Nvidia Driver Tweaking

Impulse · May 10, 2002, 02:58 PM

[SIZE=x-small]Hey there, I'm thinking of creating my own Nvidia driver set which consists of takin the 29.11 Win2k/XP OpenGL driver (I think) and mixing it with 28.90 or at leat test it for some performance increase with my GeForce 3 and GF2 GTS. Hey Omega could you tell me some information about mixing Nvidia driver sets and INF editing in action. I'm talking about the 22.xx series and 28.xx to 29.xx drivers

. But this will take a while

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digitalwanderer · May 10, 2002, 04:35 PM

The more people tweaking drivers the better as far as I'm concerned, but you're not going to be able to build the set you want. From my understand from something Omegadrive posted you can not mix across sets unless they have the same two digits, ie. you could mix the openGL from 28.32 with the 28.90 set, but not the 29.20 set. 28.xx & 29.xx is a no-go, 28.xx & 28.xx is ok.

IMNADG, but I think that's the way it is.

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Impulse · May 10, 2002, 08:28 PM

[SIZE=small]Ohh no... thanks for the info man :\[/SIZE]

Impulse · Jun 11, 2002, 08:27 PM

[SIZE=small]Well, since the release of Nvidia's official WHQL 29.42, I tweaked it with the 29.11 and used it on my Suma GF2 MX200 and MX400 and my Hercules 3D Prophet III Gfx cards. I was amazed that I gained a few FPS with Q3 and Half-Life, a 5fps increase indeed, But I didn't notice it anyway... just a thought

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Impulse · Jun 20, 2002, 10:14 AM

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WarGun · Jun 20, 2002, 02:05 PM

So what did you do? just replace the GL driver?

i could use 5 more FPS

Impulse · Jun 21, 2002, 03:57 AM

[SIZE=x-small]Yes sir I did mix OpenGL drivers and tweaked some settings in the inf file. I don't use my tweaked drivers anymore, cause I'm happy with Omega's Nvidia drivers and Nvidia's official 29.42...[/SIZE]

Impulse · Jun 21, 2002, 03:59 AM

[SIZE=x-small]5FPS ain't worth, IMO

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May 10, 2002, 02:58 PM	#1
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	Nvidia Driver Tweaking [SIZE=x-small]Hey there, I'm thinking of creating my own Nvidia driver set which consists of takin the 29.11 Win2k/XP OpenGL driver (I think) and mixing it with 28.90 or at leat test it for some performance increase with my GeForce 3 and GF2 GTS. Hey Omega could you tell me some information about mixing Nvidia driver sets and INF editing in action. I'm talking about the 22.xx series and 28.xx to 29.xx drivers . But this will take a while ...[/SIZE]

May 10, 2002, 04:35 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	And the bad news is... The more people tweaking drivers the better as far as I'm concerned, but you're not going to be able to build the set you want. From my understand from something Omegadrive posted you can not mix across sets unless they have the same two digits, ie. you could mix the openGL from 28.32 with the 28.90 set, but not the 29.20 set. 28.xx & 29.xx is a no-go, 28.xx & 28.xx is ok. IMNADG, but I think that's the way it is. [SIZE=xx-small]("IMNADG"="I am not a driver god")[/SIZE] __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

May 10, 2002, 08:28 PM	Thread Starter #3
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	Ohh No... [SIZE=small]Ohh no... thanks for the info man :\[/SIZE]

Jun 11, 2002, 08:27 PM	Thread Starter #4
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	[SIZE=small]Well, since the release of Nvidia's official WHQL 29.42, I tweaked it with the 29.11 and used it on my Suma GF2 MX200 and MX400 and my Hercules 3D Prophet III Gfx cards. I was amazed that I gained a few FPS with Q3 and Half-Life, a 5fps increase indeed, But I didn't notice it anyway... just a thought [/SIZE]

Jun 20, 2002, 10:14 AM	Thread Starter #5
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	[SIZE=x-small]...[/SIZE]

Jun 20, 2002, 02:05 PM	#6
WarGun DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	So what did you do? just replace the GL driver? i could use 5 more FPS

Jun 21, 2002, 03:57 AM	Thread Starter #7
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	[SIZE=x-small]Yes sir I did mix OpenGL drivers and tweaked some settings in the inf file. I don't use my tweaked drivers anymore, cause I'm happy with Omega's Nvidia drivers and Nvidia's official 29.42...[/SIZE]

Jun 21, 2002, 03:59 AM	Thread Starter #8
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	[SIZE=x-small]5FPS ain't worth, IMO [/SIZE]