Stupid noobie question

Xploited Titan · Nov 15, 2002, 10:04 PM

Could anyone tell me what the difference is between the 30.xx drivers and the 4x.xx drivers????????

Never understood why some people are still talking about (looking at the number worse/older drivers)......

digitalwanderer · Nov 15, 2002, 10:27 PM

nVidia hasn't really explained it, but from my understanding the 4x.xx series of drivers gets much better performance out of the GF4s hardware, while the 3x.xx series seems to be a bit more stable on the GF3s.

At least for me in 9x/me the 3x.xx series is better, but the 40.72 set works pretty good too. On my XP side, I'm with the 41.03 set all the way.

I think the big dif 'tween the sets is the pixel shaders, the 4x.xx series seems to have much more quicker/aggressive programming in that department.

Xploited Titan · Nov 15, 2002, 10:31 PM

Well, I'm always using 40.41 drivers, I'm gonna give the 41.03 a try.....

and maybe the 30.85 set....

We'll see.

Nov 15, 2002, 10:04 PM	#1
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	Stupid noobie question Could anyone tell me what the difference is between the 30.xx drivers and the 4x.xx drivers???????? Never understood why some people are still talking about (looking at the number worse/older drivers)......

Nov 15, 2002, 10:27 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Not a stupid question, it's sort of a guessing game. nVidia hasn't really explained it, but from my understanding the 4x.xx series of drivers gets much better performance out of the GF4s hardware, while the 3x.xx series seems to be a bit more stable on the GF3s. At least for me in 9x/me the 3x.xx series is better, but the 40.72 set works pretty good too. On my XP side, I'm with the 41.03 set all the way. I think the big dif 'tween the sets is the pixel shaders, the 4x.xx series seems to have much more quicker/aggressive programming in that department. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Nov 15, 2002, 10:31 PM	Thread Starter #3
Xploited Titan Driverheaven's evil Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brussels, capital of Belgium Posts: 207 Rep Power: 0	Well, I'm always using 40.41 drivers, I'm gonna give the 41.03 a try..... and maybe the 30.85 set.... We'll see.