New Nvidia Drivers Out

[tyreman]

Display drivers out 182.50

[MpG]

New in Release 182.50:

-Optimized single GPU and SLI support for upcoming PC games.
-Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.

Nothing earth-shattering over earlier 182's, but better than nothing, I suppose. As usual, be nice if they actually let us know what sort of bugs were being fixed, but...

[Sagath]

The beta 185's are much more to talk about, 3-5% improvement in almost every game out there, and some games that ATi usually dominates, nVidia has raised performance in those games by 10% or more!

[chrisk]

Originally Posted by Sagath

The beta 185's are much more to talk about, 3-5% improvement in almost every game out there, and some games that ATi usually dominates, nVidia has raised performance in those games by 10% or more!

I am waiting for the 185s as well. Will be interesting to see how they fold. Some people did some screwey things with the beta 185s and folding. The crazy PPD has since been fixed, but there is certainly some cuda work coming in those drivers.

[Digikid]

This is a WHQL-Certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.
New in Release 182.50:

• Optimized single GPU and SLI support for upcoming PC games.
• Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
• Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

New in Release 182 Drivers:

• Boosts performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 182 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  • Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
  • Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
  • Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.
  • Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.
  • Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.
• Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
• Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.

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.
• Supports NVIDIA SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Learn more here.
• 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. 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 GeForce Plus Power Pack #2. Download these free PhysX and CUDA applications now!
• Supports CUDA.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

There is the changelog....

[Jake_HT]

I can't keep up with all these drivers!! Gfdahhhhh

[Dashock]

Yea on vista its even worse im on 185.65 which i just downloaded the other day and i found out theres a new driver out. I cant say im mad i like that their working on new drivers, whether its good or not whos to say. Anyways theres a lot of people working which is always a good thing during these times and all.