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Old April 21, 2010, 11:15 AM
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Default NVIDIA Releases 197.55 WHQL Drivers for GTX400 Series
NVIDIA has launched a new driver specifically for the 197.55 GTX 400 series of video cards. Unfortunately there really isn't much to them. The only changes listed in the notes is:     This is a WHQL-certified driver update for 4-way SLI with GeForce GTX 480 or GeForce GTX 470 GPUs. Those not intending to run 4-Way SLI likely wo... [ Read full article ]
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Old April 21, 2010, 11:55 AM
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Probably was easier for them to do it this way... And it'll probably be easier to keep the drivers for Fermi separate from the rest, I wouldn't be surprised if they change the naming and numbering scheme for Fermi drivers to differentiate them from the old ones...
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And it'll probably be easier to keep the drivers for Fermi separate from the rest,
Do that mean if you want to use a another card for Physx you need two drivers? Or do the Physx driver look after that
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I emailed Nvidia and asked them if I could run my 480 GTX and 295 GTX in the same system... And they told NO! Two different cards two different drivers!
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Well you can install two different video drivers on the same OS, with Windows 7 that is... that's how Optimus works I believe (thanks HWC)... so, couldn't you do this with a PhysX card? hmmm
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Well I have 480 SLI and a GTX 260 for physx. Don't see the problem.
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I emailed Nvidia and asked them if I could run my 480 GTX and 295 GTX in the same system... And they told NO! Two different cards two different drivers!
I have my GTX480 running with a GTX260 right now...
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I have my GTX480 running with a GTX260 right now...
As Physix or....................?
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Well I have 480 SLI and a GTX 260 for physx. Don't see the problem.
Using these new drivers ?
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Well I have 480 SLI and a GTX 260 for physx. Don't see the problem.
Are you using two different drivers?
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