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Added ForceWare
66.31, 66.29, 66.32, 66.51, 66.70, 66.72 and 66.81 drivers support.
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Updated databases for
Detonator and ForceWare driver families. Due to more complex
database build automation process used to generate database build
scripts in this version, the databases contain many new system
registry entries, missed in database build script in the previous
versions.
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Updated NVStrap
antiprotection and ForceWareAntriprotector patch scripts for
ForceWare 66.31, 66.29, 66.32, 66.51, 66.70, 66.72 and 66.81
drivers.
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Revised antialiasing
modes list for the ForceWare drivers.
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Changed
ForceWareFSAAModes format. Now system requirements are specified
using GPU family ID rather than PCI DeviceID.
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Updated Catalyst 4.9,
4.9 hotfix and 8.07 beta certified SoftR9x00 and
ATIOverclockingAntiprotection patch scripts.
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Added RV410 support.
Now all R420 specific features including clock frequency control,
temperature and fan speed monitoring / control are also available on
RADEON X700 series. Thanks to Andrew Worobiew for testing RivaTuner
with ATI RADEON X700XT.
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Added VID monitoring
for NV40 GPU based display adapters. Now GeForce 6800/GT/Ultra
owners may also see either raw VID data or the corresponding
voltages in hardware monitoring window.
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Improved VID
interpretator for "Core VID" hardware monitoring data sources:
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Now besides
NV30/NV35/NV38 specific "ISL6569 with hardwired VID0 / VID1" VID
interpretation mode, RivaTuner's database also contains "1.1V +
0.1V / 0.3V loop", "1.1V + 0.3V / 0.2V loop" and "1.1V + 0.1V /
0.2V loop" interpretation modes allowing to translate raw VID
data to the corresponding voltage on all NV40 based boards.
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Added "Autoselect"
button to the "VID interpretation" dialog. This button forces
RivaTuner to compare voltage table stored in VGA BIOS with all
VID interpretators available in the database and automatically
select matched one.
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Added
interpretation preview window to the "VID interpretation"
dialog. Now RivaTuner displays all available VID values and the
corresponding voltages for selected intepretator.
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Greatly improved
built-in patch script engine:
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Added
BIOSChecksumGenerator RTS post-installation plug-in module,
allowing you to restore BIOS checksum after patching a file with
RivaTuner's patch script engine.
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Added
BIOSChecksumGenerator stub patch script, allowing you to restore
VGA BIOS checksum in image file without making any additional
changes in it.
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Improved patch
script format. Now the DstFile and BakFile fields can contain
%filename% and %ext% macro strings. This feature is useful when
source file name contains wildcards and is unknown a priori.
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Added
NV40BIOSUnitsMaskEliminator patch script, allowing you to remove
software pixel / vertex units mask from VGA BIOS image file.
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New patch script
formats support. Now besides previously available native patch
scripts, applying changes to a file, RivaTuner's patch script
engine also supports so called runtime scripts, which can be
applied directly to a driver loaded in memory. Runtime patch
scripts are useful for patching runtime decoded drivers,
protected against native patch scripts. Furthermore besides
native-only and runtime-only patch scripts, patch script engine
also supports so called universal patch scripts, which can be
installed in both modes.
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Added
ATIOverclockingAntiprotectionRuntime patch script, based upon
newly introduced runtime patching technology. This script is an
example of universal patch script, which can be applied to both
driver miniport binary file in the distributive and directly to
the miniport driver, loaded in memory.
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Improved NVIDIA VGA
BIOS formats support:
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Now BIT structure
based VGA BIOS images with no BMP structure are fully supported
by RivaTuner. This allows displaying "NVIDIA VGA BIOS
information" diagnostic report category on GeForce 6600 display
adapters family, which have no BMP structure in BIOS.
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Added BIT tokens
list interpretator. Now locations of tokens defining offsets to
performance and voltage tables are calculated by translating and
scanning whole BIT tokens list and no longer referenced using
fixed offset from the beginning of BIT header.
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Improved low-level
graphics subsystem diagnostic report module:
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Now NVIDIA VGA
BIOS version is read from the BIT rather than from the BMP when
both structures are available in VGA BIOS.
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Added dozen of
new NVIDA / Intel / SiS / AMD northbridges to RivaTuner's
hardware database.
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"GPU units mask"
line in "NVIDIA VGA BIOS information" diagnostic report category
has been renamed to "SW units mask". Software units mask
representation has been also changed to make it more plain for
beginners. Now RivaTuner displays "none" instead of "16x1,6vp"
when there are no software masked units detected in VGA BIOS,
and shows which pixel / vertex units exactly are disabled if
software units mask exists in VGA BIOS.
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Added "HW units
mask" line to "NVIDIA specific display adapter information"
diagnostic report category. This line displays "none" if the GPU
doesn't have hardware masked pixel / vertex units, otherwise it
shows which pixel / vertex units exactly are masked with
hardware straps.
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New NVStrap v1.6
driver brings you more nice exclusive features:
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Now the NVStrap
driver configuration tab contains "Allow enabling masked units"
option, allowing the driver to force the graphics processor to
activate all pixel / vertex units, even if they are hardware
strapped as damaged. Please be extremely careful and use this
option at your own risk. Enabling hardware masked units, which
have not passed hardware quality testing, may cause
unpredictable results and even permanently damage your graphics
hardware.
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Improved "Custom
graphics processor configuration" dialog layout. Now you may
also see enabled/disabled state of each pixel/vertex unit in
separate column. New "HW masked" column shows you which pixel /
vertex units are hardware strapped as defected and protected
from enabling by default by hardware mask to prevent system
instability.
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Added NVStrap
driver version tracking wizard. This module checks version of
the currently installed NVStrap driver each time you open
NVStrap configuration tab and offers you to replace outdated
version with new one if you have not reinstalled the driver
manually after upgrading RivaTuner version.
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New NVInfo v1.4
bundled DOS utility. Now NVInfo provides RivaTuner-styled command
line interface for R/W access to NVIDIA graphics processor's
registers. Take a note, that NVInfo correctly supports queued R/W
commands like RivaTuner's command line interface.
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Due to users'
requests, unofficial support for integrated NVIDIA graphics
processors is returned back.
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Due to numerous
requests from third party developers, some components of RivaTuner's
SDK are no longer available via personal email request only and will
be included in distributive since this version. Now RivaTuner's
publicly available SDK includes RTHMSharedMemory VC++ sample,
allowing third party tools to access RivaTuner's hardware monitoring
statistics in realtime.
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Improved
compatibility with some slow flashrom chips used on NVIDIA display
adapters.
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New Easter eggs.
Added built-in device driver dump utility, allowing you to dump
loaded driver memory and save it to the file for subsequent
analysis. This utility is useful for analyzing runtime decrypted
drivers as well as for creating runtime patch scripts and tracking
differences caused by other tool patching driver in runtime.
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Improved installer.
Now RivaTunerEx.sys driver is automatically unloaded from memory
during installation to ensure proper driver operation.
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Added about 10 new
overclocking and NV40 softmodding related questions and answers to
FAQ.
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Minor UI changes and
improvements.
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