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WHQL Version: 195.62 (WHQL = (signed driver) Windows Hardware Quality Labs testing) Release Date: November 26th, 2009 In Device Manager: 8.15.11.9562

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Supports these models: GeForce 200 series: GTX 285, G210, GT 220, GTX 275, GTS 250, GTX 295, 210, 205, GT 230, GTX 280, GTS 240, GT 240, GTX 260 GeForce 100 series: GT 120, G 100, GT 140, GT 130 GeForce 9 series: 9500 GT, 9200, 9600 GT, 9400, 9400 GT, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9600 GS, 9300 GS, 9500 GS, 9300, 9800 GX2, 9800 GT, 9600 GSO, 9300 GE GeForce 8 series: 8300 GS, 8400 GS, 8800 GT, 8600 GS, 8600 GTS, 8800 GTS, 8800 GTX, 8400 SE, 8800 GS, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 Ultra, 8300, 8200, 8500 GT, 8400, 8600 GT GeForce 7 series: 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7900 GTX, 7800 SLI, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7550 LE, 7300 GT, 7300 GS, 7950 GX2, 7650 GS, 7800 GS, 7600 LE, 7950 GT, 7900 GS, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7600 GT, 7600 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 GS, 7500 LE, 7300 LE, 7350 LE, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7900 GT/GTO, 7800 GTX, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a GeForce 6 series: 6800 GS, 6200 TurboCache, 6100 nForce 420, 6100 nForce 400, 6800 Ultra, 6500, 6800 LE, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6600 LE, 6150, 6600 GT, 6200, 6100 nForce 405, 6800 GT, 6700 XL, 6200 LE, 6150SE nForce 430, 6250, 6600 VE, 6600, 6800 XE, 6100, 6150 LE, 6800, 6800 XT, 6610 XL, 6200 A-LE, 6800 GS/XT, 6200SE TurboCache ION series: ION LE, ION

• Adds GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here.
• Adds support for GeForce GT 240.
• Adds support for OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.
• Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA Soccer 10, and more.
• Includes numerous bug fixes including improved performance for Need for Speed: Shift. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
• Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

• Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports NVIDIA 3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.
• 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 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. This driver installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814. Learn more here.
• Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Release Notes (v195.62)


Control Panel User's Guide

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BETA Version: 195.55 Release Date: November 17th, 2009 In Device Manager: 8.15.11.9555

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Supports these models: GeForce 200M series: GT 230M, GT 240M, G210M, GTX 280M, GTX 260M, GT 220M GeForce 100M series: G 110M, GT 130M, GTS 160M, G 105M, G 103M, G 102M, GT 120M GeForce 9 series: 9600 GT, 9400 GeForce 8 series: 8100 / nForce 720a, 8300 GS, 8600 GT, 8200, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GT, 8600 GTS, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS, 8500 GT, 8300, 8800 GS, 8600 GS, 8800 Ultra, 8400 GS, 8400 SE, 8400 GeForce 9M series: 9400M G, 9650M GS, 9200M GS, 9500M GS, 9400M GS, 9800M GS, 9300M GS, 9800M GT, 9100M G, 9800M GTS, 9500M G, 9700M GT, 9600M GS, 9650M GT, 9400M, 9300M G, 9800M GTX, 9600M GT, 9700M GTS GeForce 8M series: 8800M GTS, 8600M GT, 8400M GT, 8200M G, 8800M GTX, 8800M GS, 8600M GS, 8400M G, 8700M GT, 8400M GS Quadro FX Notebook series: FX 3700M, FX 360M, FX 1600M, FX 370M, FX 3600M, FX 2700M, FX 770M, FX 570M, FX 1700M Quadro NVS Notebook series: NVS 150M, NVS 160M, NVS 140M, NVS 320M, NVS 130M, NVS 135M ION series: ION LE, ION Note: The following notebooks are not supported in this release: Hybrid Power notebooks (examples below): Acer Aspire 7530 BenQ Joybook S42 Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Xi 3650 MSI EX630 Qosmio X305-Q706 Qosmio X305-Q708 Fujitsu notebooks – (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks). Note: Fujitsu Siemens (FSC) notebooks are supported in this release Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks) Any notebook that is launched after the release date of this driver

New in this release:

• Adds GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here.
• Adds support for DirectCompute with Windows 7.
• Adds support for OpenGL 3.2.
• Adds support for OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language).
• Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.
• Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA Soccer 10, and more.
• Includes numerous bug fixes including improved performance for Need for Speed: Shift. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
• Installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.09.0814.

Existing support:

• Supports NVIDIA PhysX hardware acceleration on GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and 32 processing cores.
• Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
• 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.

Release Notes for Notebooks (v195.55)

Release Notes for Desktops (v195.55)

New Control Panel User's Guide

Information

WHQL Version: 186.81 (WHQL = (signed driver) Windows Hardware Quality Labs testing) Release Date: August 27th, 2009 In Device Manager: 8.15.11.8681

NOTE

Supports these models: GeForce 200M series: GTX 260M, GTX 280M GeForce 100M series: GT 120M, G 102M, GTS 160M, G 110M, G 103M, G 107M, GT 130M, G 105M GeForce 9M series: 9100M G, 9500M GS, 9600M GS, 9650M GT, 9400M, 9800M GTS, 9300M GS, 9600M GT, 9800M GTX, 9400M GS, 9400M G, 9500M G, 9700M GT, 9650M GS, 9800M GS, 9800M GT, 9200M GS, 9700M GTS, 9300M G GeForce 8M series: 8600M GS, 8700M GT, 8400M GS, 8400M G, 8800M GTS, 8800M GTX, 8400M GT, 8600M GT, 8200M G, 8800M GS Quadro FX Notebook series: FX 3700M, FX 360M, FX 2700M, FX 370M, FX 570M, FX 1600M, FX 3600M, FX 1700M, FX 770M Quadro NVS Notebook series: NVS 130M, NVS 135M, NVS 160M, NVS 140M, NVS 320M, NVS 150M

New in Release 186.81

• Includes several application compatibility fixes.
• Installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.09.0428.

Existing Release 186 support:

• Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.
• Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores. Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7, Nero Move it 1.5, Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS, and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.
• Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs.
• Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 186 drivers vs. Release 179 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  • Up to 25% performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
  • Up to 22% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled
  • Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
  • Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2
  • Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
• Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0.
• Supports NVIDIA PhysX hardware acceleration on GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and 32 processing cores.
• Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL.
• 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.
• Includes numerous bug fixes.
• Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, and known compatibility issues.

Windows Vista Release Notes (v186.81)

New Control Panel User's Guide

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