Best Nvidia drivers?

[heyyoudvd]

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I was thinking of finally getting new drivers, considering how outdated these are (even though their the latest official ones).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]

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

 

[heyyoudvd]

How come you're still on the 61.77's as well?

 

[deathwalker]

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

 

[JBT]

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

 

[heyyoudvd]

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]

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]

Most importantly, where can we find these unofficial drivers?

 

[billyjak]

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

 

[Bateluer]

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]

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.

 

[caz67]

66.81's are the best at the moment..

 

[BFG10K]

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.

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: caz67
66.81's are the best at the moment..