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Trying to update my GeForce FX 5500 drivers and should I update directx?

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Old 02-19-2008
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Trying to update my GeForce FX 5500 drivers and should I update directx?

First off, I play World of Warcraft and my FPS is very low, around 5-13 fps on average and im trying to increase it because the game is very choppy.

My graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 with the driver version of 6.14.10.9371 and I have not updated my drivers on it in quite a while and don't really remember how. I was going to update it with ForceWare version 169.21.

I was also wondering if I should also update my DirectX. I have DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
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Old 02-19-2008
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Not sure if you are implying that you have the hopes of increasing WoW's FPS by updating your VPU drivers, but if this is the case, you likely won't see a significant performance increase, if any at all.

To install the new drivers:
  1. Start>Run>devmgmt.msc>Ok
  2. Click the + next to "Display Adapters".
  3. Right click on your video card and click "Uninstall".
  4. Reboot your computer when the uninstall finishes.
  5. Execute the .exe for your new drivers.
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