Too Many Downloads!

Another day, another dollar? That may well be, but one thing punters can rely on close to a new card release are a truckload of progressive beta driver releases from nVidia. And on that note, here is the latest beta snipped from the Green dudes' driver labs... as usual, don't hurt yourselves playing with the cutting edges...

GeForce 177.42 Beta Vista 32Bit

The GeForce 177.42 driver for the 32bit version of Windows Vista is dated July 9, features OpenGL 3.0 support and works with the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 ...

 GeForce 177.42 Beta XP 32Bit

The GeForce 177.42 driver for the 32bit version of Windows XP is dated July 9, features OpenGL 3.0 support and works with the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 ...

This nForce 15.15 UDA driver package for CK804, MCP51, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP67M, MCP68, MCP73 consists of the following components:

• Display Driver (v164.01) WHQL
• Ethernet Driver (v67.76.1) WHQL
• SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.21)  WHQL 
• SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.21) WHQL 
• RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.21) 
• SMU Driver (v1.45) WHQL
• SMBus Driver (v4.64) WHQL
• Installer (v5.84)

nVidia nForce 15.15 XP 32Bit | nVidia nForce 15.15 Vista 32Bit
nVidia nForce 15.15 XP 64Bit | nVidia nForce 15.15 Vista 64Bit

GeForce 177.89 WinVista 64bit International

 The GeForce 177.89 driver for the 64bit version of Windows Vista is dated August 12, features OpenGL 3.0 support and works with the GeForce 6, 7, 8, ...

The internet has been way too generous today but owners of GeForce cards shouldn't mind as two new sets of drivers can now be tried out.First up, we have the leaked GeForce 177.40 betas which can be used by anyone who has a GeForce 6 or newer card.

GeForce 177.40 beta - Windows XP 32bit

GeForce 177.40 beta - Windows XP 64bit

GeForce 177.40 beta - Windows Vista 32bit

GeForce 177.40 beta - WIndows Vista 64bit

The second green-themed treat on the menu is the GeForce 177.41, which has WHQL certification but, in its raw form, only supports the recently-released GeForce GTX 280 and 260 cards and the nForce 780a SLI and 750a SLI IGPs. Get them while they're hot!

GeForce 177.41 WHQL - Windows XP 32bit

GeForce 177.41 WHQL - Windows XP 64bit

GeForce 177.41 WHQL - Windows Vista 32bit

GeForce 177.41 WHQL - Windows Vista 64bit

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How about starting off with the most recent batch of downloads? We have the latest ATI Catalysts, and the latest nVidia WHQLs for you to take a gander at... enjoy the files, and let us know what you thought about them!

ATI Catalyst 8.6 - Windows XP X32

ATI Catalyst 8.6 - Windows XP X64

ATI Catalyst 8.6 - Windows Vista X32

ATI Catalyst 8.6 - Windows Vista X64

And of course, don't forget the Catalyst Hotfix for the HD4800 cards, in Windows XP and Windows Vista flavours.

Not an ATI man? then we have the latest batch of nVidia Geforce drivers, right here:

Geforce 175.19 Windows XP X32

Geforce 175.19 Windows XP X64

Geforce 175.19 Windows Vista X32

Geforce 175.19 Windows Vista X64

There you go, benchmark heads... a scarce few weeks since its release, the complete benchmarking suite known as Futuremark Vantage has been updated to 1.01. Read more for a full list of changes, and download links to the updated version.