NVIDIA GeForce 196.21 WHQL Drivers Released

btarunr · Jan 19, 2010, 10:34 AM

NVIDIA today released a new version of its GeForce driver suite. Version 196.21 is WHQL signed, and brings in a number of changes including SLI multi-GPU optimisations for several new and upcoming PC games, updates to the PhysX system software component, and a number of bug fixes as described in the Release Notes documents (for Windows 7 and Vista, and Windows XP). The GeForce 196.21 WHQL driver suite provides system software for NVIDIA GeForce desktop and mobile graphics processors, NVIDIA ION platform, along with Graphics Plus components such as CUDA, PhysX, 3D Vision, etc. A list of changes in the new version is as follows:

Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Avatar Demo, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, City Bus Simulator, Dirt 2, Ferrari Virtual Race, GREED: Black Border, Mass Effect 2, Mortal Online, Ninja Blade, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Demo, Planet 51, RUSE, Serious Sam HD, and Wings of Prey.
Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.09.1112.
Includes numerous bug fixes.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 196.21 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit | Windows 7/Vista 32-bit | Windows XP 32-bit | Windows XP 64-bit

Rakesh95 · Jan 19, 2010, 10:42 AM

I just downloaded 195.62 30 minutes ago, DAMMIT

RallyRoach · Jan 19, 2010, 12:05 PM

Anyone have the complete bug fix list? Curious whether they fixed the L4D2 crash bug with the 8800 series

btarunr · Jan 19, 2010, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RallyRoach

Anyone have the complete bug fix list? Curious whether they fixed the L4D2 crash bug with the 8800 series

If you read the news post, you're answered.

RallyRoach · Jan 19, 2010, 12:16 PM

Doh, missed that. And no, they don't list it as fixed...

newfellow · Jan 19, 2010, 02:12 PM

So only reason they released these was that 'GenL' has more work to do. Nice

Csokis · Jan 19, 2010, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RallyRoach

Anyone have the complete bug fix list? Curious whether they fixed the L4D2 crash bug with the 8800 series

Disable vsync and AA and play game without crash.

Lame nV.

RallyRoach · Jan 19, 2010, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Csokis

Disable vsync and AA and play game without crash.

Lame nV.

Yep, plus I had to scale all the details levels back to Medium

On the upside, I can see just fine during the "storm" on Hard Rain...

Assimilator · Jan 19, 2010, 04:00 PM

You might want to hold off on installing these drivers if you overclock your GPU, as it seems nVidia have messed something up which means no GFX overclocking tools (neither nVidia's nor 3rd-party) work with this driver set.

Csokis, Rallyroach: please consider filling in your PC specs so we know what hardware you're running. Also you can then use your sig for other, more important stuff.

skylamer · Jan 19, 2010, 04:24 PM

gratz

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...ease_Notes.pdf
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...tart_Guide.pdf

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johnspack · Jan 19, 2010, 04:33 PM

Has anyone tried Afterburner with this driver yet? The voltage settings I'm sure work, but no ocing?

ONEoo7 · Jan 19, 2010, 06:22 PM

Has anyone experienced slow motion effect in games with the 195.62, 195.81beta & 196.21? I am currently using 191.07 and it's smooth. Anything below 195 works great but I wanted the latest driver

bogmali · Jan 20, 2010, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Assimilator

You might want to hold off on installing these drivers if you overclock your GPU, as it seems nVidia have messed something up which means no GFX overclocking tools (neither nVidia's nor 3rd-party) work with this driver set.

+1

MSI's Afterburner and EVGA's Precision tools do not play nice with this driver set. On precision, the shader clocks are "greyed out"

dark2099 · Jan 20, 2010, 09:16 PM

Figured I post this here, was just checking out eVGA's forums to see if/what was being done about lack of support for OCing with new drivers. They know about and are working on it, that's all I saw but figured some might like to know about it.

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btarunr Editor & Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 14,983 (7.29/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 12,911 Times in 5,655 Posts System Specs	NVIDIA GeForce 196.21 WHQL Drivers Released NVIDIA today released a new version of its GeForce driver suite. Version 196.21 is WHQL signed, and brings in a number of changes including SLI multi-GPU optimisations for several new and upcoming PC games, updates to the PhysX system software component, and a number of bug fixes as described in the Release Notes documents (for Windows 7 and Vista, and Windows XP). The GeForce 196.21 WHQL driver suite provides system software for NVIDIA GeForce desktop and mobile graphics processors, NVIDIA ION platform, along with Graphics Plus components such as CUDA, PhysX, 3D Vision, etc. A list of changes in the new version is as follows: Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Avatar Demo, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, City Bus Simulator, Dirt 2, Ferrari Virtual Race, GREED: Black Border, Mass Effect 2, Mortal Online, Ninja Blade, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Demo, Planet 51, RUSE, Serious Sam HD, and Wings of Prey. Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.09.1112. Includes numerous bug fixes. DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 196.21 WHQL for Windows 7/Vista 64-bit \| Windows 7/Vista 32-bit \| Windows XP 32-bit \| Windows XP 64-bit Last edited by btarunr; Jan 19, 2010 at 10:39 AM.

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