Nvidia heeft versie 197.13 van de GeForce/Ion-drivers inmiddels door het whql-certificeringsproces bij Microsoft heen geleid en opnieuw uitgebracht. De drivers werden medio deze maand nog als bèta uitgebracht en zijn geschikt voor de GeForce 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 100-, 200- en 300-series, en de Ion-gpu's. Ze zijn beschikbaar voor Windows XP, Vista en 7 in zowel de 32bit- als de 64bit-uitvoering. De belangrijkste verandering is dat de ernstige bug met de fan, die de 196.75-drivers plaagde, in deze release is opgelost. Ook wordt een aantal nieuwe modellen uit de GeForce GT 3xx-serie ondersteund.
New in Version 197.13:
- Adds support for Next Generation ION.
- Adds support for GeForce GT 320, GeForce GT 330, and GeForce GT 340.
- Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0129.
- Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
- Increases performance in several PC games from v196.21 WHQL. The following are examples of measured improvements. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
- Up to 13% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with a single GPU
- Up to 30% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with SLI technology
- Up to 13% performance increase in H.A.W.X with single GPU
- Up to 15% performance increase in H.A.W.X with SLI technology
- Up to 30% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with single GPU
- Up to 28% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with SLI technology
- Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City, Mass Effect 2, Napoleon: Total War, and Zombie Driver.
- Enhanced SLI support for Metro 2033, Supreme Commander 2, Unigine, and World of Warcraft
- Adds override anti-aliasing support for Mass Effect 2.
- Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
- Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Existing Support:
- Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here.
- Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
- Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
- Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.
- Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
- 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.
- Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
- Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
De volgende downloads zijn beschikbaar:nVidia ForceWare 197.13 WHQL voor Windows XP (32bit)
nVidia ForceWare 197.13 WHQL voor Windows XP en Server 2003 (64bit)
nVidia ForceWare 197.13 WHQL voor Windows Vista/7 (32bit)
nVidia ForceWare 197.13 WHQL voor Windows Vista/7 (64bit)
