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nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) WHQL for Windows 7

Version 185.85 Updated 16 years ago

About nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) WHQL for Windows 7

nVIDIA GeForce Driver for Windows 7.

GeForce/ION Driver Release 185 WHQL Version: 185.85 Release Date: May 06, 2009 Operating System: Windows 7 (32-bit), Windows 7 (64-bit) Language: U.S. English File Size: 81.9 MB/99.5 MB

Release Highlights

This is a WHQL-Certified driver supporting GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION. This driver package installs WDDM v1.1 for GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series (DirectX 10) GPUs and WDDM v1.0 for GeForce 6 and 7-series (DirectX 9) GPUs.

This driver supports all of the new Windows 7 GPU-accelerated DirectX APIs: DirectX Compute, Direct2D, DirectWrite, and DXVA-HD.

New in Release 185 drivers:

• Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU. • Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs. • Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. • 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 drivers vs. Release 181 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):  Ã‚· Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena  Ã‚· Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled  Ã‚· Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled  Ã‚· Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2  Ã‚· Up to 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI  Ã‚· Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled • Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0408. • Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Numerous bug fixes.

Existing Support:

• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and 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. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. • Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Download: nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce) 185.85 WHQL for Windows 7 32-bit

Key Features

Fast Performance

Optimized for speed and efficiency

Secure & Safe

Built with security in mind

Cross-Platform

Available on all major platforms

Customizable

Personalize to fit your needs

System Requirements

Windows

Compatible with Windows operating system

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Published May 10, 2009
Last Updated May 10, 2009
Platforms 1 OS