MiracleMan

Well, for the Max Payne, theres a patch (version 1.01), to deal with this issue. But when it's happen under 3DMark, in my system, when I overclock too much the memory... ;(

Woa! Did u tried install games just for play and have fun with then? Just kidding Actually, the focus of most the threads are about personal machines. If u just run computers for personal use, you have to use it more than test it. BUT, if you are an reseler, you really need quick and simple tools to try and test your products. Then again, if someone are using a computer just for benchmarking, okie dokie, but it's a bit silly, don't you think?

Yes, I have to agree. 3DMark2000/2001 are a good benchmark, and I use it too. Wadda I mean is 3DMark are ONLY benchmark, not related to real gaming experience, with this everyone have to agree. What we need is good gaming experinece first, and sintertyc benchs second. Even with 2 identical systems, we got diferent 3DMark results. Having 7000 points with texture artifacts doesn't mean you will get 300fps in QuakeIII (actually, anyone still play this?). Well, and about that new Hercules drivers in the post subject Oh, yes, I almost forgot that! After months using only nVidia Detonator reference drivers, I never come back too see if Hercules released new drivers. After a quick peek at Hercules site, I discovered they released an 12.41 Hercules driver! You may say: "big deal, but what about it?". When I first installed my Prophet II MX, it only worked 100% fast and stable with Hercules 6.50 drivers (WinMe). When I upgraded to Windows XP 2505, I tried the 12.41 reference drivers, and it work very well. So, having the same good working drivers, specialy tweaked to my cart, why not use it? Oh, yes, I installed it, and... they R0><0R!!!1 Without any kind of tweak or overclock, it benched 3DMark 2001 faster than 12.90/14.20/12.41(ref) and Max Payne are faster and stable too!!! With 12.90, my best 3DMark results under XP (2505/2526) so far, I got 2432, using all tweaks&tricks and o/cing to 210/200. After installed, the 12.41 Hercules drivers gave me 2384!!! Later I will try all tweaks and see how much juice we can squiise!!! SO (again), if u get a very good benchmark results, and your games rox, you are at 7th haven, you are in the bees knees!!

Look, 75% of this threads are dealing with 3DMark, but actually it are ONLY about syntetic benchmarks, with no true relations with real games speed/compatibility! Why do I'm saying that? Because when I changed from 12.41 to 12.90 I got almost 300 increment points with 3DMark2001, but games became slughish/corrupted. Then I tried 14.20. It gave me only 200 points than 12.41 but keeping game speed/stability (and coolbits works with it!!). SO, I think I make my point clear. Don't stick with 3DMark results cause we meant to play games, not watch fancy anymations (hmmm, sounds like Diablo 2 ), so relay more on gaming XPerience than syntetic b*ll $h!t. My specs: Asus A7V Duron 750@1009 Hercules Prophet II MX (210/193) Windows XP 2526

I'm using det 12.41 (dig sign), with Prophet II MX. When I start NFS5 (V3.5), I got only the splash screen and a lot of disk acess, but it don't go... Oh, ya, I'm running the 2505, with the hotfix...

Did someone tryed det 12.90? Cuz, I have read in other foruns about (at least 2505) running bettar than 12.41, wich I'm using right now (running faster than winme), but its slow only in 2D MArk 2001, with games 12.41 roxor!!!

I have problens only with the built in cdr software (EZCD 5x too, off course)under RC1 2505. Nero 5.5.30 and CDRWin 4.0a works flawless . I upgraded to RC1 2509 8) and still no support to my HP 8100. Im my other system, using 2505 and an usb LG cdrw, the built in cdr soft works just fine So, any tips? Ow man, how long to RC2, to the final version ...

You are right Mike, Nero 5.5 roxor, expecialy that svcd function (enable divx movies to be played at home dvd!). But I have installed (in WinMe, 2kPRO and Server) da Cd Creator 5 Platinum and it worked great, flawless and reliable. Sure, I'm using Nero, but Cd Creator worked great too (right, not that good... )

Did ya tryed to install the drivers 12.41 (not signaled)? It have the nvidai instaler, And I instaled it using the copat mode (win200). Alias, since we will be using win2k driver for now, I think we must install it (wenever its possible ;( ) using the compat mode in win2k.

Okie... I will reinstal it later and see what happens Tnx for the tips...

Darn! I forgot to try it in compatibility mode 8) and I already uninstaled it, darn!!!

I have one Trident 4DWave pci sound card, but it lacks win2k drivers, but have nt4.0 drivers. It could mean I could install it with this drivers? Yes, I know win2k drivers are write from scratch, but if win2k do not provide native suport to this card, maybe nt or win9x drivers could work?