NVIDIA released yet anotehr nForce driver, this time for another set of NFORCE motherboards. This is WHQL driver 15.25. NVIDIA released a new driver package for their nForce motherboard series. The new binaries include:

Driver Versions:

* Ethernet Driver (v67.89) WHQL
* Network Management Tools (v67.96) “Sedona”
* SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.46) WHQL
* SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.46) WHQL
* RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.46)
* SMU Driver (v1.61) WHQL
* SMBus Driver (v4.69) WHQL
* Away Mode Driver (v6.0.6000.107) WHQL
* Installer (v6.69)

Product Supported:

* nForce 790i Ultra SLI
* nForce 790i SLI
* nForce 780i SLI
* nForce 750i SLI
* nForce 740a SLI
* nForce 710a SLI
* nForce 680i SLI
* nForce 680a SLI
* nForce 680i LT SLI
* nForce 650i SLI
* nForce 650i Ultra
* nForce 590 SLI Intel
* nForce 590 SLI AMD
* nForce 570 SLI Intel
* nForce 570 SLI AMD
* nForce 570 Ultra AMD
* nForce 550

Download:

NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL Vista 32-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL XP 32-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL XP 64-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL Vista 64-bit

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NVIDIA released a new driver package for their nForce motherboard series. The new binaries include:

Windows Vista 32-bit Driver Versions:

* Ethernet Driver (v67.89) WHQL
* Network Management Tools (v67.96) “Sedona”
* SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.46) WHQL
* SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.46) WHQL
* RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.46)
* SMU Driver (v1.61) WHQL
* SMBus Driver (v4.69) WHQL
* Away Mode Driver (v6.0.6000.107) WHQL
* Installer (v6.69)

Product Supported:

* nForce 980a
* nForce 780a
* nForce 750a
* nForce 730a – GeForce 8300/8200
* nForce 720a – GeForce 8100
* nForce 630i/GeForce 7150
* nForce 630i/GeForce 7100
* nForce 610i/GeForce 7050

Download:

NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International XP 32-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International XP 64-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International Vista 64-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International Vista 32-bit

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NVIDIA issued a new WHQL release GeForce driver today. This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 182.08:

* Added support for GeForce GTS 250.
* Added SLI profile support for some newly released games.
* Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.

New in Release 182 Drivers:

* Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
* Boosts performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 182 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
o Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
o Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
o Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.
o Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.
o Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.
* Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
* Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.

Download:

GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL Vista (32-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL Vista (64-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL XP (64-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL XP (32-bit)

This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 182.06:

Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Boosts performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 182.06 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.
Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.
Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.
Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.
Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

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 SLI Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce graphics cards in SLI mode. Learn more here.
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. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #2. Download these free PhysX and CUDA applications now!
Supports CUDA.
Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Download:

GeForce Forceware 182.06 WHQL XP 32-bit
GeForce Forceware 182.06 WHQL XP 64-bit
GeForce Forceware 182.06 WHQL Vista 64-bit
GeForce Forceware 182.06 WHQL Vista 32-bit

This is a WHQL-certified release from the Release 256 family of drivers (versions 256.xx to 259.xx). This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.

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.

Download:

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)

ATI have just released ATI Catalyst™ 10.4 for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux. One of the features that i am quite excited about to see supported is H.264 Level 5.1 support. I know this will make a lot of high-definition media enthusiasts happy as that will now be hardware accelerated.

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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This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, and 300-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

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.

Download:

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

ATI released the last Catalyst driver for 2009, version 9.12 for Windows XP, 7 and Vista.

Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 9.12 Windows release include:

Performance improvements

* 3DMark Vantage – overall performance improves as much as 9% on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series. GT1 – Jane Nash performance improves as much as 15% and FT4 – GPU Cloth improves up to 15%

* S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Call of Pripyat – performance improves as much as 6% on single card configurations

New Features

* ATI Catalyst™ support for DirectCompute 10.1
This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides full support for DirectCompute 10.1 for the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 4700 Series for both single card and ATI CrossFireX™ supported configurations.

* OpenGL 3.2 extension support – This release of ATI Catalyst™ provides support for OpenGL 3.2 extension support on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series and ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series. The following is a list of OpenGL™ 3.2 features and extensions added in ATI Catalyst™ 9.12:

Support for OpenGL Shading Language 1.50.
BGRA vertex component ordering (GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra).
Drawing commands allowing modification of the base vertex index (GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex).
Shader fragment coordinate convention control (GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions).
Provoking vertex control (GL_ARB_provoking_vertex).
Seamless cube map filtering (GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map).
Multisampled textures and texture samplers for specific sample locations (GL_ARB_texture_multisample).
Fragment depth clamping (GL_ARB_depth_clamp).
Geometry shaders (GL_ARB_geometry_shader4).
Fence sync objects (GL_ARB_sync).
Transform_feedback2
texture_cubemap_array

Download:

ATI Catalyst 9.12 WHQL

This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

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.

Download

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

ATI Catalyst 9.10 drivers are now out! The Catalyst 9.10 drivers support Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit and 32-bit and Windows XP 64-bit and 32-bit.

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.

Download:

ATI Catalyst 9.10 WHQL