Which driver update do i get; The Distributors version or Nvidias version?

[xMax]

Im planning on getting a gaming card from eVGA. After purchasing the card, and in the advent that i decide to update the driver, then should i download the driver from eVGA or should i download it from Nvidia?

For that matter, is there a difference?

 

[NoStateofMind]

I have heard directly from nVidia, altho I understand there may be instances that you would download it from someone like eVGA. Not completely sure. Wait for a more knowledgable person to agree with me before saying it's "golden"

 

[BFG10K]

Always use reference drivers whenever possible.

 

[xMax]

Reference drivers means what in this case. Nvidia or eVGA?

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

im pretty sure he means nvidia

 

[xMax]

But what would be the difference between the two. And why Nvidia.

 

[Wolfshanze]

NVidia is who designed the chipset in the first place... eVGA mostly just slaps a label on the card, but they didn't engineer it.

It's like owning a car... all things being free (as drivers are), would you rather take your Porsche 911 to be worked-on by a Porsche dealership, or would you take it to Bubba's autoshop?

NVidia designed the thing, they manufactured the chipsets... you think they would make the best drivers.

Go referance drivers... which always means directly from Nvidia in this case. (As an example, some respected companies like BFG who themselves sell these cards even tell you to use NVidia's drivers because they are the best).

 

[xMax]

Sounds good to me. Nvidia it is.

But why then would a company like BFG, who recommends the Nvidia drivers over their own, actually produce their own drivers?

 

[terentenet]

BFG doesn't write the code for their drivers. They take a good version of nVidia's driver, create a new installer with BFG written all over the place and there you have it.
Oh, they might edit the .inf, so the videocard will be spelled as eg. BFG 7800GTX in Hardware Devices.
Thanks

EDIT: use nVidia's latest driver. they're the chipset makers, they know the best what's in there and how to use it.

 

[xMax]

Excellent. Nothing like posting a thread with a question that everyone replies to with the same answer.

Nvidia it is!

 

[The Sly Syl]

I use www.tweaksrus.com drivers myself. I prefer them to the nvidia ones.

 

[xMax]

I will only stick with nvidias own. If they are not from Nvidia, like modifed by someone else, then im not interested. Even if they could be better. And im assuming they are not from Nvidia.

So thanks a lot for spoiling the closure on this thread. It was perfectly sealed until you had to toss in your junk. Like a poisionous fish you are.