NVIDIA just released a new BETA driver on NZONE. This driver has release build 84.12 with some very sweet new PureVideo options. H.264 has become one of the most recent buzz words of the video conferencing world. H.264 is a compression algorithm used to transmit video efficiently between endpoints. This algorithm is seen as the replacement for its predecessor, H.263. What is different about H.264 is that it promises to deliver high quality video, H.264 also enables very high quality encoding, producing better results than even MPEG2 and of course HDTV levels. ForceWare Release 80 |
Release Highlights:
- Adds support for GeForce 7300 GS and GeForce 7300 LE GPUs.
- New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements.
- Support for high definition H.264 hardware decode acceleration on GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs.
- Support for high definition MPEG-2 inverse telecine.
- Support for high definition MPEG-2 spatial temporal de-interlacing.
- Adds mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
- TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
- Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
- For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.
Our Forum Discussion on these drivers can be found here:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=1643512
Product Support List - Windows XP 32-bit 84.12
GeForce2 MX GeForce2 MX 100 GeForce2 MX 200 GeForce2 MX 400 GeForce3 GeForce3 Ti 200 GeForce3 Ti 500 GeForce4 MX 420 GeForce4 MX 440 GeForce4 MX 440-SE GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X GeForce4 MX440SE with AGP8X GeForce4 MX 460 GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics GeForce4 MX Integrated graphics GeForce4 MX 4000 GeForce4 Ti 4200 GeForce4 TI 4200 with AGP8X GeForce4 Ti 4400 GeForce4 Ti 4600 GeForce4 Ti 4800 GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE GeForce FX 5100 GeForce FX 5200 GeForce FX 5200LE GeForce FX 5200 Ultra GeForce FX 5500 GeForce FX 5600 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra GeForce FX 5600SE GeForce FX 5600XT GeForce FX 5700 GeForce FX 5700VE GeForce FX 5700 Ultra GeForce FX 5700LE GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GeForce FX 5900XT GeForce FX 5900ZT GeForce FX 5950 Ultra GeForce PCX 5300 GeForce PCX 5750 GeForce PCX 5900 GeForce 6100 GeForce 6150 LE GeForce 6150 GeForce 6200 GeForce 6200 with TurboCache GeForce 6200SE with TurboCache GeForce 6500 | GeForce 6600 |