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Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: Razor Blayde on December 26, 2008, 11:10:04 PM

Title: Is always best to use updated drivers?
Post by: Razor Blayde on December 26, 2008, 11:10:04 PM

Hi all again.

I'm in a dilemma of choosing to upgrade my NVIDIA 7800 GTX 512 drivers (91.31) to the latest (178.24)

I've tried it before but the installer kept installing the windows 2000 drivers instead of the windows xp ones.

It is quite strange as the filename and the website quite clearly states the drivers are for Windows XP.

91.31 seems to be the only stable driver I have and it doesn't seem to have any problems even thought I play GRID and all the new-ish games.

Has anyone else had this problem of the latest drivers?

Title: Re: Is always best to use updated drivers?
Post by: kpac on December 27, 2008, 06:12:18 AM

Did you try here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_178.24_whql.html

Title: Re: Is always best to use updated drivers?
Post by: BC_Programmer on December 27, 2008, 10:49:57 AM

and what makes you think it's installing the windows 2000 drivers?

Title: Re: Is always best to use updated drivers?
Post by: patio on December 27, 2008, 11:28:17 AM

Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 27, 2008, 10:49:57 AM

and what makes you think it's installing the windows 2000 drivers?

This also begs the question of where this XP CD is from.... ::)

Title: Re: Is always best to use updated drivers?
Post by: Razor Blayde on December 27, 2008, 06:25:54 PM

yes I already tried that site. The reason why is that the installer for the 178.24 driver installs in the "Win2k" folder, hinting it is installing the Windows 2000 driver only. And also after restarting the computer as it tells me to, the colours of everything in XP are all garbled/distorted as it is using the 2000 drivers.

When I roll back to 91.31 (this says its compatible with only Win XP/2000 and Windows XP Media Centre Edition, hence the file name: '91.31winxp2kmce_english_whql'), the installer installs in the "Win2kXP" folder and all the colours and everything else is normal, even though the driver is outdated.

I'm thinking that I have to install the media centre editions of these geforce drivers.

Title: Re: Is always best to use updated drivers?
Post by: Razor Blayde on December 27, 2008, 06:57:22 PM

I've been researching and the latest driver does not list my NVIDIA 7800 GTX 512MB in the 'products supported' page while the 91.31 driver does list it in its 'products supported' page...

Would the latest driver still support it? It still lists the normal NVIDIA 7800 GTX and it has something on the 7800 GTX 512mb in the release notes.

Title: Re: Is always best to use updated drivers?
Post by: Razor Blayde on January 11, 2009, 04:34:02 AM

I found this is the newest driver for the 'Win2kXPMCE'

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_94.24_2.html

it lists my graphics card as supported

or should I use this?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_181.20_whql.html