[Kal-EL]

NVIDIA GeForce 186.18 WHQL Drivers Released

NVIDIA released the GeForce 186.18 WHQL driver suite for Windows, close to a fortnight after the release of version 186.08 beta. This release claims to patch numerous bugs from previous versions. It packs PhysX system software version 9.09.0428, and supports the complete range of GeForce GPUs from 6-series up to the latest GTX/GTS 200 series, and NVIDIA Ion platform. The following prominent features are introduced by the 186/185 series drivers:

• Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs.
  Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See 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.

Application performance increments advertised are: 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 30% performance increase in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI, and up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 186.18 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit | Windows 7/Vista 32-bit | Windows XP 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit

[Kal-EL]

GeForce 186.24 Beta Drivers Leaked
NVIDIA's upcoming beta driver suite has been leaked by sections of the Chinese media. The new driver, GeForce 186.24 (6.14.11.8624) is dated 23/06/2009, and follows the release of 186.18 by over two weeks. Due to the lack of a release-notes document from NVIDIA, not much is known about this released except that it expands the supported products list significantly, adding several IGPs and some GPUs belonging to the new 40 nm GT21x series. Be cautioned, this is a beta release that does not originate from NVIDIA's website, and is not guaranteed.

DOWNLOAD: GeForce 186.24 BETA for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit | Windows 7/Vista 32-bit | Windows XP 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit

Techpowerup

[Kal-EL]

Originally Posted by Techpowerup

NVIDIA GeForce 190.38 Beta Drivers Released
NVIDIA seems to have a big update for its GeForce driver suite underway, with the bump in version number from the 186 series to 190. The first release in the series carries the unsupported beta tag. Version 190.38 beta introduces a series of changes as indicated in the release notes documents (for Windows 7, Vista, and XP), though the list of supported NVIDIA products remains largely unchanged from its previous release. Important changes are as follows:

• <LI itxtvisited="1">Adds support for OpenGL 3.1 <LI itxtvisited="1">Adds support for CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details <LI itxtvisited="1">Adds a new user-controlled power management setting for GeForce 9-series and later graphics cards. This option allows users to set a performance level for each DirectX or OpenGL application
• Includes several new control panel features and numerous bug fixes. More information can be found in the release documentation

The supported products list includes the newly introduced GeForce GT 100 series, GeForce G 210, and ION LE (which is a lite version of the ION mGPU).

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 190.38 BETA for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit | Windows 7/Vista 32-bit | Windows XP 64-bit | Windows XP 32-bit

Update on betas

[MaadDaawg]

I wasn't real happy with 186.18, but the 190.38 might be fun to play with

[Afterburner]

Originally Posted by MaadDaawg

I wasn't real happy with 186.18, but the 190.38 might be fun to play with

I have been very happy with them so far.... No issues at all and I love the fact that I no longer have to turn SLI on and off when I go from gaming to Folding

[DrNip]

Ladies and gentleman it is official. 190.38 has just earned its WHQL.

XP 32: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_190.38_whql.html

XP 64: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_190.38_whql.html

Vista/7 32: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_wi...0.38_whql.html

Vista/7 64: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_wi...0.38_whql.html

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

[ReverendMaynard]

installed and promptly returned to the 182's for superior benching.

[rickss69]

Originally Posted by ReverendMaynard

installed and promptly returned to the 182's for superior benching.

Lol on Rev...

[Shahryar_NEO]

GeForce ForceWare 190.40 XP (32-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 190.40 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)

GeForce ForceWare 190.40 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)

[Kal-EL]

Originally Posted by techpowerup

nvidia geforce 190.62 whql drivers released


exactly a month after releasing geforce 190.38 drivers, nvidia published geforce 190.62, complete with whql-certification. Supported products include the entire range of nvidia gpus from geforce 6 series and upwards, and nvidia ion, ion le platforms. This release includes a few significant changes, apart from the numerous bug-fixes as described in the release notes documents (for windows 7, vista, and xp). Included are:

• support for microsoft's new directx gpu computing api: Directcompute, complete with whql-certification
• physx system software updated to version 9.09.0814 whql
• optimizations for batman: Arkham asylum and darkest of days