New is not always better (Detonator Drivers)

[Spatula]

(Repost from the Hardware section)

I read at work that the new detonator drivers were out and some people had reported up to 30% increase in FPS. Cool, i thought. So i downloaded them and installed them and then (as you do) ran aces high to check the FPS. I got about a 20-30% DECREASE in performance.
My video card is a Diamond Viper 770 (Non-Ultra) TNT2 32 Meg.
So i put the old (current) Diamond drivers back on and got back my 20-30% decrease. So back to normal for me.

My Specs are:
Diamond Viper 770 TNT2 32 Meg
AMD Athlon 650
Assus K7V Slot A Mainboard
128 Meg RAM PC 100
Diamond Monster Sound II (Aureal Vortex II)

Be warned new is not always better.
 


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[This message has been edited by Spatula (edited 08-15-2000).]

[StSanta]

Yeh saw a big decrease too.

bad thing is I cannot find me olde drivers  

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[Badger]

Hi spatula.....

It has been a while, so forgive me if my memory is a little foggy.

I had a Diamond TNT2 Ultra board a year ago and used the Diamond drivers exclusively.  They were much faster then any current reference drivers and I asked in one of the news groups.  I was told that the Diamond drivers did not support some feature (turned OFF) in software, which gave them much better performance in FPS, but negated their ability to use some graphics software function that many programs didn't use anyway.

I have since gone to the Creative Labs GeForce 256 (32 megs) on one of my systems and a Creative Labs GeForce 2 (32 megs) (second generation) on another.  I really like the overall performance of the Nvidia line.

If I were you, I'd stay with the old Diamond drivers unless you find something missing in a piece of software that you really think you need to have enabled.

Regards,
Badger

[Westy]

Yuck. I wasn't able to try them with my Viper V770 Ultra last nigght but from the reports it seems those with a Diamond card are better off not using these. Thanks for the post and warning!

-Westy

[Ripsnort]

My FR decreased slightly.

[whels1]

 

Originally posted by Spatula:
(Repost from the Hardware section)

I read at work that the new detonator drivers were out and some people had reported up to 30% increase in FPS. Cool, i thought. So i downloaded them and installed them and then (as you do) ran aces high to check the FPS. I got about a 20-30% DECREASE in performance.
My video card is a Diamond Viper 770 (Non-Ultra) TNT2 32 Meg.
So i put the old (current) Diamond drivers back on and got back my 20-30% decrease. So back to normal for me.

My Specs are:
Diamond Viper 770 TNT2 32 Meg
AMD Athlon 650
Assus K7V Slot A Mainboard
128 Meg RAM PC 100
Diamond Monster Sound II (Aureal Vortex II)

Be warned new is not always better.
 

I use a V770 32meg non ultra and saw same
or slight  increase in fps on my computer.
go f igure. using  6.18 nvidia drivers. the
best fps drivers iv had were the nvidia 2.08s.

Whels