FX 5950 and 7x.xx+ drivers problem

[Z.Ibrahimovic]

Hello fokes,

At the moment i am using a 5950 utd card from Leadtek (A380). Unfortunately, i can't use any forceware version beyond 7x.xx.
After installation of a new (7x.xx or 8x.xx) driver and restarting windows, the only thing i get is a blue error screen.

Leadtek awnsered to me to use the newest 'Leadtek forceware version'. I had to uninstall the old version and install the new after a reboot. A new blue screen was born. Leadtek did not respond on my second mail.

I have no idea what causes the problem. The A380 5950 is named in the list of cards which should be running without a problem. So..., who can help me out ??

Asus A7m266-D - AGP 4x
Dual AMD MP2800+
Leadtek A380 Nvidia 5950 UTD
Win XP SP1

[Z.Ibrahimovic]

Well,

Today i received a mail from Leadtek. They responded on my message of a month and a half before.
Solution: install the newest drivers from nvidia.com

I had no hesitation to cry for such an awnser, so i tried the driver 81.85. For no specific reason the pc returned to windows after the installation of the new driver.

I wrote a new message to Leadtek because i still don't have a clue why the versions between 7x.xx and 81.85 wouldn't work.

Problem solved

[Redeemed]

How's your performance with those newer drivers? Any improvement?

[BigE4u]

You want stability... just use the v56.72 driver and make sure your using DX9c

Oh, make sure to use DRIVER CLEANER before using different drivers

[Redeemed]

You want stability... just use the v56.72 driver and make sure your using DX9c

Oh, make sure to use DRIVER CLEANER before using different drivers


That's kind of what I was slowly getting at. Any driver newer than 56.72 actually slowed my 5950U down substantially.