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Geforce 4 drivers

Chipkni

Geforce 4 drivers

by Chipkni » Thu, 01 Aug 2002 08:53:47

Hi, ijust bought the Asus geforce 4 V8460 Ultra board and i am wondering if
there is any differance between the nvidia and the Asus drivers.

Carlo

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Hans Jense

Geforce 4 drivers

by Hans Jense » Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:06:14

I got an Asus board ab it older mind you 7100pro geforce 2 mx/400 and i was
always adviced not to install anything of what came withthe card related to
drivers go directly to the diffenrent sites and get the corresponding
drivers. I.E. go to Nvidia site for your videocard, if you have a via
chipset go to viaarena for your 4in1 drivers and so on, just what i was told
and my system seems to work fine

> Hi, ijust bought the Asus geforce 4 V8460 Ultra board and i am wondering
if
> there is any differance between the nvidia and the Asus drivers.

> Carlo

> --


Larr

Geforce 4 drivers

by Larr » Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:09:58

Asus is one of those companies that does indeed provide value-add to their
drivers.  They are NOT standard nVidia Detonators.

In fact, most of the ASUS video functions will NOT work with generic
drivers, you must use the ASUS drivers.

Stick with the latest release ASUS drivers with that card.

Standard Dets will work, but you'll lose a lot of features in the process.

-Larry


> Hi, ijust bought the Asus geforce 4 V8460 Ultra board and i am wondering
if
> there is any differance between the nvidia and the Asus drivers.

> Carlo

> --


Larr

Geforce 4 drivers

by Larr » Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:10:55

The ASUS video functions and other special features will not work with the
generic nVidia drivers.  Only the ASUS drivers have the system files and
support for these features.

Unless it's changed since my last ASUS card of course.

-Larry


> I got an Asus board ab it older mind you 7100pro geforce 2 mx/400 and i
was
> always adviced not to install anything of what came withthe card related
to
> drivers go directly to the diffenrent sites and get the corresponding
> drivers. I.E. go to Nvidia site for your videocard, if you have a via
> chipset go to viaarena for your 4in1 drivers and so on, just what i was
told
> and my system seems to work fine


> > Hi, ijust bought the Asus geforce 4 V8460 Ultra board and i am wondering
> if
> > there is any differance between the nvidia and the Asus drivers.

> > Carlo

> > --


Hans Jense

Geforce 4 drivers

by Hans Jense » Thu, 01 Aug 2002 16:06:02

Which are ?,
I personally haven't used the asus driver's on mine, always went straight to
the NVIDIA site, and got the latest driver's, but like I said, that is just
what I was told, by the guy's where I bought the parts to assemble my
computer, on the other hand, I went with the asus card cause I run an asus
motherboard, and according to my brother, who builds pc's and sells them,
the asus board and vid card works really well together, but I honestly
haven't played around with it, to see for my self, just went by the advice
of the tech guy's from the store.

> The ASUS video functions and other special features will not work with the
> generic nVidia drivers.  Only the ASUS drivers have the system files and
> support for these features.

> Unless it's changed since my last ASUS card of course.

> -Larry



> > I got an Asus board ab it older mind you 7100pro geforce 2 mx/400 and i
> was
> > always adviced not to install anything of what came withthe card related
> to
> > drivers go directly to the diffenrent sites and get the corresponding
> > drivers. I.E. go to Nvidia site for your videocard, if you have a via
> > chipset go to viaarena for your 4in1 drivers and so on, just what i was
> told
> > and my system seems to work fine


> > > Hi, ijust bought the Asus geforce 4 V8460 Ultra board and i am
wondering
> > if
> > > there is any differance between the nvidia and the Asus drivers.

> > > Carlo

> > > --


Larr

Geforce 4 drivers

by Larr » Thu, 01 Aug 2002 21:22:44

Good Grief...

Ok, UNLESS it has changed, ASUS tunes their drivers to their cards, unlike
many other manufacturers.  This has actually gotten them into trouble a few
times, like when they had the "See-Thru" option in their nVidia drivers a
year or so ago.  It improved performance, but it allowed people an unfair
advantage in First-Person shooters because they could see other players
behind walls.

Just one example.

