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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Spatula on August 15, 2000, 03:26:00 AM

Title: New is not always better (Detonator Drivers)
Post by: Spatula on August 15, 2000, 03:26:00 AM
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).]