Before downloading this driver:
1. Please check to make sure that your notebook has a supported GPU (refer to the Products Supported tab below).
2. It is recommended that you backup your current system configuration. Click here for instructions.
3. If you own a Dell Inspiron 1420, Dell XPS M1330, Dell XPS M1530, or Dell Latitude D630/D630c it is highly recommended that you first install this Dell software update.
RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS :
This driver supports the following NVIDIA GPUs (please refer to the Products Supported tab for exceptions):
-ION notebook GPUs.
-GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M, and 300M-series notebook GPUs.
-Quadro NVS-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher).
-Quadro FX-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher).
New in Version 197.16:
-Adds or improves SLI support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II , Avatar, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Dirt 2, Mass Effect 2, Metro 2033, Napoleon: Total War, Supreme Commander 2, World of Warcraft and more.
-Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0129 for new PhysX titles like Dark Void.
-Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
-Increases performance in several PC games from v195.62 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
-Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
Existing support:
-Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here .
-Supports OpenGL 3.2.
-Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language).
-Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.
-Supports NVIDIA PhysX hardware acceleration on GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and 32 processing cores.
-Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
- CATEGORY:
- Graphics Board
- COMPATIBLE WITH:
- Windows XP
- file size:
- 106 MB
- filename:
- 197.16_notebook_winxp_32bit_international_whql.exe