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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 185.85 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These WHQL certified drivers are for the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 100 and 200 series. They contain various bug fixes, improve GPU acceleration on some cards, and provide performance increases over the 182 Forceware series. The package also contains the 9.09.0408 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 186.08 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These drivers are for all GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards and contain various bug fixes. The package also contains the 9.09.0428 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 186.03 driver for Windows Vista and Windows 7. These drivers are only for notebook graphics cards, specifically the GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, and 200M series, and contain a range of improvements. The package also includes the 9.09.0203 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 186.18 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These WHQL certified drivers are for the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 100 and 200 series. They contain various bug fixes, improve GPU acceleration on some cards, and provide performance increases over the 181 Forceware series. The package also contains the 9.09.0428 PhysX drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 190.38 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These drivers are for all GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. The drivers add support for OpenGL 3.1, add support for CUDA 2.3, and add several new control panel features including a new user-controlled power management setting for the GeForce 9 series and above. The package also contains the 9.09.0428 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 186.34 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These WHQL certified drivers are specifically for the new GeForce GT 220 graphics card. There are no release notes available.
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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 190.38 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These WHQL certified drivers are for all GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. The drivers appear to be identical to the 190.38 Beta Forceware released a few days ago. They add support for OpenGL 3.1 and CUDA 2.3, and include several new control panel features such as a user-controlled power management setting for the GeForce 9 series and above. The package also contains the 9.09.0428 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 190.56 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are a special release for GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200 and Quadro series cards, adding OpenGL 3.2 support. Since they are released on the Nvidia Developer site, they should be considered experimental.
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/opengl_3_driver.html

Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 190.62 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These WHQL certified drivers are for all GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. The drivers add WHQL support on Windows 7 for Microsoft’s new DirectX GPU Computing API: DirectCompute, improve performance in the latest PhysX titles such as Batman: Arkham Asylum and Darkest of Days, and have a range of bug fixes. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 190.57 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are a special release for GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200 and Quadro series cards, providing OpenGL 3.2 and GLSL 1.50 support. Since they are released on the Nvidia Developer site, they should be considered experimental.
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/opengl_3_driver.html

Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 186.81 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These WHQL certified drivers are for most GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M, Quadro NVS and Quadro FX series notebook graphics cards. The drivers include several application compatibility fixes. The package also contains the 9.09.0428 PhysX drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?

Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 191.03 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. This version adds OpenGL 3.2 support, improves performance in several games including ArmA 2, CoJ: Bound in Blood, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2 and Prototype, adds SLI support for various games, and resolves a range of bugs, including 3D to 2D downclocking issues. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 191.07 driver for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. These WHQL certified drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. This version adds OpenGL 3.2 support, improves performance in several games including ArmA 2, CoJ: Bound in Blood, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2 and Prototype, adds SLI support for various games, and resolves a range of bugs, including 3D to 2D downclocking issues. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 195.39 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. This version adds support for OpenCL 1.0, CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and enhancements, and SLI/multi-GPU support for a range of games including Borderlands, as well as over 200 bug fixes. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 195.55 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200 and ION series cards. This version adds GPU acceleration of online HD content in association with Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html , adds SLI/multi-GPU support for a range of games including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, improves performance in Need for Speed: Shift, and has a range of bug fixes. The package also contains the 9.09.0814 PhysX drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

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.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

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.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

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.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

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.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

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.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 196.75 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 provide performance improvements over the previous WHQL drivers, and add SLI and multi-GPU support for a range of new games including Assassin's Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City. They also add Anti-Aliasing support for Mass Effect 2, Ambient Occlusion for several games, and contain various bug fixes. The driver package contains the 9.10.0129 PhysX drivers.
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Nvidia has removed the Forceware 196.75 drivers from its site due to fan control issues as reported here http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?to ... 1&sid=5000 . The previous drivers from January are recommended if you are experiencing the issue in the link above.

Hrm, weird - no issues for me. Then again, I rarely see the fan spin up anyway (The advantages of having an aftermarket brand card, with a really good cooling system)

Well I didn't had time to install it, but I my cooler is not even using the power from the card http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/p ... 2_&mID=103

Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 197.13 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300 and ION series cards. Importantly they fix the fan speed issues reported in the 196.75 drivers. These WHQL-candidate drivers are similar to the removed 196.75 drivers in that they provide performance improvements in Crysis: Warhead, HAWX and Left 4 Dead, as well as adding SLI and multi-GPU support for a range of new games including Assassin's Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Metro 2033, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Mass Effect 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City. They also add Anti-Aliasing support for Mass Effect 2, Ambient Occlusion for several games, and contain various bug fixes. The driver package contains the 9.10.0129 PhysX drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

Going to be a good update for me, have not updated my drivers since april 2009... lol...
Thanks for the info captain

Nvidia has released the Beta Forceware 197.25 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300 and ION series cards. They are identical to the recent 197.13 Beta Forceware with the exception of adding compatibility fixes for the StarCraft II beta and some DirectX 8 applications. The driver package also contains the 9.10.0129 PhysX drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

After all those beta's, here is the official Forceware 197.13 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300 and ION series cards. They are identical to the 197.13 Beta Forceware released earlier this month, however they are now WHQL certified. The driver package contains the 9.10.0129 PhysX drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

Nvidia has released the official Forceware 197.16 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These WHQL drivers are primarily for the notebook GeForce cards including 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M and 300M. They add notebook support for 3D Vision on external displays, improve performance in a range of games, add or improve SLI support for recent games, and fix a range of bugs. The driver package contains the 9.10.0129 PhysX drivers and the 1.0.9.1 HD Audio drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

Nvidia has released the Official Forceware 197.41 driver for Windows XP, Vista and 7. These drivers are only for the newly released GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 cards. The driver package also contains the 1.0.9.1 HD Audio driver and the 9.10.0129 PhysX driver.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx