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Nvidia drivers - Best for GF2 GTS?

7 posts by 6 people · 09 May 2002 13:57 UTC - 10 May 2002 01:57 UTC

James Pickard 09 May 2002 13:57 UTC#121276
Hi there, I have just gone from a GF2 MX 200 64 meg card, to a GF2 GTS 32 meg card. A bit of a difference, probably about 25-30% faster. I'm running 28.32 drivers, and while the performance is better than default XP drivers (running WinXP, 512 ram, PIII 866), I get a lot of graphic freezes and system hangs. At the moment, the graphics just freeze and I have to do a 'hard reset'. What are the best drivers for this? I know 28.32 are 'beta', and everyone has different experiences, but is there generally a good driver to use? Thanks in advance, James PS. Maybe I"ll go back to default XP drivers just to keep it stable. Oh yeah, and no overclocking what so ever, case is open, system running at default, CPU and v/card.
Running the 28.32 drivers from NVIDIA here on Windows XP Pro for my GeForce2 MX/MMX400 card with no problems. If you have one of the Creative Labs sound cards, you might want to take a look at the hardware acceleration on it (Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices/Speaker Settings/Advanced/Performance tab). There seem to be lots of problems showing up in display from these drivers being "over-driven." Adjust the top slider toward the left a couple notches and see if that helps. -- Chris H. "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi there, > > I have just gone from a GF2 MX 200 64 meg card, to a GF2 GTS 32 meg card. A > bit of a difference, probably about 25-30% faster. > > I'm running 28.32 drivers, and while the performance is better than default > XP drivers (running WinXP, 512 ram, PIII 866), I get a lot of graphic > freezes and system hangs. At the moment, the graphics just freeze and I > have to do a 'hard reset'. > > What are the best drivers for this? I know 28.32 are 'beta', and everyone > has different experiences, but is there generally a good driver to use? > > Thanks in advance, > > James > > PS. Maybe I"ll go back to default XP drivers just to keep it stable. Oh > yeah, and no overclocking what so ever, case is open, system running at > default, CPU and v/card. > > >
You will probably find the 23.11's to be the best with XP for anything less than a GF4. The default XP drivers do not have OpenGL support so they are very limited. "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi there, > > I have just gone from a GF2 MX 200 64 meg card, to a GF2 GTS 32 meg card.A > bit of a difference, probably about 25-30% faster. > > I'm running 28.32 drivers, and while the performance is better thandefault
Quoted text (16 lines)> XP drivers (running WinXP, 512 ram, PIII 866), I get a lot of graphic > freezes and system hangs. At the moment, the graphics just freeze and I > have to do a 'hard reset'. > > What are the best drivers for this? I know 28.32 are 'beta', and everyone > has different experiences, but is there generally a good driver to use? > > Thanks in advance, > > James > > PS. Maybe I"ll go back to default XP drivers just to keep it stable. Oh > yeah, and no overclocking what so ever, case is open, system running at > default, CPU and v/card. > >
IMO the best for any GF card in Win2000/XP is the 23.11 Now with Win9X/ME the 23.11 are turds and the 28.32 drivers are much better. FWIW the 28.32 are not beta. MadDAWG
The 29.11s are for XP and especially designed for your card........... they are the latest drivers.. "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (23 lines)| Hi there, | | I have just gone from a GF2 MX 200 64 meg card, to a GF2 GTS 32 meg card. A | bit of a difference, probably about 25-30% faster. | | I'm running 28.32 drivers, and while the performance is better than default | XP drivers (running WinXP, 512 ram, PIII 866), I get a lot of graphic | freezes and system hangs. At the moment, the graphics just freeze and I | have to do a 'hard reset'. | | What are the best drivers for this? I know 28.32 are 'beta', and everyone | has different experiences, but is there generally a good driver to use? | | Thanks in advance, | | James | | PS. Maybe I"ll go back to default XP drivers just to keep it stable. Oh | yeah, and no overclocking what so ever, case is open, system running at | default, CPU and v/card. | | |
The 29.11s are for XP and especially designed for your card........... they are the latest drivers.. "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (23 lines)| Hi there, | | I have just gone from a GF2 MX 200 64 meg card, to a GF2 GTS 32 meg card. A | bit of a difference, probably about 25-30% faster. | | I'm running 28.32 drivers, and while the performance is better than default | XP drivers (running WinXP, 512 ram, PIII 866), I get a lot of graphic | freezes and system hangs. At the moment, the graphics just freeze and I | have to do a 'hard reset'. | | What are the best drivers for this? I know 28.32 are 'beta', and everyone | has different experiences, but is there generally a good driver to use? | | Thanks in advance, | | James | | PS. Maybe I"ll go back to default XP drivers just to keep it stable. Oh | yeah, and no overclocking what so ever, case is open, system running at | default, CPU and v/card. | | |
machf 10 May 2002 01:57 UTC↳ reply to MadDAWG#121102
On Thu, 9 May 2002 12:49:55 -0400, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote: >IMO the best for any GF card in Win2000/XP is the 23.11 > >Now with Win9X/ME the 23.11 are turds and the 28.32 drivers are much better. > >FWIW the 28.32 are not beta. >Yes, the 28.32 are better than the previous 2x.xx ones, but anyway I switched back to 6.50 again because of the 720x480 mode for TVout. This way I can record those amazing GPL movies on tape... -- __________ ____---____ Marco Antonio Checa Funcke \_________D /-/---_----' Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru _H__/_/ http://machf.tripod.com '-_____|( remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

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