Thoughts on NVidia Detonators 42.82 or better...
still a pile of s*** for serious gamers at least, every driver since 42. 01 brings a black flickery screen thats worse on your eyes than i'd imagine playing at 20hz would be, in Quake 3 if you ctrl-esc to another app (such as mirc in on top mode) or alt-enter to windowed then back.
still a pile of s*** for serious gamers at least, every driver since 42.01 brings a black flickery screen thats worse on your eyes than i'd imagine playing at 20hz would be, in Quake 3 if you ctrl-esc to another app (such as mirc in on top mode) or alt-enter to windowed then back.
every single one (
I can't imagine this to JUST effect q3, surely at least all q3engine games ? if not many openGL ones.
win xp
geforece 3 ti-500
q3@800x600x32 vync off
every single one (
I can't imagine this to JUST effect q3, surely at least all q3engine games ? if not many openGL ones.
win xp
geforece 3 ti-500
q3@800x600x32 vync off
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I just got rid of my nVidia card for an ATI 9700, but I can tell you I had some serious problems with the 42.82s. I had a Geforce 3 and had serious problems with DVD playback. Often PowerDVD would report back a problem with nview for some reason, usally a reboot would clear it. I never experienced it with the drivers prior to the 42.82s. But I noticed most during noone lives forever 2. About halfway through the game I upgraded to the 42.82s and it would take much longer to load each level. Weird. I quickly went back to the old drivers.
I rolled back to the 40.72 version. Was the most stable Detonator 4 for me. I think it was WHQL too. Maybe that has something to do with it. I have experienced better luck with drivers that are WHQL certified. Also the 41.09 drivers gave me nview problems too now that I think of it.
I also posted a very small improvement in 3DMark 01 going back to the 40.72 driver but nothing to write home about.
Hope this helps.
I also posted a very small improvement in 3DMark 01 going back to the 40.72 driver but nothing to write home about.
Hope this helps.
