NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38

Dark Atheist · July 21st, 2009

Thanks to LordofLA on IRC for letting me know that NVIDIA have released a new set of WHQL drivers for your downloading pleasure. The drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION GPUs.

New in Release 190.38
- Adds support for OpenGL 3.1
- Adds support for CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details.
- Adds a new user-controlled power management setting for GeForce 9-series and later graphics cards (cards must already support more than one power state). This option allows users to set a performance level for each DirectX or OpenGL application.
- Includes several new control panel features and numerous bug fixes. More information can be found in the release documentation.

Existing Support:
- Supports Microsoft’s new DirectX Compute API on Windows 7.
- Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL,including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
- Installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0428.
- Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects.
- Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
- Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

So far, feedback suggests that these drivers are pretty good.

Download: NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38

News Source: NVIDIA Homepage

**epk** · July 21st, 2009

just saw it at guru3D.. seems to be a good set (only tested with tf2 so far tho)

hehe, btw.. just realized that not only its not necessary to uninstall previous drivers anymore, but u dont even need to reboot after installing

so cool! (yes, bring on the "welcome to 2006" cmts xD)

Dark Atheist · July 21st, 2009

i still uninstalled the old ones first and then rebooted, force of habit

**epk** · July 23rd, 2009

heheh, thats cool. i still have driver cleaner installed just in case ;D

well, i tried them with ut3.. woah, the IQ is pretty darn great! i see some slowdowns on physx maps with my 8800gt.. im gonna check on that, maybe its just the physx driver messed up

**LordOfLA** · July 24th, 2009

thats normal. by using GPU physics you are taking processing power away from 3d processing.

**epk** · July 24th, 2009

i kno.. they just seemed a little bigger than with previous drivers.
of course it coudl've been just me :] heheh

July 21st, 2009	Top \| #1
Dark Atheist I never said I was nice Joined: April 2003 Location: In The Void Posts: 6,346 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 1877 Power: 0	NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38 Thanks to LordofLA on IRC for letting me know that NVIDIA have released a new set of WHQL drivers for your downloading pleasure. The drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION GPUs. New in Release 190.38 - Adds support for OpenGL 3.1 - Adds support for CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details. - Adds a new user-controlled power management setting for GeForce 9-series and later graphics cards (cards must already support more than one power state). This option allows users to set a performance level for each DirectX or OpenGL application. - Includes several new control panel features and numerous bug fixes. More information can be found in the release documentation. Existing Support: - Supports Microsoft’s new DirectX Compute API on Windows 7. - Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL,including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards. - Installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0428. - Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. - Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now! - Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software. So far, feedback suggests that these drivers are pretty good. Download: NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38 News Source: NVIDIA Homepage

July 21st, 2009	Top \| #2
epk OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: October 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 1,242 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 951 Power: 86	Re: Geforce/ion driver release 190 just saw it at guru3D.. seems to be a good set (only tested with tf2 so far tho) hehe, btw.. just realized that not only its not necessary to uninstall previous drivers anymore, but u dont even need to reboot after installing so cool! (yes, bring on the "welcome to 2006" cmts xD) My Battlefield 2 Stats Page My Youtube account, I have some cool game videos there << check it!! (:

July 21st, 2009	Top \| #3
Dark Atheist I never said I was nice Joined: April 2003 Location: In The Void Posts: 6,346 Blog Entries: 8 Reputation: 1877 Power: 0	Re: NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38 i still uninstalled the old ones first and then rebooted, force of habit

July 23rd, 2009	Top \| #4
epk OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: October 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 1,242 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 951 Power: 86	Re: NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38 heheh, thats cool. i still have driver cleaner installed just in case ;D well, i tried them with ut3.. woah, the IQ is pretty darn great! i see some slowdowns on physx maps with my 8800gt.. im gonna check on that, maybe its just the physx driver messed up My Battlefield 2 Stats Page My Youtube account, I have some cool game videos there << check it!! (:

July 24th, 2009	Top \| #5
LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 209	Re: NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38 thats normal. by using GPU physics you are taking processing power away from 3d processing. If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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July 24th, 2009	Top \| #6
epk OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: October 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 1,242 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 951 Power: 86	Re: NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 190.38 i kno.. they just seemed a little bigger than with previous drivers. of course it coudl've been just me :] heheh My Battlefield 2 Stats Page My Youtube account, I have some cool game videos there << check it!! (:

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