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NBF MobileForce XP 169.04 M4

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post #1 of 41
10/31/07 at 12:48am
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NBF MobileForce XP 169.04 M4
DIRECT DOWNLOAD (NOT AVAILABLE) MIRROR 1 Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP 32-Bit Driver Version: 6.14.11.6904 NBF MobileForce Custom INF Tweaks Version: 4.02.82 Driver Date: 10/28/2007 Driver Size: 39,475,960 bytes (37.6MB) MD5 Hash: FC14230AA42378B4672393F7FBB81ED3 Please make sure you compare the MD5 Hash and Driver Size of the file you've downloaded to make sure you are getting a Genuine NBF MobileForce Driver, and not one that has been tampered with! ---Release Notes--- Continuing upon the, for the most part, amazing abilities of NVIDIA's new ForceWare 169-Series drivers, the new 169.04 is definitely a worthy successor. This new driver improves upon the impressive performance of 169.01 in (as far as can be seen) every way, so if you're running 169.01, it's a good bet you'd do better with 169.04. Give them a try and report back!! ---Other Information--- If you are updating your driver, please follow the directions in THIS THREAD. If you don't use follow these directions, and whine about problems with the driver not working properly, we're going to ask you to use follow these directions anyways, so please, update your driver properly . . . We will thank you later. Please post RESPONSIBLY!!! We will answer your question as soon as possible. All issues and/or concerns regarding this particular MobileForce driver are to be confined to this thread. Any other topics created regarding issues with this or any other driver will be REMOVED. Please, confine all discussion and feedback to this thread. It makes our job easier, and it makes it easier for others to view feedback on the driver release. ---Supported Video Devices---
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NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0244.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150"
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0247.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0530.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7190M / nForce 650M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0531.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0532.1  = "NVIDIA MCP67M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0533.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_053F.1  = "NVIDIA MCP67M "
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0098.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 "
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0099.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0297.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0298.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0299.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX/Quadro NVS 510M"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029B.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029C.1  = "NVIDIA G71GLM"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D4.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7350"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D6.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D7.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300/Quadro NVS 110M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D8.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400/Quadro NVS 120M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D9.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7450"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DA.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DB.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DC.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_038B.1  = "NVIDIA G73M-X"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0397.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0398.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0399.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039B.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039C.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0407.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0408.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GTS"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0409.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 370M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040B.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040C.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0425.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0426.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0427.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0428.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0429.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042B.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M"
NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0112.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0174.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0175.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0176.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go 32M"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0177.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 460 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0179.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64M "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 500 GoGL "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 410 Go 16M "
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0186.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go "
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0187.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 488 Go "
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go  "
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0286.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go "
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_028C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 700 GoGL "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0316.1 = "NVIDIA NV31M "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0317.1 = "NVIDIA NV31M Pro "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031A.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031B.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5650 "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 700 "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031D.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031E.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM Pro"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031F.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM Pro "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0324.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200 64MB"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0325.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5250/5500 "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0328.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200 32/64M "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032C.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 53x0 "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5100 "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0347.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700 "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700  "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0349.1 = "NVIDIA NV36M Pro "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034B.1 = "NVIDIA NV36MAP "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1000 "
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C8.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800"
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C9.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CC.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400 "
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0144.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0146.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0148.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 "
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0149.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 GT"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0164.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0166.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0167.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0168.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016B.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016C.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016D.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM  "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0228.1 = "NVIDIA NV44M"
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post #2 of 41
11/3/07 at 6:46am
Great work!
These drivers are faster than the 94.20. Bioshock is running really nice now.
Even 3Dmark 05 is showing improvement.

