Nvidia nForce IDE drivers


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Now, I have an Abit NF7-S motherboard and never installed the nForce drivers that came with it on the CD, just used Windows XP's standard drivers.

Since the v5.10's have come out I've heard some good stuff about them e.g. performance increases, stablility etc ....

But I also read that many people had problems with the IDE driver that comes with v5.10.

I downloaded the latest package and installed everything apart from the IDE drivers based on what I read down at nforcershq.com's forum.

Everything has gone well so far, "touch wood".

Now are the nForce IDE drivers any good for the people that got it to work successfully? Performance gains?

Or am I better off with Windows XP's standard drivers for my IDE devices?

Radish?

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I always pass on them, installing the IDE drivers for me meant that I could not restart (was an annoying problem) and when I had them installed I never noticed any type of performance gain so it wasn't worth it.

May or may not work for you so if you haven't tried them yet you might as well give it a shot, atleast with XP you can rollback the driver easily.

I tell you Radish, I've gotten nothing but outstanding performance from the drivers. I install the drivers over my existing drivers. First the chipset drivers, video, then dx. This has worked great for me. I have read where you should reinstall video and dx drivers after updating your chipset. I never use the Windows version... :cool:

I tell you Radish, I've gotten nothing but outstanding performance from the drivers. I install the drivers over my existing drivers. First the chipset drivers, video, then dx. This has worked great for me. I have read where you should reinstall video and dx drivers after updating your chipset. I never use the Windows version... :cool:

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I echo that sentiment; Windows-updates aren't always the best option.

I just installed the IDE drivers, and things seem a bit faste:happy:y:

Radish?

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did you just install them over your other drivers? faster during what processes? do you notice any corruption (which i read about with the older nvidia ide drivers)?

Do you mind posting about your results again in a couple of days?  Just want to see if they are still good after you use your system some more.

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Will do (Y)

Radish?

Since I've had my NF7-S, I have had two corruptions. When I had my Epox 8RDA3+, I had none. I miss it.

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That's really strange, I've used three different mobo, have not had any corruption what so ever. I've built several systems with the NF7-S and still have not had any corruptions. I OC my system by upping FSB, and Mulitplier, and I flashed the bios, as well as Run RAID 0. I have not had any corruption at all. :blink:

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