GF Release 177.92: interesting gains

After the GeForce Release 177.89 beta supporting OpenGL 3.0, Nvidia has now put online the version 177.92. Strangely, the release notes also mention a v177.92 WHQL while these are listed as beta. At any rate, they support the GeForce 6/7/8/9 and GTX 200 in 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows XP and VISTA.

We find PhysX System Software in version 8.08.18 (for GeForce cards that support DirectX 10 and have at least 256 MB), 2-way and 3-way SLI support with the GeForce GTX 200 on Intel D5400XS motherboards (the Skulltrail platform) and especially there are performance increases in a number of games.

With a single GPU, Nvidia speaks of gains as high as 11% in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset), 11% in Assassins's Creed DX10, 15% in Bioshock DX10, 15% for Call of Duty 4, and 8% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. With two GPUs there are gains as high as 7% in Bioshock DX10, 10% in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts DX10, 12% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars , and 10% in World in Conflict DX10.