NVIDIA ForceWare v185.81 beta for GeForce video cards has been released. Get it here.
Notes for this version:
- Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.
- 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.
- Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 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 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.
- Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled.
- Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
- Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
- Includes PhysX System Software v9.09.0408.
- Release notes: Windows XP, Windows Vista.
