nForce 15.23 drivers out!

Stray_Bullet

Download the new nForce 15.23 WHQL driver for XP or Vista both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available. This set is WHQL certified (Microsoft approved) and we've been hearing a lot of good stuff about them !

Ethernet Driver (v67.89) WHQL
Network Management Tools (v67.91) "Sedona"
SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.42) WHQL
SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.42) WHQL
RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.42)
SMU Driver (v1.61) WHQL
SMBus Driver (v4.69) WHQL
Away Mode Driver (v6.0.6000.107) WHQL
Installer (v6.14)

Download:

nForce Driver 15.23 Vista 32-bit WHQL

nForce Driver 15.23 Vista 64-bit WHQL

nForce Driver 15.23 XP 64-bit WHQL

nForce Driver 15.23 XP 32-bit WHQL

Moderator: Stray bullet thanks for the heads up man !, altered this post a little

Geebs · 09-12-2008, 15:35 | posts: 12 | Location: USA

Thanks for the links

90Ozkr · 09-12-2008, 15:46 | posts: 53 | Location: Mexico

Hey thanks man, just wondering, do these have the same bug as..... i dont remember which set

, that left a lot of users without Internet? (cuz it messed up the ethernet driver) everything else worked alright though.
Im going to download these, and test them myself in a while anyways, just wondering before hand

Stray_Bullet · 09-12-2008, 15:55 | posts: 8 | Location: New York, USA

I just installed them. Seem to be working okay.

I am here so the ethernet driver is working.

fhertlein · 09-12-2008, 16:12 | posts: 146

Probably cause my Velociraptors to go corrupt like every version after the 9.4 set.

scandalous · 09-12-2008, 16:24 | posts: 678 | Location: The far side of the moon

Thanks for the info. Will install and report back later on how they perform.

gunslinger · 09-12-2008, 21:20 | posts: 429 | Location: Casselberry Fl

Quote:

Originally Posted by fhertlein

Probably cause my Velociraptors to go corrupt like every version after the 9.4 set.

I use a raptor and had no problem with this driver

fhertlein · 09-12-2008, 21:52 | posts: 146

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunslinger

I use a raptor and had no problem with this driver

My bad... RAID0 with VRaptors, with the versions after 9.xx were causing corruption on the raid.

Gonzo7 · 09-12-2008, 16:31 | posts: 203 | Location: UK

refuse to run on my xp32 bit install, get some error saying

>setupNew\setup.cpp(138)
PAPP:
PVNDOR:
PGUID
$14.0.0.162
@Windows XP service Pack 3 )2600) IE 7.0.6000.16705

bstef9950 · 09-12-2008, 16:52 | posts: 21 | Location: Chicago,IL.United States

I have NOT reaad anythig specific about how these run on Vista 32 Im running AMD Dual Core 6000+Am2 I don't want to take something that runs just ok to a nightmare instalation.Pleases respond??? Very intereseted

Gonzo7 · 09-12-2008, 21:46 | posts: 203 | Location: UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo7

refuse to run on my xp32 bit install, get some error saying

>setupNew\setup.cpp(138)
PAPP:
PVNDOR:
PGUID
$14.0.0.162
@Windows XP service Pack 3 )2600) IE 7.0.6000.16705

i moved my temp drive and forgot to tell windows where it was, working fine now

GaryX · **Memory**: 8 GB Corsair CL4-4-3-5-14

when you reboot your machine, these drivers shut down the HDDs as well as 15.17 did. bios post takes ages to recognize the hdds, you hear them starting to spin.

hdd bench increased but this shut down of the hdds is annoying!

Gonzo7 · 09-12-2008, 22:47 | posts: 203 | Location: UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaryX

when you reboot your machine, these drivers shut down the HDDs as well as 15.17 did. bios post takes ages to recognize the hdds, you hear them starting to spin.

hdd bench increased but this shut down of the hdds is annoying!

must be the NVIDIA Away Mode Driver i saw, almost unchecked it, have not noticed a longer startup though.

F2000 · 09-13-2008, 11:43 | posts: 44

sata driver v9.99.09 is still the best, faster than those v10.3

Punisher!|ITA · 09-13-2008, 23:14 | posts: 456 | Location: Italy

15.24_nforce_winvista32_international_whql.exe from Italian NVIDIA FTP are corrupted for me... they don't even extract.

bozotheclown · 09-13-2008, 09:01 | posts: 859 | Location: Groningen, the Netherlands

I don't experience the spin down when I reboot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaryX

when you reboot your machine, these drivers shut down the HDDs as well as 15.17 did. bios post takes ages to recognize the hdds, you hear them starting to spin.

hdd bench increased but this shut down of the hdds is annoying!

