Download Driver For Nvidia GeForce/Ion 260.99 WHQL

Nvidia has released new stable GeForce/Ion drivers for the second time in a short time. The version number is 260.99 and they come with a whql certificate. The drivers are suitable for the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300 and 400 series, and the Ion GPUs. Versions are available for Windows XP, 2003 Server, Vista and 7, in both 32bit and 64bit versions. This release includes performance improvements for several games, including Fallout: New Vegas. Also, Alt-Tab works better in several games and Call of Duty: Black Ops and Tom Clancy’s HawX 2 can now be played in 3D.

New in Release 260.99

• Increases performance vs. v260.89 drivers in the following PC games: Civilization V (SLI), Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIV and F1 2010 (DX11).
• Adds SLI profiles for the following PC games:
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
  • Fallout: New Vegas
• Improves compatibility for Fallout 3: New Vegas with antialiasing enabled.
• Improves Alt-Tab compatibility for several PC games.
• Added the following 3D Vision game profiles: Call of Duty: Black Ops and Tom Clancy’s HawX 2.
• With Release 260 drivers, the installation process for 3D Vision has changed. Please view this knowledge base article for more information on the changes.

Additional Information

• Installs HD Audio driver to version 1.1.9.0.
• Includes PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514.
• Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe CS5.
• Supports GPU acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1. Learn more here.
• Supports the new version of MotionDSP’s video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.
• Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 4.1 for GeForce 400 series GPUs.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

The following downloads are available:
nVidia ForceWare 260.99 whql for Windows XP (32bit)
nVidia ForceWare 260.99 whql for Windows XP and Server 2003 (64bit)
nVidia ForceWare 260.99 whql for Windows Vista and 7 (32bit)
nVidia ForceWare 260.99 whql for Windows Vista and 7 (64bit)