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New Forceware 178.24 Drivers Released, Claims 15% FPS Improvement in COD4
Created 10/17/2008 - 6:38am

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New Forceware 178.24 Drivers Released, Claims 15% FPS Improvement in COD4

Posted 10/17/08 at 09:38:38 AM  by Paul Lilly

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Nvidia this week has released new WHQL videocard drivers - version 178.24 - applicable for GeForce 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, and 200-series owners. The 85MB download sports a number of improvements, including PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-, 9-, and 200 series GPUs with at least 256MB of graphics memory. Intel X5400XS motherboard owners can now run up to 3-way SLI with the new driver package.

Gaming looks to get a sizable boost with the new drivers as well. Nvidia claims both Call of Duty 4 and Bioshock (DX10) will see a 15 percent gain by running 178.24, while Assassin's Creed (DX10) will get an 11 percent bump on a single card setup. For those sporting 2-way SLI, World in Conflict (DX10), Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, and company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (DX10) are said to run at least 10 percent faster.

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TAGS: games, gaming, nvidia, Drivers, Videogames, cod4, Forceware, 178.24
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