Simviation Forum - nVidia 62.11 Betas out

Jul 15^th, 2004 at 4:13pm

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Just downloaded these. Noted some slight preformance increases. Went up from 4028 in 3dMark01 to 4055. Worth giving them a try. You can get them from www.guru3d.com.

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Reply #1 - Jul 17^th, 2004 at 6:23am

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Just downloaded these. Noted some slight preformance increases. Went up from 4028 in 3dMark01 to 4055. Worth giving them a try. You can get them from www.guru3d.com.

For a score improvement of 27, using un-signed beta drivers on anything other than a test setup frankly is just asking for trouble!

If it don't say WHQL don't touch!

If you find after a while your beta drivers screw up, don't be surprised!!! Wink

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Reply #2 - Jul 17^th, 2004 at 7:19am

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I find that the only safe place to obtain WHQL certified drivers are from here, following the steps as indicated...>>>

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

The latest drivers for my Ge-Force 4 4200 Ti board in Windows '98 are 56.64...old, but completely reliable... Wink

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Cheers all...!

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Reply #3 - Jul 17^th, 2004 at 7:25am

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Agreed Foz, I'm happily paddling away with the 56s Grin

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Reply #4 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 8:13am

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I find that the only safe place to obtain WHQL certified drivers are from here, following the steps as indicated...>>>

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

The latest drivers for my Ge-Force 4 4200 Ti board in Windows '98 are 56.64...old, but completely reliable... Wink

...!

Cheers all...!

Paul.

Hi Paul, Just a thought, do you realise your losing approx 35% in overall performance by running '98 still?

If I benchmark my machine in '98 (its "dual boot" see...) I can expect 8500 in 3DMark 2001, with XP running, its an average of 12,000+ CFS3 runs VERY well with XP and equally bad under '98.

I know its another £70 to throw at your pc, believe me my friend ,its £70 well spent. Wink

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Reply #5 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 4:05pm

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My TNT2 is still plodding away with the latest drivers straight from Nvidea.
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Reply #6 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 4:17pm

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Hi Paul, Just a thought, do you realise your losing approx 35% in overall performance by running '98 still?

If I benchmark my machine in '98 (its "dual boot" see...) I can expect 8500 in 3DMark 2001, with XP running, its an average of 12,000+ CFS3 runs VERY well with XP and equally bad under '98.

I know its another £70 to throw at your pc, believe me my friend ,its £70 well spent. Wink

Paul.

Hi Paul...
I've got my CD of Windows XP, (and FS 2004), but I'm a bit "old fashioned" in that I've got a soft spot for Win '98 SE and FS 2002.... Wink

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With EVERYTHING maxed, (apart from ATC, at 5%, 'cos I can't stand the endless chatter!), my set-up runs at 60+ FPS, just about everywhere, 'Frisco town centre, anti-alias, clouds and everything, but with it locked at 30 FPS , and running at 29.9 FPS, it runs as smooth as a babies bottom... Grin

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Is there any point in running FS 2002 faster than 30 FPS...?

Cheers Paul... Grin

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another Paul...(an old stick-in-the-mud)... Wink

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LOL...!

P.S. ..my latest 3D mark 2001 was 9465, (1280x1024)....not that it means very much... Wink

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...nice butterflies, tho'... 8)...!
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Reply #7 - Jul 20^th, 2004 at 7:26pm

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amen on using only nvidia released drivers not no beta rubbish. fair enough a gain in performacnce but were going to get them from nvidia site soon so whats the rush lol

fozzy,

i have always said the Ti4200 cards are still a great card i had mine overclocked to a ti4600 fs9 almost looked as good as it does now with the 5950 ultra!

if anyone is on a price budget for a graphics card i cannot suggest the ti4200 strongly enough forget the fx5200 there a more expensive and weaker card

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Reply #8 - Jul 20^th, 2004 at 7:54pm

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I've always had good experiance with betas. I've been using the 60 series since it first appeared. Fear not betafobics. nVidia officially released the 61.76 drivers today. They seem good. I haven't run them through 3dMark01. I'll report back with my findings.

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