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Hey,

It works fine, i already installed it and haven't had a problem so far!

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Daniel Boonstra

Thanks for the update danbo

Originally Posted by kemical

Thanks for the update danbo

No thanx

GeForce R302 Driver

Version: 302.82 WHQL
Release Date: 2012.06.27
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit
Language: English (U.S.)
File Size: 162 MB

This is a WHQL-certified GeForce driver to be used only with the Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview. This driver should not be used with Windows Vista or Windows 7.

This driver offers full support for the new Windows 8 display driver model WDDM 1.2.

GeForce 600 series:
GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605

GeForce 500 series:
GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510

GeForce 400 series:
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405

GeForce 300 series:
GT 340, GT 330, GT 320, 315, 310

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 295, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTX 275, GTX 260, GTS 250, GTS 240, GT 240, GT 230, GT 220, G210, 210, 205

GeForce 100 series:
GT 140, GT 130, GT 120, G 100

GeForce 9 series:
9800 GX2, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GT, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9500 GT, 9500 GS, 9400 GT, 9400, 9300 GS, 9300 GE, 9300, 9200, 9100

GeForce 8 series:
8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8600 GTS, 8600 GT, 8600 GS, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8400, 8300 GS, 8300, 8200 / nForce 730a, 8200, 8100 / nForce 720a

GeForce 7 series:
7550 LE, 7500 LE, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7300 LE, 7300 GS, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a

GeForce 6 series:
6800 Ultra, 6800 Series GPU, 6250, 6200 A-LE, 6150SE nForce 430, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6150 LE, 6150, 6100 nForce 420, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 400, 6100

ION series:
ION LE, ION

Release notes:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...ease-notes.pdf

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Nvidia has released the Beta 304.79 graphics driver. This driver is for GeForce 6 and higher desktop cards under Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. It is the first release to provide combined support for Windows Vista, 7 and 8 in one driver package. It also introduces the Nvidia TXAA anti-aliasing feature supported on GTX 600 series GPUs, and has updated SLI profiles and bug fixes. The driver package also contains the 9.12.0604 PhysX drivers.

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Version 306.02 - BETA

Release Date Mon Aug 27, 2012
Operating System Windows 7 64-bit
Windows 8 64-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Language English (US)
File Size 216.64 MB

Release Highlights
This is a beta driver from the R304 family of drivers (304.xx to 306.xx).

New in R304 Drivers:

•GPU Support

◦Supports the new GeForce GTX 660 Ti GPU.
◦Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.
•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. Read about it on GeForce.com.
◦TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
◦Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.
•Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 680:
◦Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
◦Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
◦Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
◦Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)
GeForce GTX 560:
◦Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
◦Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
◦Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
◦Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
◦Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2
•NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
◦Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
◦Borderlands 2 – added
◦Darksiders 2 – added
◦End of Nations - added
◦F1 2011 – updated
◦F1 2012 – added
◦Final Fantasy XIV – updated
◦Nexuiz - added
◦Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
◦PlanetSide 2 - updated
◦Saints Row: The Third – updated
◦Shogun 2: Total War – updated
◦Sleeping Dogs – added
◦Spec Ops: The Line - added
◦The Secret World - updated
◦Torchlight II - added
◦Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
◦Tornado Force - added
◦Tribes: Ascend – updated
•NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
◦Alan Wake's American Nightmare – rated Not Recommended
◦A New Dawn – rated Fair
◦All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse – rated Good
◦ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead – rated Fair
◦Bang Bang Racing – rated Excellent
◦Borderlands 2 – updated profile with new convergence settings
◦Brave – rated 3D Vision Ready
◦Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair
◦Depth Hunter – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
◦Dishonored – rated Good
◦End of Nations – rated Good
◦London 2012 The Official Video Game – rated Fair
◦Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails – rated Excellent
◦Mass Effect 3 – updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
◦Max Payne 3 – updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
◦Raiderz – rated Fair
◦Roller Coaster Rampage – rated 3D Vision Ready
◦SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator – rated Fair
◦Street Fighter X Tekken – rated 3D Vision Ready
◦Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends – rated Good
◦Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters – rated Good
◦Tribes: Ascend – rated Fair
◦The Secret World – rated Good
◦The Walking Dead – rating Good
•Other Profile Updates
◦Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
◦Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
◦Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
◦Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
◦Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support Counter-strike: Global Offensive
◦Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support MechWarrior Online
◦Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2
◦Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.
•NVIDIA Surround
◦Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.
•NVIDIA CUDA
◦Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at CUDA Toolkit | NVIDIA Developer Zone
•Key Fixes
◦Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
◦Fixes an issue where some manufacturer's factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
◦Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.
Additional Details

•Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
•Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
•Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
•Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
•Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
•Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.
Supported Products
GeForce 600 Series
GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
GeForce 500 Series
GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510
GeForce 400 Series
GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405
GeForce 300 Series
GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310
GeForce 200 Series
GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205
GeForce 100 Series
GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100
GeForce 9 Series
GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce 9600 GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100
GeForce 8 Series
GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS 512, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8200 /nForce 730a, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a
GeForce 7 Series
GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, GeForce 7100 GS, GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7300 SE / 7200 GS, GeForce 7300 LE, GeForce 7300 GS, GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce 7350 LE, GeForce 7500 LE, GeForce 7550 LE, GeForce 7600 LE, GeForce 7600 GS, GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7650 GS, GeForce 7800 GS, GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 7800 SLI, GeForce 7900 GS, GeForce 7900 GT/GTO, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GT, GeForce 7950 GX2
GeForce 6 Series
GeForce 6100, GeForce 6100 nForce 400, GeForce 6100 nForce 405, GeForce 6100 nForce 420, GeForce 6150, GeForce 6150 LE, GeForce 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, GeForce 6200, GeForce 6200 A-LE, GeForce 6200 LE, GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6250, GeForce 6500, GeForce 6600, GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce 6600 LE, GeForce 6600 VE, GeForce 6610 XL, GeForce 6700 XL, GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 6800 GS/XT, GeForce 6800 GT, GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800 XE, GeForce 6800 XT


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Nvidia has released the 306.23 WHQL certified graphics driver. This driver is for GeForce 6 and higher graphics cards under Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.

Release Highlights
This is the first WHQL-certified driver from the R304 family of drivers (304.xx to 306.xx) and the first WHQL-certified GeForce driver to combine support for Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista into a single driver package.

This is the recommended driver for the upcoming blockbuster PC games Borderlands 2 with PhysX and 3D Vision technology and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria with 3D Vision and DirectX 11 support.

New in R304 Drivers:

GPU Support
Adds support for GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, and GeForce GTX 650.
Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.
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. Read about it on GeForce.com.
TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.
Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 680:

Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)

GeForce GTX 560:

Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
Borderlands 2 – added
Darksiders 2 – added
End of Nations - added
F1 2011 – updated
F1 2012 – added
Final Fantasy XIV – updated
Nexuiz - added
Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
PlanetSide 2 - updated
Saints Row: The Third – updated
Shogun 2: Total War – updated
Sleeping Dogs – updated from latest beta
Spec Ops: The Line - added
The Secret World - updated
Torchlight II - added
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
Tornado Force - added
Tribes: Ascend – updated

NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – rated Not Recommended
A New Dawn – rated Fair
All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse – rated Good
ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead – rated Fair
Bang Bang Racing – rated Excellent
Borderlands 2 – updated profile with new convergence settings
Brave – rated 3D Vision Ready
Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair
Depth Hunter – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
Dishonored – rated Good
End of Nations – rated Good
London 2012 The Official Video Game – rated Fair
Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails – rated Excellent
Mass Effect 3 – updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
Max Payne 3 – updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
Raiderz – rated Fair
Roller Coaster Rampage – rated 3D Vision Ready
SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator – rated Fair
Street Fighter X Tekken – rated 3D Vision Ready
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends – rated Good
Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters – rated Good
Tribes: Ascend – rated Fair
The Secret World – rated Good
The Walking Dead – rating Good
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – rated Excellent

Other Profile Updates

Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support Counter-strike: Global Offensive
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support MechWarrior Online
Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

NVIDIA Surround
Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.

NVIDIA CUDA
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at CUDA Toolkit | NVIDIA Developer Zone

Key Fixes

Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
Fixes an issue where some manufacturer’s factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.

Supported Products

GeForce 600 Series

GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605

GeForce 500 Series

GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510

GeForce 400 Series

GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405

GeForce 300 Series

GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310

GeForce 200 Series

GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205

GeForce 100 Series

GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100

GeForce 9 Series

GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100

GeForce 8 Series

GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8200 /nForce 730a, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a

GeForce 7 Series

GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, GeForce 7100 GS, GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7300 SE / 7200 GS, GeForce 7300 LE, GeForce 7300 GS, GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce 7350 LE, GeForce 7500 LE, GeForce 7550 LE, GeForce 7600 LE, GeForce 7600 GS, GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7650 GS

GeForce 6 Series

GeForce 6100, GeForce 6100 nForce 400, GeForce 6100 nForce 405, GeForce 6100 nForce 420, GeForce 6150, GeForce 6150 LE, GeForce 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, GeForce 6200, GeForce 6200 A-LE, GeForce 6200 LE, GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6250, GeForce 6500, GeForce 6600, GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce 6600 LE, GeForce 6600 VE, GeForce 6610 XL, GeForce 6700 XL

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Drivers | GeForce

Neither windows update version nor NVidia Geforce GT 230 plays well with Skype - win 8 64 rp here. Driver restarts every day or so, irritating. Have win8 64 RTM Enterprise trial on another partition - don't run it often enough to know, yet, whether the issue persists there...