QUADRO/TESLA DRIVER 296.70

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Quadro/Tesla driver 296.70 is released. Downloads are at NVidia. This is one of those Quadro drivers where the IQ seems to be higher than the GeForce drivers.

Driver 301.06 is r300_00-73 DriverVer = 03/14/2012, 8.17.13.0106

Driver 301.24 is r301_07-12 DriverVer = 04/03/2012, 8.17.13.0124

Driver 301.27 is r300_00-111 DriverVer = 04/09/2012, 8.17.13.0127

Driver 301.32 is r300_00-124 DriverVer = 04/17/2012, 8.17.13.0132

Driver 301.34 is r301_07-38 DriverVer = 04/27/2012, 8.17.13.0134

Driver 296.70 is r295_00-369 DriverVer = 04/27/2012, 8.17.12.9670

Modified inf file for English USA version of driver, Win7/Vista 64-bit desktop cards: http://www.mediafire...wvtg9idbu6m4pzt

New in Release 296.70:

• ODE Driver
  
  • The R295 drivers are the second ‘Optimal Drivers for Enterprise’, a release dedicated to relatively long term stability for ISV certification, OEMs, and Enterprise customers.
    

  [*]Added Support for OpenGL 4.2 on the Quadro series cards and higher.

  [*]Added Support for CUDA 4.1

  [*]Added support for the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.1 in Quadro FX Series x700 and newer as well as the FX4600 and FX5600.

  [*]NVIDIA Mosaic

  • Added support for 8-display topologies that use higher resolution displays, such as 2560x1600
    

  [*]NVIDIA WMI 2.4

  • Added functions to configure Mosaic topologies
    
  • Added function to control Vsync
    
  • Added function to set Edid
    
  • Added property to query GPU available memory
    
  • Added function to enable/disable the nView Desktop Manager, and property to get the current nView state.
    

  [*]NVIDIA Control Panel Manage 3D Settings Page

  • Added Preferences tab which lets the user control the application profile notification feature.
    
  • Upon launch of a windowed 3D program, this feature causes a popup to appear notifying the user which workstation application profile was applied.
    

  [*]Added GPUDirect for Video to support professional video applications.

  [*]256GB Virtual Space

  • OpenGL and CUDA users can now take full advantage of applications that utilize 256GB of system memory
    

  [*]Digital Video Pipeline

  • Added new API’s for supporting low latency access to SDI video hardware
    

  [*]Workstation application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

Edited May 4, 2012 by Infinity7