Chaniyth wrote:Just to clarify what Tetrium is saying; he is asking what VERSION / REVISION of a graphics card driver is best suited for a particular card model. 😀
Exactly 😀
Heres an example of what I mean.
If I search google for GeForce 3 best driver, I come across a large number of threads, including these ones:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-xp-linu … orce3-dell.html
"As for drivers, some of the older ones may be a little more tightly tuned for the DirectX 8 series cards, but the later ones will have more bugfixes."
Alright, but it doesn't give me an answer as to what driver is best suited
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/130508-15 … rivers-geforce3
The recent set (5*.**) ran okay, but yesterday I tried the 41.09s I used to
run on my MX200 and my 3dMark01 score rocketed
This thread narrows it down to the 4x.xx drivers and mention the 5x.xx drivers slow down the GF3 and GF2MX. Now we're getting somewhere!
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=1885933
"try 44.03"
"The fastest for DX8 Nvidia cards."
Now this short thread points me towards the 44.03 drivers, but the thread is very short.
So now I suppose the 44.03 driver is the best available for the GeForce 3 (and perhaps also GeForce 2?)
Now for example the Radeon 9600
If I search google for Radeon 9600 best driver, I get all kinds of different advices. One person advices to install Catalyst 6.2 without ccc and definitely not the Omega drivers while the nest person advices the Omega drivers and definitely not the standard Catalyst driver 😵
Lots of people with all kinds of issues with these cards, but no definitive answer as how to solve them 🙁 (and no definitive answer as to what driver to use)
I know this:
When trying to find a driver for an old piece of hardware (graphics cards specifically) "usually" at some point a newer driver will even slow down your performance, but may increase stability. But otoh at some point a driver is so new, it will become un-optimized for your graphics card.
