which chipset drivers ?

[agcheavin]

Which chipset drivers should I use with my A7N8X deluxe MoBo ? the ones from ASUS ? or the ones from the Nvidia site.

Gary

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<font color=red>AMD 2700 XP<font color=red>
<font color=red>Gecube 9800 pro Extreme<font color=red>
<font color=blue>ASUS A7N8X deluxe<font color=blue>
<font color=blue>1024 meg Dual Channel DDR 3200<font color=blue>
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[Coyote]

As you can see from sig, I have a diff mobo. So, go here and navigate to the section for your mobo. Look for a driver section also (near top of "home").

I've researching this for my board- keep an eye for problems re: the SW IDE driver. You will prolly want to stick with the MS IDE controller (chipset) driver especially if have optical drives

<A HREF="http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13" target="_new">http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13</A>

Barton 2500+
Abit NF7-S v 2.0
Maxtor 60GB ATA 133 7200RPM
512MB Corsair Twinx 3200LL
9600 Pro
Enermax Noisetaker 420 watts
Win98SE

 

[markgun]

Either or. Like the other guy said, be weary of the SW IDE drivers.

I've been using a remix driver set for awhile now. They usually contain the best driver for each nForce component. Also, I'd imagine that we're going to see some new drivers with the lauch of nForce3 250 so soon (their nForce drivers on a unified architecture, too).

<b>Qui habet aures audiendi audiat</b>

 

[Spitfire_x86]

I'm using the SW IDE driver bundled with 3.13 UDP for more than 3 months. Zero problems so far

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[agcheavin]

Whats the remix driver, I gather that there not the ones on the Nvidia site?

Also note, I have the version 2 board

Gary

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<font color=red>AMD 2700 XP<font color=red>
<font color=red>Gecube 9800 pro Extreme<font color=red>
<font color=blue>ASUS A7N8X deluxe<font color=blue>
<font color=blue>1024 meg Dual Channel DDR 3200<font color=blue>
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[markgun]

I haven't any problems either, but the issue does seem to depend upon certain combinations of hardware. Basically, I say try them, and if you have problems, use the In-the-box.

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[markgun]

The revision shouldn't matter, as all of the nForce boards use a unified driver. You could just grab the 3.13s from nVidia's page. The remix I'm using is very similar to the 3.13. There's a <i>slight</i> boost in performance using this Remix one, but nothing remotely detectable when playing a game or something. I'd go with the 3.13s, unless you're intrigued by the remix .

<b>Remix</b>
# Audio driver 4.08 => With the 4.09 driver on Windows update I lost the ability to adjust the volume on individual speakers. This one also gives me the best performance when using EAX in games.
# Audio utilities 4.08
# Ethernet driver 3.39 (WinXP WHQL) => The latest ethernet driver caused CPU spikes, which ruined my CPU's idle temp.
# GART driver 3.43 (WHQL)
# MemCtl driver 3.38 (WHQL)
# SMBus driver 3.43 (WHQL)
# IDE driver (In-the-box) 3.58 (WHQL)
# SW IDE 3.66 (WHQL)
# No Display

<b>Stock 3.13</b>
# Audio driver 3.66 (WHQL)
# Audio utilities 3.66
# Ethernet driver 3.63 (WHQL)
# GART driver 3.34 (WHQL)
# Memory controller driver 3.38 (WHQL)
# SMBus driver 3.38 (WHQL)
# IDE In-the-box driver 3.58 (WHQL)
# IDE 2.0 NVIDIA driver 3.66 (WHQL)
# Display driver 52.16 (WHQL)
# Installer 3.77

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[agcheavin]

Can you tell me where you got them from, or is it something that you just D/L sep on the net. It looks to me with the GART driver being an updated version, that that would be where the performance (albiet slight) would come from.

Thanks for you detailed reply, it helps.

Gary.

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<font color=red>AMD 2700 XP<font color=red>
<font color=red>Gecube 9800 pro Extreme<font color=red>
<font color=blue>ASUS A7N8X deluxe<font color=blue>
<font color=blue>1024 meg Dual Channel DDR 3200<font color=blue>
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[markgun]

<A HREF="http://envynews.com/index.php?ID=626&page=1#A" target="_new">This</A> is the site where I got mine from. I'm using the "Morpheusware Remix for Burn Trouble" because it contains the 3.66 SW IDE driver, and the other ones contain the 3.44, which my burner had trouble with.

<b>Qui habet aures audiendi audiat</b>