# Reference Drivers Download sites

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-drivers-download-sites/37456>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-drivers-download-sites/37456 "2000-10-18T20:53:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-drivers-download-sites/37456/1 "2000-10-18T20:53:01Z")

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Ok,

I have a card that features the Nvidia TNT2 Ultra chipset, and I see yesterday that [reactorcritical.com](http://reactorcritical.com) has a new set of drivers for it, even newer than the Detonator 3’s .

Unfortunately, I can’t seen to get onto the site, and the Nvidia site doesn’t have these available for download (??)

The version is something like 6.34 . Where can I get these now that reactorcritical is now working well?

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**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-drivers-download-sites/37456/2 "2000-10-18T22:29:48Z")

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In general, drivers are always available on the manufacturer’s web site. Maybe you need to look a little harder, Stupendous Man? If a manufacturer really doesn’t have the drivers online, they suck, and you should never buy anything from them ever again.

Here are a couple of general drivers sites that may or may not be of use.

[http://www.windrivers.com/](http://www.windrivers.com/)  
[http://www.driverforum.com/](http://www.driverforum.com/)

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-drivers-download-sites/37456/3 "2000-10-18T23:00:07Z")

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If the old drivers work fine, don’t put in new ones. they might be for a newer operating system, like say, ME.

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**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-drivers-download-sites/37456/4 "2000-10-18T23:03:32Z")

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The best place for advice and drivers I’ve found is this

\*\* [http://driverguide.com/](http://driverguide.com/) \*\*

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**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-drivers-download-sites/37456/5 "2000-10-18T23:05:30Z")

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Another good one for hard-to-find drivers is  
\*\*The Driver Detective [http://www.drivershq.com/](http://www.drivershq.com/) \*\*