Drivers performance: NVIDIA ForceWare 177.92 beta

[Reegan]

To make a return to beauty, NVIDIA has released so far for new drivers beta official evidence that developers of the firm chameleon have worked this summer. Accordingly 177.92 beta, these new drivers come with improved performance in a number of 3D games. Here is a list of small gains can be expected compared to 175.19 WHQL drivers:

• Monogpu: +11% in 3DMark Vantage
• Monogpu: +11% in Assassin's Creed (DirectX 10)
• Monogpu: +15% in Bioshock (DirectX 10)
• Monogpu: +15% in Call of Duty 4
• Monogpu: +8% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
• 2 GPU SLI: +7% in Bioshock (DirectX 10)
• 2 GPU SLI: +10% in Company of Heroes (DirectX 10)
• 2 GPU SLI: +12% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
• 2 GPU SLI: +10% in World in Conflict (DirectX 10)

This version is compatible with the GPU GeForce Series 6, Series 7, Series 8, 9 Series and 200 series, as well as new GPU + GeForce 9800 GTX, 9800 GT, 9500 GT and 9400 GT. Here's to finish the various links to downloads of these new versions, pending the non-beta versions finalised:

Download beta ForceWare 177.92 for Windows Vista 32-bit

Download beta ForceWare 177.92 for Windows Vista 64-bit

Download beta ForceWare 177.92 for Windows XP

Download beta ForceWare 177.92 for Windows XP 64-Bit

[mauricio]

It seems that 2D performance is improving as Linux with 177 (including KDE 4) ...

[MattyBoy]

What is the difference between a forceware and a display driver that downloads on the site in nvidia graphics driver?