it really depends on what cpu you have and what games you are going to run.
if your cpu is very slow(pentium3 etc), and you aren't going to mess with any dx9 games, then 30.82 is the fastest.
if your cpu is very fast(k8 for example), 66.93 may be faster.
if you want to go for some late dx9 games that it would struggle to run anyway(NFS most wanted for example), go with 93.71, its most optimized for them.

last but not least, the 4x.xx~5x.xx series do yield highest score in some dx8 and early dx9 tests(3dmark01 and 03 for example), but them are also the most buggy and unstable for me, i guess they are just busy cheating with their pathetic geforce5s in those days, so i would avoid them at any cost. they won't work well with late dx9 games either.

Interesting. I knew it wouldn't be simple 😒

I keep hearing good things about the 30.82s - mostly in reference to older cards, though. As per the suggestion of another forum member, I'm currently using the 45.23s with a GeForce2 Ultra on Win98SE and have no complaints. (DX7 on Win9x != DX8 on WinXP, of course.)

I'll probably end up going with the 93.71s, as I'm interested to see how some newer games run on the GF4 Ti (Far Cry, Doom 3, etc.). CPU speed will also not be an issue - this card will probably be paired with a P4 2.8.

I like 45.23. They have worked so well for quite a few years, so I haven't really bothered to find the ones with the best performance!

maximus wrote:

Interesting. I knew it wouldn't be simple 😒

I keep hearing good things about the 30.82s - mostly in reference to older cards, though. As per the suggestion of another forum member, I'm currently using the 45.23s with a GeForce2 Ultra on Win98SE and have no complaints. (DX7 on Win9x != DX8 on WinXP, of course.)

I'll probably end up going with the 93.71s, as I'm interested to see how some newer games run on the GF4 Ti (Far Cry, Doom 3, etc.). CPU speed will also not be an issue - this card will probably be paired with a P4 2.8.

45.23s are the most compatible though not the fastest. If you want an example try to play "No One Lives Forever" on a later version. I switch between 3 versions depending on the game 45x 66x and the last win 98 driver ever.

Edit: Just realized you were talking about XP, I've not done much playing in that OS with older cards so it might be best to take my suggestion with a grain of salt.

??? Which one is the best for 440BX+ IP3 500 + GeForce2 Ti 64MB mainly on DX7 games, on the rest iam using voodoo2sli

I am using 92.91 for all (DX8-DX9) Nvidia cards in XP, I have forgotten why, but there was a reason I think...

Ì am using Win98SE and DX7 only it!

Well this thread seems to be about the best driver for a ti4600 in XP.
In Windows 98 I think I use 30.xx for DX7 Nvidia cards.

As mentioned, it is on a game-per-game basis. Study change logs of driver releases and see if your game is mentioned. I like to use a driver that's a few months to a year newer than the game. If the old drivers don't give you v-sync option for benchmarking I just use PowerStrip.

I just remembered that I use 43.45 with a Geforce2 MX 400 in my K2+@570 system. The driver has been working flawlessly with everything I have tried so far except Unreal. I diddnt bother to investigate.

eFatal2ty wrote:

??? Which one is the best for 440BX+ IP3 500 + GeForce2 Ti 64MB mainly on DX7 games, on the rest iam using voodoo2sli

I have had good luck with 45.23.