NVIDIA Geforce Drivers 196.75 WHQL released!


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I hope this fixes the issue I have with flash sometimes. some full screen flash video's have been crashing this computer black screen/(sound playing at the time of the crash ends up as a continuous note)

GT220 Flash 10.1 B2 I have the latest Beta of flash now but haven't tried a full screen video since to see it is prompts a crash.

i'm still on XP and use older drivers (180.48) for Nvidia's nview function which controls my multi monitor setup.

nview lets me have different wallpapers for each monitor without having to use an external program like Ultramon.

i do not use newer drivers since it looks like Nvidia stopped support for multi monitors

my question is how does Nvidia handle multiple monitors with Windows 7?

does Windows 7 support multi monitors better than XP?

i use 3 monitors and do not want to install extra software to handle my wallpaper/ diff resolutions

If you play World of Warcraft, or other Blizzard games, DO NOT INSTALL THIS VERSION.

http://forums.battle...378481&sid=5000

We're getting reports where users are getting intermittent low FPS after installing these drivers. It seems that it is related to the fan control included in these drivers not working correctly and is causing the video card to overheat on 3D applications. This will affect Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft and StarCraft 2 Beta. Please uninstall the drivers and revert back to the older ones.

Windows XP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_196.21_whql.html

Windows XP 64-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_196.21_whql.html

Windows Vista/7 32-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_32bit_196.21_whql.html

Windows Vista/7 64-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_196.21_whql.html

More information can be found on threads such as these:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161525

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161503

Fan control issues aren't a problem when you've got a custom cooler and a nearly silent fan running all the time. :p

I hope these drivers don't cause severe FPS slowdown in L4D2/TF2.

No, it is controlling the fan speeds properly. In my system, I have never ever seen it go above or below the 40% auto speed, temps stay between 37c idle and 65c load. I opened up the case after a standby, and the fan is spinning properly, so I don't know if it's reading the temperature wrong after standby. Not using any custom cooler, it's the stock cooler.

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