Essential Links for Downloading Nvidia and ATI Graphic Drivers

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Forceware 195.55 has been released and can be downloaded here:

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It contains various bug fixes as well improved support for latest game releases..

 

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Catalyst 9.11s are now avalable

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Wicked! Thanx for the heads up.

 

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As ever...Your welcome

 

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Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 195.62 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. They are a WHQL candidate which means they are likely to be identical to the official WHQL drivers to be released shortly. This version contains several bug fixes compared with the 195.55 Beta Forceware. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.

 

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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 195.62 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. These WHQL drivers are identical to the Beta 195.62 Forceware drivers released yesterday. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.

 

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ATI Catalyst 9.11 Hotfix to improve Dirt 2 performance

ATI Catalystâ„¢ Driver Hotfix to improve Dirt 2 performance

Problem Description:
ATI CrossFireXâ„¢ is not being utilized when playing Dirt 2.

Solution:
AMD has developed a Hotfix to resolve this issue. This Hotfix applies only to PCI-Express graphic card in the Radeonâ„¢ HD-series.

To download the Catalyst Driver Hotfix, please click on the links below:
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Note! This driver is provided as-is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above.



Applicable Products:

Software:

Dirt 2

ATI Catalystâ„¢ Control Center

Hardware:

ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 5000 Series
ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4000 Series
ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3000 Series
ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2000 Series

Operating System:

Windows 7® 32-bit Edition
Windows 7® 64-bit Edition
Windows Vista® 32-bit Edition
Windows Vista® 64-bit Edition
Windows® XP 32-bit Edition
Windows® XP 64-bit Edition

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Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 195.81 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. They are identical to the recent WHQL 195.62 drivers, but include fixes for Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta 2 and 3D Vision detection on CRT and DLP displays, and add new SLI and multi-GPU profiles for Avatar, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, and Wings of Prey. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.

 

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For those that are interested I've just found an early link for the Cat 9.12 version drivers:

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They officially go up tomorrow so I'll post that link too..

 

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As promised the link for the officially released Catalysts 9.12 is here:

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There are a range of bugfixes and a new CCC.
The release notes are here:

http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_912_release_notes.pdf

 

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ATI has released a Link Removed graphics driver. This hotfix is essentially a beta which is newer than the recent Official 9.12 Catalysts. Specifically it resolves the mouse being enlarged under Windows 7, improves the performance of OpenGL games, provides support for CrossFireX on Eyefinity setups, OpenCL and DisplayPort Audio support, and has several other fixes.

 

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Here is a later version of the 9.12 Cats.. I'm currently running them and seem to be pretty good...

They are newer then 9.12.. 8.70-091210a-092787E-ATI

Enjoy them

Win7 64bit
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New Drivers!!! - Guru3D.com Forums

 

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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 196.21 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. These WHQL drivers add SLI and multi-GPU support for a range of games including Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dirt 2 and Serious Sam HD. They also contain various bug fixes. The driver package contains the 9.09.1112 PhysX drivers.

 

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Catalyst 10.1 (8.70) can be downloaded from here:

8.70 RC1 Jan.5 2010 (Cat 10.x) Win7/Vista - Guru3D.com Forums

 

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Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 196.34 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. They fix a bug in the 196.21 Forceware drivers which prevented GPU overclocking. The package also contains the 9.09.1112 PhysX drivers.

 

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AMD/ATI have officially released Cat 10.1: Link Removed

The release notes can be found here: http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_101_release_notes.pdf

Performance gains are seen for Crysis and Left for Dead as well various bug fixes for 7 and vista..

 

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ATI has released a Link Removed graphics driver. This hotfix driver resolves intermittent grey screen and vertical line corruptions which can occur on HD 5800 series graphics cards.

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ATI has released the Link Removed graphics drivers for the HD2000 series and newer. This version introduces CrossFireX improvements, including application profiles, Eyefinity, PowerPlay and DisplayPort audio support. There are also performance improvements for the HD5000 series in Dirt 2, Battleforge, Unigine Heaven and Chronicles of Riddick, and a range of fixes.

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I just discovered these leaked 10.3 Cats.. Catalyst 10.3pre (8.71) leaked (Win7/Vista) - Guru3D.com Forums

I'm currently downloading these as they are reportedly the fastest drivers to date. Will let you know what I find..

 

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ATI has released a Link Removed graphics driver. This hotfix driver is for the HD4700, HD4800 and HD5000 series under Windows Vista and 7. It resolves freezes in DX11 mode in the game Aliens vs. Predator, as well as resolving an issue where the mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random in Windows 7.

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