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More job to our team, it's out now (downloadable from NVidia beta drivers).

Version 197.25 Highlights

This section provides highlights of version 197.25 of the NVIDIA Release 197 Driver for

Windows Vista/Windows 7.

? What’s New in Release 197

? What’s New in Version 197.25

? Limitations in This Release

? Special Instructional Notes

What’s New in Release 197

The section summarizes the following driver changes in Release 197:

Product Support

? Added support for the following GPUs:

• GeForce GT 240

• GeForce 205

• GeForce 210

? Added GPU acceleration for Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta

Applies to GeForce 8?series and later GPUs, except for GeForce 8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX,

8800 GTS 640, and 8800GTS 320.

NVIDIA Control Panel Updates

PhysX Indicator

Enabled through the 3D Settings menu bar item, the PhysX indicator appears when

running applications to let you verify the type of PhysX acceleration the game is using

? CPU or GPU ? or whether PhysX acceleration is being used at all.

CUDA Updates

? CUDA 3.0

OpenCL Support

Release 195 supports the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.0 for all GeForce 8?

series and later GPUs.

OpenGL Updates

? Support for OpenGL 3.2

What’s New in Version 197.25

? This driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.10.0129.

NVIDIA PhysX acceleration is available on all GeForce 8?series, 9?series, 100?series,

and 200?series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and a

minimum of 32 processor cores.

? This driver package installs the HD audio driver, version 1.0.9.1.

? This driver adds support for the following products:

• GeForce GT 320

• GeForce GT 330

• GeForce GT 340

• Next Generation ION

Driver Information


  • Released By: NVIDIA
  • Driver Version: 197.25
  • Operating System: Windows 7/Vista 64bit
  • Driver Date: 2010-03-20 (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • Driver Size: 87.76MB (MD5: 61a4752492d5ee91a8d45db45a309b73)
  • MS WHQL Certificate: False
  • Setup Files Included: True
  • Languages Included: 28

Information Files (1 files supporting 231 models)


* nv_disp.inf supports 231 models:

