Geforce Treiber 257.15 BETA für Desktop PC's und Notebooks

Release 256 Graphics Drivers - Die wichtigsten Änderungen in Version 257.15:

• Added support for the following GPUs: GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce 315, GeForce 310, GeForce 9100
• Changed and improved the controls for configuring SLI and PhyX:
• Removed the following Global and Program Settings and Added new Global and Program Settings
• Added support for OpenGL 4.0 for GeForce GTX 400 series GPUs.
• Added support for CUDA 3.1 toolkit
• This driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.10.0222.
NVIDIA PhysX acceleration is available on all GeForce 8‐series, 9‐series, 100‐series,
200‐series, and 400‐series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics
memory and a minimum of 32 processor cores.
• This driver package installs the HD audio driver, version 1.0.9.1.
• See "Changes in Version 257.15” on page 6 for a list of changes and resolved issues in
this driver version.


Weitere Informationen finden Sie in den Release-Notes von Nvidia, die für Windows XP und Windows 7/Vista vorliegen. Mehr Details zur Geforce-256-Serie erfahren sie in einem gesonderten Artikel.

Release 256 Graphics Drivers - Die wichtigsten Änderungen bei 3D Vision:

• Adds supports for GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, and GeForce GTX 465.
• Adds support for new 3D Vision-Ready LCDs: ASUS VG236H, LG W2363D 120 Hz, LG W2363DB 120 Hz
• Adds support new 3D Vision-ready Projectors: ViewSonic PJD6251 and ViewSonic PJD6531w
• New 3D Vision game support
• Alice in Wonderland
• iRacing Demo
• StarCraft II
• Lost Planet 2
• Stone Giant
• Heaven Benchmark


Nvidia Verde 257.15 für Geforce-Grafikkarten in Notebooks:

• Adds support for Blu-ray 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology. Learn more about the hardware and software requirements here .
• 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 (1920x1200 noAA/AF - Tessellation on)
• Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham Asylum (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF PhysX=High)
• Up to 5% in BattleForge (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF - Very High settings)
• Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 4% in Crysis: Warhead (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF - Enthusiast setting)
• Up to 24% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (1920x1200 no AA/AF)
• Up to 9% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 25% in Just Cause 2 (2560x1600 no AA/AF - Concrete Jungle)
• Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1920x1200 no AA/16xAF - Tessellation on)
• Up to 40% in Metro 2033 with SLI ((1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF - Tessellation on)
• Up to 8% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 no AA/AF - Day)
• Up to 110% in Stone Giant with SLI (2650x1600 - Tessellation on, DoF on)
• Up to 6% in The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena (2560x1600 no AA/AF)
• Up to 9% in Unigine: Tropics (2560x1600 no AA/AF - OpenGL)
• Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Performance and Extreme Presets)
• Up to 19% with Transparency AA (1920x1200 4xTrSS - measured in Crysis)
• Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0222.
• 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. See CUDA Zone for more details.
• 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.
• 3D Vision customers can download the v257.15 3D Vision drivers here.
• 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 here.

• Installs HD Audio driver version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
• Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe CS5.
• Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1. Learn more here.
• Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.
• 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 single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

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