Nvidia & ATI "best drivers" question

[Miah]

Hi folks.

Got a question on both Nvidia & ATI cards, so I'll put this in the generic area. I currently play a lot of BF1942 w/ expansions, Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, Tron2.0, & Ut2k3(soon to be 2k4) while mild benching w/ 3DM2001 to see how system changes affect my scores, looking for drivers that'll work trouble-free with those.

I've currently got a Ti-4200@4400 specs w/ 4467 dets. Managed to get in on the crazy-go-nuts sale on BFG5900s(should be showing tomorrow, I just hope it works), so which Det version is generally best for 5900 series?

Also planning on picking up ATI 9500pro from a friend. Don't know a thing about ATI cards, so which ATI driver is generally the best performing/most compatible & trouble free?

Lastly. Since I've been running a 4200 for so long I've completely avoided the AA/AF side of things & instead concentrated on pure fps. What's considered the best all-around settings? Want a little eye candy on the new cards, but don't want to take a drastic performance nose dive.

Thanks
Miah

 

[Megatomic]

For the 5900s, the Forceware 53.03 is the best. But from I've heard over the past 24 hours is that NV is going to be releasing a new set of Forceware drivers that will give FX cards another significant performance gain. I can't wait to see if this for real.

As far as AA/AF settings, I just use "application controlled" and jack up the settings in the game. I have yet to manually tweak AA/AF on my 5900.

 

[Miah]

Thanks for the info. Heard elsewhere that 53.03 has some BF1942 issues w/ some cards, so am trying the 53.06s & haven't had any issues....yet.

Thanks again
Miah

 

[jose]

Just checked nvidia's site they only list the 53.03 drivers. Where would you get the 53.06 or the latest Forceware drivers ?

Thanks for the info.
Regards,
Jose

 

[Miah]

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Miah