I'm a newbie when it comes to updating video drivers. Awhile back I updated my gForce4 Ti 4200 card to the 81.85 drivers. It seemed fine initially, but I kept getting weird displays in mid flight (holding mouse cursor over a gauge and then a second instrument panel would appear). I then rolled back my driver to the ancient 30.82 from back in 2002! My problem with the prior drivers was gone. Anyone know what I should try next? Stick with an old driver or does anyone know of a newer driver version for this card that's stable? I only need it for this flight sim, no other games. Thanks for any replies.

Ahhh, the 30.82's and Ti4200. Brings back memories.Later versions of drivers may not play well on your card. They've been optimized for newer generations of cards and graphic API's. But I remember how well my 4200 and 30.82's did in FS9 and FS2002. Made for a great combo.There is no single driver that is great. Each version performs differently on different conputers. The old adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" may apply to your configuration.Good luck,Greg

Changing drivers is easy! Avoiding problems from changing drivers is the hard bit!You can always solve the second by rolling back to the previous driver set, but I reckon the problems with the newer drivers may have come from the method you used to install them. Going from drivers that old to drivers that new you must ensure you've throughoughly removed all traces of the old drivers before you install the new ones.I suggest Driver Cleaner Pro from www.guru3d.com. Uninstall the drivers the standard way through add/remove (thinking about it, those 30.xx drivers may be so old they don't even give you that option) then run DCP using the instructions included, then reboot the computer and cancel out the auto-install that Windows will try and give you on startup, then install the new drivers. This will give you a `clean` installation of the new drivers BUT still allow you to roll back to the old.The other thing you might want to consider is that as you obviously don't update drivers that often(!) you might also want to use the opportunity to look for newer chipset drivers for your mobo, check you have the latest version of DirectX installed and all the other stuff. You can often get problems just updating one driver in isolation as it's quite likely the newer driver wil have been optimised to work best with other new drivers.Hope this helps!Allcott

Thanks for your reply Greg, I believe you're right. My last couple of flights have been so much better with the old driver. I guess I'll avoid newer drivers unless I decide to upgrade my card some day.Curt