NVIDIA ForceWare 158.18 for Windows Vista

Posted on Friday, April 27 2007 @ 13:51 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

NVIDIA released the ForceWare 158.18 drivers for Windows Vista.

Changelog:

WHQL Certified Driver
NVIDIA has a problem when trying to enable NVIDIA SLI using the international driver kit. If you are having problems enabling this feature, please download the U.S. English driver kit.
Adds support for GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, and GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, and GeForce 8300 GS GPUs.
Increased performance in 3D applications.
PureVideo HD support.
Add support for forcing Vertical Sync in DirectX applications.
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel with improved user interface (Please see the Release Notes for more details).
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.
This driver supports the following 3D features:
- Single GPU support
  - DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
  - DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8 series GPUs
  - OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
- NVIDIA SLI support
  - DirectX 9 support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
  - OpenGL support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8800 GPUs will be available in a future driver

You can find the drivers over here.

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