Native Win XP vs 4-in-1 Video Drivers

[Boxjockey]

Hey! Here's my system-

AMD Athlon XP 1800+
ASUS A7V266-E DDR MB
2 X 512 MB DDR ram
ASUS V8200 Genforce 3 64 MB DDR graphics card
Creative Audigy Platinum sound card
Yamaha Lightspeed 24x10x40 CD-RW drive

I'm running Win XP and using the native drivers for my ASUS Genforce 3 card. I haven't installed any 4 in 1 drivers because my system is stable and I don't want to mess with success. I know the native drivers were supplied to MS by VIA but they seem to be pretty vanilla. Here's my question- am I giving up any performance and/or flexibility by not installing the 4 in 1's? I've read other threads about some users 4xAGP not working, but I don't know how to check to see if mine is working or not! What is a good tool for checking and benchmarking my video performance? Thanks for the help!

 

[sMashPiranha]

You do realise that 4 in 1's are not video drivers right? They just include an updated AGP driver. It can't hurt to install the latest 4 in 1's, usually increases performance a little. They can be obtained at viaarena.
For benchmarking video performance most people use 3dmark2001 from madonion.
SiSoft Sandra is good way of checking what features of your video card are enabled, you can get it from sisoftware.
Also if you want to update the drivers for your GF3 you can get Asus drivers from the Asus site.