Makes one wonder why the 285.58 WHQL even came out back in October

Nov 12, 2011 09:46 GMT  ·  By

NVIDIA has added a driver to its website, one developed for its collection of Quadro and Tesla professional GPU cards and computing accelerators (respectively).

Normally, we could call it the newest, but its version name has left us a bit confused.

After all, it suggests that this is, in fact, an earlier installment than the 285.58 WHQL version that came out back in October.

The official download page says that 276.28 was added on November 11, 2011 though.

Either way, we have added the driver to our collection and we will let owners of supported cards decide whether this or the previous driver is better for them.

Speaking of product support, 276.28 is compatible with an extensive number of models (see it in full here) from the following product lines: Quadro, Quadro NVS, Quadro Plex, Quadro G-Sync, Quadro Blade/Embedded Graphics Board series, Tesla C-Class processors and even Tesla S-Class chips (Tesla S2050, Tesla S1070).

The package includes the R275 ODE driver: ‘Optimal Drivers for Enterprise’ that is meant to ensure stability for ISV certification, OEMs, and Enterprise customers.

Another feature is the OpenGL path rendering API, which renders text and 2D in high quality.

G-Sync, NVIDIA WMI and support for 10-bit greyscale through DVI for Windows 7 are available as well.

The company even threw in some changes to the NVIDIA Control Panel, particularly to the Adjust Desktop Size and Position’ and 'Set up SLI Mosaic' pages.

As for fixes, workstation applications shouldn't run into as many compatibility problems as before, though, as one may be able to guess, not all conflicts have been solved.

Follow the links below for the appropriate driver version and the exact change logs.

NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.28 WHQL for XP

NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.28 WHQL for XP64

NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.28 WHQL for Vista/Windows 7

NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.28 WHQL for Vista64/Windows 7 x64