6800GT Drivers - Which are the best?

[Celeron_Phreak]

I was wondering what are the best drivers for the 6800GT? I've got an XFX 6800GT and I'm noticing some lag issues in Doom 3 and horribly low scores in 3DMark tests. I'm currently using the latest from nVidia right now, 71.04 or something I think. Think I should rollback to 66.93? I want smooth gameplay over anything, but still being able to show some nice 3DMark scores is nice to.

~C.P.

[brickout]

Did you upgrade from an ATI card?
All of the drivers above 66.93 give decent benchmarking scores. 75.90 seems to give the best scores, but 66.93, 67.66, and 71.20/5 give me the best gameplay.
I have a 6600GT, so I don't know if my experience will be true for you.
Just how bad are your scores? If they are way off, it sounds like a driver conflict rather than driver choice problem. I would try uninstalling the drivers, running Driver Cleaner 3, then reinstalling the drivers.
If that doesn't help, format and reinstall :þ

[SuperDave1685]

head on over to guru3d.com and get your hands on a set of the Xtreme G 76.41 drivers.... very smooth gameplay here and increased benchmark scores. I've read around that nVidia is planning on relasing a new set of 90.xx drivers in the near future to fix all sorts of problems.... but thats still just a rumor as of now, but I sure hope so!

[reddywing1]

I found a super driver for my 6600gt that is so good I would urge you to try it on your 6800gt.

It is the VXG 71.20b found here:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=2

[KHF]

Personally, I'd stick with newest ForceWare drivers (71.84)

[Celeron_Phreak]

That's it, those are the drivers I downloaded from nVidia and it's causing some random freezing for 3-5 seconds at the beginings of 3DMark tests and in various parts of games. Any ideas why it's acting up, aside from my crazy driver idea?