Wednesday, February 18th 2009
NVIDIA GeForce Driver Version 182.06 WHQL Released
Just over a week since we covered the release of the 182.05 BETA driver, NVIDIA have now released a WHQL with version number 182.06. The driver has been released for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista and is for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.
New in Release 182.06:
New in Release 182.06:
- Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
- Boosts performance in numerous 3D applications. The following are some examples of improvements measured with Release 182.06 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
- Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
- Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
- Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.
- Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.
- Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.
- Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
- Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.
- Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.
25 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce Driver Version 182.06 WHQL Released
since those releases performance has just been going up and up. my 9800GTX picked up at least 25% more performance from drivers alone over the short few months i had it, and we've all seen how GT200 does on 18x.xx drivers compared to pre 178, the difference is stonking.
:twitch::twitch::twitch: Thats what happened after the update from 182.05 beta to 182.06
P.S. I didnt had any trouble whit the beta :laugh:
:toast:
edit: well these are quite magical on the performance front:
www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce-driver-182-06.html
thanks!