NVIDIA Driver Search

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I updated my Firefox browser and became interest in the Cooliris add-on. It
suggested I check my video driver. I have an NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 card that's
using this driver on my Windows XP system: nv4_mini.sys.



The NVIDIA driver download website
(http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us ) wouldn't auto-detect
my card so I fell back to the manual option. However, I'm not clear I'm in
the right place since the closest I could get to a "Geforce FX5200" on the
drop down menus was a "Product Series" of "GeForce 5 FX Series" (mine has no
"5" in it according to my Dell systems report. This led me to only one
selection; "GeForce Release 175" (with small red letters as a superscript
after the 175 being "WHQL". meaningless to me).



Clicking the "Products Supported" tab I do find my card listed 2nd to last
so I guess I'm in the right church. If I hit the download button, I also
assume I'll be asked to save or run the subsequent file. I'll save it, scan
it, then run it.



Can someone please tell me if I'm on the right track.
 
Thanks, Rich; that did the trick. I'd still like to know about that driver
though. How do I know if I have the latest since the auto-detect feature is
directing me to manual operation? If I click that button, will I get a
chance to save it to file and see the name of the driver?

P.S. I appreciate the help. I put the newer version of Cooliris on my new
Vista machine yesterday and found it permitted a quicker scan of news
headlines; very helpful. The version I just put on the XP machine that you
directed me to doesn't show those headlines until I mouse-over the pictures
but if that's the price I have to pay... no big deal. Thanks for the help.
 
It looks to me like you have the correct driver 175 whql. Just
download and install it. The older nvidia cards were named
Geforce2, Geforce3 and Geforce4. After 4 they started the naming
Geforce 5200, Geforce 6600 which I have. So your card
is a 5 series. Mine is a 6 series and so on. Many years ago I had a
Geforce 3 Ti-200.
 
jaygreg said:
I updated my Firefox browser and became interest in the Cooliris add-on.
It suggested I check my video driver. I have an NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 card
that's using this driver on my Windows XP system: nv4_mini.sys.



The NVIDIA driver download website
(http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us ) wouldn't
auto-detect my card so I fell back to the manual option. However, I'm not
clear I'm in the right place since the closest I could get to a "Geforce
FX5200" on the drop down menus was a "Product Series" of "GeForce 5 FX
Series" (mine has no "5" in it according to my Dell systems report. This
led me to only one selection; "GeForce Release 175" (with small red
letters as a superscript after the 175 being "WHQL". meaningless to me).



Clicking the "Products Supported" tab I do find my card listed 2nd to last
so I guess I'm in the right church. If I hit the download button, I also
assume I'll be asked to save or run the subsequent file. I'll save it,
scan it, then run it.



Can someone please tell me if I'm on the right track.
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LOL, yes.

I don't know why they bother with which model of video card you use except
to double check you are downloading the correct drivers.

At most you only need to pick the correct OS as their driver packs support
practically every video device they ever made.

WHQL, means it's been been tested and met a level of standard set by Windows
Hardware Quality Lab.

If nothing else, Nvidia's drivers are always top-notch.
 
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