Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7

New NVIDIA Drivers

GeForce 304.48 Driver BETA
Release Date June 18, 2012

Release Highlights:

This is the first beta driver from the R304 family of drivers.

New in R304 Drivers:

• Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

• GeForce GTX 680:
  
  • Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
  • Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
  • Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
  • Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)
  
  GeForce GTX 560:
  
  • Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
  • Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
  • Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
  • Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
  • Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2
  
  

• Key Fixes
  
  • Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
  • Fixes an issue where some manufacturer’s factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
  • Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.
  
  

• NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
  
  • Spec Ops: The Line
  • PlanetSide 2
  • F1 2011 – updated profile
  • Final Fantasy XIV – updated profile
  • Saints Row: The Third – updated profile
  • Torchlight II
  • Tribes: Ascend
  
  

• NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
  
  • Alan Wake's American Nightmare – rated Poor
  • Borderlands 2 – updated profile with new convergence settings
  • Depth Hunter – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
  • Mass Effect 3 – updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
  • Max Payne 3 – updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
  • Street Fighter X Tekken – rated 3D Vision Ready
  • Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters – rated Good
  • Tribes: Ascend – rated Fair
  • The Walking Dead – rating Good
  
  

• Other Profile Updates
  
  • Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
  • Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
  • Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
  • Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support The Secret World
  • Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
  • Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.
  
  

• NVIDIA Surround
  
  • Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.
  
  

• NVIDIA CUDA
  
  • Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at CUDA Toolkit | NVIDIA Developer Zone
  
  

Additional Details

• Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
• Installs HD Audio v1.3.17.0.
• Supports OpenGL 4.2
• 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.

Thank you Cata. First post updated. :)

You've made a mistake spelling NVIDIA on the Beta and WHQL parts. You've spelt it NIVIDIA!

LOL, oops.

And hey! That Roldex watch you sold me...

A Guy

Maybe it's just a glitch? Try tweaking your wrist xD

Nvidia PhysX 9.12.0613

Nvidia has released the 9.12.0613 PhysX drivers. These are newer than the PhysX version included in the latest 304.48 Beta GeForce graphics drivers.

Includes the latest PhysX runtime builds to support all released PhysX content.
Changes & fixed issues in this release
Performance updates for various applications including Batman Arkham City, Alice 2 and other 2.8.4 applications.
Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series, 100-series, 200-series, 300-series, 400-series, 500-series, and 600-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
Note: Some applications may have higher minimum requirements.
Experience GPU PhysX acceleration in many games and demos, some of which are highlighted in PowerPack downloads here.
Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on GeForce for SDK versions 2.7.1, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.3 and 2.8.4 (requires graphics driver v300 or later).
Supports control of your GPU PhysX configuration from the NVIDIA display driver control panel.
AGEIA PhysX processors users should use and install older PhysX system software such as version 8.09.04. Note – AGEIA PPU acceleration support for 2.8.1 SDK or earlier, and Windows Vista and Windows XP only.

NVIDIA DRIVERS 9.12.0613

A Guy

Thank you Cata. First post updated. :)