nVidia New Driver Benchmarking by Clan Bala

nVidia has launched its new driver in June 2005, version 7772.

I have done the benchmarking and share with you the latest driver performance as compared to the version 6693 in April 2004.

Surprisingly that the new driver do not outperform the old driver and and giving me the lousy benchmark in 3Dmark2001.

6.14.10.6693
Test 1: 12451
Test 2: 12489

6.14.10.7772
Test 1 : 12376
Test 2 : 12319

Conclusion, new drivers does not mean giving you the better performance. My advise is to do some testing and benchmarking on the stability and the performance before using it..


Configuration of Test System

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
DirectX Version 9.0
Mobo Manufacturer MSI
Mobo Model MS-6590
AGP Rates(Current/Available) 8x / 4x 8x
CPU Unknown 2172 MHz
FSB 166 MHz
Memory 512 MB
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Driver Version 6.14.10.6693
Video Memory 128 MB
Program Version 3DMark2001 SE
Resolution 1024x768 32bit
Texture Format Compressed
FSAA Disabled
Z-Buffer Depth 24bit
Frame Buffer Double
Rendering Pipeline D3D Pure Hardware T&L