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oc jason
11-13-01, 01:36 PM
with my card in XP and 2k, i can only correctly uset he 2183 with the autoinstall thingy. I can use the 2185, and 2250 (not even 2188) but i get like 15 FPS less, in stuff, and a 1000+ pt score drop in 3dmark 2k, when i start 3dm2k1 in the first test my first FPS is 67 +/_ 1 or 2 FPS, any other drivers (2185, 2250) they are 52 +/- 1 or 2. So what is the deal, and it is only drivers that dotn auto istall, what am i missing, i mean the driver version changes in the drivers tab. and says 2250, 2185 whatever but they perform crappy? i choose to select from dif location, and choose the folder in which they are stored. it sees al the files, nv4_disp.inf and like 5-6 others, ask me for a few of them and i select them too apply and reboot, well I know they dont really install cause, when i reboot they res and colors are still the same, when i use 2183 ig drop to liek 800x600 so i instantly knwo the drivers are good, adn sure enough my FPS is better, i want the newer drivers to work so please help me out.

jbslow
11-13-01, 02:44 PM
I went to download the newer drivers you are talking about (I'm using 21.81) but they dont list them on the nVidia site so I'm guessing your using beta drivers from some othe site. Maybe thats the problem they are not officially released drivers so they may have bugs or something. Just a thought.

By the way did you get a improvement in 3dmarks when using the 21.83 v/s the 21.81?

Yodums
11-13-01, 03:34 PM
People say the .88 aren't any different form the 81's.

Try re benchmarking..

oc jason
11-13-01, 03:40 PM
yes they were an imporvement, not much like 170pts, but in XP with dx8.1, and 2183 i kill my 2k score with same drivers by over 1000 pts.



Well yes they are beta drivers but all others are using them , and tehy 2188 is not what i want i really want the 2250+series