De ontwikkelaars van nVidia hebben een nieuwe set bètadrivers onder de naam ForceWare uitgebracht voor de videokaarten die uitgerust zijn met een GeForce chip. Volgens de release notes worden GeForce chips vanaf de 6100-serie tot en met een 8800-serie ondersteunt. Het versienummer staat genoteerd op 100.59 en is alleen geschikt voor Windows Vista, zowel 32- als 64-bit. De lijst met veranderingen uit de release notes ziet er als volgt uit:
3D Feature Support
Single GPUNVIDIA SLI Technology
- DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
- DirectX 10 support fort GeForce 8800 GPUs
- OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
DirectX 9 and OpenGL NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs, and DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8800 GPUs will be available in a future driver.
- DirectX 9 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs only
- OpenGL support for GeForce 8800 GPUs only
NVIDIA SLI Technology
On SLI‐ready systems, the NVIDIA Control Panel now includes SLI controls in the 3D Settings Category task page. This driver has limited support for NVIDIA SLI technology on top DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL applications for GeForce 8800 GPUs only. NVIDIA will continue to provide driver updates for NVIDIA SLI on an ongoing basis to add new product support.
Fixed Issues–Windows Vista 32-bitFixed Issues–Windows Vista 64-bit
- Rotation position is not preserved across changes in multi‐display modes.
- When viewed over component‐out, the Media Center interface in full‐creen mode flashes when the mouse cursor is moved across the screen.
- On some systems, the NVIDIA Control Panel cannot be launched.
- Doom 3 hangs when set to Ultra High and 16x AA.
- GeForce 8 Series, GeForce 7 Series: The Restore Defaults function does not work on the “Video & Television‐>Adjust Video Color Settings” page.
- GeForce 8800 GTS: The display goes blank when launching an MPEG file or DVD after resuming from Sleep mode.
- GeForce 8800 GTX: The display goes blank when connecting an HDTV to the component‐out connection.
- GeForce 6800 GT/Ultra: There is flickering at the bottom of the video when playing MPEG2 HD files.
- GeForce 8800 GTX: Dual‐link mode high resolutions are not available on the 30” Apple display.
[break]De driver is in de volgende twee smaken binnen te halen:
- GeForce 8800 GTX: Dual‐link mode high resolutions are not available on the 30” Apple display.
- GeForce 8800 GTS: The display goes blank when launching an MPEG file or DVD after resuming from Sleep mode.
- GeForce 8800 GTX: Corruption and stair‐case effect results while playing a video in full‐screen mode.
nVidia ForceWare 100.59 beta - Windows Vista 32-bit
nVidia ForceWare 100.59 beta - Windows Vista 64-bit