.com/files/GeForceGraphics2.1.1.smi.bin

By nigel Hendrickson (24.168.21.68) on Wednesday, July 04, 2001 - 11:06 am:

Thanks, Phong! You are a gentleman and a scholar!

I downloaded the upgrade and 'Hallelujah!!' Modeler no longer crashes on a dual monitor setup with the Nvidia OpenGl turned on!

It sort of felt a little faster too, but that might have just been the giddiness over not having to restart between apps anymore.

- Nigel

By dfc (165.247.25.146) on Friday, July 06, 2001 - 09:32 pm:

Has anyone tested these new drivers to see if the "missing texture's" in preview is still an issue??

As far as I remember..this has been a problem with all Nvidia cards/drivers on mac since they were first introduced.

Also, xlr8yourmac.com has tested the new drivers with LW 6.5 and found that the same issues it had before still exist.

Glad to see the perfomance increase and bug fixes listed here. But, I'm buying a new G4 soon..and would really like to know if this gets fixed before ordering one. I'd probably just as soon go with the "less performance" of the Radeon if it meant not having to deal with problems/bugs.

Have any of you tested this?

Also, I haven't really heard squat about how the Nvideo Gforce3 works with Mac LW. I mean..I've seen posts from people who bought one who say..it works. But..thats about it.

Any indepth info would be much appreciated! Thanks

dfc

By Thomas Lawergren (Thomas) (213.64.109.117) on Monday, July 09, 2001 - 04:42 am:

That update... Anyone knows if there is one for non-US languages also? Tried it with "TomeViewer" but it still fails to install.

Regards
Thomas L.

By ~@~ (Phong) (209.209.26.41) on Tuesday, July 10, 2001 - 08:42 pm:

It is now back on the Apple site with docs.

http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n120038

in the following language only: North American English Mac 9.1