NVIDIA Geforce/ION 257.15 Beta now available

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Tested and BF BC 2 load times are fixed in DX11

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 257.15

* Adds support for Blu-ray 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology. Learn more about the hardware and software requirements here .
* Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured with GeForce GTX 480. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

o Up to 14% in Aliens vs. Predator (1920x1200 noAA/AF – Tessellation on)
o Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham Asylum (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF PhysX=High)
o Up to 5% in BattleForge (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Very High settings)
o Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
o Up to 4% in Crysis: Warhead (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Enthusiast setting)
o Up to 24% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (1920x1200 no AA/AF)
o Up to 9% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF)
o Up to 25% in Just Cause 2 (2560x1600 no AA/AF - Concrete Jungle)
o Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1920x1200 no AA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
o Up to 40% in Metro 2033 with SLI ((1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
o Up to 8% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 no AA/AF – Day)
o Up to 110% in Stone Giant with SLI (2650x1600 – Tessellation on, DoF on)
o Up to 6% in The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena (2560x1600 no AA/AF)
o Up to 9% in Unigine: Tropics (2560x1600 no AA/AF – OpenGL)
o Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Performance and Extreme Presets)
o Up to 19% with Transparency AA (1920x1200 4xTrSS – measured in Crysis)

* Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0222.
* 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 support for new extreme Antialiasing modes for 3-way SLI PCs, including up to SLI48x AA for GeForce 200 series GPUs and up to SLI96x AA for GeForce GTX 400 series GPUs.
* Adds support for a new ‘Quality’ mode for NVIDIA’s Ambient Occlusion control panel feature.
* 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.
* 3D Vision customers can download the v257.15 3D Vision drivers here.
* 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 DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
* Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
* Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
* Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

