Best Detonator Drivers.... please voice...

[agnusdei]

out of the recent versions of detonator, which version does everyone prefer? in your opinion, which version has given you a performance increase? thanks! -dave

 

[Fjive]

21.83 on a GF2 TI....
very satisfying so far....

 

[jcmkk]

I personally like the 23.11 set of drivers.

 

[Chad]

The 23.12's they have a small fix for a bug found in the 23.11's.

 

[Mem]

28.32 drivers are doing great for me,stability so far is excellent,I don`t do a lot of benchmarking since I aways go for stability first however the 28.32 drivers have given me my highest 3Dmark2001SE score so far, so take that for what it`s worth.My second favourite drivers were the 23.12.

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[WarCon]

I used the 23.11's for a really long time, but am now using the 28.32's. I have higher 3DMark scores and I haven't seen any issues (if anything games are smoother, but it really is hard to say for sure since I upgraded to a P4 because all my games have huge fps compared to my 1ghz @ 1.4ghz T-bird) Probably the increase is due to my switch to DDR mostly though.

I would suggest switching to Standard PCI graphics adapter before running the 28.32 installer as I had a problem when doing it directly (I know better and always advise installing the Standard PCI graphics adapter, but knowing better and doing better are different things......) After I did that and uninstalled the NVidia drivers before I tried it again, it installed flawlessly. I had to redo coolbits though.

 

[Scurvy]

Is anyone using the 28.32 drivers from fearx.net, along with the OpenGL refresh rate fix they've got posted? It's kind of suggested there that you need their file of the drivers in order for the patch to work. I'm building a new PC soon and I've downloaded them to a friend's computer to burn to a disk of updated drivers(for all components). My ti4400 is still in the box (so is everything else).

Just wanna know if they work as "advertised", or should I download from nvidia?

 

[Gix]

sure, download from nvidia only if you don't mind a 60hz refresh rate in opengl applications

 

[johndoe52]

The latest drivers on the nvidia site is 23.11. Why hasn't it been updated?

 

[WarCon]

Top of the list is the latest, not the bottom.......

 

[ElFenix]

haX0r3d 21.83

 

[Gretzky]

23.11 for my VisitionTEK Geforce2 64MB

 

[John]

<< The latest drivers on the nvidia site is 23.11. Why hasn't it been updated? >>



The latest official drivers @ nvidia.com are the 28.32's.

The 60Hz OGL fix is to replace the nv4_disp.inf with this one. I had the best results uninstalling the 28.32's, unzip the .exe file to a folder, replace the nv4_disp.inf, reboot PC, then reinstall the drivers. You can then use the refresh rate program.

 

[jchapa]

hey John I tried what you said and my system would not let me into Empire Earth. I do believe I did it correctly. thanks

 

[BFG10K]

After a brief stint with the 2832s I'm back to the 2311s which work just fine for me. The 2832s are the worst drivers I've ever seen nVidia release.

 

[WarCon]

What problems have you been having? Just curious. I have only had them in a while, but I don't play any OpenGL games I guess so the OpenGL issue just isn't one for me.

I picked up a little benchmarking speed, but noticed something "funny" in Max Payne. I decided to try it totally maxed on resolution and while there is no pausing or jerking (which would be something I am use to) the mouse is much more sensitive and everything moves too fast (not exactly like fast forward, but motion is exaggerated.). I lower it to where I usually play (1024x768x32) and its fine.

I will keep trying this driver (28.32) for a while, but may go back to the tried and true 23.11 (or maybe 23.12 since someone said its the same but with an error fix).

 

[XBoxLPU]

Running 28.32's fine

I did just as John posted. ( Thanks BTW ) and everything went great.

I am avging 155 FPS IN UT ( OpenGL)(everything set to high ) , an 8300 3dmark2001SE score and happy with them. Stable and fast.

27.42's also worked perfectly on my system.

My Rig

 

[FelixDeCat]

How can I tell definatively which version I am using?

What is the difference between WHQL and non-WHQL drivers?

 

[bluemax]

As someone else pointed out, the 28.xx drivers have noticably slower 2D desktop performance. :| For doing a lot of 2D work like MS Apps and browsing, it was unacceptable. I decided to go down the the "MS Windows Approved" Version 23.xx

Works great so far.

As an aside, I got real lucky - this GF2 TI has great 2D quality @ 1024 which is my monitor's best res. After bad luck with one particular nVidia card (ASUS V7100MX- absolute CRAP 2D!) I was afraid to try another - although the ELSA Erazor X2 was excellent.
This no-name card is superb so far.