De ontwikkelaars van Nvidia hebben een nieuwe whql-versie van hun Geforce-drivers uitgebracht, die te herkennen is aan versienummer 178.24. Volgens de aanwezige lijst met veranderingen zijn er voornamelijk bugs aangepakt voor de XP- en Vista-drivers, waardoor gamers onder ons weer met een gerust hart door kunnen spelen zonder hier en daar kleine onregelmatigheden te zien. De lijst met veranderingen van deze laatste whql-versie ziet er als volgt uit:
What’s New in Version 178.24:Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit
- This driver version adds support for NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8‐series, 9‐series and 200‐series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory (this driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.09.04).
- Added support for the following motherboard GPU products:
- GeForce 9400
- GeForce 9300
- GeForce 9200
- nForce 760i SLI
Single-GPU Issues:Fixed Issues–Windows XP 64-bit
- The NVIDIA Control Panel incorrectly treats a display connected through the DVI-HDMI dongle as an HDTV. [468655]
- GeForce 8300/8400/8500: When playing a DVD‐RAM (VR disc) with WinDVD, the overlay color is abnormal. [462673]
Single-GPU Issues:Fixed Issues–Windows Vista 32-bit
- GeForce 6600: World in Conflict - the game menu flickers when 16x or 8xS antialiasing is set from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [469814]
Single-GPU Issues:Multi- GPU Issues:
- The NVIDIA Control Panel incorrectly treats a display connected through the DVI-HDMI dongle as an HDTV. [468655]
- GeForce 9800 GTX: The NVIDIA Control Panel shows the display as a DVI instead of HDMI when using a DVI-to-HDMI cable adapter. [445169]
- GeForce 8300/8400/8500: When resuming from Sleep mode, the screen colors become abnormal for a few seconds. [466207]
Fixed Issues–Windows Vista 64-bit
- [Hybrid SLI], nForce 780a/750a, GeForce 8300/8400/8500: The NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Graphics icon is not available in the Windows control panel classic view. [465750]
Multi-GPU Issues:
- [Hybrid SLI], nForce 780a/750a, GeForce GTX 260/280: The screen turns blank with only the cursor visible when transitioning from Boost performance mode to Save power mode. [462265]