ParaDoX 0 Posted June 20, 2000 Whats the most stable NVidia driver? I've got a Creative TNT2 Ultra, and my system is unstable as hell. I'm currently running 3.84, but I don't find them more stable then the others. When playing games my computer suddenly freezes after a while, and I've got to reboot. I'm running WinME too, and my computer never freezes in WinME, but I think Win2k is so much better. So, any suggestions? I've tried all the 5.x drivers except the 5.25 ------------------ P2 400@516 ABit BX6 2.0 Creative TNT2 Ultra 192MB Ram WD 8,4GB WD 30,7GB Teac 4x/12x CD-R Creative 5x DVD Share this post Link to post
mr_yellow 0 Posted June 20, 2000 I suggest you clean install and quickly install the latest 5.xx(5.25) driver. that always worked for me.. whenever I had driver problems related to the video, for some strange reason the clean install worked the best.. No amount of driver reinstalling/safemode installs, file swapping, worked when I had that string of buggy video drivers.. not until I clean installed did the latest versions of the detonators start working.. My criteria of working drivers is a bit limited though... HL/CS Video's Misc Opengl games/demos nfs5. I haven't even tried q3 or ut to test my stability.. I figure what I don't use won't kill me.. the w2k tnt saga continues.. Share this post Link to post
Drew? 0 Posted June 20, 2000 I myself have an Asus Geforce, but I'm havin' the same troubles as you are. I've heard rumors of a set of drivers (3.66) that seem to be the only salvation for people in our situation, but I'll be damned if I can find them anywhere!! The 3.68 drivers may also work but I haven't tried either to be sure. If ANYONE knows where to find them, PLEASE do tell (and please don't say reactorcritical.... they're not there). I used to be able to use the Asus 3.79's but now they won't even boot into w2k..... strange. ------------------ - Andrew Share this post Link to post
wind 0 Posted June 20, 2000 Ive got an asus geforce and im running 5.22, not a single problem. Although, when I think about it, every driver including all the beta drivers from 3.79, ive had no problems with at all. Stableness of drivers seems to be dependant on system configuration and the hardware in your pc, not the drivers themselfs. If a fresh install of windows fixes a problem of stability, that means youve done or something has gone wrong with your windows... Share this post Link to post
ThC 129 0 Posted June 20, 2000 a lot of people's problems could be related to AGP drivers, BIOS revisions and the voltage on the board. If the card isnt getting the right voltage then that could be reason for the freezes. Plus Win2k is a lot more picky about the afformentioned items. Share this post Link to post
ParaDoX 0 Posted June 20, 2000 Did a fresh install a couple of days ago and installed the 5.22 drivers right away, but it's still unstable. So it wasn't my windows that was messed up ThC 129: Thanks for the tip, I'll try to get some new AGP drivers and stuff ------------------ P2 400@516 ABit BX6 2.0 Creative TNT2 Ultra 192MB Ram WD 8,4GB WD 30,7GB Teac 4x/12x CD-R Creative 5x DVD [This message has been edited by ParaDoX (edited 20 June 2000).] Share this post Link to post
euankirkhope 0 Posted June 20, 2000 To be honest I'd say the one that came with win2k. Why? Because theres no agp, no d3d and little ddraw acceleration, therefore theres not much to go wrong. ------------------ System Spec: FIC VA-503+ 1.1b bios JE438 CPU Current Limiter Disabled AMD K6-2 550 (300 when I talk to FIC tech support) 128Mb SSi PC100 STB Velocity 4400 16Mb PAL TV-Out Hauppauge Wintv Realtek 8029 LAN Creative ES1371 (PCI64v) 56.6K (AkA 44k) ISA Modem Creative 48mx CDROM Memorex TriMaxx200(DVD/CDR/CDRW, 6,4,24) Maxtor 91301U3 13Gb LS120 and com and lpt i/o conflict error during bios startup. Hardware fault caused by win2k beta3 and dodgy bios, now irrepairable. Share this post Link to post
Drew? 0 Posted June 20, 2000 I tend to agree with euankirkhope, the less features a driver supports the less problems that usually occur!! Anyways, I found a copy of the 3.69 driver set and I realized that AGP is completely disabled in OGL.... maybe that's why the old drivers fix incompatibilities with Athlon's. The only problems I have with the newer drivers is with Half-Life, but it (as well as AGP 2x) worked fine in Win98 so I also have to agree with ThC about 2000's pickiness. Ahhh well, maybe someday my computer will be at peace with its own components. ------------------ - Andrew Share this post Link to post
