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Old 10-09-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default Hi! Should I update 9800GT drivers?
Hello all
This might sound like a dumb question but sometimes people have problems after updating drivers or firmwares (like blu-ray players for instance).

So you are the experts here

I've got the GeForce 9800 GT 512mb and my driver is 1.78
I went on the website and it tells me to update to get the 191.07

thanks pals!
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I generally update drivers as they become available, but I also retain old versions in the event that the new drivers are problematic.

If you dl and install the drivers (clean w/ Driver Sweeper first) and you are having issues you could always roll them back.

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Of course!!!!
always upgrade to the latest drivers
it give you an increase in performance
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Latest drivers are always a go for it!

Just remember to do this:

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D/L Driver Cleaner Pro or Driver Sweeper and install it.
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Saved in notepad thanks

I encountered some problems... everything runs fine but when playing Crysis, if I switch to desktop and come back to the game I sometimes get a bluescreen with vn4_disp.dll or something

I'll clean the drivers and re-install
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The 186.18 WHQL are the best for 9 Series cards imo. I don't know if you game or not but when I had my old 9500GT in my rig I lost fps in-game but gained points in 3DMARK06 going up from 186.18.
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