197.75 BETA driver released (GeForce GTX 470/480)

197.75 driver released (GeForce GTX 470/480) UPDATE: NOW WHQL

New drivers have appeared on NVIDIA's website originally meant for the GeForce GTX 470 and 480 GPUs only. Note that these are BETA drivers, and do not have WHQL certification.

Version: 197.75
Release Date: May 3, 2010



Forceware 197.75 Win 7 | Vista 64-bit Beta
Forceware 197.75 Win 7 | Vista 32-bit Beta
Forceware 197.75 Win XP 32-bit Beta


Windows XP x64 (64-bit) - http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64-197.75-beta.html

EDIT 5/10/2010 - Driver now WHQL Certified:

Windows XP x86 (32-bit): http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-197.75-whql.html

Windows XP x64 (64-bit): http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64-197.75-whql.html

Windows Vista / Windows 7 x86 (32-bit): http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-32bit-197.75-whql.html

Windows Vista / Windows 7 x64 (64-bit): http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-197.75-whql.html

 

why there're 2 beta versions today?

 

0_o, so okay..... are these pretty much the same as 197.55.... with optimization for APB?

i'd like me some drivers nvidia promised us (cough 256 cough)

 

early APB beta didnt have any problems with my card, its just old UT engine

 

That's it? cmon... Really a new patch for a beta of a game?

 

If it's an Unreal engine game those changes could be interesting though. I'll give it a try.

 

Seriously, wth is going on with Nvidia's driver dept.

Where are the 256.xx drivers and why even bother with a driver release for an unreleased game? How about support for a released game like SC:Conviction.

Very poor showing IMHO.

 

So it wasn't just me that I couldn't get it to show a profile for Splinter Cell Conviction or Assassin's Creed 2?

 

No profile for Conviction but I see a profile for AC2.

 

Thanks for the update Guess I tried the wrong .exe in the first place.

 

I can confirm what Wanny said, there is an AC2 one but nothing for SC

You can make your own working SLI profile using nHancer by using the SC-Double Agent profile as a base. Obviously delete all the 'DA exe's' and add the SC-Conviction exe.

Enable AFR2 and use '00000041 Unreal 3' (3rd one down) under AA Compatibility.

Didn't really see any huge FPS jumps but the 2nd card did kick in (which it hadn't done beforehand).

 

ac2 is also with 197.41, same with 197.59 quadro.

 

Working good so far on 280's...THEY PRETTY STUPID FOR MAKING SEP DRIVERS ,Y DO IT NOW ..THEY DID THIS LAST TIME WITH 200SERIES N STOPED NOW 400 THEYDOING TOO LOL

 

They should have just added the GTX 480 4-way SLi support into the other hotfix driver, then they would have only needed to release the 1x hotfix, the muppets.

 

does this driver fix custom EVR in media player classic home cinema?

 

Going to try these out , feedback later.

 

These arn't downclocking for me, anyone else got the same problem? Gonna reinstall .55 and see if it fixes it!

Edit:

Reinstalled .55 and the downclocking issue went away.

 

Well I installed these and absolutely nothing changed, as expected.

 

Yeah, I'm not even going to bother. It would be nice to see a new driver sometime in May that adds some real performance gains, and fixes.

 

Fixing the stutter in Battlefield Bad co 2 MP and the 59hz refresh bug would be nice too.