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Quadro Driver Release 259 259.12
Version:
259.12
WHQL
Release Date:
2010.08.02
Operating System:
Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit
Language:
English (U.S.)
File Size:
103 MB
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Release Highlights
New in Release 259.12:
Support for newly announced Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000 and Quadro 4000.
Adds support for CUDA 3.1 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See
www.nvidia.com/cuda
for more details.
Adds support for OpenGL 4.0
Adds support for DirectX 11
ECC State (appeared in later Release 197 versions)
New page for GPUs that support ECC (error correction code). The page lets you
Change the Error Correction Code (ECC) state for GPUs.
View GPU memory details.
EDID Management
Accessible from the View System Topology page, this feature lets you:
View the connector information
Get an EDID from a connected display and save it to disk
Force an EDID at a connector
Remove a forced EDID from a connector
The SDI Capture page is now available with Windows Vista and Windows 7 drivers.
Workstation application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
If you would like to be notified of upcoming drivers for Windows, please subscribe to the
newsletter
.
Existing Support:
Support for the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.0 in Quadro FX Series x700 and newer as well as the FX4600 and FX5600.
Supports
NVIDIA SLI technology
(two-way SLI) for DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboard based system from select OEMs.
Support for DDC-Ci/MCCS over the DisplayPort AUX channel.
10-bits per color (10bpc) DisplayPort support for full-screen applications on supported products.
Supported products
Quadro series:
6000, 5000, 4000
Quadro FX series:
FX 5800, FX 580, FX 570, FX 5600, FX 560, FX 5500, FX 550, FX 540, FX 4800, FX 4700 X2, FX 4600, FX 4500 X2, FX 4500, FX 4000, FX 380 Low Profile, FX 3800, FX 380, FX 370 Low Profile, FX 3700, FX 370, FX 3500, FX 350, FX 3450, FX 3400/4400, FX 1800, FX 1700, FX 1500, FX 1400, CX
Quadro NVS series:
NVS 450, NVS 440, NVS 420, NVS 295, NVS 290, NVS 285
Quadro Plex series:
Model IV, Model II, D Series
Quadro Sync series:
G-Sync II, G-Sync I
Quadro Blade/Embedded Graphics Board series ONLY, not for Notebooks:
Quadro NVS 120M, Quadro FX 880M, Quadro FX 770M, Quadro FX 560M, Quadro FX 370M, Quadro FX 3600M, Quadro FX 2800M, Quadro FX 1600M
Additional information
Release Notes (v259.12)
Control Panel User's Guide