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vr-zone.com - 10/16/2008

Technology Beats -Nvidia Forceware 180 Series Preview

— vr-zone.com — Ever since we got our hands on the 180.10 Forceware drivers, we were wondering whether it will be what Nvidia has been talking about, the "Big Bang II". "Big Bang II" drivers has thus far, rumoured to enable SLI with multi monitor support. Has it been ... (more) Technology Beats -Nvidia Forceware 180 Series Preview

Video Cards

SLI

NVIDIA

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en.expreview.com - 10/21/2008

SLI licensing charges 5 USD per mobo

— en.expreview.com — Now everyone knows that Intel X58 mainboard is SLI capable. But you are not getting SLI enable for free. Sources told us if company want to enable SLI on their X58, they need to send examples to NVIDIA for certification, and after that NVIDIA will ... (more) SLI licensing charges 5 USD per mobo

Motherboards and Memory

SLI

X58

eVGA

ASUS

Rampage II Extreme

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vr-zone.com - 10/23/2008

X58 SLI Test On 3DMark Vantage

— vr-zone.com — We have decided to check out some quick X58 SLI action ourselves on the 3DMark Vantage and compared a single GTX280 vs GTX280 SLI on the ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 motherboard and Core i7-965 XE ... (more) X58 SLI Test On 3DMark Vantage

Motherboards and Memory

SLI

X58

ASUS

Crysis

3DMark Vantage

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• JustJosh

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  Nvidia releases drivers fast, I remember a few days ago I downloaded the 178_13 or whatever they were. I wonder how great of an impact these new ones will make?

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• hiveminded

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  LOL i actually needed these drivers for my Alienware Aurora laptop. A 15% speed increase in Bioshock DX10 for free? Not to shabby... but what? No WoW boost?! The lies!

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  • JustJosh

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    Was is a "real" performance boost, as in, could you tell? Or is this one of those "benchmark" increases?

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    • hiveminded

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      You know i can't actually tell. The shadows look prettier i think, but i'm not sure if that's just the fact that I read it would be faster and my mind's trying to agree, lol.

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ForceWare 178.15 drivers support new chipsets, old GPUs
The Tech Report: News — ... to wait six months for a new a WHQL-certified driver release earlier this year. It's therefore unusual to see Nvidia roll out new, WHQL-certified ForceWare drivers for its GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and GTX 200 cards barely three weeks after the previous release . Of course, the move has to do with the release of the company's new GeForce 9-series integrated graphics chipsets . Today's ForceWare 178.24 drivers support all of the aforementioned GPUs and chipsets in Windows Vista x86 , Windows Vista x64 , Windows XP , and Windows XP ...

Nvidia GeForce Release 178.24 WHQL (Win XP)
DriverHeaven.net — ... GeForce 6600 GT GeForce 6600 GeForce 6500 GeForce 6250 GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™ GeForce 6200 TurboCache™ GeForce 6200 LE GeForce 6200 A-LE GeForce 6200 GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 GeForce 6150 LE GeForce 6150 GeForce 6100 nForce 420 GeForce 6100 nForce 405 GeForce 6100 nForce 400 GeForce 6100 Release Notes (v178.24) New Control Panel User's Guide Download: 32 Bit / 64 Bit ...

Nvidia GeForce Release 178.24 WHQL (Win Vista)
DriverHeaven.net — ... LE GeForce 6600 GT GeForce 6600 GeForce 6500 GeForce 6250 GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™ GeForce 6200 TurboCache™ GeForce 6200 LE GeForce 6200 A-LE GeForce 6200 GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 GeForce 6150 LE GeForce 6150 GeForce 6100 nForce 420 GeForce 6100 nForce 405 GeForce 6100 nForce 400 GeForce 6100 Release Notes - 178.24 Control Panel User's Guide Download: 32 Bit / 64 Bit ...

NVIDIA releases 178.24 drivers
Icrontic — Supporting both Windows XP and Vista in x86-32 and x86-64 varieties, this WHQL release adds a host of new features and fixes to the popular ForceWare drivers. Hit the jump for a list of features or proceed directly to the download for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 and GTX 200-series GPUs. WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6-series, 7-series, 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs. Adds support for GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, 9500 GT, and 9400 GT GPUs. Adds support for NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated ...

New Forceware 178.24 Drivers Released, Claims 15% FPS Improvement in COD4
Maximum PC — Nvidia this week has released new WHQL videocard drivers - version 178.24 - applicable for GeForce 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, and 200-series owners. The 85MB download sports a number of improvements, including PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-, 9-, and 200 series GPUs with at least 256MB of graphics memory. Intel X5400XS motherboard owners can now run up to 3-way SLI with the new driver package. Gaming looks to get a sizable boost with the new drivers as well. Nvidia claims both Call of Duty 4 and Bioshock (DX10) will see a 15 percent gain by running 178.24, while Assassin's Creed (DX10) will get an 11 percent bump on a single card setup. For ...