52.16 question

I installed the 52.16 drivers from nvidia site and have had no problems so
far, yet my 3Dmark2001 score went from 12000 to 10600. Is this because
3Dmark2001 isn't a DX9 program or are the drivers that bad? What should I
use instead?

CM

I installed the 52.16 drivers from nvidia site and have had no problems so
far, yet my 3Dmark2001 score went from 12000 to 10600. Is this because
3Dmark2001 isn't a DX9 program or are the drivers that bad? What should I

May be. see the FX 5950/5700 review at www.guru3d.com. It has a comparision
of the drivers (somewhere near the end). According to them, the new driver
is better.

Greetz,

Derob

Mine went down to.
It's not because of DX9 but rather due to driver
coding itself.
Just because scores went down in 3DMark2k1 doesn't
mean the drivers aren't as good as the ones you
replaced. As for me, while 3DM2k1 scores went
down, my games fps averages went up! These are
really better drivers unless you just play
3DMark2k1.

Mike

"Chris Murfitt" wrote in
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I installed the 52.16 drivers from nvidia site
and have had no problems so
far, yet my 3Dmark2001 score went from 12000 to
10600. Is this because
3Dmark2001 isn't a DX9 program or are the
drivers that bad? What should I
use instead?

CM

"Chris Murfitt" wrote in message
news:Ctamb.166906$pl3.112566@pd7tw3no...
I installed the 52.16 drivers from nvidia site and have had no problems so
far, yet my 3Dmark2001 score went from 12000 to 10600. Is this because
3Dmark2001 isn't a DX9 program or are the drivers that bad? What should I
use instead?

CM



I don't understand this at all. Why is everyone using a synthetic
Benchmark?? That means nothing for real gaming experience. I have noticed
that my 3Dmark went down, but some applications and games run more faster,
smoother and reliable. So what's this all about?? Are we going to play
benchmarks or real games in the future. :-)

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Chris Murfitt wrote:

I installed the 52.16 drivers from nvidia site and have had no problems
so far, yet my 3Dmark2001 score went from 12000 to 10600. Is this because
3Dmark2001 isn't a DX9 program or are the drivers that bad? What should I
use instead?

Same thing here...

Went from the latest 45.xx beta to 52.16 and saw 3DMARK2001 scores drop
from 9000 to 8200. Haven't tried benching any real games yet.

RM

These driver took away my TV-out on my 5200, and the 45.33 wouldn't load
right, now I am back to the 45.23s
"Chris Murfitt" wrote in message
news:Ctamb.166906$pl3.112566@pd7tw3no...
I installed the 52.16 drivers from nvidia site and have had no problems so
far, yet my 3Dmark2001 score went from 12000 to 10600. Is this because
3Dmark2001 isn't a DX9 program or are the drivers that bad? What should I
use instead?

CM