The lord of graphics is set to release a fresh set of drivers today – it's a selection of bug fixes to make your graphics card work better.
While the 53.0X drivers were available from, I believe the EVGA site previously, this time the Nvidia drivers have the blessing of Microsoft with its WHQL scheme.
The drivers for Windows XP/ 2000 are numbered 53.03 while the ME/98 version is called 53.04. It's quite unusual that the old OS version has a bigger number and these drivers are not WHQL certified as Microsoft simply don't do that for these gnarled old OSes.
news source:
the inquirer