This is the first driver release from the Release 256 family of drivers (versions 256.xx to 259.xx). This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. Learn more about Release 256 drivers
here
.
New in Version 257.21
- Upgrades
PhysX
System Software to version 9.10.0223.
- Adds support for OpenGL 4.0 for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs.
- Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.1 which includes significant performance increases for double precision math operations. See
CUDA Zone
for more details.
- Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel setup page for SLI and PhysX for ultimate control over multi-gpu configurations.
- Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel feature for ultimate control over CUDA GPUs, allowing the user to effectively choose which GPU will power each CUDA application.
- Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
- Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Additional Information:
- Installs HD Audio driver version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
- Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in
Adobe CS5
.
- Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1. Learn more
here.
- Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.
- Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
- Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
- Supports single GPU and
NVIDIA SLI technology
* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
- Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX 295, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.
Supported Products GeForce 400 series:
GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 480
GeForce 300 series:
310, 315, GT 320, GT 330, GT 340
GeForce 200 series:
210, GTS 250, GTX 295, 205, GTX 275, GT 220, GTX 280, G210, GTX 285, GT 230, GTS 240, GT 240, GTX 260
GeForce 100 series:
GT 130, GT 140, G 100, GT 120
GeForce 9 series:
9800 GT, 9800 GX2, 9500 GT, 9400, 9200, 9400 GT, 9300, 9500 GS, 9300 GE, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9300 GS, 9100
GeForce 8 series:
8300, 8800 GTS 512, 8600 GS, 8800 Ultra, 8200 / nForce 730a, 8600 GT, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8600 GTS, 8400, 8800 GTS, 8800 GTX, 8500 GT, 8400 GS, 8300 GS, 8800 GT, 8400 SE, 8800 GS, 8200
GeForce 7 series:
7100 GS, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7900 GT/GTO, 7950 GT, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7800 GTX, 7900 GS, 7600 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7300 GS, 7950 GX2, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7550 LE, 7900 GTX, 7800 SLI, 7600 LE, 7800 GS, 7350 LE, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7500 LE, 7300 GT, 7650 GS, 7600 GT, 7300 LE
GeForce 6 series:
6600 LE, 6800 XT, 6500, 6150SE nForce 430, 6600 GT, 6200 LE, 6700 XL, 6250, 6600 VE, 6800, 6800 GS/XT, 6800 Ultra, 6200 A-LE, 6800 LE, 6200, 6600, 6200SE TurboCache, 6800 XE, 6150, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6200 TurboCache, 6100 nForce 400, 6800 GT, 6610 XL, 6100, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 420, 6800 GS, 6150 LE
ION series:
ION LE, ION
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