Best drivers for Asus V6800

[NeoMadHatter]

I guess the subject gave away the question.
anyways:
What are the best drivers for the Asus V6800 Geforce DDR?

[cyclone2]

I have the 6800 Pure and found 532's fast and stable and am using the 618 drivers now which are fast and stable but do have a slight tearing at times. (not often)

[Snuffy!]

I have found that the Asus 3.79 drivers give the better performance.

[NeoMadHatter]

Where are you getting these drivers?
I was only able to find the Detonator 3 v6.18 from the nvidia.com and 3.75 from asus.com

[Ultima]

These drivers can be downloaded at www.reactorcritical.com (http://www.reactorcritical.com)

Look under downloads and you'll find lotsa stuff, including proggies to tweak yer card.

Pim

[cyclone2]

click on "go back to Driver Library" then "Download Detonator 2" for 532 drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/products.nsf/htmlmedia/detonator3.html
The 379 are for Win 2k

[This message has been edited by cyclone2 (edited 09-29-2000).]

[NeoMadHatter]

I've tried the 6.18 but liked the Asus Control Panel in the system tray. so that's why i'm still on the 3.75
Does Asus have better drivers?

[PwAg]

The Detonator 6.18's are probably the best available. They do a nice job of allocating memory throughput. More efficient memory bandwidth than previous drivers.

NeoMadHatter...this is Pete...I'm using an Asus V7700 GTS II now with Thunderbird 900@1000, Abit KT7RAID, 256 mb Mushkin REV 2 ram, Maxtor 7200rpm 13.6, and guess what...I just cracked the "8000" point level in standard 1024x768x16 3DMark 2000 benchmark using Detonator 3 6.18 drivers. I could only get 7780 with Asus 5.33a drivers, but 8085 with the new D3 drivers. So I highly recommend the new D3's from Nvidia. Good luck.

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[Snuffy!]

Mad Hatter, Asus has had 3.79 drivers out for a while, and you can also try their Beta drivers as well, which are usually pretty good.

[PwAg]

I believe Asus 3.79 are only to be used in Windows 2000 environment.

You should also look into 6.27/6.31. They are quite sufficient, perhaps better than the 6.18's. But you know what, it basically comes down to stability and personal liking. You really can't go wrong with any, unless your setup becomes unstable. Good luck.

[NeoMadHatter]

Thanks guys,
I'm going to try the Detonator 3 v6.18 again. maybe I'll stay with team. I'm also going to try the v6.31 and v6.27 and see what I get.

Pete,
You gave up on the Matrox G450?

[PwAg]

Johnny:
For now I did. I was detered by the fact that the G450 did not get along with some pro sound cards. Go figure. I will wait a bit until things clear. But otherwise, i'm still enjoying an asus product. Later man.

[NeoMadHatter]

How much was your v7700 GTS2?
I can get the following:
V7700 DELUXE(NEW)$270
V7700 PURE(USED)$220
V6800 DELUXE(USED)$170
Any good deals?

[Snuffy!]

PwAg, I am using Asus 3.79 drivers in WinME, and they work beautifully.

[PwAg]

$185 for my V7700 GTSII, used.