GeForce 4 4600 and WinXP Home Edition

[InsaneMorphius]

Hey all,

Just did a fresh install of XP. What new drivers should I use for optimal performance, or should I say which ones work well I am only using the ones supplied during the XP setup, have not upgraded anything as of yet, dont even have my Santa Cruz in there yet. I know the drivers supplied and installed with the XP setup are crappy for the NVIDIA and 4in1's.

Any suggestions at all would be greatly appreciated. My system is as follows:

Athlon XP1900+
SK6 Extreme
ABIT KG7 mobo
256MB OCZ PC3000
120GB WD 7200
160GB Max 5400
128MB A250 Ultra TD/GF4 4600
TB Santa Cruz
Logitech Z560's
32X TDK VeloCD
16X Pioneer DVD
Samsung SyncMaster 760Vtft LCD

Again, thanks in advance

Morphius

 

[jamie2833]

well i dont know about any other geforce 4 drivers, but the drivers i got from my leadtek geforce 4 mx440 were rubbish! i installed them on XP and they were fine until i wanted to get into the advanced options where it would crash, friggin great eh?

i can remember looking at a thread on a forum that showed the best drivers, i'll come back and let you know if i find it again.

 

[Insidious]

My experience with the XP native drivers has been the opposite of what you describe when it comes to the MoBo drivers (AMD and VIA 4 in 1's)

But for the video, I haven't been able to beat the 23.12 detonators with the GF3. (Stopped upgrading here because I won't tolerate

60Hz games, and don't want to be bothered with editing .inf files)

 

[Elvis2]

I'm using NVidia's new 28.32's along with the latest 4.38 Via's 4 in 1's. Great stability and slightly faster then previous versions.

 

[InsaneMorphius]

Thanks for the info fellas, keep em coming

Would the load sequence be the same as non-XP OS's?

First load the 4in1's, then the NVIDIA, and DX 8.1 and so on

again thanks

 

[Bingo13]

Use the 28.32 driver set for a GF4 based card. On the KG7 I would stick with the Microsoft XP drivers. TB just released new SC beta drivers so I would use them as they have some sound improvements. DirectX 8.1 is already in XP. I would run XP update and download the critical updates and other items to bring your system to a current status.

 

[InsaneMorphius]

Bingo,

Thanks for the info. I've done all the MS updates.

When I used the 28.32 drivers last night I had numerous HARD crashes whenever the video card was stressed, I am talking even surfing the internet. I uninstalled the 28.32 and system is now stable again?

Any other suggestions for the NVIDIA drivers?

 

[Bingo13]

Hi,

Try the 27.50 drivers. I have not had any issues with the 28.32 on my Ti4600 or Ti4400 cards.

 

[InsaneMorphius]

thanks bro,

going to get them right now, I'll let you know how it goes

 

[InsaneMorphius]

Where the heck would I find these?

NVIDIA's site does not list them, or maybe their named something different

I just tried installing Leadtek's GF4 drivers resulting in the same major crashes. I am beginning to think this problem is related to the 4in1's or DirectX..... anyone else having such a hard time?

I've removed the Leadtek drivers and again the system is stable, but no 3D

 

[snidy]

Here you go

http://www.guru3d.com/files/