Which is better, nVidia's unified drivers or the motherboard's manufacturer's drivers

[Audioaficionado]

So which is better?

The unified nVidia drivers or the ones tweaked by the manufacturer?

I noticed that I could get 85 hertz on my monitor with the Leadteck drivers while only 75Hz with nvidia's unified drivers.

[Gnerma]

Well what is the max refresh rate of your monitor at the resolution in question? You could just uncheck 'Hide modes that this monitor can't display' and set it to 85 anyway.

As for which is better, I'd blindly speculate that going with the manufacturers drivers is safer. Although I wonder just how much they get tweaked before that Asus or Leadtek name is slapped on them. I've never bothered to try them myself, perhaps on next format I'll try the Leadtek 45.23 set.

[NO LIFE]

Are you asking about video cards or motherboards?

[donny_paycheck]

I always go with nvidia's (for both nforce and GeForce) because they tend to update sooner than the manufacturers do.

[Audioaficionado]

Originally posted by Gnerma
Well what is the max refresh rate of your monitor at the resolution in question? You could just uncheck 'Hide modes that this monitor can't display' and set it to 85 anyway.

That's how I did it the first time with the Leadtek drivers. Won't work with nVidida's newest 2k/xp unified drivers.

Originally posted by Gnerma
As for which is better, I'd blindly speculate that going with the manufacturers drivers is safer. Although I wonder just how much they get tweaked before that Asus or Leadtek name is slapped on them. I've never bothered to try them myself, perhaps on next format I'll try the Leadtek 45.23 set.

Maybe it's the Leadtek driver tweaks.

I'm using s2k3 now and haven't tried to go past 75Hz yet.

Originally posted by NO LIFE
Are you asking about video cards or motherboards?

Both

[SlipperyToy]

I once installed Nvidias drivers......System became Unstable.
Went back to the ASUS 1.16 drivers..System Is faster and Stable..
IMHO.....stay with the motherboards' manufacturers' drivers

[makaka]

yes the same when updated mobo driver with nvidia version
i had lost memory brandwith and hdd performance so i rolled back assus driver

[fadirocks]

nVidia some worked better than manufacturer some not and some crashed my system!
with nVidia drivers it all depends on luck like everything else!

[dkdgbroyles]

I use the latest drivers from nvidia. But get the latest forceware audio drivers, there will be noticable difference in quality and if u have that ringing noise, it will be gone with these drivers.Also I don't know if it's me but overall system performance is better with the new forceware audio drivers from nvidia.

[crazythunder]

just a matter of chance if you ask me. trial and error. i've had gainwards drivers mess up my vid capture on 2 boards. third board worked fine with them. nvidia's worked well on all 3.

[Snoopdog26]

i have had better luck using nvidias nvstorm instead of my msi's soundstorm..

i liked the system utility you can download from nvidia too,you can adjust fsb and see all your memory specs and temps! its nice.
-Andy

[Ducatti]

On my old Asus A7V8X the 4 in 1 drivers from via were the only way to run.. on my current rig the Asus drivers are the best performers... I think it depends on your chipset and each MB..

[josephtischer]

I tend to use the manufacturers drivers. I have been burned in the past by using the chipset makers drivers. Espceially with ASUS. I have had nothing but problems with their products and chipset drivers. As far as utilities it makes no difference. That is all preference in my book.

As far as your monitor display issues with Hertz u need to install your monitor drivers. I know people are gonna laugh when I saw this but many monitors have drivers too that proload the monitor specs in and the support features for XP to enable extra display modes.

In fact when I go to Windows Update it offers me a driver for my monitor. I don't personally like it so I don't use it.

[Audioaficionado]

Yeah, I just installed one from Samsung and now WUD want's me to install theirs over it. I think not.

[SillyBob]

Ive always used NVidias drivers as they tend to be more up to date, so have less issues running games :p

[Mark620]

You need to go with the board mfg's drivers because they may have some feature that the chipset drivers cant handle...i.e. some obscure change or difference. I used the chipset drivers on my daughters computer for her video card...it did not work very well at all, then I put the card mfg's driver in and it works fine....But if you get the chipset drivers to work and they are of an updated version...go for it.

[austinbmxnig]

College Essay Brain Storming

1. What are the 5 people that influenced you the most in your life?

My father is a has had a large influence on me....he lets me know that there are things in the world that can hurt me that i need to be aware of but trusts my judgement that i will do the right thing when i need to make a hard decision...my mother has influenced me to believe that i be anything i want to be and she will always be there to support me in any scenario i am put in...Jeremy Hrabal for pushing me to step out of my comfort zone when im at the skatepark to learn new ways to use the obstacles with my bicycle...Dylan Smith for being the kid i grew up with that made me realize how successful a person can be regardless of their age or size,,,,My cousin for getting me interested to the "fanatical" aspects of computers

2. What do you read?

I used to read alot of books by Richard Marcinko, they were true stories written by a rogue Navy S.E.A.L but he was forced to publish them under the fiction category and change a few names because he was revealing classified information about our government

3. List 3 virtues that you admire and respect

Paitence
Loyalty
Honesty

4. Discuss three significant lessons you have learned

5. Tell us about 3 memorable experiances you've had

[Gnerma]

...what austinbmxnig posted...
http://home.bak.rr.com/gnerma/wtf.gif

Also, why of all threads does this one keep getting bumped? I mean, there is nothing really exceptional or revolutionary about it...

[Audioaficionado]

Looks like a random off topic posting.

Heck I haven't seen that machine in the original post since I sold it last year.