* nv_disp.inf supports 238 models:
[DEV_0040] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
[DEV_0041] NVIDIA GeForce 6800
[DEV_0042] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
[DEV_0043] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
[DEV_0044] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
[DEV_0045] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
[DEV_0046] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
[DEV_0047] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
[DEV_0048] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
[DEV_004D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400
[DEV_004E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
[DEV_0090] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
[DEV_0091] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
[DEV_0092] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
[DEV_0093] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS
[DEV_0095] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 SLI
[DEV_009D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
[DEV_00C0] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
[DEV_00C1] NVIDIA GeForce 6800
[DEV_00C2] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
[DEV_00C3] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
[DEV_00CD] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI
[DEV_00CE] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
[DEV_00F1] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
[DEV_00F2] NVIDIA GeForce 6600
[DEV_00F3] NVIDIA GeForce 6200
[DEV_00F4] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
[DEV_00F5] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS
[DEV_00F6] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS/XT
[DEV_00F8] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400
[DEV_00F9] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU
[DEV_0140] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
[DEV_0141] NVIDIA GeForce 6600
[DEV_0142] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
[DEV_0143] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE
[DEV_0145] NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL
[DEV_0147] NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
[DEV_014A] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
[DEV_014C] NVIDIA Quadro FX 540M
[DEV_014D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
[DEV_014E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
[DEV_014F] NVIDIA GeForce 6200
[DEV_0160] NVIDIA GeForce 6500
[DEV_0161] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache™
[DEV_0162] NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™
[DEV_0163] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
[DEV_0165] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
[DEV_0169] NVIDIA GeForce 6250
[DEV_016A] NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
[DEV_01D0] NVIDIA GeForce 7350 LE
[DEV_01D1] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
[DEV_01D2] NVIDIA GeForce 7550 LE
[DEV_01D3] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS
[DEV_01DB] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
[DEV_01DD] NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
[DEV_01DE] NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
[DEV_01DF] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
[DEV_0211] NVIDIA GeForce 6800
[DEV_0212] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
[DEV_0215] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
[DEV_0218] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
[DEV_0221] NVIDIA GeForce 6200
[DEV_0222] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 A-LE
[DEV_0290] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
[DEV_0291] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
[DEV_0292] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
[DEV_0293] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
[DEV_0294] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
[DEV_0295] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
[DEV_029C] NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
[DEV_029D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
[DEV_029E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
[DEV_029F] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
[DEV_02E0] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
[DEV_02E1] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
[DEV_02E2] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
[DEV_02E3] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
[DEV_02E4] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
[DEV_038B] NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
[DEV_0390] NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS
[DEV_0391] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
[DEV_0392] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
[DEV_0393] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
[DEV_0394] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 LE
[DEV_0395] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
[DEV_039E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
[DEV_0240] NVIDIA GeForce 6150
[DEV_0241] NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
[DEV_0242] NVIDIA GeForce 6100
[DEV_0245] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE
[DEV_03D0] NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
[DEV_03D1] NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405
[DEV_03D2] NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400
[DEV_03D5] NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 420
[DEV_03D6] NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a
[DEV_053A] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a
[DEV_053B] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a
[DEV_053E] NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a
[DEV_07E0] NVIDIA GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
[DEV_07E1] NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
[DEV_07E2] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
[DEV_07E3] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i
[DEV_07E5] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
[DEV_0191] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
[DEV_0193] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
[DEV_0194] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
[DEV_0197] NVIDIA Tesla C870
[DEV_019D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
[DEV_019E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
[DEV_0400] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
[DEV_0401] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
[DEV_0402] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
[DEV_0403] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
[DEV_0404] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
[DEV_0406] NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
[DEV_040A] NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
[DEV_040E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
[DEV_040F] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
[DEV_0410] NVIDIA GeForce GT 330
[DEV_0420] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE
[DEV_0421] NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
[DEV_0422] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
[DEV_0423] NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
[DEV_0424] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
[DEV_042C] NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
[DEV_042F] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
[DEV_05E0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
[DEV_05E1] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
[DEV_05E2] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
[DEV_05E3] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
[DEV_05E6] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
[DEV_05E7] NVIDIA Tesla C1060
[DEV_05E7&SUBSYS_059510DE] NVIDIA Tesla T10 Processor
[DEV_05E7&SUBSYS_068F10DE] NVIDIA Tesla T10 Processor
[DEV_05E7&SUBSYS_069710DE] NVIDIA Tesla M1060
[DEV_05E7&SUBSYS_074310DE] NVIDIA Tesla M1060
[DEV_05EA] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
[DEV_05EB] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
[DEV_05ED] NVIDIA Quadroplex 2200 D2
[DEV_05F8] NVIDIA Quadroplex 2200 S4
[DEV_05F9] NVIDIA Quadro CX
[DEV_05FD] NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
[DEV_05FE] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
[DEV_05FF] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
[DEV_0600] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
[DEV_0601] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
[DEV_0602] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
[DEV_0603] NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
[DEV_0604] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
[DEV_0605] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
[DEV_0606] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
[DEV_0607] NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240
[DEV_060D] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
[DEV_0610] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
[DEV_0611] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
[DEV_0612] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+
[DEV_0613] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
[DEV_0614] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
[DEV_0615] NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
[DEV_0619] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2
[DEV_061A] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
[DEV_061B] NVIDIA Quadro VX 200
[DEV_0622] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
[DEV_0623] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS
[DEV_0625] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
[DEV_0626] NVIDIA GeForce GT 130
[DEV_0627] NVIDIA GeForce GT 140
[DEV_062D] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
[DEV_062E] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
[DEV_0635] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
[DEV_0637] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
[DEV_0638] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
[DEV_0640] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
[DEV_0641] NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
[DEV_0643] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
[DEV_0644] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
[DEV_0645] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
[DEV_0646] NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
[DEV_0658] NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
[DEV_0659] NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
[DEV_065B] NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
[DEV_065F] NVIDIA GeForce G210
[DEV_06C0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
[DEV_06C4] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
[DEV_06CD] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
[DEV_06E0] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
[DEV_06E1] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
[DEV_06E2] NVIDIA GeForce 8400
[DEV_06E3] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE
[DEV_06E4] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
[DEV_06E6] NVIDIA GeForce G100
[DEV_06E7] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE
[DEV_06E9] NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
[DEV_06F8] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
[DEV_06F9] NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
[DEV_06FA] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
[DEV_06FD] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
[DEV_06FF] NVIDIA HICx16 + Graphics
[DEV_06FF&SUBSYS_071110DE] NVIDIA HICx8 + Graphics
[DEV_0876] NVIDIA ION
[DEV_0A20] NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
[DEV_0A23] NVIDIA GeForce 210
[DEV_0A60] NVIDIA GeForce G210
[DEV_0A62] NVIDIA GeForce 205
[DEV_0A63] NVIDIA GeForce 310
[DEV_0A64] NVIDIA ION
[DEV_0A65] NVIDIA GeForce 210
[DEV_0A66] NVIDIA GeForce 310
[DEV_0A67] NVIDIA GeForce 315
[DEV_0A78] NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
[DEV_0CA0] NVIDIA GeForce GT 330
[DEV_0CA2] NVIDIA GeForce GT 320
[DEV_0CA3] NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
[DEV_0CA4] NVIDIA GeForce GT 340
[DEV_0CA7] NVIDIA GeForce GT 330
[DEV_0846] NVIDIA GeForce 9200
[DEV_0847] NVIDIA GeForce 9100
[DEV_0848] NVIDIA GeForce 8300
[DEV_0849] NVIDIA GeForce 8200
[DEV_084A] NVIDIA nForce 730a
[DEV_084B] NVIDIA GeForce 9200
[DEV_084C] NVIDIA nForce 980a/780a SLI
[DEV_084D] NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI
[DEV_084F] NVIDIA GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a
[DEV_0860] NVIDIA GeForce 9400
[DEV_0861] NVIDIA GeForce 9400
[DEV_0864] NVIDIA GeForce 9300
[DEV_0865] NVIDIA ION
[DEV_0868] NVIDIA nForce 760i SLI
[DEV_086A] NVIDIA GeForce 9400
[DEV_086C] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i
[DEV_086D] NVIDIA GeForce 9200
[DEV_0871] NVIDIA GeForce 9200
[DEV_0874] NVIDIA ION
[DEV_087A] NVIDIA GeForce 9400
[DEV_087D] NVIDIA ION
[DEV_087E] NVIDIA ION LE
[DEV_087F] NVIDIA ION LE

