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Nvidia releases Forceware 182.50 WHQL drivers
Nvidia has released a new set of WHQL-certified drivers which bring official support for the newly released GeForce GTX 275 as well as the usual GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs. The new package, version 182.50, will reportedly optimize single GPU and SLI support for upcoming PC games and includes numerous bug fixes.
It also boosts performance in several games compared to the previous WHQL release, with Nvidia citing titles such as Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, and installs the latest PhysX System Software. You can read more about these improvements in the official release notes (PDF) or pick the appropriate OS below to download the latest Forceware driver release.
These drivers are still in the 182 family and do not include support for upcoming features like Ambient Occlusion, which is already available in the 185.63 beta released yesterday. Though this is enabled by default in many newer games, Nvidia says the Ambient Occlusion option means older games will look nicer than ever by making lighting effects and shadows much more realistic.
Download: Windows XP | Windows XP/2003 64-bit | Windows Vista | Windows Vista 64-bit
It also boosts performance in several games compared to the previous WHQL release, with Nvidia citing titles such as Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, and installs the latest PhysX System Software. You can read more about these improvements in the official release notes (PDF) or pick the appropriate OS below to download the latest Forceware driver release.
These drivers are still in the 182 family and do not include support for upcoming features like Ambient Occlusion, which is already available in the 185.63 beta released yesterday. Though this is enabled by default in many newer games, Nvidia says the Ambient Occlusion option means older games will look nicer than ever by making lighting effects and shadows much more realistic.
Download: Windows XP | Windows XP/2003 64-bit | Windows Vista | Windows Vista 64-bit
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User Comments (8)
Post a comment| dustin_ds3000 on April 2, 2009 7:02 PM | i just installed this new driver
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| PanicX on April 3, 2009 3:40 AM | i did not just install this new driver.
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| captain828 on April 3, 2009 3:44 AM | So how's the driver? I'm thinking of installing some new drivers since I haven't done that in a while (182.05).
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| Julio on April 3, 2009 4:09 AM | It will definitely depend to what family your card belongs
to. Although unified drivers is a good solution overall, you
will often notice that bug fixes and improvements are only
made for newer products while older ones get the occasional
bug as a result.
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| TomSEA on April 3, 2009 10:38 AM | Installed the driver early yesterday, played a little L4D
and Fallout 3 along with regular computing activities. My
card is an XFX GeForce 280 XXX with an Intel Q9550 processor
and 8GB DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) RAM. Driver acted perfectly
stable, no problems at all. But frankly didn't notice any
difference in the gaming graphics. At the graphic levels I
already have those games set to, I think it would be very
tough to notice upgrades unless you did some side-by-side
screen shot comparisons.
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| captain828 on April 4, 2009 3:11 AM | After testing this driver, I have to say that performance in
GTAIV is better now (gained a couple of frames). The rest seem to be the same. Also, no issues encountered with the driver so far. @Julio: I have an 8800GTS 320 and haven't seen any new bugs at all.
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| dustin_ds3000 on April 5, 2009 12:18 AM | i have been using this driver for about 3 days. when i watch
avi file movies the video flickers every few sec. you can
barely notice it.
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| kpo6969 on April 6, 2009 2:27 PM | Excellent driver for G92 cards (8800GTS 512)
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