I saw this benchmark that you did. https://gpuscore.top/furmark/show.php?id=38606

Could you send me the driver download please?

Edited May 31, 20206 yr by Terrky

I have no plan to release modified NVIDIA driver. If you are using a Turing GeForce graphics card on Windows 10, you can use version 1809 and later for enhanced gaming experience, but it is better to stay away from latest feature update.  

On version 1607, HEVC B-frames is available, and Mesh Shaders for OpenGL and Vulkan are available, too. I guess NGX may work because official driver is available. Anyone can make the modified NVIDIA driver by spending a month learning debugging and using IDA 7.0. But many features are unavailable due to old Windows version, and it is a big problem.

Another problem is modern PC may require version 1709 and later.

On 6/19/2020 at 2:23 PM, halohalo said:

I have no plan to release modified NVIDIA driver. If you are using a Turing GeForce graphics card on Windows 10, you can use version 1809 and later for enhanced gaming experience, but it is better to stay away from latest feature update.  

On version 1607, HEVC B-frames is available, and Mesh Shaders for OpenGL and Vulkan are available, too. I guess NGX may work because official driver is available. Anyone can make the modified NVIDIA driver by spending a month learning debugging and using IDA 7.0. But many features are unavailable due to old Windows version, and it is a big problem.

Another problem is modern PC may require version 1709 and later.

I would wanna use it for testing purposes. and some test gaming to see if its better or not etc.

On 6/19/2020 at 5:23 AM, halohalo said:

I have no plan to release modified NVIDIA driver. If you are using a Turing GeForce graphics card on Windows 10, you can use version 1809 and later for enhanced gaming experience, but it is better to stay away from latest feature update.  

On version 1607, HEVC B-frames is available, and Mesh Shaders for OpenGL and Vulkan are available, too. I guess NGX may work because official driver is available. Anyone can make the modified NVIDIA driver by spending a month learning debugging and using IDA 7.0. But many features are unavailable due to old Windows version, and it is a big problem.

Another problem is modern PC may require version 1709 and later.

Hello, is there any chance you could release it? I can donate via paypal to support your development or if you could share details on modifying the inf. I have gotten to the stage (error 43).

EDIT: I have opened the .sys file and searching for 3839 shows many results, not sure which one to replace.

Edited August 9, 20206 yr by laddien
added some information

Ampere based Quadro GPUs support 1607, but it seems that drivers for Ampere based GeForce GPUs will not be installed on 1709 or earlier.

FurMark test result of 456.38:
https://gpuscore.top/furmark/show.php?id=159930

@halohalo If you can't/won't release the modded drivers, please provide a tutorial on how to modify the correct files. This goes much bigger than running drivers on a somewhat older Windows 10 build. Most notably, installing Windows 7's RTX 30xx drivers into Windows 8.1 is retardedly blocked by Nvidia and will instantly show the same damn error 43 if you force-install them.

No, Nvidia can't be contacted about this.

Edited February 8, 20215 yr by AeroSeeker

I agree. I am aiming to get a new 30 series card and wish to keep LTSB compatibility as well as 8.1 support.

I have no plan making an instruction guide for modified NVIDIA driver.

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by halohalo

40 minutes ago, halohalo said:

I have no plan making a instruction guide for modified NVIDIA driver.

But why?  I would totally pay you for driver for rtx 30xx series for windows 8.1

1 hour ago, halohalo said:

I have no plan making a instruction guide for modified NVIDIA driver.

Why though? I don't wanna gang up on you here, and you don't owe us anything really, but it seems really weird to just refuse to do so.

I have deceided with my poor knowledge of how drivers work to attempt to recreate what he did.

From what I can understand, there are just some hex numbers that need to be replaced in the driver .sys file to prevent unloading. More specifically the hex numbers that specify the versions to run on. Currently, they are:
 

3839: EFF (this number prevents unloading)
295A: 10586 (possibly the Pascal specification)
3FAB: 16299 (possibly the Turing specification)
4563: 17763 (possibly the Ampere specification)

If it is as simple as that, it would just be going into the driver with something like HxD and changing any of those values to 3839 or, a previous version. Say you want to run 14393 on Ampere, you would maybe replace 4563 hex with 295A. Not sure if this will work though. I only have a 1050 Ti, so I can try 10240 support.

It may not be as simple as that.

There are many, many hex values with all 4 of those numbers.

The Steam patch of NieR:Automata released on July 15 supports Windows 10 and Windows 7/8.1. But 1607 is not compatible with the Windows 10 game patch and gets stuck on a black window, so I have to run Windows 7/8.1 version.

 

PSO2 New Genesis benchmark and FFXIV: Endwalker benchmark work on 1607. Besides, Windows cumulative update removes Flash Player and its control panel from 1607.

On 5/22/2021 at 3:26 PM, Tonny52 said:

I have deceided with my poor knowledge of how drivers work to attempt to recreate what he did.

From what I can understand, there are just some hex numbers that need to be replaced in the driver .sys file to prevent unloading. More specifically the hex numbers that specify the versions to run on. Currently, they are:
 

3839: EFF (this number prevents unloading)
295A: 10586 (possibly the Pascal specification)
3FAB: 16299 (possibly the Turing specification)
4563: 17763 (possibly the Ampere specification)

If it is as simple as that, it would just be going into the driver with something like HxD and changing any of those values to 3839 or, a previous version. Say you want to run 14393 on Ampere, you would maybe replace 4563 hex with 295A. Not sure if this will work though. I only have a 1050 Ti, so I can try 10240 support.

Are those hex values constant across different driver versions, or did you test it with a specific version?

Starting from R495, NVIDIA no longer provides non-DCH drivers. The minimum version supported is 1607.