DIF LANPARTY SLI_DR EXPERT - need help

[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.

What Drivers do I install for the MB and then the video card? 6.70 english? 6.86 international?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[lopri]

6.70 nForce drivers (while installing, deselect 'NV IDE drivers')
97.02 ForceWare drivers (or whatever is newer)

You didn't really have to load SCSI drivers with floppy for simple SATA setup. But I guess there is no harm, either.

 

[Mattax]

I have the nForce 6.70 drivers.

97.02 ForceWare drivers (or whatever is newer)

Where do I find these drivers?

 

[lopri]

www.nvidia.com

 

[Mattax]

Ok, I am going nuts searching for this driver specifically for the EVGA E-GEFORCE 7800GT.

EVGA's own website has nothing on the card. Everywhere else I go only asks for series 7 Geforce.

Upon searching for 97.02 it only talks about the 8800 series cards and also lists 97.44 as the latest driver which according to reviewers is not a good driver to get.

So is 97.02 the best driver that will work for the card or is there something better?

I am at wits end on this.

Thanks.

 

[lopri]

Actually I just checked their website and the latest drivers for your card is 93.71. I would use that one.

Grab it here. -> http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html

 

[Mattax]

Thanks, but where on evga.com did you find the drivers info for the card? LINK?

 

[Mattax]

Never mind, just found what you saw. But it is generic for all Geforce cards. Catch all driver?

 

[AstroGuardian]

all latest drivers can do the trick

 

[Mattax]

Originally posted by: lopri
Actually I just checked their website and the latest drivers for your card is 93.71. I would use that one.

Grab it here. -> http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html

This driver is for Windows XP. I have Windows XP Professional. Should I run 91.47?

 

[Mattax]

bump

 

[Mattax]

Originally posted by: lopri
6.70 nForce drivers (while installing, deselect 'NV IDE drivers')
97.02 ForceWare drivers (or whatever is newer)

You didn't really have to load SCSI drivers with floppy for simple SATA setup. But I guess there is no harm, either.

NV IDE drivers is not an option.

Here are the options:

NVIDIA SMBus Driver
NVIDIA Ethernet Driver
NVIDIA Storage Driver
NVIDIA Audio Driver

 

[Iron Chef]

NVIDIA Storage Driver = NV IDE drivers