Newer drivers or modded drivers befefit old cards?

guyofgames · Feb 12, 2005, 01:57 AM

Hi, I have an old geforce 2 mx and I stopped updating my drivers at ver. 30.0 or something. I figured that the newer drivers are mostly optimized for the newer cards and that if anything it might slow down my gaming. With the release of these new modded drivers called zeropoint which comes installed with many tweaks I'm wondering if I'd benefit from downloading new drivers (newest version of nvidia site I guess) and mabye even the zeropoint modded drivers. Every fps matters for me.

Thanks in advance.

jasonbourne · Feb 12, 2005, 02:45 PM

u should seriously start thinking bout getting a new video card my friend

PoopyTheJ · Feb 13, 2005, 09:06 PM

We try to squeeze all the performance we can while maintaining or surpassing Image Quality on as many different versions of Nvidia hardware as we can.... That said there's only so much to be gotten from a GF2MX, I don't believe we have any beta testers with that card so I cannot gaurantee results you would get from our driver, but if you feel like trying them, let us know your findings.

Azetab · Feb 14, 2005, 04:27 PM

Just to let you know(PoopyTheJ), I'm a zer0point beta tester and I have a Geforce 2 MX 400

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PoopyTheJ · Feb 14, 2005, 07:26 PM

Ahhh, we do have that generation my bad....

~~Hundredswords~~ · Feb 15, 2005, 11:48 PM

When I still had my Geforce2 MX, I always updated to latest drivers. You get new features like nView and some bugfixes and optimizations on 2D, GDI+ and stuff. I mean, this is a video card you buy, not a "Game" card.

Feb 12, 2005, 01:57 AM	#1
guyofgames DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Newer drivers or modded drivers befefit old cards? Hi, I have an old geforce 2 mx and I stopped updating my drivers at ver. 30.0 or something. I figured that the newer drivers are mostly optimized for the newer cards and that if anything it might slow down my gaming. With the release of these new modded drivers called zeropoint which comes installed with many tweaks I'm wondering if I'd benefit from downloading new drivers (newest version of nvidia site I guess) and mabye even the zeropoint modded drivers. Every fps matters for me. Thanks in advance.

Feb 12, 2005, 02:45 PM	#2
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,090 Rep Power: 0	u should seriously start thinking bout getting a new video card my friend __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Feb 13, 2005, 09:06 PM	#3
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,595 Rep Power: 50	We try to squeeze all the performance we can while maintaining or surpassing Image Quality on as many different versions of Nvidia hardware as we can.... That said there's only so much to be gotten from a GF2MX, I don't believe we have any beta testers with that card so I cannot gaurantee results you would get from our driver, but if you feel like trying them, let us know your findings. __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Feb 14, 2005, 07:26 PM	#5
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,595 Rep Power: 50	Ahhh, we do have that generation my bad.... __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Feb 14, 2005, 04:27 PM	#4
Azetab Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY USA Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Just to let you know(PoopyTheJ), I'm a zer0point beta tester and I have a Geforce 2 MX 400 .

Feb 15, 2005, 11:48 PM	#6
~~Hundredswords~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 63 Rep Power: 0	When I still had my Geforce2 MX, I always updated to latest drivers. You get new features like nView and some bugfixes and optimizations on 2D, GDI+ and stuff. I mean, this is a video card you buy, not a "Game" card.