i dont know if i should use this update...

apu95 · January 10th, 2003

hi. ive just gone into the windows update site and notcied a driver update. i clicked on the link and it showed me the nVidia display driver. should i download this? cuz i already have the latest detonator drivers, so would they be replaced? or i can download safely the update?

thx, Apu

monmusion · January 10th, 2003

I wouldn't use it, driver updates from Microsoft arent usually the best. You are most likely better off with you set of drivers from Nvidia.

January 10th, 2003

looks like an nvidia driver to me??? i'm using 41.09 now i believe

monmusion · January 10th, 2003

If you already have the latest drivers, don't bother getting it. I prefer to get my drivers from their respective sites cause I find in most cases, they work better that the ones from windows update.

January 10th, 2003

I always recommend against downloading drivers from Windows Update. Always get them from the oem web sites. Two reasons:

1) The OEM web site is always the newest version (forget the numbering schemes MS uses, they usually do not correspond to the OEM releases)

2) When you download a driver that MS has "certified", you are invariably getting a crippled driver. MS want to make sure the driver is compatable with the widest variety of software possible and will often disable some of the newest features in the driver - those features that more often than not make the new driver more powerful in the first place.

Having said that, I'm not an advocate of downloading drivers just because they are newer than what you have. If your current driver works and the new driver doesn't offer something you really need, why play around? A driver is the software that communicates between the OS and the hardware. Your goal should generally be stability.

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apu95 Caffeine-->Code Converter Joined: April 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 502 Reputation: 60 Power: 128	i dont know if i should use this update... hi. ive just gone into the windows update site and notcied a driver update. i clicked on the link and it showed me the nVidia display driver. should i download this? cuz i already have the latest detonator drivers, so would they be replaced? or i can download safely the update? thx, Apu Telepathic: Q6600, 4 GB, HD3650, Audigy, Win7 64 Phantom: P4 3.0 800 FSB, D865GBFL, 512 DDR400, Radeon 9200 128, SB Live 5.1, WD 80gb, 16x DVD, Samsung SW-204B 40x24x40 CD-RW Psychic: ASUS M50SV: Core 2 Duo T8100, 3GB DDR2, nVidia 9500GS, 250GB (Win7), BluRay, 802.11b/g/n

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January 10th, 2003	Top \| #2
monmusion OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 56 Reputation: 0 Power: 102	I wouldn't use it, driver updates from Microsoft arent usually the best. You are most likely better off with you set of drivers from Nvidia.

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Burpster Unregistered Posts: n/a	looks like an nvidia driver to me??? i'm using 41.09 now i believe

January 10th, 2003	Top \| #4
monmusion OSNN Addict Joined: February 2004 Posts: 56 Reputation: 0 Power: 102	If you already have the latest drivers, don't bother getting it. I prefer to get my drivers from their respective sites cause I find in most cases, they work better that the ones from windows update.

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allan Unregistered Posts: n/a	I always recommend against downloading drivers from Windows Update. Always get them from the oem web sites. Two reasons: 1) The OEM web site is always the newest version (forget the numbering schemes MS uses, they usually do not correspond to the OEM releases) 2) When you download a driver that MS has "certified", you are invariably getting a crippled driver. MS want to make sure the driver is compatable with the widest variety of software possible and will often disable some of the newest features in the driver - those features that more often than not make the new driver more powerful in the first place. Having said that, I'm not an advocate of downloading drivers just because they are newer than what you have. If your current driver works and the new driver doesn't offer something you really need, why play around? A driver is the software that communicates between the OS and the hardware. Your goal should generally be stability.