F1 2001 and GeForce 2 GTS drivers question

My card is a Creative Labs GeForce 2 GTS (annilhator I think). I am running the Creative Labs drivers. Are most of you running the drivers provided by the card manufacturer or the latest drivers provided by nVidia ? Thank you, JC

I think you'll find most running the Nvidia drivers, I always keep mine updated to the latest official drivers and they seem to get better each time . Don Burnette "John E. Crouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8ggM7.1755$[email hidden]... > My card is a Creative Labs GeForce 2 GTS (annilhator I think). I amrunning

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> the Creative Labs drivers. Are most of you running the drivers provided by > the card manufacturer or the latest drivers provided by nVidia ? > > Thank you, > JC > >

JC Nvidia reference drivers are usually the most advanced and best performing. If you are concerned about stability the WHQL certified versions should give you the correct warm and fuzzy feelings (even if you fall from grace and run Windows XP) If your vendor strays too far from the Nvidia reference model you may have trouble with some nvidia tweaking utils like nvmax (which thankfully has a force option) so there is another good reason to use detonator refs. Post patch, F12001 runs at ludicrous speed with the latest and greatest from nvidia. In short - grab a copy of the latest drivers and if all is stable, sit tight until a major release (eg 14.xx -> 21.xx). The bigger releases tend to have performance enhancements, the minors are often bugfixes for certain architectures. Before upgrading, it's a good idea to check say sharkyextreme.com or similar for any benchmarks/comments on the new driver set. Some releases are slower! The only gotcha - watch out for bits of old drivers - detonators are notorious for not being removed correctly. There is a program available which will remove all old nvidia files from your system prior to an upgrade. Hope this helps. iksteh "John E. Crouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8ggM7.1755$[email hidden]... > My card is a Creative Labs GeForce 2 GTS (annilhator I think). I amrunning

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> the Creative Labs drivers. Are most of you running the drivers provided by > the card manufacturer or the latest drivers provided by nVidia ? > > Thank you, > JC > >

I stopped using manufacturer drivers at revision 1.81, never looked back. 2.08 is ideal for pre-GeForce cards, nVidia's latest for anything more recent. David I "John E. Crouse" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8ggM7.1755$[email hidden]... > My card is a Creative Labs GeForce 2 GTS (annilhator I think). I amrunning

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> the Creative Labs drivers. Are most of you running the drivers provided by > the card manufacturer or the latest drivers provided by nVidia ? > > Thank you, > JC > >

Anybody knows what's the difference between the 14.xx and 21.xx drivers? I tried both but haven't figured out any difference. And where can you find the detonator driver remove proggie? TIA Jens On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 18:33:58 +1100, "iksteh" <[email hidden]> wrote: >JC ><snip>>

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>Post patch, F12001 runs at ludicrous speed with the >latest and greatest from nvidia. In short - grab a copy >of the latest drivers and if all is stable, sit tight until a >major release (eg 14.xx -> 21.xx). The bigger releases >tend to have performance enhancements, the minors >are often bugfixes for certain architectures. Before >upgrading, it's a good idea to check say sharkyextreme.com >or similar for any benchmarks/comments on the new >driver set. Some releases are slower! > >The only gotcha - watch out for bits of old drivers - detonators >are notorious for not being removed correctly. There is a >program available which will remove all old nvidia files from >your system prior to an upgrade. > >Hope this helps. > >iksteh

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http://www.guru3d.com/detonator-destroyer/ Don't really know much about the 14 series as I went from 12 to 21.xx. I was using it as an example. I don't believe the performance improvements were on the same scale as the 21.xx drivers upon release. iksteh "JS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Anybody knows what's the difference between the 14.xx and 21.xx drivers? Itried > both but haven't figured out any difference. > > And where can you find the detonator driver remove proggie? > > TIA > Jens

Thx, very informative site BTW. Cya JensSchumi On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:49:58 +1100, "iksteh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>http://www.guru3d.com/detonator-destroyer/ > >Don't really know much about the 14 series as I >went from 12 to 21.xx. I was using it as an example. > >I don't believe the performance improvements were >on the same scale as the 21.xx drivers upon release. > >iksteh

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