[DEV_0040] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

[DEV_0041] NVIDIA GeForce 6800

[DEV_0042] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

[DEV_0043] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

[DEV_0044] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

[DEV_0045] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

[DEV_0046] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

[DEV_0047] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

[DEV_0048] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

[DEV_004D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400

[DEV_004E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

[DEV_0090] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

[DEV_0091] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

[DEV_0092] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

[DEV_0093] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS

[DEV_0095] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 SLI

[DEV_009D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

[DEV_00C0] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

[DEV_00C1] NVIDIA GeForce 6800

[DEV_00C2] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

[DEV_00C3] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

[DEV_00CD] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI

[DEV_00CE] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

[DEV_00F1] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

[DEV_00F2] NVIDIA GeForce 6600

[DEV_00F3] NVIDIA GeForce 6200

[DEV_00F4] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

[DEV_00F5] NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS

[DEV_00F6] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS/XT

[DEV_00F8] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400

[DEV_00F9] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU

[DEV_0140] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

[DEV_0141] NVIDIA GeForce 6600

[DEV_0142] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

[DEV_0143] NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE

[DEV_0145] NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL

[DEV_0147] NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

[DEV_014A] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

[DEV_014C] NVIDIA Quadro FX 540M

[DEV_014D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

[DEV_014E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

[DEV_014F] NVIDIA GeForce 6200

[DEV_0160] NVIDIA GeForce 6500

[DEV_0161] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache

[DEV_0162] NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache

[DEV_0163] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

[DEV_0165] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

[DEV_0169] NVIDIA GeForce 6250

[DEV_016A] NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

[DEV_01D0] NVIDIA GeForce 7350 LE

[DEV_01D1] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

[DEV_01D2] NVIDIA GeForce 7550 LE

[DEV_01D3] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS

[DEV_01DB] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

[DEV_01DD] NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

[DEV_01DE] NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

[DEV_01DF] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

[DEV_0211] NVIDIA GeForce 6800

[DEV_0212] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

[DEV_0215] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

[DEV_0218] NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

[DEV_0221] NVIDIA GeForce 6200

[DEV_0222] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 A-LE

[DEV_0290] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

[DEV_0291] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO

[DEV_0292] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

[DEV_0293] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

[DEV_0294] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

[DEV_0295] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

[DEV_029C] NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500

[DEV_029D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

[DEV_029E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

[DEV_029F] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

[DEV_02E0] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

[DEV_02E1] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

[DEV_02E2] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

[DEV_02E3] NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

[DEV_02E4] NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

[DEV_038B] NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

[DEV_0390] NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS

[DEV_0391] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

[DEV_0392] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

[DEV_0393] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

[DEV_0394] NVIDIA GeForce 7600 LE

[DEV_0395] NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

[DEV_039E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

[DEV_0240] NVIDIA GeForce 6150

[DEV_0241] NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

[DEV_0242] NVIDIA GeForce 6100

[DEV_0245] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE

[DEV_03D0] NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

[DEV_03D1] NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405

[DEV_03D2] NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400

[DEV_03D5] NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 420

[DEV_03D6] NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a

[DEV_053A] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a

[DEV_053B] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a

[DEV_053E] NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a

[DEV_07E0] NVIDIA GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i

[DEV_07E1] NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i

[DEV_07E2] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i

[DEV_07E3] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i

[DEV_07E5] NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 620i

[DEV_0191] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

[DEV_0193] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

[DEV_0194] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

[DEV_0197] NVIDIA Tesla C870

[DEV_019D] NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

[DEV_019E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

[DEV_0400] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

[DEV_0401] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

[DEV_0402] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

[DEV_0403] NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

[DEV_0404] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

[DEV_0406] NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

[DEV_040A] NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

[DEV_040E] NVIDIA Quadro FX 570

[DEV_040F] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

[DEV_0410] NVIDIA GeForce GT 330

[DEV_0420] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE

[DEV_0421] NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

[DEV_0422] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

[DEV_0423] NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

[DEV_0424] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

[DEV_042C] NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

[DEV_042F] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

[DEV_05E0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

[DEV_05E1] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

[DEV_05E2] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

[DEV_05E3] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

[DEV_05E6] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

[DEV_05E7] NVIDIA Tesla C1060

[DEV_05E7&SUBSYS_059510DE] NVIDIA Tesla T10 Processor

[DEV_05E7&SUBSYS_068F10DE] NVIDIA Tesla T10 Processor

[DEV_05E7&SUBSYS_069710DE] NVIDIA Tesla M1060

[DEV_05EA] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

[DEV_05EB] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

[DEV_05ED] NVIDIA Quadroplex 2200 D2

[DEV_05F8] NVIDIA Quadroplex 2200 S4

[DEV_05F9] NVIDIA Quadro CX

[DEV_05FD] NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

[DEV_05FE] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

[DEV_05FF] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

[DEV_0600] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

[DEV_0601] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

[DEV_0602] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

[DEV_0603] NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

[DEV_0604] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

[DEV_0605] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

[DEV_0606] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

[DEV_0607] NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240

[DEV_060D] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

[DEV_0610] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

[DEV_0611] NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

[DEV_0612] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+

[DEV_0613] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

[DEV_0614] NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

