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NVIDIA KICKS OFF REGULAR WINDOWS 8 DRIVER UPDATES

By on Mar 13 2012
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Two weeks after the release of Microsoft‘s Windows 8 Consumer Preview, we have released our first driver update for NVIDIA GeForce and Quadro GPUs.

This release, part of our partnership to support NVIDIA GPU-based systems, represents the start of regular NVIDIA driver updates for Windows 8. These drivers, version 296.17, are available for both GeForce and Quadro GPU-based desktops and notebooks on NVIDIA.com, as well as on Microsoft’s Windows Update.

Download the new NVIDIA 296.17 drivers for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 7 and Windows XP users can use today an equivalent driver, version 296.10 (WHQL-certified), from GeForce.com. These drivers are a quick refresh from the recent GeForce 295.73 drivers and a must-have for gamers looking for the best experience in upcoming games like Blacklight: Retribution. These drivers also carry all of the R295 goodness that I told you about just a couple weeks ago.

Download the new GeForce 296.10 drivers for Windows 7/Vista and Windows XP

A final note about NVIDIA’s Windows 8 driver support: NVIDIA’s Windows 8 drivers support all the features of the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) v1.2, as well as award-winning NVIDIA 3D Vision and 3DTV Play products, allowing you to play more than 600 games, watch Blu-ray movies and view photos – all in 3D. With Windows 8’s new built-in stereoscopic 3D support in DirectX 11, 3D Vision is poised to provide users the best platform for games and applications.

For more information on 3D Vision and 3DTV Play support in Windows 8, please read the Windows 8 FAQs http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/kw/Win83D.

For more information on the Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview, please visit: http://preview.windows.com

The list of supported NVIDIA GPUs for Windows 8 can be found here on NVIDIA.com.

Enjoy the new drivers and please let us know what you think in the comments below!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brandon-Trappen/100001951865349 Brandon Trappen

    FOUCK YEAH

  • Bilbo Baggins

    Still no word on the TDR bug fix. I’m forced to still use 275.33 otherwise I get driver not responding and black screen problems. Please fix this nvidia and thanks for news article where you admit the problem. 

  • Sagar Rawal

    Excellent! This will serve as further testament to NVIDIA’s commitment to providing their customers the best experience.

    …The Way It’s Meant to be Played indeed :-)

  • Anonymous

    A fix for the web TDR was issued in 295.73 WHQL. These recent drivers also have the fix. If you are experiencing issues with these drivers it is a diffeent issue than the one the majority of complaints from R280/285 drivers. Please work with Manuel on the NVIDIA forums to troubleshoot your specific issue. Any remaining issues are likely to be system specific.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks Sagar

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the support. Enjoy

  • http://twitter.com/pakwingcom pakwing.com

    oh, thanks nvidia team, i was waiting badly for this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=648884314 Benjamin Lindberg

    Great! Was just starting to have som issues with the driver that win8 automaticly downloads and then i see this update :)

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/MLIKPSAYCLS35XA6HZRGT62DT4 Trunten

    A great move.
    I don’t usually comment with “DISQUS” but made an exception for this.
    That’s nice you support Windows 8 during it’s beta periods.
    Keep up the good work.

  • Anonymous

    Absolutely, thanks for the support.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Mills/510020288 Michael Mills

    I’ve recently acquired an Nvidia graphics card for StarCraft II and I’ve used it and had no problems with it and I appreciate all the updates. Keep up the good work.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/георги-георгиев/100001965368440 георги георгиев

    Thank you NVIDIA you are the best

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1200961147 Aidan O’Callaghan

    Is there anyway to enable sli with this driver (296.17)? I just bought two 560ti’s and have done clean installs and reboots to no avail.

  • Ulriksommer1000

    Umm Hi i hope i can get some help here form some nice nvidia guys :) me and my frind want to play Bf3 and we both get our hands on Gigabyte gtx 580 graphic card and we where all happy to start play the game but after install we get alot of crash and we dit read alot of on the forum about update gpu bios and driver and we dit that and nothing help at all

    my pc spec.

    Cpu Intel core 2 duo E8500 3.1 Ghz
    Psu 600W
    Gpu Gigabyte foc Nvidia Geforce GTX 580 1536Gb
    Asus Striker II Extream Motherboard
    4Gb 1333 Ram
    Ocz Vertex 3 ssd 120 GB
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Pc monitor Samsung syncmaster Sa350 full hd screen

    My My graphic card dont get over head it stay on 59C
    and my cpu on 45 when i play bf 3

    My frinds spec hi have same Gtx 580 card core i 7 2600 and 8 gb 1333 ram and 750W psu
    and windows 7 64 bit
    thats all i know about his computer hope we can get some help here or els i have idea what to do

  • Chris_Daniel

    Hi, sorry to hear that you are having issues with your PC. You can get help on our moderated forums. Here is the link: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=224948.

  • Matthew Matheson

    This is awesome, I’m glad you guys are working on getting this going already. Just as some feedback, this driver doesn’t work for my laptop (Dell XPS L502X). When it gets installed, many apps will flicker to a black screen 10 times and then crash back to the lock screen, as if I had just booted up. Unfortunately, I’m stuck using my integrated intel graphics for now.