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LukeTheDuke   10-16-2009 at 10:42:40 AM

If you are unsure whether your graphic card manufacturer has an updated driver, is it then better to use the generic driver provided by windows?

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FallenSniper   10-16-2009 at 11:10:47 AM
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Depends on the situation. Usually it's better to get the drivers from the manufacturer. What card do you need drivers for?

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Maziar   10-16-2009 at 11:17:52 AM
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Always update your VGA cards from Nvidia/ATI site,the generic driver provided by windows is when u don't have a manufacture driver installed

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LukeTheDuke   10-16-2009 at 11:44:29 AM
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I own a 9800 gx2 card from Leadtek and the last date for their driver i 2008/7/24 which I think is quite far back. Does it matter if I download the latest from Nvidia?

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Maziar   10-16-2009 at 12:11:00 PM
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No it's the best thing to have the latest drivers installed :)

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amnotanoobie   10-16-2009 at 12:57:55 PM
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For a GeForce or Radeon, they usually update their drivers to increase compatibility and performance. After some time though the updates tend to do nothing significant, unless there was a severe problem.

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Bronze Graphics badge EXT64   10-16-2009 at 02:01:46 PM
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Yes, download the latest from NVidia. The only time you wouldn't want to just use theirs is if the card is special/weird and needs the manufacturer driver, which is very rare and usually only necessary for, well, I can't really think of a good case. So just get the latest from NVidia.

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ubernoobie   10-16-2009 at 02:07:10 PM
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for me, my old 6200agp performs better with a old 76.xx driver than 86.xx-190.xx

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