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NVIDIA ForceWare v191.07 for GeForce/ION video cards

Submitted by smacker626 on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 1:40am.

NVIDIA ForceWare v191.07 for GeForce/ION video cards is available here.

New in v191.07:

  • Adds support for OpenGL v3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs.
  • Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with v191.07 drivers vs. v190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
    • Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2.
    • Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled.
    • Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled.
    • Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled.
    • Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled.
    • Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled.
  • Adds SLI support for Aion, Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more.
  • Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix: For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application. See the release notes for more information.
  • Release notes: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Control Panel User's Guide.

New in v190/v191 series:

  • Installs PhysX System Software v9.09.0814.
  • Supports CUDA v2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details.

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 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.
  • Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
  • Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX 295, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.

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