NeoMagic MagicMedia256AVP Driver Reviews

"I didn't need this, and it's a manual install because it's not digitally signed."

"XP ran faster and better with this driver than it did with the default ones XP chooses! XP also detected that the card was NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV, when in fact it was NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV. these drivers did the trick!"

"This driver worked with my old DELL I 3500 lappy"

"There is a little bug when i'm trying to

switch resolution from 1024x768 truecolor or hicolor (16 or 24 bit) to 640x480 256 color then back again, (such as playing with Zuma or something like that in full screen) and then Hibernate .. when awakes from hibernation then there is an interesting stripes like a videocard error. And there is no pixel strech to keep aspect th

"Dont Work for my Laptop Dell Latitude CPi-A"

"Pretty staightforward to install, no errors, started clean."

"Best drivers for windows xp bar none for this card"

"I already had this version on my laptop and it is NOT very compatible with XP"

"It's impossible to make work this driver under windows 2000 pro... it sucks!!!!"

"driver worked some what ok"

"Op system turned out to be an expired (30 Days+) unvalidated pirate copy consequently it was impossible to retrieve."

"This driver works perfectly on a 1999 Vaio Z505SX Japan model, running XP SP2"

"I can´t rate this driver because I could not install it on Windows XP!"

"Installed this driver on a Toshiba Portege 7020CT running XP-Pro.

Thank you Shonk and Driverguide..."

"Since I'm new to the driver world all I can say is that despite lack of 3D hardware support , the direct draw tests definately seem to have results which improve markedly with certain drivers to the point of seing a box zipping on the screen at lightening speed ! Furthermore terrain generation (for terrain rendering software )and overall functionalities seem to improve wit

"no go on a sony pcg-f350"

"Mislabed zip file. The drivers within are for NeoMagic MagicMedia, not MagicGraph as the zip file is called."

"Quite old driver look at Dell for Z6030201.EXE"

"Thanks so much to the submitter of this file. It fixed all my XP woes.Thx."

""Cannot Continue the Hardware Update Wizard" was the message i got when i pointed it to the unzipped folder.

"The wizard could not find a better match for your hardware than the software you currently have installed."

Dell was no help either."

"i can't to use

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"Works great with my IBM Thinkpad 600"

"This driver seems to work fine (winXP, vaio SR1K), but no Direct draw functionality. I've read conflicting things about this hardware and whether it supports 3D, anyone got direct draw to work with it?"

"doesnt work on xp

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"The driver is not an executable file.

How do I install it?

Please help me!

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"I've tried but i'm still mising 240 colours... all i wanted for xmas was xbox live and win98se internet sharing now I have a thinkpad 600e with rubbish resolution and no pear tree.. any help welcomed, cheers.

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"this driver isnt recognised as being better by device manager. i attepted to update and it said my current driver, installed by xp, was the best."

"driver isn't digitally signed"

"I'm not a big software techie. Any help on the instalation would be really helpfull.

Can anyone give me a hand with this?

mrleary@optonline.net

Thanx"

"works the same as detected in XP originally... no added features"

"How instal this driver???"

"a very good driver! thanks a lot"

"works fine on windows xp must be in 16 bit mode for duel dispay and tv out"

"theres something wrong with the file....its a corrupted file"

"The drivers does the standard job very well and very stable. However, I still can use the dual display option. Is there any way to achieve that? I have a sony vaio pcg f-403 with neomedia magicmedia 256av chip & has this dual monitor capability until I upgraded to winXP.

Many Thanks"

"Works great with windows XP pro!"

"Don't use only for XP because TV out is innacessible"

"I need driver to win98 or win me . I can't find it on all internet:( If someone has this driver please help me and send it at sodek2626@wp.pl . Thx:)"

"DRIVER IS NOT EXECUTABLE FILE

I CANT INSTALL IT

HELP ME SO"

"This driver will not work with windows 9.x because there is a missing file not on the list.

Right click Desktop/Properties//Advanced/Adapter/Change/Next/Display from location/%path%/upgrade driver/next.

Produces error: The file nmgcnt5.cat on [unknown] cannot be found

Skipping this file does install the driver, but on retstarting you still only get 16 colours max

"This is the only XP driver I can find for NeoMagic 256, it did not give good results with my 256ZX card.

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"Excellent, it worked first time with my Tecra 8000 on WIN 98SE, not even the manufacturer had this driver. Thanks"

"Works well with XP. It makes the letters and image in the monitor

much better thatn XP's driver"

"I downloaded the driver and needed some tech support on installing it because there was no auto-install or executable file. I emailed driverguide.com and got an automated response and so for now I'm still waiting for help to get the driver to work."

"Video drivers good works under W2K but it does not work like extend monitor."

"Seems much better than the bog-standard WinXP one."

"THIS driver allows my Dell Latitude CSx to play DVDs. The default WinXP driver does not work."

"I already had the audio installed from the WinXP included drivers. The only difficulty is you need to tell windows "I will select the driver for this device" then navigate to the install dir where you're drivers are. Auto install will not work."

"by the way these drivers are still good for the 256AVP as i left the 256AVP's inf in for 256AVP users"

"Works great! Mabye must point your Device Manager to use ("Don't pick the driver, I will"), as your video hardware Device ID may not match what is in the INF file.

Believe i used this on a Sony VIAO laptop."

"I used this driver for Windows 2000 or Windows 98 SE. It worked fine in windows, however, it did not fix my original problem. I have lines across the screen on FMV's in games. The graphics card is in an IBM ThinkPad 600E."

"The driver was easy is install but it was not what i wanted i wanted a driver which will enable dual-display on a dell latitude with windows xp Home edition"

"Driver is work fine in Latitude LS400."

"Didn't install on my Thinkpad 600E with WinXP: "Not a better match...". There's no reference to MagicGraph in the .inf files."

"I could not install the driver even though I unzipped it and then used driver update under the hard ware profile for the neomagic card. Message stated that no driver update could be found even though I pointed computer at the downloaded files. I would appreciate any assistence in installing the driver as I am not happy with XP's default driver. Thanks"

"I can't get it to download at all. gets stuck at that point. can download plenty of other stuff but this just wont when asked to pay the $1.99 or save to drive , i chose save to drive and it stops will not continue to download

dell latitude cpi 400xt neomagic magicgraph 256av

would love to get it going have serious screen issues on laptop but 2nd monitor works just

"Files were missing from the install Zip file. Driver didn't start."