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WHQL/Unified/latest Drivers? Whats the dif?
just like the subject stated:
what is the difference between all the different drivers?
And what is the Unified Bios Drivers?
what is the difference between all the different drivers?
And what is the Unified Bios Drivers?
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WHQL = Certified by Microsoft. Usually the most stable, but slowest drivers.
Unified = Drivers for many Matrox cards in one package. Not the latest, and not always WHQL certified.
Latest = Latest and greatest. Not certified. Not always the most stable. Faster than WHQL certified in most cases.
Go with either WHQL or latest, depending on if you want tested stability, or cutting(bleeding) edge drivers....Core2 Duo E7500 2.93, Asus P5Q Pro Turbo, 4gig 1066 DDR2, 1gig Asus ENGTS250, SB X-Fi Gamer ,WD Caviar Black 1tb, Plextor PX-880SA, Dual Samsung 2494s -
Oh...and the Unified BIOS (not drivers) is a BIOS update package for all Matrox cards...Core2 Duo E7500 2.93, Asus P5Q Pro Turbo, 4gig 1066 DDR2, 1gig Asus ENGTS250, SB X-Fi Gamer ,WD Caviar Black 1tb, Plextor PX-880SA, Dual Samsung 2494sComment
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what does it do?Comment
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Depends. What do YOU want to do?
Gamer?
Video processing?
Do your taxes????
Spreadsheets and graphics programs?
If anything but the first item, the WHQL will probably be all you need. Plenty of stability, and no oddities. The "latest" are for performance pushers who want the best performance out of 3d games and high performance software like high end CAD and such.
It's always a good idea to run on the latest unified BIOS (Basic Input Output System) just to avoid conflicts with new hardware and such, but if it ain't broke, don't feel obligated to fix it.Greebe's juiced up Athlon @750 on an MSI Irongate Based M/B Marvel G200 TV with HW/DVD Daughtercard,
CDBurner, Creative DVD, two big WD Hdds, Outboard 56K modem
Parallel Port Scanner, Creative S/B AWE 64 (ISA), and a new Logitech WebCam (My first USB device)
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