 

[LiveOrDie]

I did a Dirt 2 run i did lower frames are alot higher, im going to run DMC 4 bench now

 

[OnBoard]

Wow, nice improvement on min frames. Anyone with GTX 470 tested these? Would thing improvements might be even more noticeable.

 

[LiveOrDie]

a nice bump in vantage

 

[OnBoard]

Ah, biggest improvement on the game 2, where GTX 465 lost to my GTX 280. So these drivers will make the card better than it. Seems I was right about the drivers

Yep, 10778 GPU score with that Galaxy and I got GPU: 10905 with my late GTX 280 stock.

Game test 1 is faster, but gametest 2 is slower. I got 32/31fps and 465 is 34/28.

...it has 8800GT worth of shaders more than a GTX 280, something iffy going on with drivers, if they can't get more performance out of there.

 

[mlee49]

Damn I want 98x AA!!!!1

Extreme!!!

Anyone say how big the download is? Assuming larger than normal.

Metro could barely run at 30fps w/ high and 4/8x AA/AF. I hope this maxes it out at 1200p for me.

 

[DigitalUK]

am i missing something ,whats with the big jump in version number 197.45 to 257.15

 

[Ramo1203]

They work fine for me. Even got rid of some small lag issue with BFBC2.

 

[mlee49]

am i missing something ,whats with the big jump in version number 197.45 to 257.15

Yeah I dont know why they jumped numbers.



Where's Sneekypeet when you need a 3x SLI bench w/96x AA? I need EXTREME runs!!!

* Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel setup page for SLI and PhysX for ultimate control over multi-gpu configurations.

Oh, I like this!

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

I did a Dirt 2 run i did lower frames are alot higher, im going to run DMC 4 bench now
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8046/dirt22010052419482460.jpg

Take note however, Dirt 2 bench isnt canned. Its realtime in game bench, and it can be possible that on one run, an ai crashed or spun, that would make a hit in fps since particles and car object will fly off.. and on another, a clean lap happened.. vantage shown some significant points however..

 

[LiveOrDie]

am i missing something ,whats with the big jump in version number 197.45 to 257.15

bets me

 

[DigitalUK]

nvidia rebadging again??

 

[erocker]

nvidia rebadging again??

Yes, as with every driver release, the new driver gets a new number. Call it a rebadge if you want.

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

No problems or crashes so far.. smoother framerates as well on some games. That graphical corruption evident from the leaked driver screenie didnt occur in BFBC2.. fine dining indeed