Nvidia IDE drivers...

[ChipDeath]

OK, I know everyone used to say to avoid Nvidia IDE drivers like the plague, but I was wondering if they've 'fixed' them these days....

I've just installed a new mobo, and avoided the IDE drivers during driver installation, but I'm just curious as to whether I need to or not.

a quick google search doesn't really seem to give a definitive answer....

I have 3 SATA HDDS, a DVDRW and a CDRW drive (last two on one IDE channel each - separate ribbons).

Do the Nvidia IDE drivers give any performance improvements for the SATA drives? or do they just break the PATA optical ones still (IIRC that was always the problem with them in the past...)

 

[emogoch]

I don't really notice a difference with them or not. Originally I thought they were giving me a problem with Nero, but turns out that my problem remains even after I do a fresh install of my system leaving them out.

Don't know really what else to tell you. I think it would be nice to see some reviews of them and what the "professionals" think of them.