ALL
Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000
81.98 (21-Dec-2005)
Windows XP/2000 32-bit
ForceWare Release 80
Version: 81.98
Release Date: December 21, 2005
WHQL Certified
Release Highlights:
WHQL Certified
Application compatibility fixes. For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.
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.
Performance enhancements for dual-core CPUs.
PureVideo high definition MPEG-2 de-interlacing support.
Usability enhancements when connecting to an HDTV.
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
dzadzev (DG Member) on 25-Dec-2005
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