could someone gimme the rundown on nvidia drivers

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I've always had ATI in the past but ordered a xfx 6600gt the other day and am lost in this driver talk heh.

Are there tweaked drivers for nvidia like Omega for ati, also which site has the most up to date official drivers for download, I checked nvidia.com and the latest are 66.93, but have seen talk about 70.XX drivers etc on here, or are they beta drivers?

Also, ATI seem to release drivers once every month or so, are nvidia on any kind of timetable or do they just get released at random times?

sorry for all the "noob" ish questions, thanks for your time :)

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Techconnect Nvidia Optimized Driver V0.4a, this is what I'm using. Lots of tweaks and customizations, including overclocking options. These are using the latest beta drivers tweaked to optimum performance.

Check it out here and enjoy:

http://www.tcmagazine.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=461

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I've always had ATI in the past but ordered a xfx 6600gt the other day and am lost in this driver talk heh.

Are there tweaked drivers for nvidia like Omega for ati, also which site has the most up to date official drivers for download, I checked nvidia.com and the latest are 66.93, but have seen talk about 70.XX drivers etc on here, or are they beta drivers?

Also, ATI seem to release drivers once every month or so, are nvidia on any kind of timetable or do they just get released at random times?

sorry for all the "noob" ish questions, thanks for your time :)

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I think there are tweaked drivers for nVidia as well.........just cant remember the name..

VEry random and very often (beta) drivers get released. Turst me; youll update and the next day brand new (beta) drivers released.

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