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GeForce 195.39 beta brings OpenCL 1.0 support, over 200 bug fixes

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On October 30, 2009, 7:00 PM EST

Nvidia has released GeForce 195.39 beta drivers, its first to support the OpenCL 1.0 specification. The version also brings over 200 bug fixes, support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 (which will be released in the coming weeks), and SLI support for various titles including Borderlands, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, G-Force, FIFA Soccer 2010, League of Legends: Clash of Fates, NHL 2009, Order of War, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, Race On, and Star Trek: D-A-C, along with a boost in SLI performance for Champions Online and Dragon-Age: Origins.

Fudzilla notes that SLI support for the above titles is already present in Nvidia's SLI Profile Update 3, which was made available on October 15, so the recent beta release doesn't bring anything too new on that front. Among the couple hundred bug fixes is an error which caused GeForce G210 to switch to 4-bit color mode, and another that caused Battlefield Heroes to freeze on the GTX 280. For a complete rundown on the changes, take a look at the release notes (XP, Vista, 7). Grab your download below:

Windows XP | XP/Server 2003 64-bit | Windows Vista/7 | Vista/7 64-bit

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swilllx2p
on November 2, 2009
9:36 AM

I'll have to give these a shot on my wifes computer when I get home. I've never really noticed any differences when I upgrade graphics drivers though so I never get to excited about it. Can anyone explain Open CL better? I'm behind on this :x

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Mrelreydelmundo
on November 2, 2009
5:32 PM

I want this am downloading this now

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fref
on November 5, 2009
9:38 AM

Ok, so now we have PhysX, Open CL and DirectX 11 that all allow a graphics cards to do calculations that are not graphics related. DirectX 11 will probably take over, so the other two will just slowly disappear or be used for professional applications, similar to Open GL which is rarely used in PC game development today.

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ellulbrian
on November 5, 2009
2:28 PM

does my old 7900GS benefit from the OpenCL support?

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Wagan8r
on November 6, 2009
3:43 PM

Nice. I'll have to go download this right away! Don't know if I'll see any difference on my GTX 260 though.

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