This is a WHQL driver supporting GeForce 6 7 8 9 100 and 200 series desktop GPUs

New in Release 185 drivers
Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU
Adds support for Ambient Occlusion ndash the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs
Adds support for CUDA 2 2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications See CUDA for more details
Expands GPU hardware acceleration for the NVIDIA Video Encoding library to GPUs with less than 32 cores Applications using this library include CyberLink PowerDirector 7 Nero Move it 1 5 Loilo SuperLoiloScope MARS and CyberLink MediaShow Espresso
Accelerates performance in several 3D applications The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs Release 181 drivers results will vary depending on your GPU system configuration and game settings
Up to 25 performance increase in The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena
Up to 22 performance increase in Crysis Warhead with antialiasing enabled
Up to 11 performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
Up to 14 performance increase in Far Cry 2
Up to 30 performance increase in Half Life 2 engine games with 3 way and 4 way SLI
Up to 45 performance increase in Mirror rsquo s Edge with antialiasing enabled
Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9 09 0408
Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack 3 Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now
Numerous bug fixes Refer to the release documentation notes
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here