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More info?)
Try here http://www.guru3d.com/ Detonator RIP is the one I use. I'm not sure
if the other one, Detonator Destroyer, works with the latest driver
versions. Check out their forums as well. There's info there on how to
properly update your drivers.
Cheers.
Si
"John Hellingsworth" <j.hellingsworth@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:NMZdc.419$6e5.355@newsfe1-win...
> Thanks for the info
> Can you suggest the best driver cleanup utility to use
>
> Thanks
> John
> "Mr. Grinch" <grinch@hatespam.yucky> wrote in message
> news:Xns94C76705A1284grinchhatespamyucksh@24.71.223.159...
> > I agree, I would stick to using Nvidia drivers rather than MSI. Right
now
> > I'm using the 53.03 drivers under Windows Server 2003, with an MSI
Ti4200
> > 128 meg 8x card.
> >
> > I've tried the MSI drivers in the past. They are the only ones to give
me
> > problems, like not installing correctly, and needing to run driver
cleanup
> > utilities. At the very least, switching back to Nvidia drivers, I've
had
> > to re-install the Nvidia drivers a few times in a row, and then go back
> and
> > clean up traces of MSI control panels and stuff. The MSI drivers don't
> > install clean and don't uninstall clean.
> >
> > As to what benefits there might be from using the MSI drivers, I don't
> > really think there are enough to justify using them. I don't think
> > performance is any better. They do offer their own overclocking tools
but
> > they crash all the time on my dual-cpu system. Easier to use someone
> > else's overlclocking tool than try to get MSI's to work. But I never
> > bother overclocking anyways, my system is more limited by my CPUs (dual
> P3-
> > 800) than my video card.
> >
> > I like MSI hardware, but their driver efforts are questionable. They
look
> > flashy and impressive but at the end of the day are they actually
getting
> > you anything you don't have with the stock vendor drivers?
> >
> >
> > "Si" <si@munirs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
> > news:c58uop$ifs$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk:
> >
> > > You would be better off getting the latest drivers from the nVidea
> > > site as they are the people who make the drivers and not MSI. I only
> > > have one experience using the MSI Live Update facility and it totally
> > > screwed up my machine so never again.
> > >
> > > Si
> > >
> > > "John Hellingsworth" <j.hellingsworth@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > > news:fuNdc.11$sp4.0@newsfe1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > >> Hi
> > >>
> > >> I have the MSI FX5600, and use the MSI Live Update facility to update
> > >> my drivers.
> > >> I understand that in order for new drivers to work most efficiently,
> > >> all previous entries in the registery should be deleted.
> > >> Does anyone know, if the MSI Live Update does this? The latest I've
> > >> installed is the 5663 (MSI version)
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >>
> > >> John Hellingsworth
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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