The last ASUS deluxe card I had (don't remember the model, it's been a
while), had VIVO functions that WOULD NOT FUNCTION with reference drivers
installed.  Ditto for the 3D Glasses and such.  The ASUS drivers had
additional support for the special features of the card that were not
present in the reference drivers because they were ASUS specific.

Again, the basics of the card will work.  The extra ASUS features may not.

-Larry


> Which are ?,
> I personally haven't used the asus driver's on mine, always went straight
to
> the NVIDIA site, and got the latest driver's, but like I said, that is
just
> what I was told, by the guy's where I bought the parts to assemble my
> computer, on the other hand, I went with the asus card cause I run an asus
> motherboard, and according to my brother, who builds pc's and sells them,
> the asus board and vid card works really well together, but I honestly
> haven't played around with it, to see for my self, just went by the advice
> of the tech guy's from the store.


> > The ASUS video functions and other special features will not work with
the
> > generic nVidia drivers.  Only the ASUS drivers have the system files and
> > support for these features.

> > Unless it's changed since my last ASUS card of course.

> > -Larry



> > > I got an Asus board ab it older mind you 7100pro geforce 2 mx/400 and
i
> > was
> > > always adviced not to install anything of what came withthe card
related
> > to
> > > drivers go directly to the diffenrent sites and get the corresponding
> > > drivers. I.E. go to Nvidia site for your videocard, if you have a via
> > > chipset go to viaarena for your 4in1 drivers and so on, just what i
was
> > told
> > > and my system seems to work fine


> > > > Hi, ijust bought the Asus geforce 4 V8460 Ultra board and i am
> wondering
> > > if
> > > > there is any differance between the nvidia and the Asus drivers.

> > > > Carlo

> > > > --


Hans Jense

Geforce 4 drivers

by Hans Jense » Fri, 02 Aug 2002 10:43:12

Thanks
Maybee i oughta try installing the asus drivers see if it makes a difference

> Good Grief...

> Ok, UNLESS it has changed, ASUS tunes their drivers to their cards, unlike
> many other manufacturers.  This has actually gotten them into trouble a
few
> times, like when they had the "See-Thru" option in their nVidia drivers a
> year or so ago.  It improved performance, but it allowed people an unfair
> advantage in First-Person shooters because they could see other players
> behind walls.

> Just one example.

> The last ASUS deluxe card I had (don't remember the model, it's been a
> while), had VIVO functions that WOULD NOT FUNCTION with reference drivers
> installed.  Ditto for the 3D Glasses and such.  The ASUS drivers had
> additional support for the special features of the card that were not
> present in the reference drivers because they were ASUS specific.

> Again, the basics of the card will work.  The extra ASUS features may not.

> -Larry



> > Which are ?,
> > I personally haven't used the asus driver's on mine, always went
straight
> to
> > the NVIDIA site, and got the latest driver's, but like I said, that is
> just
> > what I was told, by the guy's where I bought the parts to assemble my
> > computer, on the other hand, I went with the asus card cause I run an
asus
> > motherboard, and according to my brother, who builds pc's and sells
them,
> > the asus board and vid card works really well together, but I honestly
> > haven't played around with it, to see for my self, just went by the
advice
> > of the tech guy's from the store.


> > > The ASUS video functions and other special features will not work with
> the
> > > generic nVidia drivers.  Only the ASUS drivers have the system files
and
> > > support for these features.

> > > Unless it's changed since my last ASUS card of course.

> > > -Larry



> > > > I got an Asus board ab it older mind you 7100pro geforce 2 mx/400
and
> i
> > > was
> > > > always adviced not to install anything of what came withthe card
> related
> > > to
> > > > drivers go directly to the diffenrent sites and get the
corresponding
> > > > drivers. I.E. go to Nvidia site for your videocard, if you have a
via
> > > > chipset go to viaarena for your 4in1 drivers and so on, just what i
> was
> > > told
> > > > and my system seems to work fine


> > > > > Hi, ijust bought the Asus geforce 4 V8460 Ultra board and i am
> > wondering
> > > > if
> > > > > there is any differance between the nvidia and the Asus drivers.

> > > > > Carlo

> > > > > --



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