Monday, October 18th 2010
NVIDIA Releases GeForce 260.89 WHQL Driver Suite
NVIDIA today released GeForce 260.89 driver suite. The software provides WHQL-signed drivers for all GeForce 6-series onwards, and ION platform GPUs. It also provides 3D Vision software, GPU-integrated audio device driver (version 1.1.9.0), and PhysX system software (version 9.10.0514). As with almost every new release, GeForce 260.89 WHQL packs a host of performance enhancements, official support for new GPUs (it's GeForce GT 430, this time), and a host of bug-fixes. What's different this time around is that the performance enhancements are specific to two GPUs, GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 460. SLI profiles are added for new game titles.
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 260.89 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit, Windows 7/Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit
A detailed list of changes follows.
Performance Increments:
Compared to GeForce 258.96 WHQL, on the following GPUs.
1. GeForce GTX 480
NVIDIA 3D Vision stereoscopic profiles are added for the following games:
New SLI multi-GPU profiles added for the following games:
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 260.89 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit, Windows 7/Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows XP 64-bit
A detailed list of changes follows.
Performance Increments:
Compared to GeForce 258.96 WHQL, on the following GPUs.
1. GeForce GTX 480
- Up to 10% in StarCraft II (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
- Up to 14% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
- Up to 16% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI - 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
- Up to 6% in Aliens vs. Predator (SLI - 1920x1200 noAA - Tessellation on)
- Up to 19% in StarCraft II (SLI - 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
- Up to 15% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (SLI - 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
- Up to 12% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2560x1600 noAA)
- Up to 9% in Aliens vs. Predator (1680x1050 4xAA/16xAF - Tessellation on)
- Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1680x1050 noAA - Tessellation on)
- Up to 11% in Dirt 2 (SLI - 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
- Up to 12% in Crysis:Warhead (SLI - 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Gamer)
- Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
- Up to 12% in H.A.W.X (SLI - 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF SSAO Very High)
- Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
- Up to 22% in Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (1920x1200 noAA)
- Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Extreme Preset)
NVIDIA 3D Vision stereoscopic profiles are added for the following games:
- Arcania: Gothic 4
- Fallout: New Vegas
- FIFA 11
- Formula 1 Racing
- Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark
- Guild Wars 2
- Kane & Lynch 2 - Dog Days
- Lead and Gold
- Lego Harry Potter
- Live For Speed
- Lost Planet 2
- Moonbase Alpha
- Serious Sam HD - The Second Encounter
- Shrek Forever After
- Singularity
- Vitua Tennis 2009
- Virtua Tennis 3
New SLI multi-GPU profiles added for the following games:
- City of Heroes: Going Rogue
- Alien Swarm
- Dead Rising 2
- Front Mission Evolved
- Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days
- LEGO: Harry Potter
26 Comments on NVIDIA Releases GeForce 260.89 WHQL Driver Suite
Yeah no reboot here either.
No-need-to-restart is there from a lot of time. ;)
Post scriptum: Commodore fanatic? Kudos! Amiga500 rulez! :toast:
Hopefully the GTX 470 will benefit from the drivers as well. I'm hoping they do but nVidia didn't bother to mention how. That would be crazy not to improve performance in that card when it is much more popular than the GTX 480. Mine are kicking butt!
Had to restart my PC after install.
Nvidia software team is slipping. Too worried about up coming products to be concerned on the ones they are currently selling.
I know it's the drivers because I went right back to the 256.89 drivers and it worked fine.
And by the way...these are the exactly same as the betas: Forceware 260.89
p.s the only good new update to any game is :GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 8800 GTX/Ultra/GTS/GT: Assassinʹs
Creed: Directors Cut ‐ the shadow flickers. [400541]
Gonna give these a try.:)