NVidia Riva 128/128ZX Driver Download
The Riva 128/128ZX is a popular graphics card manufactured by NVIDIA. This driver fixes screen glitches, unwanted artifacts, stuttering or glitchy video and even screen tearing. This driver - "nVidiaRIVA128Reference.zip" - has been downloaded 1,954 times and is rated 4 out of 5 stars based on 16 reviews. The uploader reports that this update will work successfully on PCs running Windows XP. The total disk space used for this update is 962.9 KB.
Supported Models
NVidia Riva 128/128ZX
Manufacturers
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT4, Windows ME, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, Windows 95
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Additional Notes
This driver is Release 2.77 of the NVIDIA Reference Driver. This release of the
display driver is to be used with boards based on the RIVA128 and RIVA 128ZX
chips. This release includes drivers for both WinNT4.0 and Win95/98 in either an
AGP or PCI configuration. This Reference Driver is supplied to board
manufacturers for their use in developing fully supported drivers customized for
their specific board configuration. While we expect this driver to operate correctly
on RIVA based boards, we are not able to provide full product support for other
manufacturers products. It is recommended that end users install the drivers
supplied from their board manufacturer to receive full product support.
Uploaded By
John (DG Member) on 3-Mar-2003
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Driver Contents File List
The following files are found inside the driver download file.
| Name | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
| NV3disp.inf | 5.9 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| nv3.vxd | 37.4 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| nv3disp.drv | 716.8 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| NV3QTWK.DLL | 69.6 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| nv3dd32.dll | 244.2 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| nv3ogl.dll | 713.2 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| NV3TWEAK.INF | 3.0 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| nv3mini2.vxd | 7.9 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| nv3rm.vxd | 391.8 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| conditions.txt | 5.7 KB | 5 Oct 1998 |
| 277Readme.doc | 33.3 KB | 28 Sep 1998 |
| nv3api.dll | 6.7 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| NV3SYS.DLL | 29.2 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| NV3TWEAK.DLL | 138.2 KB | 14 Sep 1998 |
| 277Readme.txt | 10.4 KB | 28 Sep 1998 |
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