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Riva TNT2 driver and XP SP2
Hi,
I have Riva TNT2 Model 64 on Dell Dimension 4100. I recently reinstalled XP with SP2. The display driver installed by XP was 5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004. I clicked on "Update Driver" and XP found and installed new driver. However, this time the version shows 4.5.2.3 dated 7/23/2003. I'm confused. Did it go back to the older version or is 5.6.7.3 Microsoft's version for this adapter and is 4.5.2.3 the nVidia's version? Which one should I use? Thanks, Glenn |
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skrev i meddelandet oups.com... Hi, I have Riva TNT2 Model 64 on Dell Dimension 4100. I recently reinstalled XP with SP2. The display driver installed by XP was 5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004. I clicked on "Update Driver" and XP found and installed new driver. However, this time the version shows 4.5.2.3 dated 7/23/2003. I'm confused. Did it go back to the older version or is 5.6.7.3 Microsoft's version for this adapter and is 4.5.2.3 the nVidia's version? Which one should I use? Thanks, Glenn Detonator 61.11 works fine on my TNT2 M64 16MB..Via KT133-chipset and a AMD Thunderbird 1000MHz with Win XP Pro SP2. /Mr.X |
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"Mr.X" skrev i meddelandet ... skrev i meddelandet oups.com... Hi, I have Riva TNT2 Model 64 on Dell Dimension 4100. I recently reinstalled XP with SP2. The display driver installed by XP was 5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004. I clicked on "Update Driver" and XP found and installed new driver. However, this time the version shows 4.5.2.3 dated 7/23/2003. I'm confused. Did it go back to the older version or is 5.6.7.3 Microsoft's version for this adapter and is 4.5.2.3 the nVidia's version? Which one should I use? Thanks, Glenn Detonator 61.11 works fine on my TNT2 M64 16MB..Via KT133-chipset and a AMD Thunderbird 1000MHz with Win XP Pro SP2. /Mr.X You can download them he http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=779 /Mr.X |
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You just overwrote your current driver with an earlier version. The 4.5.2.3
driver was probably on the Windows installation disc that came preloaded on your Dell machine. Remove the drivers through Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs. Download the latest off nVidia's web site: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_71.89.html (Yes, that's 7.1.8.9, quite a few releases newer than yours.) -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I have Riva TNT2 Model 64 on Dell Dimension 4100. I recently reinstalled XP with SP2. The display driver installed by XP was 5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004. I clicked on "Update Driver" and XP found and installed new driver. However, this time the version shows 4.5.2.3 dated 7/23/2003. I'm confused. Did it go back to the older version or is 5.6.7.3 Microsoft's version for this adapter and is 4.5.2.3 the nVidia's version? Which one should I use? Thanks, Glenn |
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The "Update Driver" option downloads Microsoft's driver for it which doesn't
have OpenGL support. You won't be able to run OpenGL games with those drivers. You should download a driver from: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.77.html ( which may not work on the TNT ) OR http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html and get an older driver which'll work for you. Whatever happens don't use the M$ driver for it as 'tis crippled. wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I have Riva TNT2 Model 64 on Dell Dimension 4100. I recently reinstalled XP with SP2. The display driver installed by XP was 5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004. I clicked on "Update Driver" and XP found and installed new driver. However, this time the version shows 4.5.2.3 dated 7/23/2003. I'm confused. Did it go back to the older version or is 5.6.7.3 Microsoft's version for this adapter and is 4.5.2.3 the nVidia's version? Which one should I use? Thanks, Glenn |
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"Sharanga Dayananda" skrev i meddelandet ... The "Update Driver" option downloads Microsoft's driver for it which doesn't have OpenGL support. You won't be able to run OpenGL games with those drivers. You should download a driver from: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.77.html ( which may not work on the TNT ) OR http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html and get an older driver which'll work for you. Whatever happens don't use the M$ driver for it as 'tis crippled. wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I have Riva TNT2 Model 64 on Dell Dimension 4100. I recently reinstalled XP with SP2. The display driver installed by XP was 5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004. I clicked on "Update Driver" and XP found and installed new driver. However, this time the version shows 4.5.2.3 dated 7/23/2003. I'm confused. Did it go back to the older version or is 5.6.7.3 Microsoft's version for this adapter and is 4.5.2.3 the nVidia's version? Which one should I use? Thanks, Glenn My own experience says that 7X.XX does not work good on TNT2-cards.. /Mr.X |
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The 77.xx series no longer has support for the TNT2. The final set of
drivers for the chipset is 71.89 for 2K/XP, as I gave in the link in an earlier message. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Sharanga Dayananda" wrote in message ... You should download a driver from: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.77.html ( which may not work on the TNT ) OR |
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Is the original version I had(5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004 installed by
reinstalling Windows XP (with SP2) also from Microsoft? If not (if it was from nVidia), should I just rollback the driver installed by "Update Driver" and go back to 5.6.7.3? Thanks, Glenn |
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