NVidia Drivers - strange question

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Micah

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Joined: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 512 Location: West Sussex, England

Asked Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:14 pm

Hi Guys,

just a quickie 😉

I have recently bought a 6800gt nvidia card, and want to know the answer to the following.

i have a media centre pc, but do you think i would get a better driver for my new card if i downloaded the standard windows xp driver, or the media centre driver? The reason i ask is that this isn't the card preinstalled in my machine but is a new card specifically for games etc, and i think that maybe the windows xp drivers may be faster than media centre ones?

Any input???????

PLEASE!!!

Micah 😉

Answer 1 · Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:23 pm

RadarMan

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Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17928 Location: U.S.A

Answered Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:23 pm

Always go to the manufacturer for your drivers not MS.
If you want to try different drivers try Omega for your card. I think TTT uses them, wait for him if you like.

http://www.omegadrivers.net/nvidia.php

Use the driver cleaner before installing new ones.

http://www.drivercleaner.net/

Radar

Answer 2 · Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:26 pm

Micah

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Joined: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 512 Location: West Sussex, England

Answered Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:26 pm

thanks Radarman.

What are these omega drivers you speak of? Are they reliable?

Micah

Answer 3 · Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:29 pm

RadarMan

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Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17928 Location: U.S.A

Answered Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:29 pm

I have ATI and tried some, I didn't care for them see what TTT has to say about the ones for Nvidia.
They are used by many gamers, they claim that they are better than the company issues.

Radar

Answer 4 · Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:44 pm

Micah

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Joined: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 512 Location: West Sussex, England

Answered Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:44 pm

i will await TTT to reply.

thanks tho, radarman, as always a help!!

Micah 😉

TTT i call for you..... Juggle

Answer 5 · Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:31 pm

rob (Habu)

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Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 181 Location: Tampa

Answered Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:31 pm

Micah, you want NVidia Detonator drivers...http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.77.html Good Luck, rob

Answer 6 · Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:58 pm

Micah

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Joined: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 512 Location: West Sussex, England

Answered Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:58 pm

will try them now, cheers mate!!

Micah 😉

Answer 7 · Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:15 am

Zach (ranald)

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Joined: Oct 12, 2004 Posts: 555

Answered Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:15 am

I would not recomend d/loading he newest Nvidia drivers everyone is having problems with them 😕 go with the older ones. The Omega drivers did not work that well either but harwe is a link

http://www.omegadrivers.net/

Answer 8 · Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:50 am

michlin

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Joined: Oct 06, 2003 Posts: 457 Location: near Boston, MA

Answered Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:50 am

I agree with Habu, you want the latest WHQL Certified Nvidia drivers which is version 77.77 (Release Date: August 11, 2005). Get the drivers, user guides and release notes here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.77.html

Answer 9 · Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:30 pm

Michael_H

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Joined: Mar 18, 2004 Posts: 382 Location: B.C. Canada

Answered Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:30 pm

the 77.77 drivers are fine. I've been using them for a week with my 6600gt.
No problems anywhere..

There was a problem with the 77.72 version drivers to do with video display, but that was corrected in the new ones.

Answer 10 · Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:03 pm

Zach (ranald)

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Joined: Oct 12, 2004 Posts: 555

Answered Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:03 pm

Michael_H wrote:

the 77.77 drivers are fine. I've been using them for a week with my 6600gt.
No problems anywhere..

There was a problem with the 77.72 version drivers to do with video display, but that was corrected in the new ones.

Thats strange I have the exact same card and have loads of problems

Answer 11 · Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:16 pm

Michael_H

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Joined: Mar 18, 2004 Posts: 382 Location: B.C. Canada

Answered Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:16 pm

Interesting,

What kind of prolblems Ranald?

Answer 12 · Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:14 am

Zach (ranald)

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Joined: Oct 12, 2004 Posts: 555

Answered Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:14 am

my select a aircraft screen is blank,every time I try to select the kneeboard the screen goes black and only goes away when I have finished using the kneeboard 😕 I have a decrease of about 4 FPS Crying or Very sad I tried using omega but they were a big decrease in quility then I tried switching bach to the 77.72 drivers (I was using them before) and now I just get the same problems as the 77.77 Wall Bashing

Answer 13 · Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:41 am

liam (Liono)

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Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 1092 Location: Northwich (Cheshire) England.

Answered Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:41 am

I had the same problem. Try this

Right click on desk top and go to properties
Go to settings and advance tap.
Click on AA change to 4
Click on AF change to 8

As I'm at work I can't see what my settings are but I think this is what they are know.

Let us know

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