Nowhere is it stated by Nvidia that the det 3x.xx drivers are for GF3 and
Det 4x.xx are for Gf4 video cards. I really don't know where you would even get that story Chunter and frankly misinformation like that just leads people to waste alot of time chasing a driver they may not need as their video card maybe running perfectly ?!
But the fact remains that some of us only have Gf2, Gf2mx or Gf4mx cards, and there is no reason to "ditch" them as they do the job quite well.
In my case the only game I play is GrandPrix4 and I had an X-Micro Ti4200 for awhile to play with. For Gp4 on my system it was no faster than the Gf4mx. That is a fact and no use arguing about it.
The other thing that is true, don't just take my word for it as many others can verify, is that there will be a sweet spot if you like for a video card on a given system whereby the card will run at it's optimum speed/performance and constantly getting newer drivers is not really needed as most of the features the newer driver aims at are only in the newer card. You may get a prettier picture as the 4x.xx driver does on my system but at a huge cost in terms of raw 3d speed.
For example my old Hercules GeForce2mx worked best and fastest with the 14.10 driver. And now my ST Lab Gf4mx runs best with the Det 31.00 driver.
People with full blown Gf4's obviously may get better results with newer drivers. Gf3 owners may get better pic quality etc. but I suspect Gf3 owners may come to the same conclusion as I have and find a certain driver in the 3x.xx or 4x.xx series is the peak in terms of speed.
That was the whole point of this thread anyway.... the fastest Det for running Gp4. What holds true for me and my Win98se Pentium 3 system may certainly be different for P4 WinXP owners with Gf4Ti series cards.
So to all you Pentium 3 users running Win98se (because it is the best OS for P3's) AND who only have Gf3, Gf2mx or gf4mx cards...... dont despair and don't go chasing another video card if you only play Gp4 or a few other games.
I think this thread has been very informative in any case.
And I am back to the Detonator 31.00 driver as after exhaustive tests purely on Gp4 I can safely say that no other driver can match the speed in FPS of this driver which runs fast even with 3d sound and mirrors on and I have Quincunx Anti-Aliasing on with no frame hit at all.
I more than happy with my 100 aussie dollar investment for a Gf4mx440 and so glad I did not spend extra 200 odd dollars on a flashier vidcard.
Ciao
Vik :0
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