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More info?)
On Thu, 12 May 2005 14:06:49 GMT, "McGrandpa"
<McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>"bxle" <bxle_loop@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:y1Hge.15554$3b4.11381@twister.nyroc.rr.com
>> Yeah, I saw that - and that's what got my curiosity going, since I'll
>> be reinstalling exactly the same driver
>> I suspect that different bits may get installed depending on the
>> core...
>> "Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
>> news:mqGge.12375$Fa1.3225@fed1read02...
>>> Yes -- nvidia says so.
>>>
>>>
http://www.nvidia.com/object/driver_installation_hints.html
>>>
>>>
>
>That's exactly what it is. The driver installer package installs only
>what your installed video card and opsys need. If nvidia broke it down
>into installers for each card, that selection of drivers on their site
>would likely be overwhelming. The Unified drivers aren't that big and
>they do cover the entire range of cards. Simplifies distribution in a
>huge way.
>
>In one weekend I went through a series of video card and driver changes
>just to see what Far Cry, Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 looked like on each of
>my Nvidia cards:
>GF4 Ti4600, FX5900, GF6800 and GF6800GT.
>Even going from the eVGA eGeForce 6800 to the spankin new eVGA eGeForce
>6800GT needed the driver change. I tried just putting the 'GT in and
>running, but nope, even in 2D there were thrashing textures and odd
>stuff. Uninstalled the driver, rebooted, reinstall the same driver
>package and no more problems.
>McG.
>
That's what I've told people in here before, and they claim I
don't know wha`t I'm talking about. I've done something like you've
done as well. Using the same driver, I went from a GF2, to a GF3, to a
GF4 Ti. The first time I ran the GF2, games, and demos ran fine. Then
I swapped out the card with the GF3 without un installing, and
reinstalling the drivers again, and there ware problems running some
games. I uninsta`lled the drivers, and reinstalled them, a`nd the
ga`mes worked perfect. Same results going from the GF3 to the GF4.
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