NVIDIA’s PhysX-enabling Forceware 177.39 beta drivers now available

By Nathan Kirsch

In case you missed it in the forums last night, NVIDIA’s released Forceware 177.39 beta drivers that add PhysX support to the GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce GTX 280, and GeForce GTX 260 video cards. These drivers have raised questions about NVIDIA cheating on 3DMark Vantage and have been the talk around the water cooler in offices around the world for more than a week now.

NVIDIA’s GeForce v177.39 release highlights are as follows:

  • Beta release for Windows Vista.
  • Adds support for GeForce 9800 GTX GPUs.
  • Adds support for NVIDIA PhysX Technology for GPU PhysX hardware acceleration on GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce GTX 280, and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs. The GeForce v177.39 driver package includes NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.06.12. The Unreal Tournament 3 PhysX Mod Pack can be downloaded here.
  • Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI Technology with GeForce 9800 GTX, GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs.
  • Supports CUDA Technology.

  • Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
  • Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, and known compatibility issues.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

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