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NVIDIA 260.99 WHQL drivers released

By | October 25, 2010, 3:31pm PDT

NVIDIA has posted a second driver update in the space of a week.

New in Release 260.99

  • Increases performance vs. v260.89 drivers in the following PC games: Civilization V (SLI), Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIV and F1 2010 (DX11).
  • Adds SLI profiles for the following PC games:
    • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
    • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
    • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Improves compatibility for Fallout 3: New Vegas with antialiasing enabled.
  • Improves Alt-Tab compatibility for several PC games.
  • Added the following 3D Vision game profiles: Call of Duty: Black Ops and Tom Clancy’s HawX 2.
  • With Release 260 drivers, the installation process for 3D Vision has changed. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on the changes.

Additional Information

  • Installs HD Audio driver to version 1.1.9.0.
  • Includes PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514.
  • Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe CS5.
  • Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1.
  • Supports the new version of MotionDSP’s video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output.
  • Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
  • Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
  • Supports OpenGL 4.1 for GeForce 400 series GPUs.
  • Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
  • Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

 Grab the drivers direct from NVIDIA.

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