[DEV_0615] NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

[DEV_0619] NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2

[DEV_061A] NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

[DEV_061B] NVIDIA Quadro VX 200

[DEV_0622] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

[DEV_0623] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS

[DEV_0625] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

[DEV_0626] NVIDIA GeForce GT 130

[DEV_0627] NVIDIA GeForce GT 140

[DEV_062D] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

[DEV_062E] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

[DEV_0635] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

[DEV_0637] NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

[DEV_0638] NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

[DEV_0640] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

[DEV_0641] NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

[DEV_0643] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

[DEV_0644] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS

[DEV_0645] NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS

[DEV_0646] NVIDIA GeForce GT 120

[DEV_0658] NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

[DEV_0659] NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

[DEV_065B] NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

[DEV_065F] NVIDIA GeForce G210

[DEV_06E0] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

[DEV_06E1] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

[DEV_06E2] NVIDIA GeForce 8400

[DEV_06E3] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE

[DEV_06E4] NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

[DEV_06E6] NVIDIA GeForce G100

[DEV_06E7] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 SE

[DEV_06E9] NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

[DEV_06F8] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

[DEV_06F9] NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

[DEV_06FA] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

[DEV_06FD] NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

[DEV_06FF] NVIDIA HICx16 + Graphics

[DEV_06FF&SUBSYS_071110DE] NVIDIA HICx8 + Graphics

[DEV_0876] NVIDIA ION

[DEV_0A20] NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

[DEV_0A23] NVIDIA GeForce 210

[DEV_0A60] NVIDIA GeForce G210

[DEV_0A62] NVIDIA GeForce 205

[DEV_0A64] NVIDIA ION

[DEV_0A65] NVIDIA GeForce 210

[DEV_0A78] NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

[DEV_0CA0] NVIDIA GeForce GT 330

[DEV_0CA2] NVIDIA GeForce GT 320

[DEV_0CA3] NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

[DEV_0CA4] NVIDIA GeForce GT 340

[DEV_0CA7] NVIDIA GeForce GT 330

[DEV_0846] NVIDIA GeForce 9200

[DEV_0847] NVIDIA GeForce 9100

[DEV_0848] NVIDIA GeForce 8300

[DEV_0849] NVIDIA GeForce 8200

[DEV_084A] NVIDIA nForce 730a

[DEV_084B] NVIDIA GeForce 9200

[DEV_084C] NVIDIA nForce 980a/780a SLI

[DEV_084D] NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI

[DEV_084F] NVIDIA GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a

[DEV_0860] NVIDIA GeForce 9400

[DEV_0861] NVIDIA GeForce 9400

[DEV_0864] NVIDIA GeForce 9300

[DEV_0865] NVIDIA ION

[DEV_0868] NVIDIA nForce 760i SLI

[DEV_086A] NVIDIA GeForce 9400

[DEV_086C] NVIDIA GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i

[DEV_086D] NVIDIA GeForce 9200

[DEV_0871] NVIDIA GeForce 9200

[DEV_0874] NVIDIA ION

[DEV_087A] NVIDIA GeForce 9400

[DEV_087D] NVIDIA ION

[DEV_087E] NVIDIA ION LE

[DEV_087F] NVIDIA ION LE

Windows 7 / Vista x32

Windows 7 / Vista x64

Modded INFs up, enjoy :)

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I hope this one works with StarCraft 2, the previous drivers 196 and 197 would make the game crash at loading.

Edit: YES, they do fix the StarCraft 2 issues.

Edited by Blacky
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Installed OK using the 197.15 inf.

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Dont work on my Asus G50V (9700mGT) like the two other versions (197.13 /.15 ).

The FPS are stuck @ 10fps constant in every game...anyone know how to fix this ?

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This driver is recommended for the StarCraft II beta.

It supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, and 300-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.

This release adds compatibility fixes for the StarCraft II beta and for some DirectX 8 applications but is otherwise identical to version 197.13

Right from the Nvidia site

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Does anybody know if this fixes the no-PhysX problem that was occurring on the last few drivers?

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Have a try; for me it works, I installed the latest 9.10.0222 and no problems here.

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Have a try; for me it works, I installed the latest 9.10.0222 and no problems here.

This driver comes with a newer Physix driver v09.10.0129.

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so is this better than 197.03 ? and ... how much better!? :)

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StarCraft II isn't working for me with these. It just sits there with the title popup.. I cleaned the old driver just to make sure it wasn't old files, but that didn't fix it for me.

Edit: Even after cleaning these off in safe mode and installing drivers that had worked on this machine with StarCraft II, it still won't get past the title popup.. :)

Edit Again: Uninstalling StarCraft II and re-installing it fixed my problem. It is working with these drivers for me now.

Edited by Korn1699
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Waking up from sleep/hibernation work with these? Most desktop drivers I've tried don't seem to work well with notebook functions such as lid closing. I usually wait for the mobile driver, but it's been so long since one was released!

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Hahaha, alright so check this out:

If I mod the driver myself by manually adding my video card into the inf, it installs just fine but GPU-Z reports that I am missing OpenCL support.

If I use the laptopvideo2go modded inf, OpenCL is reported as working fine but now Direct Compute is said to be unsupported.

I guess more work is needed on the inf.

I have a GTX 280M in a Clevo M570TU.

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Hahaha, alright so check this out:

If I mod the driver myself by manually adding my video card into the inf, it installs just fine but GPU-Z reports that I am missing OpenCL support.

If I use the laptopvideo2go modded inf, OpenCL is reported as working fine but now Direct Compute is said to be unsupported.

I guess more work is needed on the inf.

I have a GTX 280M in a Clevo M570TU.

Which "Section00#" are you using when you edit the INF on your own?

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PhysX continues to not work on my 8600M GT with this driver or with any of the last 5 PhysX releases from several months ago... Is anyone even pretending to figure out what is wrong with this stuff

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Which "Section00#" are you using when you edit the INF on your own?

I am using the same settings that are used for the GTS 250 as it has the same core as the GTX 280M.

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Hahaha, alright so check this out:

If I mod the driver myself by manually adding my video card into the inf, it installs just fine but GPU-Z reports that I am missing OpenCL support.

If I use the laptopvideo2go modded inf, OpenCL is reported as working fine but now Direct Compute is said to be unsupported.

I guess more work is needed on the inf.

I have a GTX 280M in a Clevo M570TU.

That is really weird as the modded INF should enable both.

The settings are the same in the modded INF as the original.

Does OpenCL disable direct compute ?

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That is really weird as the modded INF should enable both.

The settings are the same in the modded INF as the original.

Does OpenCL disable direct compute ?

I doubt that because with previous drivers 195.81 I had them all active.

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not gonna even bother with these, sick of the bsods. nvidia said new mobile drivers are coming soon, I can wait.

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BSOD vlddmkm.sys error after clean install of W7 64bit , had to reinstall windows after multiple driver installs of BSOD and then nvidia driver not installing because no longer detecting GPU , windows using standard VGA driver. not happy :) searching google shows these are common fault.

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if you have problems re-installing your drivers make sure you remove the .inf files from C:\Windows\inf as that can lead to issues install newer or older drivers. They are usually listed as OEM(number).inf

also remove the driver folder(s) from C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository they should be under nv_XX leave the nv_lh folder becauses a default driver that came with windows.

make sure you check the contents of the inf files & the driver folders before deleting though, just to be sure your deleting the right stuff.

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