This is a beta driver supporting GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs.
New in Release 185.81:
- Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
- Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs.
- Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA for more details.
- Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.
- Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
- Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
- Up to 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
- Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
- Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0408.
- Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
- Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
- Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Existing Support:
- Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
- Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0.
- Supports NVIDIA SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Learn more here.
- Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. Learn more here. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
- Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
GeForce 200 series:
GTS 250, GTX 285, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 295, GTX 275, G210
GeForce 9 series:
9800 GTX/GTX+, 9500 GS, 9600 GT, 9300 GS, 9300, 9400, 9800 GX2, 9600 GS, 9800 GT, 9300 GE, 9600 GSO, 9200, 9500 GT
GeForce 8 series:
8600 GS, 8800 GT, 8400 GS, 8800 Ultra, 8800 GS, 8800 GTX, 8600 GT, 8300, 8800 GTS, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8400, 8600 GTS, 8400 SE, 8200, 8300 GS, 8800 GTS 512
GeForce 7 series:
7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7500 LE, 7900 GT/GTO, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7800 GTX, 7950 GT, 7650 GS, 7300 LE, 7800 GS, 7300 GT, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7550 LE, 7900 GTX, 7600 GT, 7600 GS, 7600 LE, 7950 GX2, 7800 SLI, 7900 GS, 7100 GS, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7300 GS, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 6 series:
6800 GS, 6200, 6100 nForce 405, 6200 A-LE, 6700 XL, 6150, 6500, 6100, 6250, 6150SE nForce 430, 6600 GT, 6600 LE, 6150 LE, 6800 Ultra, 6100 nForce 400, 6100 nForce 420, 6200SE TurboCache, 6800 XT, 6800 GS/XT, 6800, 6800 GT, 6610 XL, 6200 LE, 6200 TurboCache, 6800 XE, 6800 LE, 6600, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6600 VE
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