Nvidia has finally released another set of official beta drivers for Windows Vista. Judging by the version jump, these are what we"ve all been waiting for, although final drivers would be nice. They are for Geforce 6, 7 and 8 and are available in both 32bit and 64bit flavours, with a much smaller file size for both installers. This is not a WHQL release, so Windows will prompt you about these drivers not being digitally signed. This time though, Nvidia has instructions about the prompt you will receive; we"re getting close! Unlike previous final and beta releases, international downloads are available.
Release Highlights
- Adds support for GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, and GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, and GeForce 8300 GS GPUs.
- Increased performance in 3D applications.
- PureVideo HD support.
- Add support for forcing Vertical Sync in DirectX applications.
- Updated NVIDIA Control Panel with improved user interface (Please see the Release Notes for more details).
- Numerous game and application compatibility fixes
- This driver supports the following 3D features:
- Single GPU support
- DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
- DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
- OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
- NVIDIA SLI support
- DirectX 9 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
- OpenGL support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
- DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8800 GPUs will be available in a future driver
- Single GPU support