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This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

New in Version 196.21

• Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Avatar Demo, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, City Bus Simulator, Dirt 2, Ferrari Virtual Race, GREED: Black Border, Mass Effect 2, Mortal Online, Ninja Blade, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Demo, Planet 51, RUSE, Serious Sam HD, and Wings of Prey.
• Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.09.1112.
• Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.

Existing Support:

• Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Learn more here.
• Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements. See CUDA Zone for more details.
• Supports NVIDIA 3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.
• 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.
• 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.
• This driver installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.1112. Learn more here.
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• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Bohužel se v této verzi vyskytl jeden vcelku závažný problém. Není totiž možné měnit frekvence jádra a shaderů u karet série 8000 a vyšší v RivaTuneru a nástrojích využívajících jeho jádro (MSI Afterburner a EVGA Precision). Podle Alexeye Nicolaychuka (Unwider), autora RivaTuneru, změnila nVidia způsob, jakým jsou identifikovány části čipu s jinou frekvencí, než na které běží zbytek jádra (tzv. “Clock Domains“). Alexey označil tento problém jako bug a osobně ho na uživatelskou podporu reportoval.

Good news, I've implemented a workaround allowing to restore overclocking for 196.21 by means of using bugged IDs used in this version as well as provide the compatibility containing the fix from NVIDIA side in future NVIDIA drivers. Quote from the changes list:


- Added workaround for overclocking bug of ForceWare 196.21. Please take a note
that the workaround is applied only to 196.00 - 196.21 driver versions range
in order to ensure compatibility with future fixed NVIDIA drivers.
That is wny you may need to force the workaround via ClockDomainIdWorkaround
configuration file entry if NVIDIA release a few more versions affected by
this problem prior to fixing it
- Added workaround for overclocking bug of ForceWare 196.21. Please take a note
that the workaround is applied only to 196.00 - 196.21 driver versions range
in order to ensure compatibility with future fixed NVIDIA drivers.
That is wny you may need to force the workaround via ClockDomainIdWorkaround
configuration file entry if NVIDIA release a few more versions affected by
this problem prior to fixing it


I guess we'll upload beta 5 tomorrow (probably even today), allow you to test it a bit then incorporate the same workaround into EVGA Precision (unfortunately we don't use public beta releases approach with Precision like we do with Afterburner)

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"Added workaround for overclocking bug of ForceWare 196.21. Please take a note that the workaround is applied only to 196.00 - 196.21 driver versions range in order to ensure compatibility with future fixed NVIDIA drivers"