Which version do i download for best performance

[TNGOG]

I have a emachine 2.4ghz amd system and i am using a 8400GS. onboard is disable.

Here is the way my ide conifg is set up:


Which nforce driver do i install, because i heard the 15.18 was bad

And btw, what is Raid, should i turn it on in bios?

[Fernando 1]

Welcome at nForcersHQ Forum!

It is not easy to give you an answer, because you posted only a few informations.
I assume, that your system has an nForce 430 chipset mainboard with integrated Geforce 6150 LE graphics adapter.

Additional questions:

1. What is the exact name of your emachine system?
2. Which OS are you running?
3. How many and which sort of SATA hdd's are built-in?
4. Why are 2 different graphics adapters shown within the Device Manager? Haven't you disabled the integrated one?

[TNGOG]

I assume, that your system has an nForce 430 chipset mainboard with integrated Geforce 6150 LE graphics adapter.

Yes.

Additional questions:

1. What is the exact name of your emachine system?

http://www.emachines.com/products/produ ... =ET1161-05

Which OS are you running?

Vista 32bit home basic

How many and which sort of SATA hdd's are built-in?

I only have one Sata HDD. Its suppose to be 160, but only shows 130GB.

Why are 2 different graphics adapters shown within the Device Manager? Haven't you disabled the integrated one?

Yea its disable, thats why if you look real close, you see a white little mark on it. I right click it and selected disable, so i gather it is

[Fernando 1]

NVIDIA is offering the Vista 32bit nForce driverpack 15.26 for your chipset. You can get it here.
If you want to get the best possible performance, I recommend to take my Vista 32bit NF4-7 SATA Performance Pack. You will find further informations and the download links within the first post of this thread.

As long as you have just 1 SATA hdd, it doesn't make sense to enable RAID. If you want to create a RAID array, you will need a second SATA hdd.

[TNGOG]

I downloaded your pack, the 6.0 beta, and i will let you know how well it does soon.

EDIT: i See the pack in the first post, i will download that instead of the 6.0 beta thing.

[TNGOG]

Question:

If i want to install more up to date nforce drivers, can i just install them without uninstalling the older ones?

Also, you said the 5.0 drivers were best for me , what about the 6.0 beta ones?

[Fernando 1]

If i want to install more up to date nforce drivers, can i just install them without uninstalling the older ones?

You always should have unimstalled the previously used nForce Ethernet driver, before you install a completely new nForce chipset driver set. All other drivers - except the Ethernet one - can be overwritten with no problem.

Also, you said the 5.0 drivers were best for me , what about the 6.0 beta ones?

You may try them, but I doubt, that you will get a better performance by using them.

[TNGOG]

alright cool, i will just stick your pack working very good. But i have reinstall them, because i am about to use the ethernet driver soon.