14 DAY TRIAL // It wasn't too long ago that NVIDIA released its newest Beta desktop and notebook display driver for GeForce and ION graphics, but now the company has brought forth a different software package, for the Quadro and Tesla product series.
The NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Driver Release 276.14 WHQL is the latest installment of the enterprise-aimed software.
It does several things, not the least of which is adding 10-bit Greyscale support through DVI for Windows 7 (medical displays are one example where this helps).
Another useful thing is the implementation of G-Sync, which allows Direct3D application to synchronize back buffer presents across more than one GPU in a system, or even multiple systems, for both full-screen and multi-window programs.
Furthermore, the package installs a new OpenGL path rendering API, which allows OpenGL applications to render high-quality 2D and text.
Furthermore, the R275 ODE 'Optimal Drivers for Enterprise’ drivers are installed, as is the NVIDIA WMI service.
One will also benefit from updated NVIDIA Control Panel options to both the display and workstation sections.
All these and more are offered on top of the already existing support for CUDA 4.0, OpenGL 4.1, DirectX 11 and the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.0 (this final asset is present only on the Quadro FX Series x700 and newer, as well as the FX4600 and FX5600).
These features are described in detail on the download pages listed below, so enterprise users who own a Quadro or Tesla product, or an NVS series, need only follow the appropriate links to the full list of changes.
NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.14 WHQL for XP
NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.14 WHQL for XP64
NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.14 WHQL for Vista/Windows 7
NVIDIA Quadro/Tesla Display Driver 276.14 WHQL for Vista64/Windows x64
People who are looking for the aforementioned consumer driver (GeForce) will have to head over to where we talked about the Notebook Verde Display Driver 285.38 Beta and the desktop GeForce 285.38 BETA Driver.