Performance
Compared with the last release of drivers 260, this version improves the performance of GeForce graphics processors 400 and 500 in some computer games. Below are examples of the most significant improvements that have been committed while working on Windows 7. Results may vary depending on your GPU and system configurations:

GeForce GTX 580:
The performance boost to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Productivity gains of up to 7% in Civilization V with SLI technology
The performance boost to 5% DX11 in Crysis 2 with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 7% in F1 in 2010 with SLI technology
The performance boost to 5% in Lost Planet 2 with SLI technology
The performance boost to 5% in Mafia 2 with SLI technology
Increase productivity up to 13% in Metro 2033 with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 8% in STALKER: Call of Pripyat with SLI technology
The performance boost to 5% in StarCraft 2

GeForce GTX 560:
Productivity gains of up to 4% in Bulletstorm
The performance boost to 5% in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 6% in Call of Duty: Black Ops
The performance boost to 5% DX11 in Crysis 2 with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 7% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 7% in F1 in 2010 with SLI technology
The performance boost to 5% in Just Cause 2 with SLI technology
The performance boost to 5% in Lost Planet 2 with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 4% in Mafia 2 with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 7% in Metro 2033 with SLI technology
Increase productivity up to 11% in STALKER: Call of Pripyat with SLI technology
Productivity gains of up to 7% in StarCraft 2

NVIDIA PhysX
Update the PhysX to version 9.11.06.21.

NVIDIA SLI
Added or updated SLI profiles for the following games: Battlefield 3, Dead Island, Diablo III, Dragon Age 2, Need for Speed: The Run and Saints Row: The Third.

HD Audio
Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.2.24.0.

OpenGL
Added support for OpenGL 4.2 for GeForce 400 Series and 500.

Other
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI * technology with DirectX 9 and OpenGL.

Warning: The following SLI features are only supported Windows Vista and Windows 7: Quad SLI, 3-way SLI, Hybrid SLI and multi-monitor support in SLI.

Category: Drivers
Platform: Windows XP/Vista/7
Developer: nVidia
Official Site: nvidia.com
Year: 2011
Language: ML
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Size: 147 Mb/188 Mb/126 Mb/156 Mb