Driver update for old graphics card
I have an old 32mb Nvidia geForce graphics card that was shipped with my
Dell back in early 2000. I wanted to update my drivers, so I went to Control Panel - System - Device Manager tab - Display Adapters. It says "NVIDIA GeForce 256." When I click on Properties, it says Harware version 016 and on the Driver tab it says Date - 07-16-2002. If I click on Update Driver on this tab it has CD-Rom drive and Specify a location checked. After choosing What I want to install? The updated driver, I click next and it says location of driver C:\WINDOWS\INF\NVDEA.INF. After choosing Next, an Insert Disk box pulls up that says Please insert the disk labeled 'NVIDIA Compatible Display Driver Disk 1', then click OK. This disk was not sent to me, that I'm sure. I thought I should go to the NVIDIA homepage and look. I went to the Download Drivers section and chose Graphics Driver, GeForce and TNT2, and then Windows 95/98/ME. It comes up with Forceware Version: 53.04. Is this what I need? Or do I need to do some type of archive search for the latest driver for MY graphics card? Let me know if there is any information need to help answer this question. Any help appreciated for a newbie. |
"Simon" wrote in message ... I have an old 32mb Nvidia geForce graphics card that was shipped with my Dell back in early 2000. I wanted to update my drivers, so I went to Control Panel - System - Device Manager tab - Display Adapters. It says "NVIDIA GeForce 256." When I click on Properties, it says Harware version 016 and on the Driver tab it says Date - 07-16-2002. If I click on Update Driver on this tab it has CD-Rom drive and Specify a location checked. After choosing What I want to install? The updated driver, I click next and it says location of driver C:\WINDOWS\INF\NVDEA.INF. After choosing Next, an Insert Disk box pulls up that says Please insert the disk labeled 'NVIDIA Compatible Display Driver Disk 1', then click OK. This disk was not sent to me, that I'm sure. I thought I should go to the NVIDIA homepage and look. I went to the Download Drivers section and chose Graphics Driver, GeForce and TNT2, and then Windows 95/98/ME. It comes up with Forceware Version: 53.04. Is this what I need? Or do I need to do some type of archive search for the latest driver for MY graphics card? Let me know if there is any information need to help answer this question. Any help appreciated for a newbie. Try the 53.04 it should be OK Eric Booth |
"Simon" wrote in message ... I have an old 32mb Nvidia geForce graphics card that was shipped with my Dell back in early 2000. I wanted to update my drivers, so I went to Control Panel - System - Device Manager tab - Display Adapters. It says "NVIDIA GeForce 256." When I click on Properties, it says Harware version 016 and on the Driver tab it says Date - 07-16-2002. If I click on Update Driver on this tab it has CD-Rom drive and Specify a location checked. After choosing What I want to install? The updated driver, I click next and it says location of driver C:\WINDOWS\INF\NVDEA.INF. After choosing Next, an Insert Disk box pulls up that says Please insert the disk labeled 'NVIDIA Compatible Display Driver Disk 1', then click OK. This disk was not sent to me, that I'm sure. That INF file is associated with your currently installed drivers. I think Windows was looking for the pre-installation driver components which it can not find because the drivers are already installed and set up, and the pre-installation stuff has long since been deleted. I thought I should go to the NVIDIA homepage and look. I went to the Download Drivers section and chose Graphics Driver, GeForce and TNT2, and then Windows 95/98/ME. It comes up with Forceware Version: 53.04. Is this what I need? Or do I need to do some type of archive search for the latest driver for MY graphics card? Let me know if there is any information need to help answer this question. Any help appreciated for a newbie. Download 53.04. Don't do a driver update from System Properties. Just temporarily disable any anti-virus you have running and click on the file you've downloaded to begin the installation process. Tony. |
I recommend the 44.03 or the 41.09 for cards that are non FX.
So that's upto the GF4 cards.I tried 53.xx and i don't like it, it really looked to me that these drivers are for the FX card series and not the older ones. Also benchmarking showed that the 40.xx series were much faster. The 30.82 are still the most stable drivers for any Geforce card,the 40 series are the fastest. "Simon" schreef in bericht ... I have an old 32mb Nvidia geForce graphics card that was shipped with my Dell back in early 2000. I wanted to update my drivers, so I went to Control Panel - System - Device Manager tab - Display Adapters. It says "NVIDIA GeForce 256." When I click on Properties, it says Harware version 016 and on the Driver tab it says Date - 07-16-2002. If I click on Update Driver on this tab it has CD-Rom drive and Specify a location checked. After choosing What I want to install? The updated driver, I click next and it says location of driver C:\WINDOWS\INF\NVDEA.INF. After choosing Next, an Insert Disk box pulls up that says Please insert the disk labeled 'NVIDIA Compatible Display Driver Disk 1', then click OK. This disk was not sent to me, that I'm sure. I thought I should go to the NVIDIA homepage and look. I went to the Download Drivers section and chose Graphics Driver, GeForce and TNT2, and then Windows 95/98/ME. It comes up with Forceware Version: 53.04. Is this what I need? Or do I need to do some type of archive search for the latest driver for MY graphics card? Let me know if there is any information need to help answer this question. Any help appreciated for a newbie. |
Thanks for the advice. Where would I find those older versions on the
NVIDIA website? Sorry, but I can't find them. Appreciate any help "Flow" wrote in message news:tdTHb.5316$7U1.65121@amstwist00... I recommend the 44.03 or the 41.09 for cards that are non FX. So that's upto the GF4 cards.I tried 53.xx and i don't like it, it really looked to me that these drivers are for the FX card series and not the older ones. Also benchmarking showed that the 40.xx series were much faster. The 30.82 are still the most stable drivers for any Geforce card,the 40 series are the fastest. |
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html
in the archive link :D "Ronald Martin" schreef in bericht ... Thanks for the advice. Where would I find those older versions on the NVIDIA website? Sorry, but I can't find them. Appreciate any help "Flow" wrote in message news:tdTHb.5316$7U1.65121@amstwist00... I recommend the 44.03 or the 41.09 for cards that are non FX. So that's upto the GF4 cards.I tried 53.xx and i don't like it, it really looked to me that these drivers are for the FX card series and not the older ones. Also benchmarking showed that the 40.xx series were much faster. The 30.82 are still the most stable drivers for any Geforce card,the 40 series are the fastest. |
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