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I personally will stick with the latest nvidia reference drivers. Nvidia designed the chipsets these drivers are supposed to "drive", so I am pretty certain they know what the heck they are doing when the write and release a new driver for said chipsets. These folks don't write these drivers just for fun. They do it to increase stability, compatibility with software, and to increase framerates. Case in point; I downloaded and installed the 6.47 drivers that feldon23 recommends. When I did so, I had to retune the settings on my monitor. That was the first indication that I would dislike these drivers. Second, when the screensaver started, and I hit the s key to show the fps, I was averaging between 45 and 60 fps, when I was averaging 65-80 fps with the 23.11 drivers. I'm running a geforce 2 mx200 32 meg card, not a TNT card which it seems most of you are running from what I have seen so far, so I have no idea what effects any sort of drivers have on that chipset. But if the effect is anything like what I suffered from when I tried the 6.47 drivers, I can do nothing but recommend the latest drivers that the chipset manufacturer designed for the chips that they manufacture. As for your problem jonjonbear, I am sorry to hear about that. I am running WinXP on my machine, and have done nothing but love it. Perhaps you should check into getting some tech support from nvidia, perhaps they have a workaround or something that could fix the problem you are having. Doesn't hurt to try. Thanks for your time.
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