Nvidia nForce IDE drivers

[RadishTM Veteran]

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?

[DWk]

Eventually, I would assume the winxp drivers are the same, but the nforce ones have several extras (such as diag tools, etc?)

[-=SD=-]

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.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Hmmm, still wary of them :/

Might give a shot later in the day, don't want to be messing up my PC after I've configured it the way I want it.

Radish?

[Argote]

just create a restore point and go for it, you can always enter safe mode and revert the drivers

[Samoa]

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:

[DWk]

BTW Radish....this goes in Driver discussion.....or Software :p

[uniacidz]

Well for me they are great.

Sped up the system, and seems just faster, smoother and great performance.

I havent had ANY issues with them at all.

[ootput]

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.

[dreamz Veteran]

i had problems with the ide drivers in an older package (v3.x). that bad experience has put me off.

[mko]

only thing 'bad' about the IDE drivers is that while the SW IDE drivers are faster, they are sometimes unstable, but not damaging. If they don't work you have to use the standard Nvidia IDE drivers. Mine works fine tho.

[Keldyn]

Absolutely no problems here. They work a treat. (Y)

[RadishTM Veteran]

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

Radish?

[dreamz Veteran]

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)?

[skybl4ck]

I also just got an NF7-s and installed the IDE drivers. Awesome motherboard, I am able to overclock my 2500+ to 3200+ speeds now!

[RadishTM Veteran]

Installed them over the standard XP drivers, startup is a bit faster & apps are quicker too.

No corruption as yet, *touch wood*.

Radish?

[Samoa]

Installed them over the standard XP drivers, startup is a bit faster & apps are quicker too.

No corruption as yet, *touch wood*.

Radish?

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What did I tell you? It has worked great for me:yes:yes:

[-=SD=-]

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.

I still doubt I will install them but I might give it a shot whenever the next driver set is released.

[RadishTM Veteran]

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?

[-=SD=-]

Will d(Y)Y)

Radish?

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Tha:)s :)

[dreamz Veteran]

i'll be keeping an eye on this thread as well. :)

[tickbabies]

ive always used the nvidia ide drivers and not once have i had a problem. :)

[kak]

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

[Samoa]

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:

[Argote]

nice man, good drivers always give good performance, this hit me really hard when i bought my rig 3 yrs ago and the gfx card drivers update more than quadrupled my 3dmark score from the ones on the CD (3dmark 2001 back then)