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I believe you posted the same question previously as wbradney or else you
share the same computer using the same ISP because the IP addresses are the
same. Why do this when you already started a thread and people gave it
their best effort? In case you are a twin or a housemate:
I wonder if your Video card has settings that you can modify by
right clicking the desktop>Personalize>Display Settings. You also might be
able to use the Acceleration level by pushing the setting all the way to the
right in the area of display settings.
This would be at Right Click desktop>Personalize>Display Settings>Advanced
Button>Troubleshoot tab.
You also may have a choice of screen refresh rate, and you should select (if
there is a choice) the most optimal refresh rate your chipset or card maker
advises.
Don't forget whoever made your card, for example BFG with NVidia chipset,
has very high quality tech support (unusual I know) so you could lean on
them.
The settings here are dependent on your video card and the particular driver
you choose for it.
Boy, you know why the MSFT driver would be better is a bit of a puzzle.
But I think one reason could be that MSFT gets their drivers from the
chipset maker (NVidia, ATI, or others), and it may bet hat they don't have
the best driver out from their site yet. In an ideal world, they would give
MSFT the driver that has the most functionality the second they release it.
Sometimes, though, you have a choice of drivers on the Nvidia or other
sites, and I recommend calling the card maker's Tech Support line because
those people are tracking the performance of the new drivers including the
Beta drivers in a variety of settings including different games and graphics
apps. They can tell you which of the drivers is working best if you have a
choice.
Obviously as time goes by, this variability will go away as more capable
stable drivers get released. Do check though the area of
Right Click desktop>Personalize>Display Settings>Advanced
Button>Troubleshoot tab.
Particularly look at acceleration, screen refresh rate and any settings your
nice new powerful card has on that Troubleshoot or another tab.
If this was you, you wrote further:
The card is a Geforce 7900 GS.
I had recently installed the latest driver from Dell. I tried rolling back
to the MS driver and it actually seems to be better so far
That's a good card. Enjoy it.
Good luck,
CH
