Which Det Drivers Is The Best???????

[wizard101uk]

Which do you think is better:-

Nvidia 30xx Drivers or
Nvidia 40xx Drivers

[Bizkitkid2001]

I vote for 30.xx because thats the highest my card can go:r

[wizard101uk]

What card do you have??
Nvidia website, ahs a list of a lot of cards that support 40xx
:D

[x51out]

Let us clarify "better". Better, meaning what? Better 3D Mark scores? Then I'd say the 40.xx. Better, as in tested for stability, and the to M$ all-important blanket-compatability, then I'd have to say 30.82. Personally, I thought the 40.52 and 40.71 were nice, and the 3D Mark scores were 600+ points higher than the 30.odd.:cool:

[wizard101uk]

All round better, well except for stabilty(40.72 in Beta)
So I won't include that part.
Eveything other than stability then....
:D

[x51out]

In that case: 40's

[Bizkitkid2001]

Originally posted by wizard101uk
What card do you have??
Nvidia website, ahs a list of a lot of cards that support 40xx
:D


I have a geforce 2 ti. The new 40.xx drivers were made for geforce 3 and up. They don't work to good with my card. I can't even run 3dmark with them:rolleyes:

[wizard101uk]

Originally posted by Bizkitkid2001



I have a geforce 2 ti. The new 40.xx drivers were made for geforce 3 and up. They don't work to good with my card. I can't even run 3dmark with them:rolleyes:

Hello,

You card might not make use of the 40xx drivers, but your card is supported.
Taken from Nvidia.com:-

Detonator 40 is the beta graphics driver for all NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Detonator 40 supports 2D graphics, DirectX 8.1, OpenGL 1.4, nView Desktop Management software version 2.0, NVRotate. NVKeystone, Digital Vibrance Control and includes a new control panel and the CineFX emulator. Through NVIDIA’s Unified Driver Architecture, Detonator software supports all GPUs below in a single driver.

Products Supported: RIVA TNT
Aladdin TNT2
TNT2
TNT2 Pro
TNT2 Ultra
TNT2 Model 64 (M64)
TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro
Vanta
Vanta LT GeForce 256
GeForce DDR
GeForce2 MX
GeForce2 MX 100
GeForce2 MX 200
GeForce2 MX 400
GeForce2 GTS
GeForce2 Pro
GeForce2 Ti
GeForce2 Ultra GeForce3
GeForce3 Ti 200
GeForce3 Ti 500
GeForce4 MX 460
GeForce4 MX 440
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX440SE with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce4 Ti 4200
GeForce4 TI 4200 with AGP8X
GeForce4 Ti 4400
GeForce4 Ti 4600
Quadro
Quadro2 Pro
Quadro2 EX Quadro2 MXR
Quadro DCC
Quadro4 200 NVS
Quadro4 400 NVS
Quadro4 500 XGL
Quadro4 550 XGL
Quadro4 700 XGL
Quadro4 750 XGL
Quadro4 900 XGL

[Bizkitkid2001]

Well they don't work with my card. NVIDIA is wrong then:rolleyes:

[wizard101uk]

But remember they are still Beta, maybe they work when they get WHQL Cert.
:D

[Bigjakkstaffa]

It depends.. for my mx400 the 21.81's seemed the best, while the 30.82's are the most stable and compatible ive come across for both cards...

...i did notice some slight gains from the 40.xx's but notin earth shattering from my ti4200, and they had problems with Champ Manager :(

...I'll wait for the WHQL to come through though and snap em up as soon as they go official - remember every little bit helps in the quest for FPS' ;)

--Jakk:t

[wizard101uk]

Reason I ask, is because I have went and bought UT2k3.
Fantastic game(Don't care what others may think)
And I wanted to know what you superb folks here thought the best drivers would be.
Can anyone else help?
Cheers...:p

[RamonGTP]

I like the newest 40.72's.... I've gotten the best performance with them, and thus far, absolutly no stability issues or any type of graphical glitches to report.

-Ramon

[BigBlue66]

Gee whiz. I just installed the 30.82 drivers on all my Nvidia cards. :)

I guess I was thinking that WHQL would be the best. Those are the last ones to receive that distinction, right? Or, did I miss something?

[x51out]

Yeah. Me neither, Ramon. They have been good so far. Much better than the Det. 20's for me.