Hilbert Hagedoorn · 09-12-2008, 17:10 | posts: 16,989 | Location: Guru3D testlab

No problems with Vista 32-bit on this end. Feels a tad faster in hefty HDD utlization.

mandex · 09-12-2008, 17:21 | posts: 808 | Location: Brazil

bad thing that intel chipset don't get this sort of bonus lol

JPMATRIX · 09-12-2008, 17:59 | posts: 194 | Location: Coimbra/Portugal

I lost performance in the HDD, at least HDtach is giving half the score I had with the previous drivers (nforce15.08)

blakedj06 · 09-12-2008, 18:44 | posts: 18

by me the same @ JPMATRIX ):

Abilio_KID · 09-12-2008, 19:04 | posts: 584 | Location: Portugal

As usual, all recent nForce drivers completely destroy my XP installation. Not long ago I decided to install version 15.17 on my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe and after reboot, well, didn't reboot anymore, always a BSOF. Anything I tried to do to recover the system failed, I had to re-install XP from scratch (and lost a lot of system settings, program installations, etc.).
This time everything seemed fine after running the setup, altough it didn't ask me to reboot. I did it anyway and after that I could not access Windows anymore. Lucky me I did a manual system restore before.

My advice? Never touch nForce drivers ever again, had too many bad experiences with them.

applejack · 09-12-2008, 19:14 | posts: 324 | Location: Israel

I installed these over 9.64 (without uninstalling first) . it asked for restart after installation and everything works flawlessly.
my velociraptor is not "corrupted" as some1 noted here and I have no issues.

my advice ? just backup ur system first, in case u hate nvidia that much.

Vista ultimate sp1 32bit / nforce 780i

TheSarge · 09-14-2008, 21:07 | posts: 609 | Location: The Frozen North.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abilio_KID

As usual, all recent nForce drivers completely destroy my XP installation. Not long ago I decided to install version 15.17 on my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe and after reboot, well, didn't reboot anymore, always a BSOF. Anything I tried to do to recover the system failed, I had to re-install XP from scratch (and lost a lot of system settings, program installations, etc.).
This time everything seemed fine after running the setup, altough it didn't ask me to reboot. I did it anyway and after that I could not access Windows anymore. Lucky me I did a manual system restore before.

My advice? Never touch nForce drivers ever again, had too many bad experiences with them.

Everyone else here hasn't had a problem with these drivers, so don't blame the drivers; There's nothing wrong with these drivers. The problem is likely on your end.

g000fy · 09-14-2008, 23:29 | posts: 156 | Location: Midwest

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSarge

Everyone else here hasn't had a problem with these drivers, so don't blame the drivers; There's nothing wrong with these drivers. The problem is likely on your end.

oh you are so wrong my friend.

these drivers are borked from the beginning.

i have proof to compare it also.

what do you get for performance in a single drive? (aprox 40-60MB`s AVG read) for most users.

when you add a 2nd drive and put that in a raid0 it will ALMOST double in speed
if you add 2more drives to that 2 drive system it SHOULD also again ALMOST doulbe in speed.
ex: my 4 drive raid0 setup in winxp i would get 180MBs avg the whoile time all day long and cpu usage about 15%

same exact drives in vista and i get BARELY 100MBs (one of my drives in single non-raid = 50MBs avg read) so that makes since but 4 drives in raid0 it IS JUST WAY OFF.

also for long time with nvidia nvraid drivers when you "RESTART" the drives were powering OFF and it would make a very slow reboot.

nvidia has had tons of problems with these nvraid drivers for 2 years now (for vista)

g000fy · *Last edited by g000fy; 09-14-2008 at 23:53.*

just ran these 2 tests with hdtune

single 80gig sata wd hard drive
http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ingle80gn8.jpg

4 wd sata 80gigers in a raid0
http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?i...80raid0iz3.jpg

got to love those numbers!
COMPARE the CPU usage.

one drive = 1.6percent
four drive = 41percent!!!!

look at the perf
49MBs vs 73MBs

um yea its not nvidia fault is it<<<<