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nVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver 196.75 WHQL for Windows XP

    Comments 1    2010 03 02   17898 views
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Official, WHQL Certified Drivers for nVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, for Windows XP/ 2000/ Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows XP x64/ Server 2003 x64 OS.
nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers has the following other editions available: nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows 9x/Me, nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows NT, nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows Vista (32-bit), nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows XP/2003 (64-bit), nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows XP Media Center and nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows Vista (64-bit).

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 196.21:
    * 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. 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.

Existing Support:
    * Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here.
    * 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 CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.
    * Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
    * Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. This driver installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.1112. Learn more here.
    * Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
    * 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 200 series: GTS 240, GT 230, GTX 280, GTS 250, 210, 205, GT 220, GTX 295, G210, GTX 285, GTX 275, GTX 260, GT 240
GeForce 100 series: GT 140, GT 120, G 100, GT 130
GeForce 9 series: 9400 GT, 9800 GT, 9500 GS, 9300 GS, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9200, 9300, 9600 GT, 9500 GT, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9300 GE, 9400, 9800 GX2
GeForce 8 series: 8800 GT, 8500 GT, 8300, 8800 Ultra, 8800 GTS, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8600 GTS, 8400, 8800 GTS 512, 8600 GS, 8800 GTX, 8600 GT, 8300 GS, 8200, 8800 GS, 8100 / nForce 720a
GeForce 7 series: 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7650 GS, 7800 SLI, 7300 LE, 7900 GS, 7600 GS, 7950 GX2, 7600 GT, 7950 GT, 7500 LE, 7900 GT/GTO, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7100 GS, 7550 LE, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7300 GS, 7800 GTX, 7350 LE, 7900 GTX, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7800 GS, 7300 GT, 7600 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 6 series: 6600 VE, 6600 GT, 6150 LE, 6200 A-LE, 6150SE nForce 430, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 420, 6800 XE, 6500, 6800 GS, 6200, 6250, 6800 XT, 6610 XL, 6600, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6800 LE, 6800, 6200 LE, 6700 XL, 6100 nForce 400, 6200SE TurboCache, 6200 TurboCache, 6150, 6800 GT, 6800 GS/XT, 6100, 6600 LE, 6800 Ultra
ION series: ION, ION LE

Download Release Notes [PDF]

Download for Windows XP/ Media Center Edition

Download for Windows XP x64, Server 2003 x64

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    kash 9 March 2010 04:43:
    196.75 Alert!
    We are aware that some customers have reported fan speed issues with the latest 196.75 WHQL drivers on NVIDIA.com. Until we can verify and root cause this issue, we recommend that customers do not download this driver. Instead, please stay with, or return to 196.21 WHQL drivers. Release 196.75 drivers have been temporarily removed from our website and we also are asking our partners and others to remove temporarily this 196.75 WHQL driver as well.
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