ATI Catalyst 8.10 Oficial

Lançado a versão 8.10 do pacote de drivers Catalyst da ATI. Abaixo temos algumas características e link para download.

Highlights of the Catalyst 8.10 Windows release include:
Performance improvements
•    Unreal Tournament 3: Performance increases of up to 15% are seen when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series or ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series of products
•    Prey: Performance increases between 2% to 5% are seen on ATI CrossFire™ configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series, and  ATI Radeon ™ HD 3800 Series of products

New Features
Catalyst Control Center enhancements:
•    This release of Catalyst™ introduces fan control (within the ATI Catalyst Control Center Overdrive tab) for the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series of products, giving users greater control and flexibility when over-clocking their graphics accelerator
•    This release of Catalyst™ introduces the Force Component Video detection option (within the ATI Catalyst Control Center Display Options tab) which enables to users to force certain Component Video modes to be shown in the Catalyst Control Center Displays Manager.  This feature is designed for user having trouble properly setting up their Component Video display.

DOWNLOAD – Catalyst 8.10 / AMD.com

Fonte: Adrenaline

Nvidia GeForce 178.24 Oficial

Dando sequencia aos lançamentos de drivers para placas de vídeo a Nvidia também lançou uma nova versão, precisamente a versão 178.24. Abaixo principais características e link para download.

New in Version 178.24:
* Adds support for newly-released GeForce 9-series motherboard GPUs.
* Includes several application compatibility fixes. Please read the release documentation for more details.

Release 178 Highlights:
* WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6-series, 7-series, 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
* Adds support for GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, 9500 GT and 9400 GT GPUs.
* Adds support for NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory (this driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.09.04).
* Experience GPU PhysX acceleration in several full games and demos today by downloading the GeForce Power Pack.
* Adds support for 2-way and 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology with GeForce GTX 200-series GPUs on Intel® D5400XS motherboards.
* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way and Quad SLI technology.
* Supports CUDA™.
* Supports NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology.
* Supports Folding@home distributing computing application. Download the high performance client for NVIDIA GPUs here and join the NVIDIA team: #131015.
* Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
* Includes several 3D application performance improvements. The following are examples of improvements measured with v178.24 WHQL versus v175.19 WHQL driver:
o Single GPU increases up to 11% in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset)
o Single GPU increases up to 11% in Assassin’s Creed DX10
o Single GPU increases up to 15% in Bioshock DX10
o Single GPU increases up to 15% in Call of Duty 4
o Single GPU increases up to 8% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
o 2-way SLI increases up to 7% in Bioshock DX10
o 2-way SLI increases up to 10% in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts DX10
o 2-way SLI increases up to 12% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
o 2-way SLI increases up to 10% in World in Conflict DX10
* Includes numerous 3D application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

DOWNLOAD GeForce 178.24 WHQL XP 32-bit
DOWNLOAD GeForce 178.24 WHQL XP 64-bit
DOWNLOAD GeForce 178.24 WHQL Vista 32-bit
DOWNLOAD GeForce 178.24 WHQL Vista 64-bit

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Nova versão dos drivers nForce

Além dos drivers para suas placas de vídeo a Nvidia também lançou uma nova versão dos drivers para as mainboards com chipset nForce. Abaixo maiores detalhes e links para download do nForce Driver 20.08.

Release highlights:
* Ethernet Diver (v67.86.2) WHQL
* NAM (v.67.93)
* Sata/IDE Driver (v10.3.0.42) WHQL
* RAID Driver (v10.3.0.42) WHQL
* RAIDTOOL (v10.3.0.42)
* SM Bus (v4.69) WHQL
* SMU (v1.61) WHQL
* GPU Driver (v178.13) WHQL
* AwyMode driver (v.6.0.6000.107)WHQL
* Installer (v6.14)

Products supported:
* nForce 790i Ultra SLI
* nForce 790i SLI
* nForce 780i SLI
* nForce 750i SLI
* nForce 730i, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9400
* nForce 680i SLI
* nForce 680i LT SLI
* nForce 650i SLI
* nForce 650i Ultra
* nForce 630i/GeForce 7150
* nForce 630i/GeForce 7100
* nForce 630i
* nForce 630a/GeForce 7050 PV
* nForce 630a/GeForce 7025
* nForce 610i/GeForce 7050

DOWNLOAD nForce-Driver 20.08 WHQL XP 32-bit
DOWNLOAD nForce-Driver 20.08 WHQL XP 64-bit
DOWNLOAD nForce-Driver 20.08 WHQL Vista 64-bit
DOWNLOAD nForce-Driver 20.08 WHQL Vista 32-bit

Fonte: Adrenaline