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Nvidia GeForce 296.10 WHQL

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Release Date: 2012.03.13

Win7/Vista x64:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit-english-whql.exe

Win7/Vista x32:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-win7-winvista-32bit-english-whql.exe

XP x64:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-winxp-64bit-english-whql.exe

XP x32:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-winxp-32bit-english-whql.exe

Highlights:

This is the second WHQL-certified driver from the R295 family of drivers (versions 295.xx to 299.xx).

This driver is a recommended upgrade for all GeForce users, especially those playing the latest hot PC games like Battlefield 3, Blacklight: Retribution, Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and more. These drivers come packed with GeForce-exclusive performance and quality enhancements and are Microsoft WHQL-certified.
New in Release 296.10

•Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 560 SE GPU.
•Updates PhysX System Software to version 9.12.0213.
•Boosts SLI performance in the following games:
◦Blacklight: Retribution – up to 1.8x performance increase
◦DiRT 3 – updated DX11 profile to improve menu performance
◦Dishonored
◦Dungeon Defenders
◦F1 2011 – improves performance with game patch 1.2
◦rFactor 2​
•Adds 3D Vision support for the following games:
◦Dear Esther – Rated Good
◦Deep Black: Reloaded – Rated 3D Vision Ready​
•Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes documentation for more details.
Highlight Summary for the R295 Family of Drivers

New features and performance since R285 WHQL-certified driver
•Game-changing performance boost of up to 45% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, “the fastest selling title in Steam’s history”
•Up to 2x performance Mass Effect 3 with SLI technology.
•GeForce-exclusive quality enhancements with ambient occlusion support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Diablo III, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
•New 3D Vision and SLI profiles for over 50 titles.
•New PhysX software for the best experience in top PhysX titles like Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.
•Enables WHQL-certified support for NVIDIA Surround on Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
•Updates HD Audio to version 1.3.12.0.
Other Details

•Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
•Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.
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Release Notes:

http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-Win7-WinVista-Desktop-Release-Notes.pdf
 
There are also new drivers (296.17) for Windows 8 Consumer Preview if anyone is still testing it, like myself.

This is a preview GeForce driver to be used only with the Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview. This driver should not be used with Windows Vista, Windows 7, or the Windows 8 Developer Preview.

This driver offers full support for the new Windows 8 display driver model WDDM 1.2.
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