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NVIDIA rolls out ForceWare 195.55 beta drivers

by Parm Mann on 17 November 2009, 15:34

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NVIDIA has made available a new beta release of its GeForce ForceWare drivers.

Version 195.55 can now be downloaded from NVIDIA.com, and is available for Microsoft's Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

The beta release is applicable to NVIDIA's GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs, as well as the company's mobile ION series.

Available in 32-bit or 64-bit flavours, ForceWare 195.55 introduces support for NVIDIA's latest desktop graphics card - the GeForce GT 240 - in addition to support for GPU acceleration in Adobe Flash Player 10.1.

NVIDIA lists ForceWare 195.55's new features as follows:

  • Adds GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.
  • Adds support for GeForce GT 240.
  • Adds support for OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
  • Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements.
  • Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA Soccer 10, and more.
  • Includes numerous bug fixes including improved performance for Need for Speed: Shift. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.


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No sign of changes for CUDA when an ATI card is the primary adapter then…..
what about GPU acceleration for Adobe Flash on netbooks and nettops?
these little things can sometimes really struggle with even the lowest quality on the iPlayer and i'm pretty sure the GPU could do a better job than the pitiful little Atom inside it.
or would it not even be possible cos they have piddly little GPUs as well?
Hey,

Just installed these drivers and Flash 10.1 Beta… is there anyway to test that the GPU is actually being used for Flash processing?

Cheers,

Su
Sumanji
Hey,

Just installed these drivers and Flash 10.1 Beta… is there anyway to test that the GPU is actually being used for Flash processing?

Cheers,

Su

i played a HD video from the iPlayer and the CPU usage was around 10% for that, then i installed these new drivers and the new flash and it's now down to about 2 or 3% so it definitely made a difference for me.
i can see this being useful on laptops and stuff :)
Hmm, I didn't have the foresight to take readings before installing the new drivers :embarrassed:

But Youtube HD videos use 25-30% CPU (stock E8600), which still seems pretty high to me…

Su