Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

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  1. Posts : 343
    Windows 7
       #761

    257.15 is up

    NVIDIA Geforce/ION 257.15 Driver released - LaptopVideo2Go Forums

    currently no release notes or nvidia page up, but files are directly from nvidia.

    Direct Links to English only packages
    257.15_desktop_winxp_32bit_english_beta.exe
    257.15_desktop_winxp_64bit_english_beta.exe
    257.15_desktop_win7_winvista_32bit_english_beta.exe
    257.15_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_beta.exe

    Note.
    This see's the deprecation and removal of the nvapps.xml and appears to use a bin file to store settings.
    Last edited by squall leonhart; 24 May 2010 at 06:36.
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  3. Posts : 343
    Windows 7
       #763

    Nhancer is not compatible.


    ...this must be the big changes Grestorn was talking about.
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  4. Posts : 255
    Windows 7 Professional 64
       #764

    257.15 =
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  5. Posts : 3,322
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #765

    squall leonhart said:
    Nhancer is not compatible.


    ...this must be the big changes Grestorn was talking about.
    Nhancer 2.5.9 seems to work for me with 257.15.
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  6. Posts : 255
    Windows 7 Professional 64
       #766

    This is the first driver release from the Release 256 family of drivers (versions 256.xx to 259.xx). This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. Learn more about Release 256 drivers here .

    New in Version 257.15
    • Adds support for Blu-ray 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology. Learn more about the hardware and software requirements here .
    • Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured with GeForce GTX 480. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:


      • Up to 14% in Aliens vs. Predator (1920x1200 noAA/AF – Tessellation on)
      • Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham Asylum (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF PhysX=High)
      • Up to 5% in BattleForge (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Very High settings)
      • Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 4% in Crysis: Warhead (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Enthusiast setting)
      • Up to 24% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (1920x1200 no AA/AF)
      • Up to 9% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 25% in Just Cause 2 (2560x1600 no AA/AF - Concrete Jungle)
      • Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1920x1200 no AA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
      • Up to 40% in Metro 2033 with SLI ((1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
      • Up to 8% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 no AA/AF – Day)
      • Up to 110% in Stone Giant with SLI (2650x1600 – Tessellation on, DoF on)
      • Up to 6% in The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena (2560x1600 no AA/AF)
      • Up to 9% in Unigine: Tropics (2560x1600 no AA/AF – OpenGL)
      • Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Performance and Extreme Presets)
      • Up to 19% with Transparency AA (1920x1200 4xTrSS – measured in Crysis)

    • Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0222.
    • Adds support for OpenGL 4.0 for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs.
    • Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.1 which includes significant performance increases for double precision math operations. See CUDA Zone for more details.
    • Adds support for new extreme Antialiasing modes for 3-way SLI PCs, including up to SLI48x AA for GeForce 200 series GPUs and up to SLI96x AA for GeForce GTX 400 series GPUs.
    • Adds support for a new ‘Quality’ mode for NVIDIA’s Ambient Occlusion control panel feature.
    • Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel setup page for SLI and PhysX for ultimate control over multi-gpu configurations.
    • Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel feature for ultimate control over CUDA GPUs, allowing the user to effectively choose which GPU will power each CUDA application.
    • 3D Vision customers can download the v257.15 3D Vision drivers here.
    • Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
    • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
    Additional Information:
    • Installs HD Audio driver version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
    • 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 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later 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
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  7. Posts : 343
    Windows 7
       #767

    Everlong said:
    squall leonhart said:
    Nhancer is not compatible.


    ...this must be the big changes Grestorn was talking about.
    Nhancer 2.5.9 seems to work for me with 257.15.
    No, it doesn't.

    The new driver does not use an nvapps.xml, settings created with the current nhancer are not seen in nvcp, neither is setting any global modes.

    all profiles are now stored in compiled binaries at

    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrsdb0.bin
    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrsdb1.bin
    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrssel.bin
    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrswr.lk
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  8. Posts : 3,322
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #768

    squall leonhart said:
    Everlong said:
    squall leonhart said:
    Nhancer is not compatible.


    ...this must be the big changes Grestorn was talking about.
    Nhancer 2.5.9 seems to work for me with 257.15.
    No, it doesn't.

    The new driver does not use an nvapps.xml, settings created with the current nhancer are not seen in nvcp, neither is setting any global modes.

    all profiles are now stored in compiled binaries at

    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrsdb0.bin
    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrsdb1.bin
    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrssel.bin
    c:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\nvdrswr.lk
    I see what you mean now, I hadn't activated the profile I was testing properly.

    In terms of the driver, tested it with BC2 and DX11 load times have improved greatly
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  9. Posts : 343
    Windows 7
       #769

    Hopefully Grestorn had something underway, i really want to test 32xS with 8xSSTAA
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  10. Posts : 3,322
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #770

    People were saying he was working on an update a couple of weeks ago on the nvnews forum, but no idea whereabouts he is with it.
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