nVIDIA GeForce Drivers 306.23

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Recommended driver for Nvidia cards. It is Microsoft WHQL-certified and will also be available for download via Windows Update.

Last update 18 Sep. 2012 | old versions Licence Free OS Support Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 x64, Windows Vista x64, Windows XP x64 Ranking #578 in Video & Graphic Cards

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What's New in Version 306.23 of nVIDIA GeForce Drivers

New in R306 Drivers:
GPU Support
Adds support for GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, and GeForce GTX 650.
Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.
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Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 680:
Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)
GeForce GTX 560:
Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
Borderlands 2 – added
Darksiders 2 – added
End of Nations - added
F1 2011 – updated
F1 2012 – added
Final Fantasy XIV – updated
Nexuiz - added
Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
PlanetSide 2 - updated
Saints Row: The Third – updated
Shogun 2: Total War – updated
Sleeping Dogs – added
Spec Ops: The Line - added
The Secret World - updated
Torchlight II - added
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
Tornado Force - added
Tribes: Ascend – updated

Other Profile Updates
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

NVIDIA CUDA
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and DirectX 10.