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Offline aknimitz

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« on: October 12, 2001, 11:16:00 AM »
Anyone tried these?  I have 'em in place, and at first had a 15FR boost sitting in the tower.  It is gone now though  :(

Just curious if anyone else is noticing an improvement with the new drivers.

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Offline Furious

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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2001, 11:21:00 AM »
Maybe a dumb question, but are you sure you completely removed the previous driver?

I was going to install this driver tonight, keep the forum updated if you get it work or not please.

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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2001, 05:32:00 PM »
Oh the driver works just fine.  I am just not getting a noticeable improvement.  

But, I did not remove the previous driver before I installed this one.  I just installed this one.  I will try removing and rebooting, then reinstalling to see if that makes any difference.

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Offline SKurj

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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2001, 06:11:00 PM »
are these 21.83's the new 'official' whql release available from nVidia? +)

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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2001, 02:49:00 AM »
How does one "remove" drivers ?
thx !
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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2001, 05:04:00 AM »
I've got the Prophet II Pro, so I have the Hercules version of these new drivers (WHQL drivers always produced gfx bugs on my machine).

It has greatly improved the stability of my frame rate. I have the FPS capped at 60, but in the middle of a field with lots of smoke, the FPS never dropped below 40. With my old drivers (7.XX I think) I'd be lucky to maintain 20 FPS.

No compatibility problems in other games, so far.
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2001, 11:41:00 AM »
Yeah SK, the are WHQL, goto nvidia.com to learn more.

Shoot me an email if you want me to explain how to remove drivers, happy to do it  :), nimitz@huckabay.net (not you SK)

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Offline SKurj

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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2001, 04:46:00 PM »
+) Guys sometimes after installing nVidia drivers it may turn on FSAA by default.  If you seem to have taken a frame hit after installing new drivers, check your FSAA.


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« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2001, 05:33:00 AM »
i hate to sound stupid......but fsaa?
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Offline aknimitz

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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2001, 09:11:00 AM »
Free Surface Anti-Aliasing.  It is used to smooth out edges that you see and thus increase graphic performance.  This leads to a decrease in FR.

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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2001, 11:13:00 AM »
I had to turn off anti-aliasing (fsaa). I was only getting around 15-30FPS with it on, and now it's off I'm getting 70FPS solid.

I also reinstalled DirectX 8.0a. I do this actually after every Vid driver install just as a precaution.

For the record, on my machine at work (my computer is being held hostage by my ex), I am using a GeForce2MX, Win2k, 512MB 266 DDR, and AsusA7V266 Mobo.

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Offline Furious

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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2001, 05:34:00 PM »
Saw,

Read this article.
 http://www.guru3d.com/guide/detonator-install-guide/

F.

[ 10-14-2001: Message edited by: Furious ]
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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2001, 05:57:00 PM »
Hmm... I actually got a decent boost at 1024x768x32--about 10 FPS.  Higher than that resolution I only got 1 FPS better.  I play at 1024x768 so I'd like to use these drivers, but when I alt-tab out and come back, I get really wierd psychadelic colors.

I tried a couple other 3d games and they didn't have any problems with these drivers.  I have a GeForce 256 SDR (3d Prophet).
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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2001, 08:42:00 PM »
I get psychedelic colours after alt-tabbing with 21.81 detonators, however the colours last a split second and are gone


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« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2001, 12:17:00 PM »
I am using the new drivers and DirectX 8.1 on a Geforece2 mx 400 card and it  nearly doubled my frame rate.  One thing I have found that if you defrag just before entering the game it helps drastically on the frame rate with or without the new drivers.  The more fragmented your drive the slower the game plays and the more disconnects you get.
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