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Finally broke down...
and got a BFG 6800 GT OC. I kept looking at 6600 GT's, but I found a 6800
GT OC on eBay for only a little more than I planned on spending.......... so I threw my hat in the ring and won. I talked to the seller tonight, it should be here Thursday morning. I'm replacing a GF4 Ti4800SE. I think I'm supposed to use the Forceware drivers. Any ideas on which ones or should I just get the latest? If I'm already using 66.93's with my current card, can I just do a straight swap of cards? Or do I need to uninstall the 66.93's, reboot with the new card and install new drivers? Thanks. |
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"Dave Zass" wrote in message ... and got a BFG 6800 GT OC. I kept looking at 6600 GT's, but I found a 6800 GT OC on eBay for only a little more than I planned on spending.......... so I threw my hat in the ring and won. I talked to the seller tonight, it should be here Thursday morning. I'm replacing a GF4 Ti4800SE. I think I'm supposed to use the Forceware drivers. Any ideas on which ones or should I just get the latest? If I'm already using 66.93's with my current card, can I just do a straight swap of cards? Or do I need to uninstall the 66.93's, reboot with the new card and install new drivers? Download latest stable drivers, uninstall old ones, turn off, replace card, turn on, install drivers Thanks. |
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Download latest stable drivers, uninstall old ones, turn off, replace
card, turn on, install drivers This is the safe procedure of course. But since nvidia uses 'unified drivers' uninstallation shouldn't be necessary. In any case, I'm using the 67.66 drivers (www.guru3d.com) and they seem fine. rms |
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In any case, I'm using the 67.66 drivers (www.guru3d.com) and they seem
fine. I'll guess I'll end up searching for the "best driver" for this card. I think it comes with 61.xx nvidia drivers. Based on a quick google and some reading, it looks like I should either get the 66.xx or the new 71.20 Forceware. Based on some testing results I saw on my google run, I guess which drivers you use really depends on which games you like to play and your individual set up. |
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I use the 7125 drivers on my 6800 0c and they work great. You can get them
from: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=10 "Dave Zass" wrote in message ... In any case, I'm using the 67.66 drivers (www.guru3d.com) and they seem fine. I'll guess I'll end up searching for the "best driver" for this card. I think it comes with 61.xx nvidia drivers. Based on a quick google and some reading, it looks like I should either get the 66.xx or the new 71.20 Forceware. Based on some testing results I saw on my google run, I guess which drivers you use really depends on which games you like to play and your individual set up. |
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nVidia doesn't state that their installation routine doesn't do anything
specific per video card detected either Unified could mean 'packaged in one big download which is sorted out on installation' or supply all files (bloatware) and only use those that are needed by the system. I'd go with the full uninstall/remove card/install latest drivers just to be sure "rms" wrote in message m... Download latest stable drivers, uninstall old ones, turn off, replace card, turn on, install drivers This is the safe procedure of course. But since nvidia uses 'unified drivers' uninstallation shouldn't be necessary. In any case, I'm using the 67.66 drivers (www.guru3d.com) and they seem fine. rms |
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"Reckless" wrote in message ... nVidia doesn't state that their installation routine doesn't do anything specific per video card detected either Unified could mean 'packaged in one big download which is sorted out on installation' or supply all files (bloatware) and only use those that are needed by the system. I'd go with the full uninstall/remove card/install latest drivers just to be sure Do, i had no end of problems with me 6800gt when i upgraded from a 5700le and assumed the same drivers would be fine. crashes aplenty and crappy performance. Put the 5700le back in and did the safe procedure, works like a dream now "rms" wrote in message m... Download latest stable drivers, uninstall old ones, turn off, replace card, turn on, install drivers This is the safe procedure of course. But since nvidia uses 'unified drivers' uninstallation shouldn't be necessary. In any case, I'm using the 67.66 drivers (www.guru3d.com) and they seem fine. rms |
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rms wrote:
Download latest stable drivers, uninstall old ones, turn off, replace card, turn on, install drivers This is the safe procedure of course. But since nvidia uses 'unified drivers' uninstallation shouldn't be necessary. To avoid any problems, I'd still stick to the procedure mentioned above. |
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"Dave Zass" wrote in message ... and got a BFG 6800 GT OC. I kept looking at 6600 GT's, but I found a 6800 GT OC on eBay for only a little more than I planned on spending.......... so I threw my hat in the ring and won. I talked to the seller tonight, it should be here Thursday morning. You lambast me for supporting eBay, and you went ahead and bought a 6800GT on eBay? There is literally no one on this planet I do not hate, right this very second. Okie, I'm over it. I'm curious as to how well it will OC, I can get 400/1100 with no rise in load temperature over stock speed with stock cooler, a free oc, as it were. Have a honkin' PSU? |
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You lambast me for supporting eBay, and you went ahead and bought a 6800GT
on eBay? There is literally no one on this planet I do not hate, right this very second. Dude, I don't understand you at all. I NEVER lambasted you for supporting eBay. I made a post about people paying more for 6600 GT's through auctions on eBay than they would had they paid a fixed price elsewhere online. What part of that still confuses you? Okie, I'm over it. I'm curious as to how well it will OC, I can get 400/1100 with no rise in load temperature over stock speed with stock cooler, a free oc, as it were. I'm hoping for 420-430/1100-1150 range. Have a honkin' PSU? 420W. Should be fine. |
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