New nforce driver v2.03 performance compared

So how did the new driver v2.03 (with detonator 41.09)compare against the older version 2.0 (with 40.72 detonator)?
Any performance gains in 3DMarks, PCMarks, Sandra or UT3 Benchmarks??
Any improvements in Audio quality/performance?
Any new features in general?...
State here your results 8o

after doing memtest 3.0 (passed)during the boot I received 11 of the same errors, in event viewer I read
An error was detected inDeviceHarddisk 0 during a paging operation
then another error the deviceScsi
videsm1 did not respond within the time period.
I noticed that I had no mouse at first windows screen
when I usually would with the original Ata drivers loaded???. Hmmm
I did notice a slight gain in my HD speed program in the burst rate and gained only 50 pionts in 3dmarks 2001 SE
I may use my backup to revert to the original drivers and if I still receive the error I will exchange my new device 0 hard drive Maxtor 120GB IDE ATA 133 8 MB cache.
it did not over write my 40.72 drivers though????

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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776
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What files off the new nforce driver r required

hi im trying 2 make a new driver floppy 4 windows install of the sata drivers eg sata raid and storage controller but i am unsure as 2 what files i need from the new nforce 5.10 unified driver from nvidia. the reason im doing this is my floppy i received from msi is corrupt and i wish 2 setup my raid 0.
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Hi Guys
I have been happily using CS2 on a Power Mac with PPC chip running 10.4 Mac OS, until the hard drive gave in. Therefore new hard drive to kick life into the machine and update to 10.5.8.
Loaded on CS2 no problem. Try launching indesign it bombs, Illustrator opens and then crashes.
Product went through activation no problem and never had any issues with previous hard drive. I am going to upgrade to CS5 but waiting for new machine with Intel chip, but need to get this up and running in the meantime.
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Might this cover your problem?
http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-update-causing-problems-for-mac-indesign-and-illustrato r-users.php
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New Nforce driver 2.0 Released !!

@@@@@@Release Highlights@@@@@@
11am PST update: kit updated to correctly recognized graphics driver WHQL logo
First full unified package for nForce and nForce2
Full localizations for all languages
Fixes audio DirectX BSOD issue on Windows XP systems
Adds ASIO driver support
Adds OpenAL driver support
Updated nForce Audio control panel
Incorporates performance improvements and other bug fixes
@@@@@Notes@@@@@
Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1 prior to attempting to install this package. Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0 and NVIDIA IDE drivers.
Audio drivers will not install on the following nForce2 products: ASUS A7N8X and Chaintech 7NJS. Please use the drivers that come with these products to enable audio functionality.
USB keyboards and/or mice will be disabled during the installation of this package. Please connect PS2 devices before starting the installation process.
@@@@@Driver Versions@@@@@
Audio driver 3.06 WHQL
Audio control panel 3.07
Network driver 2.81 WHQL
GART driver 2.78 WHQL
SMBus driver 2.75 WHQL
Memory controller driver 2.75 WHQL
IDE driver 2.70 In The Box WHQL
IDE driver 3.07 Full Driver
Display Drivers 40.72 WHQL
Bye ...

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Hi, I have an audigy , and I just looked on the creative website and amazingly there are new drivers available (SBAX_WEBUP_LB_2_08_0004.exe). Whats new and or improved about these drivers?
I'm currently using the AUD_EAX4DRV_0303.exe drivers with the AUD_WEBUP_PCWDRV_-84-40.exe update. Shall I upgrade?
Is there a driver only install version of these available?
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New Intel driver brings substantial performance improvements.

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New Hard drive configuration to optimize performance

Hi,
I just want to make sure I have the ultimize hard drive setup for performance. I have a in bays:
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2) 1gb (Caviar Black for documents/media)
3) 1gb (Caviar Black for FCP/Photoshop scratch disk)
4) 1gb (Seagate- just back-up drive /2nd back-up for external 1gb lacie drive/time machine)
Any feedback will be very helpful!

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If that's too expensive, utilize the 2 extra ODD sata ports.
Either put an extra drive in the lower optical bay,
http://www.tenthousandpercent.com/?section=other&article=65
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Best way to migrate to a new SSD drive for performance and reliabilility

