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Best drivers for GF 4800 Ti / XP
Hi all, still using 45.23 XP drivers for my Ti4800 (8xAGP, 128Mb RAM).
All is fine so no real reason - seen some recent posts of similar card users using latest drivers. Would I notice any benefit ?? Is there a recommended one ?? Group has been useful in past experience of GF3 & 44.09 drivers. Thanks in advance JonMaC |
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Those drivers are fine. Unless your having specific problems with some games
using them I see no reason to upgrade them. I like the 44.03's though. Which I use with atuner and Reforce. Atuner runs in the system tray. It lets you set up each game with it's own graphic settings and starts the game. The newest drivers also do this, but I think atuner is easier to use and to setup. |
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"JonMaC" wrote in message ... Hi all, still using 45.23 XP drivers for my Ti4800 (8xAGP, 128Mb RAM). All is fine so no real reason - seen some recent posts of similar card users using latest drivers. Would I notice any benefit ?? Is there a recommended one ?? Group has been useful in past experience of GF3 & 44.09 drivers. If it aint broke don't fix it. Newer drivers usually fix problems with some games, but if you aren't having any problems, you don't need to upgrade. |
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I run the newest drivers, I forget exactly which one but its somewhere
after detonator 56 or so that I've had no further problems with nvidia drivers. So get the newest in my oppinion. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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Hi all, still using 45.23 XP drivers for my Ti4800 (8xAGP, 128Mb RAM).
All is fine so no real reason - seen some recent posts of similar card users using latest drivers. Would I notice any benefit ?? Is there a recommended one ?? Stick with what you have. If everything works fine right now, why mess with it? |
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I run the newest drivers, I forget exactly which one but its somewhere after detonator 56 or so that I've had no further problems with nvidia drivers. So get the newest in my oppinion. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. If your using a Geforce 4, your video card is probably running slower using the newest drivers. Unless there is a specific game that you have that needs the newest drivers to run properly your better off going back to older drivers IMO. I play a lot of games and have a 4200. I am using the 44.03's and in around the two years I have used the 44.03's I have not had a single issue with them. There were a few posts that stated running the newest drivers with Geforce 4 cards will give you better framerate with Doom3 then older drivers. I have not tested this because I don't have Doom3. I have benchmarked old and new drivers with my 4200 and have found the older ones give more speed. I have noticed this also in a few of my games. I think the best thing to do if you want to be sure is to run a few tests. It's pretty easy to go back to older drivers with Windows XP. Save a restore point. Switch drivers, play a few games and run some benchmarks. If you want to go back you have the restore point. That's how I have old and newer drivers with my 4200. |
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"JonMaC" wrote in message ... Hi all, still using 45.23 XP drivers for my Ti4800 (8xAGP, 128Mb RAM). All is fine so no real reason - seen some recent posts of similar card users using latest drivers. Would I notice any benefit ?? Is there a recommended one ?? Group has been useful in past experience of GF3 & 44.09 drivers. Thanks in advance JonMaC Thanks for advice all - will stay where I am, am having no problems & everything runs at decent speed 1024x768 - fine for me. regards JonMaC |
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