71.25 WHQL on eVGA.com

Just an FYI - eVGA.com posted 71.25 drivers for the GeForce 6 series on their website. I have been using them and have had no issues. I just play games though, I dont run benchmarks.

Here is the link if intereted.

ftp://evga.com/7125_XP.exe

Description -
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The release of driver 71.25 WHQL is designed primarily to coincide with the release of NV44 based (6200 TurboCache™) cards. However, it also brings quite a few performance and stability improvements to other 4X based cards as well.
WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS DRIVER FOR SLI BASED SYSTEMS - SEVERE IMAGE QUALITY PROBLEMS

Driver 71.25 is for Windows XP and Windows 2000, and supports the following products ONLY:

GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6200 TurboCache™

The following general updates have been included in this release:

Major updates to 3DMark 2003 performance and quality
Major updates to 3DMark 2005 performance and quality
Major updates to general performance and stability

 

Hmm, is the temp bug still present?, are these better then 71.90 whql?

 

My temps hasn't changed at all. They are the same as the previous drivers I have been using (67.03). There is also no multiple monitors in device manger.

 

No temp bug with them, but several people have claimed there is a "yellow water" bug when running Half-life 2. I don't have that game but my other games run sweet and cool with 16x af and 8x af - my temp never gets above 52c at ultra oc speed after several hours of gaming and idles at 48c. Nice quality and speed. I found them to be about 5% faster than the 6xxx drivers. Try them, if you don't like them then simply rollback to your previous driver.

 

I can confirm that the 71.25 don't raise my cards temps but they do have the HL2 yellow water bug, other than that they're pretty good

 

I've been using these for about a week now and with my eVGA card, these drivers have been awesome! No temp bug and everything seems to be running well. I am very happy with these drivers.

 

71.25 fine for me!Good job!!!

 

Amazing, I didn't think there was a such thing as a guru3d member not caring about b.s benchmarks.

 

Re: Re: 71.25 WHQL on eVGA.com

So what?!We talk about drivers if are good or not!
Your opinion please? :O

 

Installed them, loaded up cs:s, joined server, bam shiney grass in Aztec(accompanied by subpar frame rates). Uninstalled them, reinstalled 67.03.

 

LOL ... the 67.03 still are my mainstay.