Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
NVIDIA GeForce 196.75 WHQL Drivers Released
NVIDIA released version 196.75 of its GeForce driver suite. The drivers are WHQL signed. It adds support for new NVIDIA GPUs, notably the ION 2 GPU, apart from GeForce 300 series mobile GPUs, and the existing lineup of GeForce GPUs, 6-series and above. GeForce 196.75 WHQL also packs the updated 9.10.0129 PhysX system software, and an updated version 1.0.9.1 driver for NVIDIA GPUs with embedded HD audio. Apart from these there are application specific performance increments:
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 196.75 WHQL
- 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
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 196.75 WHQL
38 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce 196.75 WHQL Drivers Released
using SLI
/sarcasm
We're getting reports where users are getting intermittent low FPS after installing these drivers. It seems that it is related to the fan control included in these drivers not working correctly and is causing the video card to overheat on 3D applications. This will affect Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft and StarCraft 2 Beta. Please uninstall the drivers and revert back to the older ones.
Pretty big fail on nvidia there. here's the article: starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/comments/nvidia-19675-drivers-starcraft-ii-beta-rip-pc-graphic-cards
Not that I'm scared, Accelero does fine on the 40% too. Though the fan settings are in the bios and based on the core temp. So is it drivers reporting GPU temp wrong or some other family of cards.
edit: sorry for the big font, but this is pretty important
Don't use these drivers on G92 cards!
forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161525
forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161503
forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161660
Most like all with that single slot stock cooling that run the card very hot to begin with. But seems to be a real issue. Have to test what these do with my card later.
Tested my card, fan speeds up ok, though I have custom fan settings. Other than G92 cards having issues as well, but 9800GT cards are the ones mostly dead.