Nvidia drivers making 8600GT worse than XP drivers?

just did a clean install of XP Pro on a computer. I am using a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW monitor.

After installation of XP, I've had no problems. When I installed Nvidia's drivers, it correctly identified my graphics card, installed the drivers, and restarted the computer...only to put the graphics on the absolute lowest level possible. Absolute junk. I reverted back to XP's driver andit was fine, but slow. Any ideas?

Here's my specs:

Manufactuerer: HP
o Model: m8020n
o Processor Intel Core 2 CPU 6420 @2.13 GHZ 2.13 GHZ
o Memory (Ram) 2.00 GB
o System type: 32 bit-operating system
--Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT

First off, install the chipset driver, in this case, Intel.
Then slap forceware on it.

It "should" be okay. Although i hate rigs from makers. The only things i wanted was the casing. Really. But those buggars wont sell them.

LOL! So much user error these days. Up your resolution or whatever.