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Worth it to update Nvidia drivers?

3 posts by 3 people · 22 Jan 2000 - 23 Jan 2000

Jcharm 22 Jan 2000#515649
I'm running 3.53 drivers and wondering if I should update to 3.68 drivers for my CL TNT2 card. I've heard that each update actually makes things run slower. Is that true? Basically I'm trying to improve GPL performance. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance JH
I've tried all of them except the latest, and have always gone back to 2.08 -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.
GTX_SlotCar 23 Jan 2000#515841
I'm not really sure what nvidia is trying to accomplish with all the new drivers. I don't have Q3 so I'm not sure if they are trying to tune all the new drivers for that one game. The reality is that GPL with the OpenGL patch may play best on the 3.53 driver. Smoother than the 2.08 driver. But all other games suffer terribly in frame rate, both in OpenGL and D3D. The 2.08 driver is really much faster. I don't remember where, but one nvidia driver site had a comparison of driver speeds, and the marginal winner was version 1.76, with 2.08 a close second. It might be worth trying to find the old 1.76 driver and give it a try in GPL. With the 3.53 driver, games like Midtown Madness are almost unplayable, and UT will have reduced frame rates. So yes, the new drivers after 2.08 are slower. This would seem to defy logic unless nvidia is trying to optimize the drivers for one particular game or are trying to cure lock-up problems. Slot

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