New in Release 258.96

* Adds support for GeForce GTX 460.
* Adds support for NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround technology.
* Adds additional performance increases for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games (these improvements are in addition to the previously reported Release 256 improvements). The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured with GeForce GTX 480. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

• Up to 11% in Aliens vs. Predator (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
• Up to 7% in Crysis: Warhead (SLI – 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Gamer)
• Up to 4% in H.A.W.X (SLI – 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Very High)
• Up to 10% in Just Cause 2 (SLI – 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Concrete Jungle)
• Up to 6% in Metro 2033 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
• Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (SLI – 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
• Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 12% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 4% in World in Conflict (SLI – 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)

* Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0224.
* Upgrades HD Audio driver version 1.0.15.0 (for supported GPUs).
* Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.

New in Release 256 Drivers

* Adds support for Blu-ray 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology.
* Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured with GeForce GTX 480. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

• Up to 14% in Aliens vs. Predator (1920×1200 noAA/AF – Tessellation on)
• Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham Asylum (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF PhysX=High)
• Up to 5% in BattleForge (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Very High settings)
• Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 4% in Crysis: Warhead (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Enthusiast setting)
• Up to 24% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (1920×1200 no AA/AF)
• Up to 9% in Far Cry 2 (2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 25% in Just Cause 2 (2560×1600 no AA/AF – Concrete Jungle)
• Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1920×1200 no AA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
• Up to 40% in Metro 2033 with SLI ((1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
• Up to 8% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920×1200 no AA/AF – Day)
• Up to 110% in Stone Giant with SLI (2650×1600 – Tessellation on, DoF on)
• Up to 6% in The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena (2560×1600 no AA/AF)
• Up to 9% in Unigine: Tropics (2560×1600 no AA/AF – OpenGL)
• Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Performance and Extreme Presets)
• Up to 19% with Transparency AA (1920×1200 4xTrSS – measured in Crysis)

* Adds support for OpenGL 4.0 for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs.
* Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.1 which includes significant performance increases for double precision math operations.
* Adds support for new extreme Antialiasing modes for 3-way SLI PCs, including up to SLI48x AA for GeForce 200 series GPUs and up to SLI96x AA for GeForce GTX 400 series GPUs.
* Adds support for a new ‘Quality’ mode for NVIDIA’s Ambient Occlusion control panel feature.
* Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel setup page for SLI and PhysX for ultimate control over multi-gpu configurations.
* Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel feature for ultimate control over CUDA GPUs, allowing the user to effectively choose which GPU will power each CUDA application.

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ForceWare 258.96 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit) WHQL
ForceWare 258.96 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit) WHQL
ForceWare 258.96 Windows XP WHQL (32-bit)

Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 Windows release include:

Performance improvements

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky

o Improves up to 6% with ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics products
o Improves up to 3% with ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 graphics products
o Improves up to 3% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series products

New Features

ATI Catalyst – Video enhancements

* H.264 Level 5.1 support
o ATI Catalyst™ can now playback 5.1 level streams on all support players
o Allows for playback of high resolutions (4Kx2K)
* Mosquito noise removal
o Reduces mosquito noise seen in highly compressed progressive video, during playback .
o Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series and ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series of products

AMD video transcoding updates

* This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides enhanced support for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converter
o Performance improvements
o New formats supported (H.264 file formats – MTS and WMV9 Complex profile interlaced content)
o ATI Catalyst™ Control Center option for enabling/disabling GPU acceleration
* Support for the ATI Video converter is now available in the advanced view of the ATI Catalyst Control Center

Resolved Issues: Highlights

* Desktop mouse cursor will no longer intermittently appear enlarged
* Pressing the “Page Down” button while configuring the last display in Eyefinity group will now properly switch to the next display instead of closing the bezel user interface
* Shortcut keys to configure the bezel now functions properly
* “Battlefield 2: Bad Company” maps no longer takes unusually long to load for ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series
* Performance on 2D applications and benchmarks has now been fixed
* Flashing no longer visible in “Shattered Horizon” game with CrossFire™ enabled
* Changing in-game resolution in “Alien vs. Predator” no longer causes screen flickering under multi-GPU configuration
* Tint setting under Catalyst Control Center – Basic Color now displays smooth transition when adjusted for Blu-ray playback
* In-game anti-alias now functions properly when other in-game options like Volumetric Effects are enabled in “Empire: Total War” and “Napoleon: Total War”games
* Flickering corruption and flashing textures are no longer visible in “Battlefield 2: Bad Company”

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The latest download of Realtek’s HD audio driver version available for Windows Vista, it runs under Windows 7 too. All Realtek HD audio chips, which are common on many motherboards and in notebooks, are supported.

Driver Package R2.46
Realtek HD Audio Driver support all of Realtek HD Audio Codec.

1. Vista/Windows 7 WHQL Supporting: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262,ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275, ALC680

2. Windows 2000/XP WHQL Supporting: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275, ALC680

3. HDMI Device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI Devices

4. OS Supporting: Microsoft WindowsXP, Widnows2000, Windows Server 2003, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows7 – x86/x64

5. Pack with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)

6. Add/Fix
1.) Driver :

• Customizations.

• Fix BSOD issue under Windows 2000. (Issue happened from driver V6066).

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This driver resolves fan speed issues reported with version 196.75 drivers. NVIDIA asks that you remove 196.75 drivers and update to either 196.21 WHQL drivers or to this 197.13 WHQL-candidate driver.

If you currently have 196.75 installed, please first uninstall it before installing 197.13.

New in Version 197.13

* Adds support for Next Generation ION.

* Adds support for GeForce GT 320, GeForce GT 330, and GeForce GT 340.

* Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0129.

* Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).

