Best Nvidia drivers?

heyyoudvd

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I've got a Leadtek 6800NU and am using 61.77's.

I was thinking of finally getting new drivers, considering how outdated these are (even though their the latest official ones). Should I wait until Nvidia's official release (any idea when that'll be?) or is it worth the update now? If it's worth updating, what's the best version to get? I don't want anything too recent because I'm afraid of performance/stability/compatibility issues, so what are the best-performing drivers that run without a hitch?

Thanks.
 

Rage187

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I'm still using the 61.77's the only other ones I can recommend are the 65.82's.
 

deathwalker

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I installed 66.81 today..they bench about 3-5% slower than when I have the 61.77 drivers installed :(
 

JBT

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66.70's are the latest I have used and they do a good job for me.
 

heyyoudvd

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Don't the 66.70's have problems with certain games?
Because I thought I heard something about them not working with Tribes: Vengeance and UT2K4, for example.
 

JBT

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Donno about Tribes and I know some people have problems with UT2004 with the latest drivers if they have an A64 and DEP is enabled. But its only some people anyways. I don't know either way as I don't play those games.
 

Goi

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Most importantly, where can we find these unofficial drivers?
 

billyjak

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That's weird I get 3-5% Higher with the 66.81's
No problems with these drivers at all so far.
 

Bateluer

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Originally posted by: Goi
Most importantly, where can we find these unofficial drivers?

3Dchipset.com
Guru3D.com

Those are the two main places I go for drivers. 3Dchipset usually has a very large selection of drivers.

FYI - I'm still on the 61.77s. I thought about going to the 66.81s, the ones that were on Nvidia's FTP server, but my system is running without a hitch right now so I saw no need to rock the boat.
 

Goi

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Hmm, I'm just wondering if I could improve my Doom3/3DMark05 scores. Not that the latter really matters, but I'm getting below 4K on an overclocked 6800GT, which seems pretty low compared to the rest of the 6800GTs.
 

BFG10K

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Stick to the official 61.77 as they work well.

Donno about Tribes and I know some people have problems with UT2004 with the latest drivers if they have an A64 and DEP is enabled.
<raises hand>

You can expect spontaneous reboots or BSODs when running Unreal 2 based games on nVidia beta drivers.