new drivers -.- 260.99 WHQL

[Zantal]

having some hard work days down at nvidia i suppose
here is the link to nvidia download page http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

and here are the new drivers changes

looks like this is mostly profile updates,
still, enhanced alt-tab compatibility is a must have so i recommend anybody to download these =)

This is the second WHQL release from the Release 260 family of drivers. You can read about the major new features and performance improvements in the Release 260 family of drivers here. 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 260.99

Increases performance vs. v260.89 drivers in the following PC games: Civilization V (SLI), Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIV, and Formula 1 Racing (DX11).
Adds SLI profiles for the following PC games:
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Fallout: New Vegas
Improves compatibility for Fallout 3: New Vegas with antialiasing enabled.
Improves Alt-Tab compatibility for several PC games.
Added the following 3D Vision game profiles: Call of Duty: Black Ops and Tom Clancy's HawX 2.
With Release 260 drivers, the installation process for 3D Vision has changed. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on the changes.
Additional Information

Installs HD Audio driver to version 1.1.9.0.
Includes PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514.
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 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenGL 4.1 for GeForce 400 series 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.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

 

[mxthunder]

I think Nvidia is pushing hard to keep performance top notch, with AMD coming at them so hard.

 

[Zantal]

true true XD

 

[e6600]

-.- explains it really well
we have too many driver releases and ati has too few
who has it worse -.-

 

[tyl998]

I don't mind updating if it means better performance. Keep it up Nvidia!

 

[Zantal]

the -.- was about short times between releases.
anyway, we are all happy they keep em updated regularly =)

Nvidia Demos do not work with this release . . . and here comes the =.= face

 

[gsrcrxsi]

ive had good performance with these new drivers.

but on my HTPC, it broke HDCP. not sure why, but it says my 42" panasonic plasma TV is not HDCP compatible, which it most certainly is. it did not play blu-rays anymore or anything (where it did fine before). rolled back to 258.xx and problem went away. guess ill wait til the next release.

 

[Zantal]

kinda annoying they introduced those bugs for you, try the 260.89 drivers out.

 

[e6600]

=.="
ill just stay with older whql