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Name: notl33t
Date: January 6, 2005 at 07:23:46 Pacific
OS: windowsxp
CPU/Ram: pentium 2. 300mhz. 128mb
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im wondering a good version of graphics drivers i should use for windows xp. im on an old p2 300mhz. i have a nvidia riva tnt graphs card. 16mb. theres particular games i cant play because my frame rates to slow so a good set of drivers could do the trick.



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Name: snoopy104
Date: January 6, 2005 at 07:43:44 Pacific
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Surely Windows XP isn't runnig well on that spec machine?? That's probably the source of the framerate problem!!

The latest drivers from www.nvidia.com cover all Nvidia cards and will auto-detect what you have upon installation.

The latest drivers are written to iron out bugs and improve performance on the newest cards available (Currently the 6-series), all the bugs and preformance issues with an older card such as a Riva TNT would have been ironed out years ago, so any performance benefit from getting the very latest drivers is questionable on a card that old apart from Directx 9.0c compatibility, but even then, your card is far too old to benefit.

I'd suggest switching from Windows XP to Windows 98SE to get some better performance, perhaps some more RAM too?


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Name: rick152
Date: January 6, 2005 at 08:29:11 Pacific
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Even with an OS/drivers change, I doubt that it would make any difference. Your PC is too slow.

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Response Number 3
Name: notl33t
Date: January 7, 2005 at 18:50:44 Pacific
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ive gone to nvidias site and it looks like they stopped support for the riva tnt. i cant find the drivers anywhere. i tried going 2 their archive link and that doesnt even work. yea i should use windows 98 but need 2 know how to install it over xp which i heard is a pain.


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