Forceware 182.46 & 182.47 beta

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Forceware 182.46 beta

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

New in Release 182.46:

* Optimized single GPU and SLI support for upcoming PC games.
* Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.
* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

New in Release 182 Drivers:

* 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.

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.
* 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. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series,

9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.

182.46 XP 32-bit http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3
182.46 XP 64-bit http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3
182.46 Vista 32-bit http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3
182.46 Vista 64-bit http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3

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Forceware 182.47 beta

Merely a day or two after the last release, this 182.47 driver set appeared on the NVIDIA website. It's very much the same as the 182.46 drivers yet adds support for OpenGL 3.1 and GLSL 1.40 on G80 GeForce based graphics cards.

You need one of the following graphics cards to get access to the OpenGL 3.1 and GLSL 1.40 functionality:
Desktop

* Quadro FX 370, 570, 1700, 3700, 4600, 4700x2, 4800, 5600, 5800, Quadro VX200, Quadro CX
* GeForce 8000 series or higher; Geforce G100, GT120, 130, 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 set does not include PhysX drivers.

182.47 XP 32-bithttp://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3
182.47 XP 64-bithttp://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3
182.47 Vista 32-bithttp://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3
182.47 Vista 64-bithttp://downloads.guru3d.com/download...c3b47605f00de3

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Nvidia Beta 182.47 Release Analysis and Review
http://www.beforedark.co.uk/cms/revi...sis-and-review