如何修改驱动使得NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970, 980, 980 TI and Tita

感谢Matt,一个老外，非常好的修改方法。

本人亲测成功。

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I recently built a new computer to better accommodate the forthcoming line of resource-intensive tech products,namely theOculus Rift?and related VR devices. While my old computer was nothing to shake a stick at,its hardware was not satisfactory enough to produce a consistently smooth experience on theDeveloper Kit 2 (DK2). The second iteration of the developer headset kit requires rendering a 1920x1080 display (960x1080 per eye) 75 times per second or else latency and lag lead to a jittery and nauseating experience. When the consumer version drops next year the hardware demands will be even greater.

With my latest PC upgrade (Geforce GTX 980 TI,?MSI Z97 Gaming 5?motherboard?with an?Intel i7 4790kCPU,?32GB RAM,?Samsung SSD 840 Pro,?Sound Blaster Zx) I made the sudden,albeit fully expected observation—none of these new components provided any?Windows XP?support by the manufacturers. After all,Microsoft itself ceased mainstream support for XP way back in 2009 and officially declared it to be ‘end of life‘ and fully unsupported in April 2014.? It makes zero sense for any manufacturers to waste additional developer resources maintaining support for such an archaic and unsupported operating system,even as millions of diehards still?cling on.

Holding On to Windows XP

Confession time. From the moment I upgraded to?Windows Vista?many years ago (and abruptly toWindows 7,then?8,now?10) I have?always?maintained a separate partition or dedicated hard drive with Windows XP 32-bit installed as a multi-boot system. Why? For an absurdly limited number of reasons,if I‘m honest. It is a lot more convenient and often perfectly adequate to simply create a virtual machine (i.e.,using?Virtual Box?or?Hyper-V) for Windows XP as a guest OS. One of the key reasons for using XP these days is for niche software that may not run appropriately or at all on more recent operating systems,even when in compatibility mode.

But,even as revolutionary as OS emulation has become with the advent of hardware virtualization,it still doesn‘t compare to a bare metal native OS install. This is especially true when running games that may utilize OpenGL or DirectX,3D applications and other computer-intensive processes. This typically comes down to GPU restrictions,although even that sector of virtualization is making strides with innovations like?NVidia Grid. In my case specifically,I keep Windows XP 32-bit on-hand for a select handful of very obscure and specific applications,including some games and programs developed with older technologies and frameworks from the 1990s.

Jetmen Revival: One example of a Windows XP game that does not work properly in later versions of Windows or virtual machines,regardless of compatibility mode settings.

Exhibit A:?There is an old indie game known as?Jetmen Revival,developed by?Crew42?in the early 2000s (I believe using a Delphi 5 library). I enjoyed this game endlessly over the years,and even had a stab atredeveloping it myself?for modern hardware but never found the opportunity to complete it. On non-XP machines,depending on the video card and driver software,the game will either crash upon launch,glitch out upon play,or chug along sluggishly creating an equally unplayable experience. No matter what compatibility settings and hardware adjustments are made,this game simply will not run as it was intended on modern machines nor in virtual machines.

Installing Geforce GTX 980 TI (970/980/Titan X) On Windows XP

Naturally,none of the latest video cards by?NVIDIA?or?AMD?officially support Windows XP. If you perform a Windows XP driver search on the respective manufacturer websites for any later cards such as the Geforce 970+ or AMD R7 3xx+ you‘ll find no results. However,where there‘s a will there‘s a way.

Here‘s the basic process of how to get the?Geforce GTX 980 TI?to cooperate with Windows XP. The same process can be used if you have a GTX 970,980,Titan X or other unsupported cards.

1. Download the latest and greatest Windows XP driver available from?NVIDIA‘s official website. As it turns out,the last video card that NVIDIA still offers active XP drivers for is the?GTX 960. As such,modifying them to accommodate subsequent 900-series cards is pretty effortless since the cards all share the same driver base. This should also work for other cards that NVIDIA may not directly support such as the?GTX 690.?Make sure you select the correct driver architecture for the XP driver,32-bit or 64-bit based on your specific install.?I personally prefer Windows XP 32-bit as it holds the greatest compatibility with apps and can be less of a pain to get up and running with the Geforce drivers,but if you do need more than ~3.5GB of usable RAM or want to squeeze the very most out of your 64-bit CPU then Windows XP 64-bit would be the better option. At the time of this writing,version?359.06?was available from?December 1,2015?but future ones will work equally well.

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