Hello all,
My 2011 15" MacBook Pro is about 3 weeks old and my new OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD is coming in tomorrow.
What is the best way to move my system over to the new drive? I have Time Machine backups on my external Firewire drive as well as complete drive images made with CCC. I have read where some have had problems cloning to a new SSD using a drive image.
My plan is to format the drive and install the OS with the cd then move my applications and files over with Time Machine but it would be much easier to just clone the existing drive image but I don't want any problems down the road. What is the best practice?
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Follow this outline:
+Step One+: Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Quit and shutdown.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
+Step Two+: Remove the old drive and install the new drive. Place the old drive in an external USB enclosure. You can buy one at OWC who are also a good vendor for drives.
+Step Three+: Boot from the external drive. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the external drive then click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
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1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4.Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
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7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
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Source means the old external drive.
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I'm at a loss. I've had this computer for ages and it cut out on me and I just installed a new hard drive and I'm adding back my programs. In case it helps, here's the info on my hardware:
Machine Name: PowerBook G4 15"
Machine Model: PowerBook5,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.7.1f1
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I have satellite internet and an Airport. I've started watching some of ABC's TV shows and last night it got pretty upset over that and said I didn't have enough memory on my Start Up disk and to quit some applications. It did ok after I quit out of the new one program I had on with OS9.
I've used Disk Utility to repair permissions, did it just the other day and I just did it today and the icons for my hard drive were just a plain piece of paper and the hard drive just a folder! Now I'm pretty sure they used to be miniature hard drive images.
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Any 2.5" diameter, 9.5mm thick SATA drive will be compatible. Currently they come up to 1.5 TB in capacity. I have a 1 TB Seagate SSHD (hybrid) drive installed in my primary MBP. The cost is a modest premium over a conventional HDD of the same capacity. Boot and shutdown times are significantly faster when compared to a conventional HDD, I can recommend this as an option.
If the bank account permits, an SSD will produce the overall maximum performance gains. Boot, shutdown and resource hungry applications will be noticeably faster. Casualyll use such as e-mails and text editing will produce no meaningful performance differences compared to a conventional HDD.
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I recently replaced my OEM hard drive (160 GB Seagate) with two 750 GB Seagate drives. I have concatenated them into one huge drive. I then backed up everything from the original drive from a firewire enclosure to the new super massive drive. All is working but start up is super slow. I also have a PowerBook G4 800Mhz. The PowerMac used to be a blink in start up compared to the 1 minute for the PowerBook. Now they are about the same. I have seen some speed increases but also some speed loss. What should I do? I tested my system with Xbench and it shows a vast inmprovement with reading and writing big files but a slower performance with small files. Is this normal with bigger drives? Is there something to optimize the drive?

Hi,
When using a striped RAID set as a boot drive I found in most cases the startup time can be a few seconds slower. In addition, I found no evidence that applications launch faster on a RAID. However, a striped RAID set will copy or duplicate data much quicker.
A striped RAID set will provide a lot of additional speed for those that are copying or manipulating large files but will provide very little additional performance enhancement. In some tasks it will be slower than a single drive.
The downside of a striped RAID set is reliablility. Striped RAIDs are much more likely to fail leaving the user with lost files unless they have a backup. A dual drive RAID is twice as likely to fail as a single drive. A 5 drive RAID is 5 times more likely to fail. See the WiebeTech white paper on this topic for more details at:
http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/release.php?id=36
You can also see barefeats article that indicates two drives can actually perform faster than a RAID:
http://www.barefeats.com/hard63.html
"RAID PAIR or INDEPENDENT DRIVES?
Based on the mixed gains of the RAID pairs over single drives, I hypothesized that there are more avantages to having two independent drives as opposed to a bootable RAID 0 pair. Why? Because things don't happen in sequence. Your normal work flow causes storage events to happen in parallel."
While I like to use a RAID for video work and even create a bootable RAID for this purpose I still keep the internal system drive as a single drive. Its safer and still performs well. To each his own poison but I want a single boot drive in my PowerMacs.
Michael

I had to install a new hard drive because my old hard drives boot files became corrupted, and i want to get all of my music files off the old hard drive and regain all my play counts/ratings/playlists

Greetings everyone
as the title says, ive had to install a new hard drive and i want to transfer my old itunes library onto the new drive, maintaining all playlists/play counts/ratings etc, album artwork if possible. The old hard drive is installed as a slave drive and is completely acessible, but due to the boot files being corrupted i cannot use it as the main drive and therefore operate my old itunes. Also, my ipod no longer contains my music library as itunes synced without my permission and wiped it.
The only thing i have tried is copying all of my old music files from the old drive by selecting 'add folder to library' and then the old drive, then replacing the new itunes library.itl file with the one from my old itunes. This restores all my playlists and playcounts but when i try to play any of the songs it says that the files could not be found, and i dont fancy locating 8500 music files individually!
Thankyou for taking the time to read my post, any help will be greatly appreciated.

Ah, my reply was based on the assumption that you had a default installation of iTunes.
i.e you had all your music in the iTunes media folder inside your iTunes folder.
If your iTunes folder is so small compared to the amount of music you have, you must have a different arrangement.
This complicates you situation considerably.
iTunes can cope with moving around as long as all the music is in the iTunes media folder, not not if it isn't.
Your first step should be to get iTunes working on the old drive. This will involve editing the xml library file so that the drive letter is correct and then rebuilding the library from the xml file.
Then you will need to consolidate your library which moves everything into the iTunes media fodler. After that you will be able to use my first suggestion.
Step 1
Find the iTunes folder on the old drive and copy the two library files somewhere else so you can find them again. That's iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Library.xml.
Now open the copy of iTunes Library.xml with WordPad.
Look for lines starting:
Location
These contain the paths to tracks.
You will need to use a find/replace to change the drive letter so that it is correct.
Make sure that you include enough in the "find" so that you only change the right thing.
Maybe /c:/ and replace with /d:/ or whatever.
After that, tell iTunes to use the library on the old drive with a shift key start.
Hold down the shift key and start iTunes, keep holding the shift key until you are prompted to choose a library. Navigate to the iTunes folder on the old drive and choose iTunes Library.itl.
Then use the method in the following article to rebuild your library;
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Unfortunately the date added will be today for all tracks.
If iTunes works correctly after this, consolidate your library
File>>Library>>Organize>>consolidate
This copies all tracks into to iTunes media folder and could create a problem if you do not have disk space so don't do it if you are unsure about free disk space.
Check that iTunes works OK and then use the first method.
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Help restore new hard drive via time machine back up in time capsule

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