* Increases performance in several PC games from v196.21 WHQL. The following are examples of measured improvements. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

• Up to 13% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with a single GPU

• Up to 30% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with SLI technology

• Up to 13% performance increase in H.A.W.X with single GPU

• Up to 15% performance increase in H.A.W.X with SLI technology

• Up to 30% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with single GPU

• Up to 28% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with SLI technology

* Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City, Mass Effect 2, Napoleon: Total War, and Zombie Driver.

* Enhanced SLI support for Metro 2033, Supreme Commander 2, Unigine, and World of Warcraft
* Adds Ambient Occlusion support for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Need for Speed: Shift, Resident Evil 5, RUSE, and Street Fighter IV.

* Adds override anti-aliasing support for Mass Effect 2.

* Includes numerous bug fixes. 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.

Existing Support:

* Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.

* Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

* Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

* Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

* Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.

* 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.

* Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!

* Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

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Forceware 197.13 Windows 7 | Vista (64-bit)
Forceware 197.13 Windows 7 | Vista (32-bit)
Forceware 197.13 Windows XP (32-bit)

New in Version 195.62

* Adds GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.

* 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.

Existing Support:

* 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.

* Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!

* Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

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ForceWare 195.62 Windows XP (32-bit)
ForceWare 195.62 Windows 7 | Vista (32-bit)
ForceWare 195.62 Windows 7 | Vista (64-bit)

Package R2.36
Realtek HD Audio Driver support all of Realtek HD Audio Codec .

1. Vista/Windows 7 WHQL Supporting: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262,ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275

2. Windows 2000/XP WHQL Supporting: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275

3. HDMI Device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI Devices

4. OS Supporting: Microsoft WindowsXP, Widnows2000, Windows Server 2003, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows7 – x86/x64

5. Pack with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)

6. Add/Fix

1. Driver :

• Customizations.

1. Package :

• Fix some presentation string of Upgraded dialog in small VGA Mode

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Official ATI Catalyst WHQL release supporting ATI Radeon HD 5800 series GPUs

* ATI Catalyst 9.10 now includes full GPU support for the award winning ATI HD Radeon 5800 series GPUs!

Super Sample Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series

* ATI Catalyst 9.10 provides support for a new Anti-Aliasing method on the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series. Users can now experience the high level of anti-aliasing image quality using Super Sampling anti-aliasing while maintaining good performance levels.

Highlights of resolved issues

* Ghostbusters video game no longer flickers between desktop and game play when anti-aliasing is set to 8X and game resolution set to 2560×1600

* Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in “Riddick 2 Dark Athena” no longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations

* Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific HDMI displays with configurations using ATI CrossFireX™ technology in tri and quad modes

* Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and ATI Fire Stream™ ASIC in the secondary PCIe slot

* “Combat Mission Shock Force” no longer fails after a duration of game play

* Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the ATI Catalyst ControlCenter – TV Properties Adjustments page

* Changes to the “All Settings” and “Basic Quality” pages in ATI Catalyst Control Center -Avivo™ Video will now be retained after reboot.

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ATI Catalyst 9.10 WHQL

New in Version 191.07:

* Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 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 version 191.07 drivers vs. version 190.62 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 (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application.

* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver.

New in Release 190/191 Drivers:

* Includes WHQL support for DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series or higher graphics cards.

* Installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814.

* 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 CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications.

* Supports a new user-controlled power management setting for select GeForce 9-series and later graphics cards (only available on cards that already support more than one power state). This option allows users to set a performance level for each DirectX or OpenGL application.

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.

* 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.

Download:

ForceWare 191.07 Windows XP (32-bit)
ForceWare 191.07 Windows 7 | Vista (32-bit)
ForceWare 191.07 Windows 7 | Vista (64-bit)

All Realtek HD audio chips, which are common on many motherboards and in notebooks, are supported.

Driver Package R2.31 – Realtek HD Audio Driver support all of Realtek HD Audio Codec.

1. Vista/Windows 7 WHQL Supporting: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262,ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275

2. Windows 2000/XP WHQL Supporting: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275

3. HDMI Device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI Devices

4. OS Supporting: Microsoft Windows XP, Widnows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 – x86/x64

5. Pack with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)

6. Add/Fix:

1. Driver :

• Customizations.
• Fix DTM KS position testing fail issue when turn on Microphone effect under Win7.

1. Package :

• Reboot message in log file. ( WILL_REBOOT )

• Copy all of AP files to system.

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You will need one of the following graphics cards to get access to the OpenGL 3.2 and GLSL 1.50 functionality:

Desktop

* Quadro FX 370, 570, 1700, 3700, 4600, 4700×2, 4800, 5600, 5800, Quadro VX200, Quadro CX

* GeForce 8000 series or higher; Geforce G100, GT120, 130, 220, GTS 150, Geforce GTS 250, GeForce GTX 260, 280, 285 and 295, any ION based products.

Notebook

* Quadro FX 360M, 370M, 570M, 770M, 1600M, 1700M, 2700M, 3600M, 3700M

* GeForce 8000 series or higher

This driver supports all of OpenGL 3.2 and GLSL 1.50, except for the following:

* Geometry shaders as part of the core. You can use the ARB_geometry_shader extension instead

* glXCreateContextAttribsARB() does not yet support the GLX_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK_ARB attribute value. In order to create a Core profile context, call glXCreateContextAttribsARB(), request OpenGL 3.2 as the version, and leave the GLX_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK_ARB attribute out. In order to create an OpenGL 3.2 Compatibility profile context, call the “old” glXCreateContext() entrypoint. Note: wglCreateContextAttribsARB() does support WGL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK_ARB.

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GeForce ForceWare 190.56 Windows XP (32-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 190.56 Windows XP (64-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 190.56 Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 190.56 Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)