nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) WHQL for Windows XP

About nVIDIA ForceWare (GeForce/ION) WHQL for Windows XP

nVIDIA GeForce/ION Drivers for Windows XP – Windows Server.

GeForce/ION Driver Release 196

Version: 196.75 WHQL Release Date: 2010.03.02 Operating System: Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Server 2003 64-bit Language: English (U.S.) File Size: 78.4 MB/98.9 MB

Release Highlights

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 196.75:

• 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:

 Ã‚·Up to 13% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with a single GPU  Ã‚·Up to 30% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with SLI technology  Ã‚·Up to 13% performance increase in H.A.W.X with single GPU  Ã‚·Up to 15% performance increase in H.A.W.X with SLI technology  Ã‚·Up to 30% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with single GPU  Ã‚·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 World of Warcraft and Unigine. • Adds override anti-aliasing support for Mass Effect 2. • Includes numerous bug fixes.

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

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX 295, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.

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