nvidia reference drivers

[energeticelectron]

What is wrong with using the latest nvidia reference drivers for my gf2mx?

 

[Boonesmi]

nothing

the only time i would recomend going with the new 12.xx beta drivers would be if you used a geforce3

 

[energeticelectron]

I keep hearing about all these other nvidia drivers with all kinds of different version numbers. Who makes these? How can they be better than the REFERENCE drivers, which are written by the actual chip maker?

 

[energeticelectron]

hmmm? seems like a basic question. i just don't have the time (too lazy) to go spend the time researching. So answers?

 

[Dark4ng3l]

well their newer, have more features, are generaly faster, make some games alot faster.

 

[DisposableHero]

why would they be created if it didnt fix, make something faster, or plain old make the thing work better? It must be good in some way.

 

[Boonesmi]

energeticelectron. to answer your question the beta drivers are made by nvidia.

they are always working on new drivers to fix issues that come up with new games, and to implement new technology. but they are still beta, meaning they have not yet been fully tested, they may (usually do work fine) work just fine, but they may cause problems, (thats the nature of beta's)

the new beta drivers dont really add much for older chipsets. the fixes/enhancements are mostly for geforce3 cards, especially the 12.xx drivers

for a gf2mx (like you said you have) i would either use the reference 6.50 or the beta 7.58