Simviation Forum - FX5200 Drivers

Apr 22^nd, 2004 at 11:59pm

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I'm toying with the idea of experimenting with different drivers for my GeForce FX5200 card...anyone know which set is the best? (I've only used the default drivers, but understand that different drivers can have different results.)

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Reply #1 - Apr 23^rd, 2004 at 12:53am

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Mornin' Scott.

I'm using the latest Drivers downloaded from the NVidia Website for my 5600 Card. I have found these to be substantialy more stable than the Beta versions that you can get from Guru3D. Some of these were a little faster but the image quality IMHO is better now.

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Reply #2 - Apr 23^rd, 2004 at 1:05am

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Thanks as always. I'll give 'em a shot and see what happens. If you don't hear from me for a while, they weren't that good. lol

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Reply #3 - Apr 24^th, 2004 at 1:32pm

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Just a note:

Guru3d offer the signed drivers AS WELL AS some beta drivers.

They have a very comprehensive range and history of video card drivers as well as many other useful tidbits.

The guru also trims the driver files down in size sometimes (they get rid of language translations etc) so downloading is easier, especially on dialup connections.

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Reply #4 - Apr 24^th, 2004 at 3:36pm

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Quote:

Just a note:

Guru3d offer the signed drivers AS WELL AS some beta drivers.

They have a very comprehensive range and history of video card drivers as well as many other useful tidbits.

The guru also trims the driver files down in size sometimes (they get rid of language translations etc) so downloading is easier, especially on dialup connections.

Guru3d also has the new 60.72 drivers which are the best yet for the FX5200.

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Reply #5 - Apr 28^th, 2004 at 2:44am

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Awww man, I was gonna go to bed too....now I've gotta check THOSE out??? Bah.

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Reply #6 - May 12^th, 2004 at 7:08pm

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Just installed the 61.11 drivers and oh my God.....an easy 200% performance boost as far as fps is concerned. Very nice.

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Reply #7 - May 12^th, 2004 at 7:25pm

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Just installed the 61.11 drivers and oh my God.....an easy 200% performance boost as far as fps is concerned. Very nice.

I'm running them too. Great drivers. Some people had complained that Outlook was freezing after they installed them but I've never had that problem. I found that AA preformed better without a preformance hit but I keep it off just the same to keep the fps high.

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