January 30, 20251 yr I have an old graphics card (Nvidia MX-440) and the latest drivers for it was for Windows XP (ForceWare Release 90 93.71 - Thu Nov 02, 2006; ForceWare Release 90 93.81 - Tue Nov 28, 2006). I was installed those drivers on Windows 7, but it works partially - doesn't work 3D acceleration and doesn't work control panel settings. Works only video playback acceleration and possibility to set highest monitor refresh rate. Is there some modified drivers for such cases?
January 30, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Lirk said: Is there some modified drivers for such cases? No. There is nothing to be modified. Geforce 4MX 440 is a DirectX 7.1 videocard. While Windows 7 need hardware support of Direct X 9 with 2.0 shaders. Your videocard predate windows 7 on 7 years, and use DirectX from year 2000 with no shader processors at all. To have normal 3D hardware acceleration on AGP system with windows 7 you need Geforce 6 or 7 series videocards or radeon analogues - X800 (unnoficially), X1xxx, x2xxx, x3xxx with AGP port. Edited January 30, 20251 yr by Rod Steel
February 1, 20251 yr Author On 1/30/2025 at 11:11 PM, Rod Steel said: No. There is nothing to be modified. Geforce 4MX 440 is a DirectX 7.1 videocard. While Windows 7 need hardware support of Direct X 9 with 2.0 shaders. Your videocard predate windows 7 on 7 years, and use DirectX from year 2000 with no shader processors at all. To have normal 3D hardware acceleration on AGP system with windows 7 you need Geforce 6 or 7 series videocards or radeon analogues - X800 (unnoficially), X1xxx, x2xxx, x3xxx with AGP port. Sadly. I found the similar topic here: https://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/11517-help-driver-geforce-4-mx-440-agp8x.html .
February 1, 20251 yr 6 hours ago, Lirk said: Sadly. I found the similar topic here: https://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/11517-help-driver-geforce-4-mx-440-agp8x.html . Try 81.98 though.
February 1, 20251 yr On 1/30/2025 at 6:11 PM, Rod Steel said: No. There is nothing to be modified. Geforce 4MX 440 is a DirectX 7.1 videocard. While Windows 7 need hardware support of Direct X 9 with 2.0 shaders. Your videocard predate windows 7 on 7 years, and use DirectX from year 2000 with no shader processors at all. To have normal 3D hardware acceleration on AGP system with windows 7 you need Geforce 6 or 7 series videocards or radeon analogues - X800 (unnoficially), X1xxx, x2xxx, x3xxx with AGP port. Actually,such graphic cards should work,although no AERO will be supported. I don't think this boy is talking about AERO.
February 1, 20251 yr Author 2 hours ago, Leokids123 said: Actually,such graphic cards should work,although no AERO will be supported. I don't think this boy is talking about AERO. I read about older versions in that topic, but can't to test it now. Also, I guess, that control panel settings will still be unavailable. I thought, that exists some modified drivers, not just older versions.
February 2, 20251 yr 15 hours ago, Lirk said: I thought, that exists some modified drivers, not just older versions. No, no such things. P.S. Why don't you visit radiomarket in your town and buy mentioned above by me videocards? AGP versions of X800 or Geforce 6800 should be dirt cheap now, like 500UAH or something. Edited February 2, 20251 yr by Rod Steel
February 2, 20251 yr Windows-7 Rtm (if not modified or reduced) has some form of generic Nvidia drivers, for example it automatically detects and installs drivers for 8800. This ability was inherited from Vista.
February 2, 20251 yr Author Ok, I tested it with older drivers. The latest version of WHQL drivers, which support Direct3D without BSOD - is 83.40. Aero doesn't work with any of older drivers (need graphics card with Pixel Shader 2.0), but works Direct3D apps and 3D screensavers. Also, I have little problems with drivers for TV-tuner, so doesn't want to do anything yet and will recovery from backup XP with worked Supermium browser.
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