NVIDIA ForceWare 197.13 beta driver released
If you had to uninstall NVIDIA's last driver update on account of the fan speed and over-heating issues it provoked, then the good news is that the company's latest beta driver resolves these problems, while also providing a number of other benefits.
This is a WHQL-candidate driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, and 300-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.
This driver resolves fan speed issues reported with version 196.75 drivers. NVIDIA asks that you remove 196.75 drivers and update to either 196.21 WHQL drivers or to this 197.13 WHQL-candidate driver.
New in Version 197.13
Adds support for Next Generation ION. Adds support for GeForce GT 320, GeForce GT 330, and GeForce GT 340. Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0129. Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs). Increases performance in several PC games from v196.21 WHQL. The following are examples of measured improvements. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration: 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 Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City, Mass Effect 2, Napoleon: Total War, and Zombie Driver. Enhanced SLI support for Metro 2033, Supreme Commander 2, Unigine, and World of Warcraft. Adds Ambient Occlusion support for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Need for Speed: Shift, Resident Evil 5, RUSE, and Street Fighter IV. Adds override anti-aliasing support for Mass Effect 2. Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
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