nVIDIA ForceWare nHancer (NVIDIA Profile Editor) v1.2.2 Windows 2000/XP/2003

Driver Brief

Version: v1.2.2
Release: 09/15/05
Update: 01/09/06
License:Free Driver
File Name: nHancer1.2.2.zip
File Size: 560 Kb
Environment: Windows 2000/XP/2003
Category:Display And Video Driver Download
Vendor:nVIDIA
Subcategory:NVIDIA Display And Video Driver Download

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nVIDIA ForceWare nHancer (NVIDIA Profile Editor) v1.2.2 Windows 2000/XP/2003.

nVidia drivers include a unique feature, that allows them to define profiles for every game, which control various compatibility and optimization aspects.

Lately, this feature has received some new attention, since the new SLI technique requires nVidia to provide such a profile for a game to get any speed improvement. But these profiles are just as interesting even without SLI, just to enhance the gaming experience with any game.

It's not very difficult to create such profiles. The standard control panel, that is a part of nVidia's drivers, already offers a way to create and manipulate those profiles. Unfortunately, the control panel is very cumbersome to use, doesn't offer all options and many people just don't know how to use it.

This is where the nHancer project steps in. With nHancer the creation and management of profiles is very easy, and the user receives as much assistance as he needs, to understand what he's doing.

Additionally, if you don't want to create the profiles yourself, you can simply use our Profile Database, where you can find many optimized profiles for your games.

To see what kind of difference nHancer can make for your games, check out our Visual Comparison of the various Anti-Aliasing modes and Anisotropic Filter modes.

Features:

  • Create and manage fully automated profiles for all your games
  • On-the-fly control of all global settings and all game settings
  • Very easy to use, explains all options and their effects, like Anti Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering, etc.
  • Special options for nVidia's SLI feature, allowing you to to use almost every game with SLI even if nVidia doesn't support it
  • Offers additional Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering modes, that are not available through nVidia's control panel
  • Automatic preservation of all user defined profiles if another driver is being installed.
  • Flexible user interface: change the size of the window and all sub areas
  • Use the online profile database to download profiles for your games, to enhance your gaming experience without having to explore the various options yourself
  • Export and share your profiles with other people by uploading them into the profile database
  • User interface and help texts available in various languages (right now English, German, Polish and Spanish)
  • Consorts perfectly with nVidia's own control panel and other tools, like aTuner or RivaTuner. nHancer will immediately detect any changes made by any other tool.

    Here are most important changes since version 1.1:

  • Added a tray icon mode. If this mode is enabled, a tray icon is displayed in the systray. This icon offers a context menu, which allows to change all global driver settings without having to open nHancer. A double click on the icon will open nHancer. If this mode is active, this icon will appear automatically with each window start.
  • Added the new Anti-Aliasing modes for the 7800 models (Gamma correction, transparency options)
  • Added a new ¡°Force OpenGL Triple Buffer¡± option to the VSync settings.
  • Added two more unofficial Anti-Aliasing modes (4x 9-tap, 12xS)
  • Added a new ¡°Force DXT3 (OGL)¡± option to the ¡°Optimizations¡± page.
  • Added a new ¡°Adjust LOD BIAS¡± option to the ¡°Optimizations¡± page.
  • Added the new SLI Anti-Aliasing mode
  • Added the new OpenGL options for SLI
  • Added the new SLI Stereo Mode option
  • Added the new ¡°dynamic tiling mode¡± option, which optimizes SLI for multithread CPUs
  • Added a new function to remove all SLI profiles (¡°Profiles->Remove all SLI-profiles¡±). On a system where SLI is not available, nHancer will ask if the user wants to remove these profiles automatically once after each driver installation.
  • Added a new function to restore original driver profiles (¡°Profiles->Restore original driver profiles¡±). If the user has deleted or changed a profile, he can use this function to revert one or many profiles to their original state.
  • Added a new option called ¡°Show experimental modes¡±. If this mode is not active (default), all Anti-Aliasing modes which are not really usable or might not work correctly on current drivers are hidden. Also the new 7xxx AA flags (gamma, transparency) are disabled if this option is not active and you have an older card which doesn¡¯t support these flags.
  • Added a field to view and modify the SLI flags directly in their hexadecimal representation

    System requirements for nHancer:

  • Any nVidia GeForce graphic card
  • Windows 2000, XP or 2003
  • Forceware driver version 60 or higher
  • MS .NET Framework 1.1

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