NVIDIA GeForce ForceWare 260.63 ready for download

This is the first driver release from the Release 260 family of drivers . This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.

We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here.

New in Release 260.63

New GPU Support

• Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTS 450 GPU.

Performance

• Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v258.96 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

  GeForce GTX 480:

  • • Up to 10% in StarCraft II (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
    • Up to 14% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
    • Up to 16% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI