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VideoCard Driver
Name: GeorgeT Date: November 3, 2004 at 19:01:48 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Athlon2600XP
Comment:
Hi, I just upgraded to Win XP. My old NVIDIA 64MB video card has CD with drivers, but as I can see Win XP found and installed correct drivers for it. Is there any advantage to install original drivers on top of those WinXP found or drivers used by winXP are OK to do the work?
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: November 3, 2004 at 19:25:32 Pacific
Reply:
No. In fact you should go to www.nividia.com and get the latest drivers
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: GeorgeT Date: November 3, 2004 at 19:30:54 Pacific
Reply:
Mike, I assume your anser is WinXP drivers are OK?? Thanks
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: November 3, 2004 at 19:37:00 Pacific
Reply:
In my opinion, if the XP drivers work, don't mess with it.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
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Response Number 4
Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA Date: November 4, 2004 at 06:57:30 Pacific
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YES. There is advantage.
Go to www.nvidia.com and get the latest detonator drivers!!!! XP drivers work, but they are basic and out of date, so performance tweaks will be gained if you get the latest drivers.
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Response Number 5
Name: GeorgeT Date: November 4, 2004 at 13:06:20 Pacific
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I think my card is outdated a little... I don't see GeForce2 MX 400 drivers on their web site??? Any thoughts??? Thanks again
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Response Number 6
Name: Roy Hunter Date: November 4, 2004 at 15:34:58 Pacific
Reply:
XP lets you 'roll back' drivers. If you make a mistake and install the wrong driver, you can undo it.
Some Windows 2K drivers work fine with XP, so if you've got 2K drivers on your CD, try them, and if they don't work, roll 'em back and try something else
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Response Number 7
Name: ddp59 Date: November 4, 2004 at 21:03:49 Pacific
Reply:
get the updates from nvidia for xp, version 61.77 as you have same card as me but i am running win98se so my version is 61.76
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