What many discussions find is that latest Nvidia drivers sometimes are slower than before.
The reason revolves around the new drivers being more "correct" with less display issues. For example a stray line that appears on some game is now gone. Cost? A little speed.
Bob
WorkStation= Intel D845gbvl / 2.6 P4 / XPpro / 1Gb ram-(Pc2700) Maxtor udma6(?) hd, updated Nvidia drivers, etc. performs video / gamer wise just like a 1.8 we also have. PCpitstop benchmark says the Video is performing at 52% of the same card/CPU/memory on other systems. Checked direct x ( 9b). system runs ok, but checking video after processing seems very ordinary. what steps might I check-redo-etc to get to normal levels??,TIA

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