NVIDIA IDE SW Driver

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Mar 1, 2004, 08:51 PM

To install or not to install? Not sure what i should do any opinons.

mainman · Mar 1, 2004, 08:57 PM

I would keep the windows drivers, i had a bad experience with sis ide drivers, but thats just my opinion.

zerodamage · Mar 1, 2004, 09:08 PM

Nvidia's IDE drivers give a performance boost but you will not be able to burn cd's and dvd's and programs that require Aspi may not work or be able to read your cd-rom.

***craig5320*** · Mar 1, 2004, 09:14 PM

Well last time i chose yes, my system hosed. I can't say it was those drivers. But it was. lol. My whole motherboard fell apart driver wise. Man it was a right mess. I'm never touching the nForce drivers again

BWX · Mar 1, 2004, 09:18 PM

I say no- I've tried them every time they came out with a new one- They ALWAYS mess up my system and they never work. I wouldn't do it again.

HsuGotaQ · Mar 1, 2004, 09:38 PM

This might help out

Link : NVIDIA IDE SW Driver comparison (image down at the bottom of the page)

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Thx for you MiniMax ...
I have read the post and finally i decide to make test with SW 3.44 , 3.66 and MS drivers with ATTO so without CPU performance test :?

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nVidia SW Driver, Version 3.44 [First : 12Go NTFS (Win) Maxtor 8Mo, Second : 115Go NTFS (Archives) IBM 2 Mo]

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Microsoft IDE Driver [First : 12Go NTFS (Win) Maxtor 8Mo, Second : 115Go NTFS (Archives) IBM 2 Mo]

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nVidia SW Driver, Version 3.66 [First : 12Go NTFS (Win) Maxtor 8Mo, Second : 115Go NTFS (Archives) IBM 2 Mo]

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The_Neon_Cowboy · Mar 2, 2004, 06:05 AM

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Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
To install or not to install? Not sure what i should do any opinons.

here is the full deal on that....

If you have cd buring issues use the software ide driver, other wise i'd notuse it! It's lower and has a history of hdd corruption in some cases.... It's most famous for being a alot slower driver. I stick with the windows defaults!

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If you want pm me and i'll hook you up with the latest that out there! my personal remix

that i use for my system... It is not anything in a state for release! figure it a beta set just becouse it woks well on mine doest mean it won't take a dump on yours

NVIDIA System Utility 1.00
Audio driver 4.09
Audio utilities 4.08
Ethernet driver 3.46
GART driver 3.43
Memory controller driver 3.38
SMBus driver 3.43
IDE In-the-box 3.58
SW IDE 3.66
Installer 3.56

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WildChild · Mar 2, 2004, 05:49 PM

It's a 50/50 chance on that driver....some people had issues with some didn't...on my older nforce 2 board I didn't have a single issue with it.Others have had some minor problems

drakesteakn · Mar 2, 2004, 07:11 PM

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Originally posted by WildChild
It's a 50/50 chance on that driver....some people had issues with some didn't...on my older nforce 2 board I didn't have a single issue with it.Others have had some minor problems

is that the board i got now?