NVidia GeForce/ION Beta Driver 260.63 - Windows 7 & Windows Vista 32-bit

Author: NVidia

Beta version 260.63 of Nvidia's GeForce and ION display drivers for 32-bit editions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista, adding support for the GeForce GTS 450 GPU and bringing more performance improvements.

This is a beta release from the Release 260 family of drivers. This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.

New in Release 260.63

New GPU Support

  • Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTS 450 GPU.

Performance

  • Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v258.96 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

    • GeForce GTX 480:

      • Up to 10% in StarCraft II (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
      • Up to 14% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 16% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 6% in Aliens vs. Predator (SLI – 1920x1200 noAA – Tessellation on)

    GeForce GTX 460:

      • Up to 19% in StarCraft II (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
      • Up to 15% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 12% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2560x1600 noAA)
      • Up to 9% in Aliens vs. Predator (1680x1050 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
      • Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1680x1050 noAA – Tessellation on)
      • Up to 11% in Dirt 2 (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 12% in Crysis:Warhead (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Gamer)
      • Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 12% in H.A.W.X (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF SSAO Very High)
      • Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
      • Up to 22% in Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (1920x1200 noAA)
      • Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Extreme Preset)
Other Improvements
  • Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514.
  • Improves compatibility for older PC games (DirectX 7 to DirectX 9) running on Windows 7 (examples: Gothic, Gothic II, Falcon 4.0: Allied Force, Links 2003, Independence War II - Edge of Chaos, and X2: Wolverine's Revenge).
  • Adds drag and drop display arrangement support to the “Set up multiple displays” page.
  • 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.
Filename: 260.63_desktop_win7_winvista_32bit_english_beta.exe
Size: 95.94 MB
Post Date: Sep 14, 2010 4:09am PDT
Last Updated: Oct 29, 2010 1:16pm PDT
Downloads: 184

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