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A NVIDIA disponibilizou novos drivers ForceWare compatíveis com o Windows Vista x86 e x64. Os drivers suportam todas as GPUs das linhas GeForce 6, 7 e 8.

Usuários de diversos fóruns reportaram substanciais ganhos de performance com os novos drivers, tanto em jogos como em softwares de benchmarking.

Release Highlights:
- WHQL Certified Driver
- NVIDIA has a problem when trying to enable NVIDIA SLI using the international driver kit. If you are having problems enabling this feature, please download the U.S. English driver kit.
- Adds support for GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, and GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, and GeForce 8300 GS GPUs.
- Increased performance in 3D applications.
- PureVideo™ HD support.
- Add support for forcing Vertical Sync in DirectX applications.
- Updated NVIDIA Control Panel with improved user interface (Please see the Release Notes for more details).
- Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.
- This driver supports the following 3D features:
Single GPU support
- DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
- DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8 series GPUs
- OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
NVIDIA SLI support
- DirectX 9 support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
- OpenGL support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
- DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8800 GPUs will be available in a future driver
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- Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, and known compatibility issues

Download: ForceWare 158.18 WHQL para Windows Vista 32 Bits

Download: ForceWare 158.18 WHQL para Windows Vista 64 Bits

Todas as placas dos Modelos 8, 7 e 6 são suportadas por essa versão segundo os Release Notes