Download Driver For Nvidia Geforce 177.79 beta

Nvidia developers have released a new beta version of their Geforce drivers with the version number 177.79. Support for the Geforce 9500 GT and Geforce 9800 GT has been added. In addition, several bugs have been addressed, mainly under Window Vista, so that the gamers among us can continue playing with peace of mind without seeing small irregularities here and there. The list of changes for this latest beta version looks like this:

What’s New in Version 177.79:

• Added support for the GeForce 9500 GT and GeForce 9800 GT

Fixed Issues–Windows XP 32-bit

Fixed Single GPU Issues:

• GeForce GTX 280/260: Call of Duty 4 and Counterstrike–hitching occurs in the game. [439993]

Fixed Issues–Windows Vista 32-bit

Single-GPU Issues:

• GeForce GTX 280/260: Call of Duty 4 and Counterstrike–hitching occurs in the game. [439993]
• GeForce 9800 GX2: Civilization 4–white flickering occurs on the map after zooming out at high resolutions and with antialiasing enabled. [391640]
• GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 8800 GTX: With multiple displays connected, the NVIDIA Control Panel crashes when loading any saved profile after switching single display modes to another display. [401488]
• [SLI]GeForce 9600 GT: PT Boats: Knights of the Sea (DirectX 10) ‐ there is texture corruption at 1600×1200 resolution and 8xAA. [374320]

Multi-GPU Issues:

• [SLI]GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 8600 GTS: Crysis–the sky becomes corrupted after changing the resolution while playing the game with SLI mode enabled. [385470] NVIDIA recommends that you save and then exit the game before changing the resolution.
• [SLI]GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 6600: Prey– the SLI visual indicator does not appear when viewing SLI load balancing even though SLI mode is enabled and active. [379824]

Fixed Issues–Windows Vista 64-bit

Single-GPU Issues:

• GeForce 9800 GX2: Civilization 4–white flickering occurs on the map after zooming out at high resolutions and with antialiasing enabled. [391640]

Multi-GPU Issues:

• [SLI]GeForce GTX 280/260: Medusa demo (DirectX 10) ‐ the demo flickers when the character starts turning into stone, during the glow effect. [434883]
• [Quad SLI]GeForce 9800 GX2: Painkiller:Overdose–the game slows down periodically when Quad SLI is enabled. [396665]
• [Quad SLI]GeForce 9800 GX2: Repeatedly enabling/disabling SLI may cause the desktop to corrupt. [408652]
• [SLI]GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 8600 GTS: Crysis ‐ the sky becomes corrupted after changing resolution with SLI mode enabled. [385470] NVIDIA recommends that you save and then exit the game before changing the resolution.
• [SLI]GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 6600: Prey ‐ the SLI visual indicator does not appear when viewing SLI load balancing even though SLI mode is enabled and active. [379824]

[break]The following flavors are available:
Nvidia Geforce 177.79 beta – Windows XP and 2003 32-bit
Nvidia Geforce 177.79 beta – Windows XP and 2003 64-bit
Nvidia Geforce 177.79 beta – Windows Vista 32-bit
Nvidia Geforce 177.79 beta – Windows Vista 64-bit