NVIDIA Releases GeForce 260.89 Beta Video Card Drivers

By Nathan Kirsch

We just noticed that NVIDIA has released GeForce 260.89 Beta drivers this morning to go along with their just announced GeForce GT 430 video card. This driver appears to only add support for the GT 430 GPU. The driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs though, so be sure to give it a try if you’d like to. You can download them from here under beta drivers.

NVIDIA Forceware 260.89 Beta Drivers Made Available

Whats New in Release 260.89 GPU Drivers:
Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v258.96 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are the changes on the GeForce GTX 460 graphics card:

  • Up to 19% in StarCraft II (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
  • Up to 15% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF)
  • Up to 12% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2560×1600 noAA)
  • Up to 9% in Aliens vs. Predator (1680×1050 4xAA/16xAF Tessellation on)
  • Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1680×1050 noAA Tessellation on)
  • Up to 11% in Dirt 2 (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF)
  • Up to 12% in Crysis:Warhead (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF Gamer)
  • Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 (2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF)
  • Up to 12% in H.A.W.X (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF SSAO Very High)
  • Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
  • Up to 22% in Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (1920×1200 noAA)
  • Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Extreme Preset)

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