MSI Official drivers NVIDIA all GeForce series

Question

Hello all,
I'm new to this forum & my question is -
I have an MSI NX6800GT-TD256 graphic card (mine must be one of the early ones - hasn't got a fan speed switch)
I am using the NVIDIA VGA Driver 82.65 for Win XP/2000 (Update Date 2006-01-16)
And I wonder if I should be using  "newer" -
                    NVIDIA VGA Driver 82.12                        (Update Date 2006-02-07)
This info can be seen at -
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=driver&maincat_no=130&prod_no=728
You may be wondering what's your problem?
I was under the impression that driver version numbers went up not down.
I know that the "newer driver" is of a later date, but I still wonder....   about the version number also the download for the "newer" is smaller not larger.
You may also think why doesn't he go to the NVIDIA website & download much newer drivers.
Well along time ago when I bought my first graphic card - a Hercules 3D Prophet DDR-DVI (32 mb with NVIDIA GeForce 256 GPU) I was told by the manufacturer that although the standard NVIDIA drivers would work, I would get better results using the card manufacturer's version of that same driver. (It having been tweaked to run better with their card).
My son has the same MSI  graphic card as mine (later version - with switch) & he tried a later version from the NVIDIA website & had problems, & he went back to using 82.65 & everything worked fine.
So after all the above waffle of mine, can someone who really knows the answer to my question tell me -
 82.12 or 82.65 ?
Thank you for reading this & for any help you can give.
chas-g
PS Please don't bother suggesting any Beta drivers

Answer 1

Quote from: Grunwaldt on 12-March-11, 05:57:19
Don't want to look dumb, but I have no idea on how to flash from an USB key, could I burn a CD ISO and do the same? Also what are the exact settings of the bios posted in that thread you just told me? I might only need to set voltage to 1013, everything else seems correct.
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Don't want to look dumb, but I have no idea on how to flash from an USB key,
Quote from: Svet on 25-February-11, 07:32:33
Hi pacnow,
Re flash the card which comes with 823MHz with BIOS attached below.
How to:
Create a USB key bootable
How to make USB key bootable: http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm
Then get attached file, and extract & copy all files nvflash.exe, CWSDPMI.EXE and 103.rom
to the USB key.
Then reboot the computer and boot from the bootable USB key,
when you see A:\ or C:\ type:
nvflash.exe -b old.rom [ENTER]
Wait process to finish, this will backup/save your current VBIOS.
Then flash the new VBIOS with:
nvflash.exe -4 -5 -6 103.rom [ENTER]
Wait process to finish, then reboot the machine and you're done
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lso what are the exact settings of the bios posted in that thread you just told me?
defaults for your card:
http://eu.msi.com/product/vga/N580GTX-Twin-Frozr-II-OC.html