NVIDIA counters X1800 launch with ForceWare 81.84

It looks like NVIDIA is trying to disrupt ATI's X1K family launch a bit by launching a new beta driver which adds support for Black and White 2, mixed vendor SLI support, performance enhancements for dual-core processors and some features to counter ATI's Avivo.

Features:

BETA driver to support the availability of the game Black and White 2

Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI

Performance enhancements for Dual-core CPUs

PureVideo high definition de-interlacing support

Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV

Microsoft DirectX 9.0c and OpenGL 2.0 support

You can download the driver here.