Thanks again every one for solving the BSOD problem.
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post #3 of 41
11/6/07 at 8:02pm
can't download this driver now, there's some error when attempting downloading...
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post #4 of 41
11/6/07 at 11:09pm
Thread Starter 
Don't know what happened, but it's fixed now, for some reason, the download link got changed. I checked the rest of the drivers, and none of those were changed or affected, so this one was the only affected link. Fixed now.
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post #5 of 41
11/7/07 at 8:50am
thanks a lot.

i have to tell you, that this driver is great. i installed your tweaked version of it and have to say, that it runs much better than the laptopvideotogo version of the same driver. i tried it with the call of duty 4 demo. the laptopvideotogo one used to have ok fps according to fraps, but there was a lot of stuttering, which didn't appear as fps drops. i thought, that my setting were simply to high or it was the 256 mb vram, but after i tried your driver i saw fps getting somewhere between 30-130 all the time, but NEVER going lower than 30. my settings are 1280x800, 2xAA, no AF, all max. to greatly improve framerate i sometimes turn shadows off, at least in the demo i couldn't tell any visual difference (it's night). i have to check some other games, hope the good performance will stay there as well.

great work, keep it up!!!

edit: enemy territory: quake wars runs better now, too. the game used to have sudden fps drops in certain situation, now they are gone. as i play this game a lot, this improvement is really great for me. thanks once again!
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post #6 of 41
11/7/07 at 8:54am
btw, i have a question about your drivers:
after install i go to controll panel/software,
then i can see, that the nvidia drivers are
installed (as usual), but there's also another
file with the name "NBF MobileForce XP 169.04
M4 SETUP FILES ONLY".
what is it? can i uninstall it or is it necessary
somehow?
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post #7 of 41
11/7/07 at 10:01am
Thread Starter 
It's exactly what it says they are. The setup files for the drivers. Uninstalling them DOESN'T remove the actual NVIDIA driver, but rather the installer. It's safe to delete unless you plan on reinstalling the driver.


Thanks for the comments, every success story there is we like to hear. MobileForce has been running for 2 years straight now, and aside from my own mini-disappearances in between, we're now actually one of the longest running TWEAKED drivers out there, let alone the original author still doing it (the original XTreme-G authors, Daishi and JRd1st are no longer involved with creating XG drivers).

I do have to say, that while things get tough once and a while (answering the same questions 1000s of times, arguing with people who apparently know our drivers and what we do better than WE do among other things...) those kinds of comments make it worthwhile. It keeps us aware that there are people out there that appreciate our work.

We lost a significant fanbase moving away from Tweaks R Us/TweakForce (it doesn't help the confusion that they've continued with their own mobile drivers, but I won't stop them on that, they have every right to, it's the internet) but it seems we're starting to get a new fanbase up and running here on NotebookForums, and I'm hoping that with the help of this very large community (MUCH larger than Tweaks R Us ever was and bigger than TweakForce probably ever will be) we can grow larger and larger, bigger than we ever were. I just hope things continue in a positive direction!
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post #8 of 41
11/7/07 at 12:52pm
yeah, what you're doing is really useful for some people buying an expensive gaming notebook, but being unable to play many games due to the lacking driver support by the manufacturers. some time ago i even wrote an email to dell asking them, why they didn't update the drivers for more than 1,5 years, but their answer was, that the users currently experience no problems with these drivers so they don't see any reason to update them. further nvidia doesn't support the cards anymore and specialize in vista drivers now. strange answer and the only bad experience i had with dell support so far.
i also checked the nvidia page, but they refuse to take any responsibility for the mobile drivers and tell the users to contact the notebook manufacturer.

so i tried different inofficial drivers some time ago, but didn't really know what to look for while testing. i tried 3dmark06, and as the stock drivers gave me the best results i continued to use them. it took some time until i realized, that this benchmark doesn't necessarily has anything to do with actual game performance. and finally i found out, that the stuttering appearing in many newer games was not a result of powerless hardware, but simply a driver issue.
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It keeps us aware that there are people out there that appreciate our work.
definately
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we're starting to get a new fanbase up and running here on NotebookForums
it would be great, if you could persuade the people running nbf to put up a noticeable link on the nbf start page leading to your drivers section (or at least a clear path (something like: notebookforums.com-->notebook discussions-->driver section), as it is a bit hard to find, if you don't already know about it's existence. this could help to let your users base grow even bigger.

wish you the best for your future work!
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post #9 of 41
11/7/07 at 1:27pm
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post #10 of 41
11/7/07 at 7:23pm
Oh I see how it is Tony... I spent a whole bunch of time benchmarking and giving conclusions about the Vista version of these drivers, and get no response/feedback... I see it now -- I'm EXPECTED to. :::sigh:::

J/K man. Yes, these drivers rock. Keep it up guys.

