I'm using DX8, and the Det. 7.17 drivers did nothing but crash when I tried to play a game. Going back to 6.47 seems to have fixed the problem though. Funny how the RC1 didn't have a problem with 7.17 but the final did.

I heard that th 7.10s worked better than the 7.17s for DirectX 8.
 
-bZj

If you want the most stable drivers use the 6.34's. The 7.17's have memory leaks (MAJOR) and slowdown's in some color depths.

6.34 and Directx 8 , with WIN2k SP1 running here, No problems at all...
 
 
 
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[Here is my system]
Intel Celeron 566 @ 850
Abit BE6 Rv1
3d Prophet 2 Mx (6.19 drivers)
Soundblaster Live! Value w/ cambridge 4 point speakers
Pioneer 6x dvd / 12 x cdrom SCSI Drive
3com 905b-cmb network card
Panasonic 4x scsi burner
IBM Deskstar 13.5g 7200rpm DMA/66
Western Digital 14g 5400rpm DMA/66
256m PC-100 CS2 ram
 
 
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DX8 and Dets 631, no probs here either.
 
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PIII 800EB FC-PGA
Intel D815EEA Motherboard
Intel PRO/100 Integrated NIC
2x256MB PC 100 RAM
Maxtor 92049U6 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66
Maxtor 52049U4 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66
Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra 64MB
AOpen 52x IDE CD-ROM
Yamaha CRW4416S SCSI CD-RW
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB
Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro
US Robotics Sportster Flash v90 External modem
Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17
Adaptec 2940 Ultra Wide SCSI controller
Sound Blaster Live! Value (LiveWare 3)
Windows 2000 Professional (SP1 + all updates)

viewing images with thumbs plus 4.01 now causes winamp to skip, just as the image loads. bigger images, longer load times, worse skipping.
 
Im pretty sure it's the SB Live drivers, you know creative labs and win2k drivers hehee what a joke huh?
 
Other than that every thing's jake.

I tried using the new DirectX 8 and the 7.17 drivers, but they didn't seem to like me very much. UT was really jumpy - it went from an average of around 45fps to around 15fps. Q3 wouldn't even load - it BSOD's on me (that was the only BSOD I've EVER gotten with win2k, though, so it's not -that- big a deal I suppose). I downgraded back to the 6.47 release, and now I'm back up to normal speeds, with a slight boost in UT speed.
 
Has anyone tested sound acceleration under DX8? I know with the SB Live drivers before, EAX was practically unusable in some games. I'm hoping it'll be fixed with DX8 because lord knows when creative will get around to releasing new drivers!

I have had it easy I guess I have no problems with Det. 7.17 drivers, performance wise I didn't notice any different from 6.47. Quake III has a minor increase of 2 FPS. The sound skipping is still there with my Sound Blaster Live card. I guess we have to wait for Creative to release new drivers.
 
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Supermicro P6DBE Rev 3.0 Motherboard
Dual Intel Pentium III 850
512 MEGS of ECC RAM
Sound Blaster Live!
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Card
GeForce 2 GTS 64MB
IBM DMVS18N Ultra 160 Hard Drive
Western Digital 20.5GB Hard Drive
Razer Boom Slang 2000 (USB)
Roland Sound Canvis SC-55
3COM 3CR990-TX-97 with 3XP Processor 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card
Plextor Plexwriter 12/4/32
Pioneer 10X DVD-ROM
Sony GDM-F500R Monitor