Version 285.38 Highlights

What’s New in Release 285

• Product Support
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
  • GeForce 405
• 3D Vision
  • 3D Vision is now enabled by default in the NVIDIA Control Panel --> Set Up Stereoscopic 3D page for notebooks that support 3D Vision.
  • Added support for viewing 3DVisionLive.com and YouTube 3D with NVIDIA SLI PCs.
    Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on 3D Vision Window Mode.
  • Windowed mode is the default viewing option for 3D Vision Photo Viewer.
  • Added the following 3D Vision game profiles:
    • Aion
    • Diablo 3
    • Dead Rising 2: Off The Record
    • From Dust
    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
    • Last Remnant Benchmark
    • Men of Assault Squad
    • Stock Car
  • Updated the following 3D Vision game profiles
    • Dirt 3 – updated the rating to Excellent.
• OpenGL
  • Support for OpenGL 4.2 for GeForce 400 series and 500 series GPUs

What’s New in Version 285.38

• This driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.11.06.21.
  NVIDIA GPU PhysX acceleration is available only on systems with GeForce 8 series and later GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. NVIDIA GPU PhysX acceleration is not available if there a non NVIDIA graphics processor in the system, even if it is not used for rendering.
• This driver package installs the HD audio driver, version 1.2.24.0.
• This drive offers the following game performance improvements:
  • Increased performance in Battlefield 3 by up to 38%.
  • Improved overall stability and image quality in Battlefield 3.
  • Improved compatibility and performance for RAGE.
  • Added or updated SLI profiles for Battlefield 3, Dead Island, Diablo III, Dragon Age 2,
    Need for Speed: The Run, and Saints Row: The Third.
  • Fixed a performance regression in 285.27 beta running Crysis 2 (DirectX 9).

Downloads:

• Desktop:
  
  
  • NVIDIA GeForce 285.38 Beta [Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit]
  • NVIDIA GeForce 285.38 Beta [Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit]
  
  
  • NVIDIA GeForce 285.38 Beta [Windows XP 32-bit]
  • NVIDIA GeForce 285.38 Beta [Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Server 2003 64-bit]


• Notebook:
  
  
  • NVIDIA GeForce Verde 285.38 Beta [Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit]
  • NVIDIA GeForce Verde 285.38 Beta [Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit]
  
  
  • NVIDIA GeForce Verde 266.58 WHQL [Windows XP 32-bit]
  • NVIDIA GeForce Verde 266.58 WHQL [Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Server 2003 64-bit]
  Beginnend mit der 270er-Treiberserie hat NVIDIA den Notebooktreiber-Support für Windows XP eingestellt. Der hier verlinkte Treiber ist damit der letzte und damit aktuellste offizielle WHQL-zertifizierte Verde-Treiber für mobile GeForce-Grafikkarten.

Links zum Thema:

• Control Panel User's Guide
• Release Notes für Windows XP
• Release Notes für Windows 7 und Vista
• Official BETA NVIDIA 285.38 Display Driver Feedback Thread