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Parhelia Drivers
Thanks for letting me know. I don't think I have the newest drivers
installed and everything has been running just fine. I think I will leave it well enough alone if there are no speed or other big enhancements to be gained. You mentioned bug fixes but I have not found any bugs yet, probably its because I am only using it for 2D work and my motherboard must be one of the ones its happy with. -- Dan ------------------------------------------------- http://www.fast-trak.net http://www.design.fast-trak.net http://www.training.fast-trak.net http://www.hosting.fast-trak.net "Arthur Hagen" wrote in message ... "Dan" wrote in message .. . Am I better to install the latest drivers or stick with what came with the card? The reason I ask is I remember someone saying the new ones actualy made the card perfom slower. According to all tests I've run, the drivers I had back in March were the fastest. The latest two versions of drivers will speed up a couple of things, but slow down almost everything else, mostly by disabling fast writes. In 3DMark2001, I get around 5% lower scores with the latest drivers, even if some things are speeded up. Contrary to what some people say, you can't turn fast writes back on again by registry entries -- sure, the registry entries are there, but that doesn't help when the drivers have the functions turned OFF. Run speed tests and you'll see that there's no advantage to changing the registry settings (a slight disadvantage if anything), but there is a speed benefit to installing the old drivers with fast write support. The reason for the removal of fast write support seems to be problems with certain motherboards and card combinations. Too bad, especially since I have a motherboard with NO problems. However, there are quite a number of bug fixes in the new drivers too, which is why I still use them. If you want the new drivers, don't install the ones from the "newest drivers" -- they're older, buggier and slower than the ones you find under "certified drivers". Both have fast writes disabled, though... Regards, -- *Art |
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