For those who say they can't use this driver but can use that driver, etc, etc.. I used to have this problem and after much of the experiment I finally found out that the reason behind this is that the previous driver have not been cleanly uninstalled.
 
Another possibility is that when the install wizard ask you Do you want to
Search for a suitable driver for my device or Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can chooose a specific driver.
 
Be sure to choose the latter one. I have problem if I choose the first option, it somehow seems to be using a mixture of both the new and the old driver.. ending up with lots of problem, eg: Opengl lockup in games, garbage screen, purple screen, yellowish screen, pinky screen, extraordinary slow motion benchmark result, etc, etc. While if I choose the second option, it would use a new driver. And they always works better than the older version.
 
Hopefully this is a piece of information that might help you guys that have such problem.
 
Sources that can be look up for on totally uninstalling nvidia driver is from http://go.to/geforcefaq

Wheyhey! Via's latest patch has enabled AGP and it finally works
 
 
 
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System Spec:
FIC VA-503+ 1.1b bios JE438
CPU Current Limiter Disabled
AMD K6-2 550 (300 when I talk to FIC tech support)
128Mb SSi PC100
STB Velocity 4400 16Mb PAL TV-Out
Hauppauge Wintv
Realtek 8029 LAN
Creative ES1371 (PCI64v)
56.6K (AkA 44k) ISA Modem
Creative 48mx CDROM
Memorex TriMaxx200(DVD/CDR/CDRW, 6,4,24)
Maxtor 91301U3 13Gb
LS120
and com and lpt i/o conflict error during bios startup.
Hardware fault caused by win2k beta3 and dodgy bios, now irrepairable.

I find this drivers extremely unstable with my sytem, it makes my computer lock-up/reboot. All the 5.x drivers has been a little unstable for me (3.x is rock-stable), but not this unstable. It really sucks, because the speed of these drivers are great.
 
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P2 400@516
ABit BX6 2.0
Creative TNT2 Ultra
192MB Ram
WD 8,4GB
WD 30,7GB
Teac 4x/12x CD-R
Creative 5x DVD

I just picked up a diamond Viper V770 ultra and it works great under windows 98, but under 2000 it causes the system to randomly reboot. any ideas why this is happening? you guys say that the 3.x drivers can be more stable for more people...where can I get them? nVidia only has the 5.22 on their site.
 
 
 
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-andrew
Asus P5A w/ K6-2 400
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
128 mg ram
Philips CD-RW
Creative DVD w/DXr2 decoder
Sblive Value

uhm, retard? yes?
 
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System Specs: Kicks the crap out of yours.

Hey TitanV, I had the same problem. When I nuked the Soudblaster bloatware 3, no more hangs. I posted this yesterday, try it. Oh, go into safe mode and run the uninstall. If you remove in normal mode, you'll bluescreen!
 
CO

http://www.reactorcritical.com
has older drivers.