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better drivers, geforce 4

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by gar2n

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XP doesn`t seem to like the latest Nvidia driver,
not digitally signed, to what extent does this impare frame rates, and other windows compatibilities?

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by topsy1978

Does the screen freeze? XP uses the newest driver for the graphics card, I had this problem with a laptop. If you use an old driver, it works fine. Not too sure what the old driver is called though.

by gar2n

I installed the driver that cme with the card ver.2900 or whatever, it wasn`t signed either, so I let xp load driver but perf. was lacking so went with lastest Nvidia detinator, sometimes get errors, but think it`s the via chip, works fine but still not to satifatory perf.
THANKS....

by thechas

The driver not being digitally signed, simply means that nVidia has not yet submitted the new driver to Microsoft for certification, or Microsoft has not completed the testing.

This has NO effect on the performance of the driver, or your video card.

Microsoft uses the warning messages about driver signing as a means to have users complain to hardware manufactures about unsigned drivers.
The warning means the Microsoft has not tested and certified the driver.
WHo do you prefer to trust? Microsoft or nVidia?

Based on the warning, I assume that driver testing is a profit center for Microsoft.

In my experience, nVidia submits every 3rd to 5th new driver revision for Microsoft certification.

1 caution, Windows update will recognize that you have a driver that is a different revision than the latest Microsoft certified version and may add the older version of the driver to the driver updates list.
DO NOT install the Microsoft version of the driver unless you are certain that it is a newer revision then the one you have.

Chas

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