Download Driver For nVidia ForceWare 158.24 WHQL

nVidia pulled the previously released ForceWare 158.24 drivers from beta and reintroduced them early this month prepared, this time with the WHQL certificate. The 158.24 WHQL version can be downloaded for Windows Vista (34.6MB) and Windows Vista x64 (47.7MB) and, unlike the beta version, has been made suitable for all GeForce video cards. In addition to the usual bug fixes for games and applications, this ForceWare includes support for vertical sync in DirectX programs and fixes the issue that occurred in the international edition of 158.24 when sli was enabled. In addition, the user interface of the control panel has also been improved. The full release notes look like this:

Release Highlights:

• WHQL Certified driver.
• This driver fixes a problem when trying to enable NVIDIA SLI using the international versions of Windows Vista
• Increased performance in 3D applications.
• PureVideo™ HD support.
• Add support for forcing Vertical Sync in DirectX applications.
• Updated NVIDIA Control Panel with improved user interface (Please see the Release Notes for more details).
• Numerous game and application compatibility fixes
• This driver supports the following 3D features:
  • Single GPU support
    • DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
    • DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8 series GPUs
    • OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
  • NVIDIA SLI support
    • DirectX 9 support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
    • OpenGL support for 6/7/8 series GPUs
• DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8 series GPUs is available in v158.43 Beta drivers.