Any reason to update driver for older cards?

[dderolph]

I'm not a gamer; I use MS Office apps, web browser, email, some photo editing, Peachtree Accounting, some web page development.

I have two video cards installed, the GeForce4 Ti4200 is an AGP card, the GeForce2 MX400 PCI card was installed for a second monitor. This setup is working very well.

Should I really be concerned about the fact that I'm using an older driver? Device Manager shows version 5.6.7.3.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

If it works how you want it, don't mess with it

 

[dderolph]

That's what I've been thinking. Just wanted to get some other opinions. Thanks.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
If it works how you want it, don't mess with it

Yeah, I run the old version (May of '03 IIRC) with my Ti4200. Given your usage I wound't bother either if it was working fine now.

Fern

 

[Munky]

If the current driver works, update it anyway and see if you can find something wrong.






















I kid, I kid! Dont mess with it, it probably has better image quality than the new ones anyway.

 

[Unkno]

depends, look at some benchmarks and see if your performance is near the performance of theirs, if no, update and find the correct driver.

 

[dderolph]

Originally posted by: Unkno
depends, look at some benchmarks and see if your performance is near the performance of theirs, if no, update and find the correct driver.

How do I do that? Do I need to download some testing software and run it to get data I can compare to benchmarks from major, independent testers?

 

[Mathwiz]

I have a Leadtek GeForce4 Ti4200 card and just updated my drivers from the 31.01
to the 66.93 ones and dont really notice any difference. Since everything is just as stable as before, I will stay with the new drivers. I would advise using detonator destroyer or something like it to keep everything clean.

 

[cryptonomicon]

i use 45.23 for my ti4200.. but i think the Fastest were the 44.03s

later drivers probably have better feature sets and reliability/compatibility but who needs them

 

[rogue1979]

Originally posted by: cryptonomicon
i use 45.23 for my ti4200.. but i think the Fastest were the 44.03s

later drivers probably have better feature sets and reliability/compatibility but who needs them

Yes, 44.03 were the fastest drivers for DX8 Nvidia cards. If your not gaming and the current drivers are working with no issues, I wouldn't bother switching.

 

[CrispyFried]

Leave it be if its works. Youll gain nothing for the apps youre using.