NVIDIA GeForce Forceware 182.05 WHQL Release Canidate Driver Posted

By Nathan Kirsch

NVIDIA has posted new beta WHQL-candidate drivers for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs up on their site today. This driver offers improvements in numerous popular PC game titles like Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, F.E.A.R. 2, Half-Life 2, and Race Driver: GRID. Be sure to grab the update if you think you need it and let us know in the forums if it helps or hurts performance.

New in Release 182.05:

  • Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
  • Boosts performance in numerous 3D applications. The following are some examples of improvements measured with Release 182.05 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
  • Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
  • Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
  • Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.
  • Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.
  • Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.
  • Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
  • Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.
  • Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

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