Download Driver For nVidia ForceWare 97.92 WHQL

The developers at nVidia have released a new set of drivers called ForceWare for the video cards equipped with a GeForce 8800 GTS or 8800 GTX. The version number has arrived at 97.92 and the drivers are WHQL certified for Windows XP and Windows XP MCE. On Guru3D is already one customized version that works with all GeForce based video cards but loses its WHQL certification as a result. nVidia’s announcement looks like this:

Release Highlights:

• Supports only GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS GPUs.
• Game and application compatibility fixes.
  • Single GPU Issues Resolved:
    • Splinter Cell Double Agent: Some surfaces are corrupt.
    • Halo: Character images are corrupted.
    • Oblivion: Streaks appear in the sky after a few minutes of gameplay.
    • 3DMark06 reports incorrect driver performance when using CSAA:16Q antialiasing.
    • Blue-screen crash occurs when burning a DVD while watching TV.
    • Updated NVIDIA Control Panel categories do not install–the previous driver version remains.
    • NVIDIA Control Panel: Error occurs on the help page when “smoothness” or “jagged” links are clicked from the Adjust Image Settings with Preview page.
  • SLI Mode Issues Resolved
    • SLI: The SLI profile for any application is ignored if steam.exe is running and the application resolution does not match the desktop resolution.
• New PureVideo technology features allows GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS to achieve a score of 128 in the HQV video quality benchmark:
  • Improved inverse telecine algorithms (2:2 & 3:2 Pull-down Correction) for standard and high definition content.
  • Improved spatial-temporal deinterlacing algorithm (for standard and high definition content).
• Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel.
• Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 support.