You know, I pretty much have the same question.. I remember doing it on my Geforce 256 DDR to enable side band support.. and I know that the ver 3.20.00.10 doesn't support sideband.. so updating would help that out.. just don't know how big of a difference that will make on performance.. and if its worth possibly voiding your waranty.. anyone w/ a GF3 try that yet?