nVidia er klar med den seneste WHQL candidate driver version 197.13. Denne driver er afløser for den meget berygtede 196.75, der åbenbart fik blæserne på et par grafikkort til ikke at virke.

Den seneste nVidia geforce/ion driver der byder på en del performance boosts i diverse spil.

• 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

Download:
196.75_desktop_win7_winvista_32bit_english_whql.exe (Windows 7/Vista 32bit)
196.75_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql.exe (Windows 7/Vista 64bit)
196.75_desktop_winxp_32bit_english_whql.exe (Windows XP)
196.75_desktop_winxp_64bit_english_whql.exe (Windows XP 64bit)

Tegra platformen kender vi bedst fra Microsofts Zune HD, men i løbet af 2010 vil den næste generation af Tegra platformen bl.a. lande i netbooks, Tablet PC’ere og Boxee Box.

T20 modellen som nVidia Tegra 2 platformen hedder er baseret omkring en dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU og en GeForce GPU.

Platformen æder Full HD, Flash 10.1 videoer både HD og standard, mens stadig at have en strømforbrug der ligger i den lave ende.

Kilde:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/nvidia-tegra-2-powered-mobinnova-beam-hands-on/

Seneste Beta driver til nVidia grafikkort.

Ændringer:

• Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs.
• Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with version 191.03 drivers vs. version 190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  • Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2
  • Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled
  • Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled
  • Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled
  • Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled
  • Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled
• Adds SLI support for Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more.
• Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application.
• Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

Download:
191.03_desktop_win7_winvista_32bit_english_beta.exe (32bit Vista/Windows 7)
191.03_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_beta.exe (64bit Vista/Windows 7)
191.03_desktop_winxp_32bit_english_beta.exe (32bit Windows XP)
191.03_desktop_winxp_64bit_english_beta.exe (64bit Windows XP)

Seneste WHQL godkendt nVidia Driver.

Ændringer:

New in Release 186.18

• Numerous bug fixes. More information can be found in the release documentation.
• Installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0428.
• Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

New in Release 185/186 drivers:

• Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDAfor more details.
• Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.
• Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185/186 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  • Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
  • Up to 22% performance increase in 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 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
  • 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!

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.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.