NVIDIA Beta Driver v182.05 (WinXP 32bit)

NVIDIA Beta Driver v182.05 (WinXP 32bit)

The latest drivers from Nvidia increase performance greatly for several games including FEAR 2, Fallout 3, Half Life 2,Left 4 Dead, Race Driver Grid, and other games.

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

New in Release 182.05:

Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.

Boosts performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 182.05 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):

Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.

Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.

Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.

Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.

Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.

Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.

Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.

Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

Existing Support:

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL including SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.

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. Learn more here. Note: GPU PhysX is supported on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.

Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #2. Download these free PhysX and CUDA applications now!

Supports CUDA.

Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX 295, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.