Performance aspects of new Nvidia Drivers

Notice to all visitors and members of the Train-Sim.Com message forums:
If you plan on using a signature banner in your posts, we would like to remind you that there is a maximum size for banners. That maximum is 450 pixels wide by 120 pixels high, and not to exceed 25k. Your compliance is appreciated. FORUM RULES Problems? There are two common reasons for problems with logging in and posting messages. The first is that you are running a firewall that prevents your messages from being sent to the server. The other is that you have cookies disabled; the DCForum software requires cookies to work properly.

Previous Topic | Next Topic

Printer-friendly copy Email this topic to a friend

Reading Topic #17734

geekmanCharter Member · 221 postsMay 2, 2003 5:24 PM

Have any of you had any experience with the new Nvidia drivers running GeForce 3 boards?I have a GeForce 3 Ti2000 board and up until recently I was running the then latest Nvidia drivers and DirectX 8 with Windows 2000 Pro. It was a very sweet running system and I was very happy. A couple weeks ago, however, I installed the new Nvidia drivers (43.45) and at the same time ungraded to DirectX 9.Everything looked good, but when I ran MSTS I thought noticed a drop in frame rate of seemed to be roughly 10-15%. After a week or so of expermenting between my older configuration (Luckily, I Ghosted my system prior to the upgrade and it's a 5 minute job to switch from one to the other), I'm convinced that the older drivers and DirectX 8 runs faster than the new configuration by approximately 10% (Nothing else changed - that I know of).Has anybody else had any experience like this? I suppose now I ought to see if it's caused by the new drivers or by DirectX 9 running on my older board. Hmmm, maybe it's time to upgrade to something better - Hey Honey! Can I talk to you a minute? YOu know that new dress you saw in the mall the other evening - - - - -.

Larry Steiner
Grand Rapids, Michigan
(This is CSX Country up here, folks.)

Alert | IP

Printer-friendly page | Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

dgauciCharter Member · 1255 postsMay 2, 2003 7:46 PM

RE: Performance aspects of new Nvidia Drivers

I'm currently using the Detonator 43.45 drivers with DirectX 9a on my GeForce 3 TI200 card running Windows XP Pro. This combination is giving me the best performance and image quality that I've had so far. (I change my drivers via www.Guru3D.com very frequently to try new ones.) All this points up is the fact that every system is very different, what's good on one may not be optimal for another.

Performance aspects of new Nvidia Drivers – image 1

Alert | IP

Printer-friendly page | Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

bjrhatiganCharter Member · 179 postsMay 2, 2003 8:40 PM

RE: Performance aspects of new Nvidia Drivers

I've got to agree that every system is different.
I'm running a Geforce 3 Ti200 with older drivers.
Every time I upgrade to newer drivers, something seems to suffer.
So I decided....."If it ain't broke, don't fix it".(AMD XP 1700, 768 Ram, Win 98 SE, Direct X 8)

Alert | IP

Restored from the Train-Sim.Com archive, captured May 10, 2003. About this archive.