i have a leadtek 6600 gt and the latest drivers on the leadtek site have forceware 71.something.. what im wondering is if it would be better to use these or the newest from nvidia? becasue maybe leadtek has hardware specific drivers? Andrew Kraker

I uae a MadDog Media MX4000. I tried the drivers that came with it but found they were out of date and somewhat unstable. I got the latest drivers from Nvidia and now stable as a rock and runs great. I hope that long winded abswer was helpful... I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid...

MadDog Media MX4000? Yikes! I have nothing against MadDog...I occasionally buy their optical drives, soundcards, & PSUs when they run a sale. But an MX4000? Andrew, I kinda answered this question in the gaming forum. 71.xx drivers are a couple of months old...there have been updates since then. All I can suggest is to try a few different versions & see which works best for you. And don't put so much stock in comparing benchtests results against other people...there are so many possible hardware/software variables that the only real comparison is on your own system. A few FPS one way or another isn't gonna make you or break you http://www.nvidia.com/object/driver_installation_hints.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

no reason to not use nvidia's drivers, they update them constantly and all of their cards, old and new' work with same driver set (Detonators).