Cheers Hilbert for this huge update .. huge .. Dig into the revision history and you"ll notice ;)
RivaTuner 2.0 RC 11 is out, it has been a while but oh boy .. what an update this is! Next to minor bugfixes there is an awesome amount in this GeForce/Radeon Tweaker changed. To name a few: Improved low level overclocking interface for NVIDIA graphics processors, low level color correction, low level flexible refresh overrider module for fixing 60Hz refresh rate under Windows2000/XP on non-NVIDIA based boards (tested on ATI RADEON 8500 and all NVIDIA boards). And a gazillion other changes. Seriously check it out .. There one more thing I want you to focus your attention on:
- Added NVStrap driver for all GeForce based boards for Windows2000/XP (thanks to the man who whished to remain anonymous for confirming that NVIDIA PCI DeviceIDs are programmable, this info greatly catalyzed the NVStrap driver development). This tiny boot bus extender driver embeds in the OS kernel and provides the following unique tweaking possibilities:
- AGP sideband addressing overriding capability.
- AGP fastwrites overriding capability.
- PCI DeviceID overriding capability !!. convert your GeForce board to a Quadro and vice versa.
The driver is loaded before OS kernel so neither Windows nor Detonator driver will be able to detect the real PCI DeviceID of your display adapter. This trick allows you to unlock all the professional Quadro features on GeForce based boards and unlock game optimized ICD on Quadro based cards without soldering and patching the Detonator drivers.