(PS -- Annoyingly, it seems they took me off the beta testers group over at Tweakforce, and I have no idea why... Hell I've donated to them a few times (quite a bit), been around a couple years, and it seems like I don't matter... Not sure what the deal is... Is it because I am here too??? Kinda pisses me off... )
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post #11 of 41
11/8/07 at 2:42am
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Probably is Shnike. I've said it before and I'll say it again, that site has changed, and it's not for the better... They prevented my from sending any kind of PM at all, and I've gotten several over there asking me things, but I can't answer them.

And your feedback is certainly appreciated Shnike. Don't ever assume it's not.
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post #12 of 41
11/8/07 at 11:34pm
These drivers rock as many others have already said. Crysis runs much better now compared to the 92.91 and 97.92 drivers. My 3dmark scores went down, but who cares, I didn't buy my laptop to play 3dmark.
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post #13 of 41
11/9/07 at 1:36am
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Originally Posted by Justageek95 View Post
My 3dmark scores went down, but who cares, I didn't buy my laptop to play 3dmark.

It's amazing how many people think otherwise...

Glad you see the light! This is the very reason I stopped using 3DMarks in my testing/benchmarking LONG ago. I think the "best 3DMarkXX" scores in my siggie from my XPS Gen 2 are from like the 8x.xx series, LOL!
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post #14 of 41
11/9/07 at 7:02pm
Whats 3DMark?

Yeah, that software is definitely showing its age... if your games run better, then who the heck cares if you lost 25 points in 3DMark??

*OhNoesMyEpeenWillShrinkWithoutAHigh3DMarkScore!!*
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post #15 of 41
11/14/07 at 2:31pm
Weird lighting in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 with 169.04 M4's, including no HDR when it is enabled in the options. First chapter plays like it is night time.

Sager 5760
Geforce Go 7900 GTX (575/700)

Drivers installed properly.
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post #16 of 41
11/14/07 at 11:50pm
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Originally Posted by Robgunn View Post
Weird lighting in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 with 169.04 M4's, including no HDR when it is enabled in the options. First chapter plays like it is night time.

Sager 5760
Geforce Go 7900 GTX (575/700)

Drivers installed properly.

Hm, I have absolutely no problem with HL2:E2 on my laptop. I would try downloading and installing the latest DirectX binaries. Both DX10 AND DX9 if you have Vista, and just DX9 if you have XP.
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post #17 of 41
11/15/07 at 12:04pm
These work great on my laptop. On slightly older games such as BF2, gameplay was unchanged. But Bioshock runs much better. Though my FPS were fine before, everything is 10x smoother. Fixed a problem i didn't know i had. Thanks Mobile Force!

EDIT: For the record, i upgraded from the 94.20 Mobile Force Drivers
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post #18 of 41
11/15/07 at 1:34pm
The download link is so ..DEAD!! can you guys reup it??
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post #19 of 41
11/15/07 at 2:30pm
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Originally Posted by ShnikeJSB View Post
Hm, I have absolutely no problem with HL2:E2 on my laptop. I would try downloading and installing the latest DirectX binaries. Both DX10 AND DX9 if you have Vista, and just DX9 if you have XP.
Hmm, very strange. I'll try downloading and reinstalling the latest DX9 and see if it changes anything. I'd also like to mention that I've used 16x.xx drivers before and had HDR in EP2, but the performance wasn't there so I reverted.
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post #20 of 41
11/15/07 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by GeForceTony View Post
Don't know what happened, but it's fixed now, for some reason, the download link got changed. I checked the rest of the drivers, and none of those were changed or affected, so this one was the only affected link. Fixed now.
I think it happened again Tony.
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