Download Driver For Nvidia Quadro/Tesla 296.70 WHQL
Nvidia has released a new set of Quadro drivers. These are suitable for the Quadro FX, NVS, Plex and G-Sync series, and the Tesla processors of the C, M and S class. The drivers have been given version number 296.70 and are provided with a whql certificate. Versions are available for Windows XP, 2003 Server, Vista and 7 in both 32bit and 64bit versions. Below is the full changelog of this release.
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 2560×1600
- 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.
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Existing Support:
- Support for Directx11
The following downloads are available:
nVidia Quadro 296.70 WHQL for Windows XP (32bit)
nVidia Quadro 296.70 WHQL for Windows XP (64bit)
nVidia Quadro 296.70 WHQL for Windows Vista and 7 (32bit)
nVidia Quadro 296.70 WHQL for Windows Vista and 7 (64bit)
Version number | 296.70 WHQL |
Release status | Final |
Operating systems | Windows 7, Windows 7 x64, Windows XP, Windows XP x64, Windows Vista, Windows Vista x64 |
Website | nVidia |
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File sizes |
110.00MB – 173.00MB |
License type | Freeware |