GeForce Release 185

This driver supports GeForce 9-series, 100-series, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 185.68:

• Optimized performance for the PC game The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

New in Release 185:

• Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
• Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.
• 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 11% performance increase in Call of Duty: World at War
• Up to 5% performance increase Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
• Up to 22% performance increase 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 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
• 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 and OpenGL, including SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0.
• 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. This driver package automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX 295, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.

• Release Notes (v185.68)
  
• New Control Panel User's Guide

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 275, GTX 260, GTX 295, GTX 280, GTS 250, GTX 285, G210

GeForce 9 series:
9300, 9500 GT, 9800 GT, 9600 GSO, 9600 GT, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GX2, 9400, 9300 GS, 9200, 9300 GE, 9500 GS, 9600 GS

GeForce 8 series:
8800 GTS, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8400, 8600 GT, 8800 GT, 8400 GS, 8600 GS, 8800 GTS 512, 8300, 8300 GS, 8200, 8400 SE, 8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8600 GTS, 8800 GS

GeForce 7 series:
7550 LE, 7100 GS, 7800 GS, 7900 GS, 7300 GS, 7900 GT/GTO, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7600 GT, 7800 GTX, 7500 LE, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7600 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7800 SLI, 7300 LE, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7950 GX2, 7650 GS, 7950 GT, 7300 GT, 7900 GTX, 7350 LE, 7600 LE

GeForce 6 series:
6800 LE, 6150 LE, 6150, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6700 XL, 6500, 6200 A-LE, 6800, 6150SE nForce 430, 6600, 6250, 6610 XL, 6200 LE, 6800 XE, 6800 XT, 6800 GS, 6200, 6800 GT, 6600 GT, 6100 nForce 400, 6100, 6200SE TurboCache, 6600 LE, 6600 VE, 6100 nForce 405, 6800 GS/XT, 6100 nForce 420, 6200 TurboCache, 6800 Ultra