NVIDIA GeForce Driver Version 177.79 Released

jmke · 29th July 2008, 22:45

Along with the release of the new NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GT GPUs comes a new beta driver. The GeForce driver release 177.79 comes to add nothing but these three GPUs to the database of supported GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs. It may also bring some performance improvements in various games and applications.

Added support for the following NVIDIA products:
• GeForce GTX 280
• GeForce GTX 260
• GeForce 9500 GT
• GeForce 9800 GT
• nForce 780a SLI
• nForce 750a SLI

• Added support for hot-plug detection of VGA displays that provide EDID
information.
• Added support for DDC-Ci/MCCS over the DisplayPort AUX channel.
• Added the NVIDIA Control Panel option to expose only consumer
electronics (CE) resolutions for HDMI inputs.

- Release Notes Vista

Download Links:
- NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows XP 32-bit
- NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows XP 64-bit
- NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows Vista 32-bit
- NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows Vista 64-bit

30th July 2008, 10:30

It seems theyve improved CUDA support further in this too, folding@homes output has increased on my GTX 280, from 6400 points per day to about 7400.

Cheers for pointing that out

29th July 2008, 22:45	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	NVIDIA GeForce Driver Version 177.79 Released Along with the release of the new NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GT GPUs comes a new beta driver. The GeForce driver release 177.79 comes to add nothing but these three GPUs to the database of supported GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs. It may also bring some performance improvements in various games and applications. Added support for the following NVIDIA products: • GeForce GTX 280 • GeForce GTX 260 • GeForce 9500 GT • GeForce 9800 GT • nForce 780a SLI • nForce 750a SLI • Added support for hot-plug detection of VGA displays that provide EDID information. • Added support for DDC-Ci/MCCS over the DisplayPort AUX channel. • Added the NVIDIA Control Panel option to expose only consumer electronics (CE) resolutions for HDMI inputs. - Release Notes Vista Download Links: - NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows XP 32-bit - NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows XP 64-bit - NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows Vista 32-bit - NVIDIA Driver 177.97 for Windows Vista 64-bit __________________

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30th July 2008, 10:30	#2
dazzawul Posts: n/a	It seems theyve improved CUDA support further in this too, folding@homes output has increased on my GTX 280, from 6400 points per day to about 7400. Cheers for pointing that out