No Trip Without The Driver: An Excursion Into The Software Behind Today's Hardware
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Page 1:Introduction
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Page 2:What Is A Driver?
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Page 3:Microsoft DirectX
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Page 4:How To Install Drivers
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Page 5:Test Setup
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Page 6:Benchmark Results
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Page 7:NVIDIA Driver Version Comparison: Advanced Visualizer
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Page 8:Overall Analysis: SYSmark 2000, Pentium III
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Page 9:Overall Analysis: Quake III Arena, Pentium III
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Page 10:Overall Analysis: Mercedes Benz Truck Racing, Pentium III
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Page 11:Overall Analysis: Advanced Visualizer, Pentium III
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Page 12:Conclusion
Overall Analysis: Mercedes Benz Truck Racing, Pentium III
Mercedes Benz Truck Racing benefits from all drivers. The AGP driver (included in Intel's INF Utility) is a close second to the graphics driver with regard to performance impact. The game will also run slightly faster if you use the IDE storage drivers.
Overall Analysis: Mercedes Benz Truck Racing, Athlon
MBTR experiences a boost of approximately 40% after the AGP driver has been installed.
Summary
- Introduction
- What Is A Driver?
- Microsoft DirectX
- How To Install Drivers
- Test Setup
- Benchmark Results
- NVIDIA Driver Version Comparison: Advanced Visualizer
- Overall Analysis: SYSmark 2000, Pentium III
- Overall Analysis: Quake III Arena, Pentium III
- Overall Analysis: Mercedes Benz Truck Racing, Pentium III
- Overall Analysis: Advanced Visualizer, Pentium III
- Conclusion
