Windows 7: Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

Brink · 19 Nov 2008

Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers

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BETA NVIDIA DRIVER

Information

Version: 320.14
Release Date for Desktops and Notebooks : May 13th 2013
In Device Manager: 9.18.13.2014

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Release Highlights:

Release Summary
This is the GeForce Game Ready driver for Metro: Last Light providing up to 10% faster performance.

Get optimal game settings for Metro: Last Light with GeForce Experience and enjoy NVIDIA PhysX effects and DirectX 11 tessellation.
New in GeForce R320 Drivers

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 660:
- Up to 20% in Dirt: Showdown
- Up to 18% in Tomb Raider
- Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light
- Up to 8% in StarCraft II
- Up to 6% in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 6% in Metro 2033
- Up to 6% in Far Cry 3
- Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Up to 5% in F1 2012

GeForce GTX 660 SLI:
- Up to 17% in Dirt: Showdown
- Up to 18% in Tomb Raider
- Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light
- Up to 9% in Assassin’s Creed III
- Up to 7% in StarCraft II
- Up to 6% in Far Cry 3
- Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Up to 6% in Battlefield 3
- Up to 5% in BioShock: Infinite
- Up to 5% in F1 2012

SLI Technology
- Added SLI profile for Alien Fear
- Added SLI profile for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
- Added SLI profile for Dead Island: Riptide
- Added SLI profile for Dragon Sword
- Added SLI profile for Neverwinter
- Added SLI profile for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
- Added SLI profile for GRID 2
- Added SLI profile for Human Head 2
- Added SLI profile for Remember Me
- Added SLI profile for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct
- Updated SLI profile for Natural Selection 2
- Updated SLI profile for Resident Evil 6
- Updated SLI profile for Trackmania 2: Canyon

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.24.2
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
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 and AMD motherboards.

Desktop Release Notes (v320.14)

Notebook Release Notes (v320.14)

Control Panel User's Guide

WHQL NVIDIA DRIVER

Information

Version: 314.22
Release Date for Desktops and Notebooks : March 25th 2013
In Device Manager: 9.18.13.1422

Note

Release Summary
This is the GeForce Game Ready driver for BioShock Infinite, delivering up to 41% faster performance.
Instantly apply optimal game settings for BioShock Infinite with GeForce Experience.
New in GeForce 314.22 Drivers

Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are a few examples:

GeForce GTX 680:
- Up to 41% faster in BioShock Infinite
- Up to 60% faster in Tomb Raider
- Up to 23% faster in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 13% faster in Sleeping Dogs
GeForce GTX 680 SLI:
- Up to 21% faster in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 14% faster in Sleeping Dogs
- Up to 10% faster in StarCraft II
- Up to 15% faster in Civilization V

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles (since GeForce 314.14 drivers):
- Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army – Added DX11 SLI profile
- Dungeons and Dragons: Neverwinter – Added DX9 SLI profile
- BioShock Infinite – Added AO profile

NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds the following profiles (since GeForce 314.14 drivers):
- MUD - rated Good
- Brutal Legend - rated Good
- Tomb Raider - updated rating to Good

NVIDIA CUDA
- Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.23.1
Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
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 and AMD motherboards.

Desktop Release Notes (v314.22)

Notebook Release Notes (v314.22)

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Don't forget to update your WEI Windows Experience Index - Update or Refresh Score after updating the driver.

Bare Foot Kid · 19 Nov 2008

Hello Brink.

I just tried to update to the same 178.24 driver that I'm currently running on my Vista and it seems it won't allow it....

...Any ideas?

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Ted

Mark · 19 Nov 2008

I don't know but maybe that particular driver was meant for windows 7 for Beta testing and that's why it came up in Windows update, just a thought.

skunksmash · 19 Nov 2008

Hi all......

for anyone interested in the Beta offerings, i just installed the 180.44 Nvidia driver, running smooth as silk on Windows 7!!

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SK

Bare Foot Kid · 19 Nov 2008

Hello Mr Grim.

No I didn't get it from WU; I even had the Ethernet cable unplugged from the machine during the attempt. I tried to update to the same driver I had saved to one of my partitions. That's probably the reason it failed; how would I do it then?

Thanks for the help!

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Ted

Mark · 19 Nov 2008

You might be better off trying to just click on the execute file for the driver but fist go into properties and change it compatibility mode for Vista.

That's what did the first time I installed it before I got one from the Windows Update and it seemed to install without any problems.

The driver you have now is the same one i am using at the moment and that was the one I got from the windows update and I couldn't find that particular driver on the Nvidia website.

Bare Foot Kid · 19 Nov 2008

Hello.

@Mr Grim; I just tried that and got the same result; oh well, if it ain't broke don't fix it!
Knowing the way I fix things sometime it'll cease to work at all....

Thanks for trying to help though!

Later

Ted

Brink · 19 Nov 2008

Ted,

Have you tried the 180.43 beta driver version? That's the one I am using without problems.

Bare Foot Kid · 19 Nov 2008

Hello Brink....

No sir, I haven't. I'll have to try it later.

Thanks Shawn!

Later

Ted

Brink · 19 Nov 2008

New NVIDIA 180.48 driver version released 11-19-2008 for 8800, 9, and 200 series. See first post for details.

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