EVGA 8800 - New Drivers Released

[Baja Bum]

FYI,

 

As of 4/17/2007,

 

EVGA ForceWare Release 158

Version: 158.19

Release Date: April 17, 2007

Beta Driver

 

This link is for XP 32b, see EVGA site for other versions of XP, Vista, etc.. http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_158.19.html

 

Summary:

 

Release Highlights:

 

Updated April 18, 2007: Added NVIDIA SLI profile for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Adds support for GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, and GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, and GeForce 8300 GS GPUs.

Increased performance in 3D applications.

Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.

Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 support.

Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, and known compatibility issues.

PureVideo™ HD support is currently only available on Microsoft® Windows™ Vista

 

Product Support List Windows XP 32-bit – 158.19

 

GeForce 8300 GS

GeForce 8400 GS

GeForce 8500 GT

GeForce 8600 GT

GeForce 8600 GTS

GeForce 8800 GTS

GeForce 8800 GTX

 

Before you install, check out the thread on EVGA's message boards about overheating with the new Driver (158.19) - http://www.evga.com/community/messageboard...?TOPIC_ID=32515

 

Since mine runs fine, I'm gonna hold off until that driver is out of the Beta stage and is finalized... just a thought.

 

 

Late,

 

BB