NVidia WHQL 266.58 Driver Released

[jerreece]

Just in case you haven't seen this yet. I haven't downloaded and tried them yet myself. I'll have to download after work tonight! I tried the 265.35 driver (Beta Version) and had problems with BFBC2 so I reverted to 260.99.

http://blogs.nvidia.com/2011/01/download-the-new-nvidia-265-whql-certified-drivers/

New in Release 266.58

GPU Support

* Supports the newly released GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 570 GPUs.

Performance

* Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. the latest Release 260 drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:

o Up to 7% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
o Up to 12% in Battleforge (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Very High)
o Up to 11% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
o Up to 7% in Dirt 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
o Up to 7% in Far Cry 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
o Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Dark Tower)
o Up to 5% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
o Up to 9% in Stone Giant (SLI 1920x1200, DOF on)
o Up to 8% in Unigine Heaven v2.1 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

* Improves performance in Final Fantasy XI on GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs.

Download from nVidia

Win 7 & Vista 64bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-266.58-whql-driver.html

Win 7 & Vista 32bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-32bit-266.58-whql-driver.html

Win XP 32bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-266.58-whql-driver.html

Win Xp 64bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64-266.58-whql-driver.html

 

[Tamz_msc]

Wow, the made the XP version slimmer at 56 MB!

 

[jerreece]

Wow I didn't even notice that. Amazing isn't it...? Makes you wonder.

I find it interesting though that there is a Win 7/Vista 64bit, but not an XP. All the while, there is a WinXp 32bit but not a Win7/Vista 32bit available as of now.

 

[55Range]

Thxs for the up/

 

[jerreece]

Updated links, there are now 266.58 drivers for all Windows OS versions.

 

[jerreece]

It appears SLI now works in 3dMark11 with these new 266.58 drivers. I installed them, and the SystemInfo update for 3dMark11. I went from a score of P4300 to P7597.

 

[plznote]

Nice!
I'll try these.
Although i have a 9 series card.

 

[Digital Dissent]

oooo....nice. Gonna go try it on my 570 now. The 265 beta's were unstable, bsod alot. This looks more promising.

 

[jerreece]

Played BFBC2 for about 3 hours tonight. Not glitches at all. So they fixed the BFBC2 bug that they had in the Beta drivers.