New in Release 276.14:

NVIDIA Control Panel Updates:

Display:

- Revised the ‘Adjust Desktop Size and Position,’ page to provide improved controls for desktop scaling and resizing:

Includes a preview window.

Available for all displays (including VGA and HDMI connections).

Scaling override option

Workstation:

- Under Windows Vista/Windows 7, the Set up SLI Mosaic page uses the same controls as the Set up Mosaic page.

Display Support:

- Added 10-bit Grayscale through DVI for Windows 7 - enables 10-bit Grayscale through DVI for supported monitors such as proprietary medical displays.

G-Sync:

- Enable Direct3D applications to synchronize back buffer presents across multiple GPU's in one system or multiple systems. Multi-Window and Full-Screen applications are supported.

ODE Driver:

- The R275 drivers are the first ‘Optimal Drivers for Enterprise’, a release dedicated to relatively long term stability for ISV certification, OEMs, and Enterprise customers.

New APIs:

- OpenGL path rendering API – enables high-quality text and 2D rendering with OpenGL applications.

NVIDIA WMI:

- This driver release includes NVIDIA WMI, a Windows service as well as decouple WMI provider that allows WMI clients to query and monitor such GPU parameters as GPU fan speed and GPU temperature.

- Workstation application compatibility fixes.

Existing Support:

- Support for the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.0 in Quadro FX Series x700 and newer as well as the FX4600 and FX5600.

- Support for CUDA 4.0

- Support for OpenGL 4.1

- Support for Directx11

About Graphics Driver:

While installing the graphics driver allows the system to properly recognize the chipset and the card manufacturer, updating the video driver can bring about various changes.

It can improve the overall graphics experience and performance in either games or various engineering software applications, ...