Download Driver For Nvidia GeForce/Ion 304.79 Beta

Nvidia has released a new version of the 304 beta GeForce/Ion drivers. Where version 304.48 beta was still suitable for Windows XP, Vista and 7, support for Windows 8 has also been added in this release. Despite the same version number, the drivers for Windows XP seem to be developed separately from the driver for Windows Vista, 7 and 8, as they have a different changelog. The changelog for Windows XP is up this page The changelog for Vista, 7 and 8 is below:

New in 304.79 Drivers:

• Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA
  • NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.
  • The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA (support will be enabled in an upcoming patch)..
  • TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
  • Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.
• Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
  • The Secret World – added
  • End of Nations – added
  • Nexuiz (also provided earlier via NVIDIA Update)
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier (also provided earlier via NVIDIA Update)
  • Tornado Force – added
  • Tribes: Ascend – updated
• Key Fixes
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with Civilization V and GeForce 400/500 series GPUs
  • Fixed instances of flickering or missing mouse cursor when hardware cursor is enabled (reported with Aion, World of Warcraft, Eve Online and others).
  • Fixed instances of very low frame rates in Deus Ex: Human Revolution (DX11).
  • Fixed an issue that caused a PC reboot instead of a PC shut down.
  • Fixed an issue that led to a black screen after driver installation.
  • Power management mode settings now persist across driver overinstalls.

The following downloads are available:
nVidia ForceWare 304.79 beta for Windows XP (32bit)
nVidia ForceWare 304.79 beta for Windows XP / 2003 Server (64bit)
nVidia ForceWare 304.79 beta for Windows Vista / 7 / 8 (32bit)
nVidia ForceWare 304.79 beta for Windows Vista/7/8 (64bit)