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Video Card Drivers Settings

The graphics driver I'm using is the NVIDIA reference driver version 40.72 WHQL Certified (released November 8, 2002 on NVIDIA's site). I describe the procedure I used for updating the graphics drivers on my Build A Computer Like My Super PC - BIOS Flash Updates And Driver Updates page.

Date of Driver as shown under the Device Manager

Version of Driver as shown under Display Properties

Clicking on the GeForce4 Ti 4200 tab automatically brings up the little side window with configuration options. Here are the ones that have the most to do with image quality and video card performance. It's fine to leave the values unchanged, as I did. They already provide a nice compromise between image quality and video card performance.

3D Antialiasing Settings

Direct3D Settings

OpenGL Settings

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