Nvidia 196.75 WHQL GPU Drivers Released - inc. multi-GPU support for Bad Company 2

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• 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 World of Warcraft and Unigine.
• 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.

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[Aegis]

is multi-gpu when you're using a second card for physx? or something else?

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Multi-GPU means cards like the GTX295 which have two processors on the single board, afaik.

Which would explain why Grand Inferno has been getting shitful performance with his GTX295. Now it should rock.

[Aegis]

ahh gotcha.

[grandinferno]

Yay! Exciting stuff!

[snake coward]

These have been pulled, seems fan dont want to spin.. drivers have killed several gpu's lol
nVidia retracts WHQL-certified "GPU Killing Drivers" - Bright Side Of News*

[grandinferno]

Just saw that then and came here to post!

[RakeR]

My fan on my 2nd Gen GTX 295 stopped working about 2 weeks after I purchased.

I just modded a 80mm fan to fit in it blank spot where the fan was and it hasnt skipped a beat since.

And that was 3-6mths ago now.

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New beta drivers out (197.13) which apparently don't melt cards.

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260.99 WHQL released.


Increases performance vs. v260.89 drivers in the following PC games: Civilization V (SLI), Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIV, and Formula 1 Racing (DX11).
Adds SLI profiles for the following PC games:
o Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
o Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
o Fallout: New Vegas
Improves compatibility for Fallout 3: New Vegas with antialiasing enabled.
Improves Alt-Tab compatibility for several PC games.
Added the following 3D Vision game profiles: Call of Duty: Black Ops and Tom Clancy's HawX 2.
With Release 260 drivers, the installation process for 3D Vision has changed. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on the changes.