7800GT - what drivers should I run

[Mattax]

I am in the process of loading up my new RIG:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail

HEATSINK&FAN: XP-90c Heatsink and Panaflo (92mm) fan

MB: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD

RAM: OCZ PC4000 2G(2x1024) DDR500 EL GOLD GAMER EXT XTC OCZ5002048ELGEGXT-K DUAL CHANNEL KIT ENHANCED LATENCY 3-4-3-8

PS:SeaSonic S12-600 ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail

CASE:Antec Performance I P180 Silver Computer Case - Retail

HD 1:Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

HD 2:Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS-RK 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - Retail

HD 3:Maxtor 300GB

BURNER/ROM: NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM

CD-ROM: ASUS 52X

DVD-ROM: Creative PC-DVD 12X

VIDEO: eVGA 256-P2-N517-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

SOUND:Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Elite Pro 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

MONTIOR: SCEPTRE 20" WIDESCREEN

Currently I have done the following installed and hooked up:

MB, CPU, RAM, VIDEO CARD, PS, Floppy Drive, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM installed in the case, MONITOR, MOUSE and KB attached.

Formatted HD 1 and partitioned to DRIVE C (OS): 20.5GB and DRIVE D (GAMING): 48.7GB

Pressed F6 for loading the drivers for SCSI - SATA RAID Driver Disk nVIDIA nF4 Floppy provided with the MB

Installed Windows XP Professional SP II.

Will be loading 6.70 for the chipset drivers.

What drivers should I install for the evga 7800GT?

Thanks.

 

[secretanchitman]

i'd say the 91.47s...the newest drivers from nvidia reports the clock speeds as twice the speed and i find them very buggy.

 

[ruijorge]

I recommend 92.91.
They provide great image/performance.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I cant seem to find the old 84.x tweaksrus drivers, cant access their archive, anyone know of a mirror for them?

 

[Stumps]

84.21, I use them on my 7800GS and they offer much better performance than 9x series drivers

 

[Mattax]

I tired to install the 91.47 drivers but they are meant for x64 edition. Apparently I have the plain XP Pro SPII edition.

So which drivers now? 93.71 is the evga recommended Geforce catch all driver.

Which driver? Comments?

 

[Mattax]

Originally posted by: ruijorge
I recommend 92.91.
They provide great image/performance.

So, you have had no problems with 92.91?

Will this matter with running the 6.70 chipset drivers for the DFI MB?

 

[40sTheme]

Drivers seem to make no difference with my 7950GT, I just say use any, but that's my personal experience.

 

[TheRyuu]

These

Any XTreme-G driver will beat the stock driver.
I liked the XG93.71's back in the day (of my 7900GT's).

And the 97.92's are modded to work with any card.
Other cards don't suffer the G80 issues with these drivers so your fine.

I've heard that people who don't have an 8800 card are having good results with this driver.

 

[imported_blacken]

91.47 good perf. and 93.71 is a performer but the 93.81 beta drag - yet they have good IQ.

 

[xfile]

93.71 drivers from EVGA work fine on my rig

 

[Mattax]

I have installed the 93.71 drivers.