nVIDIA ForceWare 174.74 [WHQL] Graphics Drivers for Windows XP

Official, WHQL Candidate Certified Drivers for nVIDIA GeForce 9 series graphics cards, for Windows XP/ 2000/ Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows XP x64/ Server 2003 x64 OS.

nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers has the following other editions available: nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows 9x/Me, nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows NT, nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows Vista (32-bit), nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows XP/2003 (64-bit), nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows XP Media Center and nVIDIA ForceWare Drivers for Windows Vista (64-bit).

Release Highlights:

* WHQL certified driver for the following GPUs:
o GeForce 9800 GX2
o GeForce 9800 GTX
o GeForce 9600 GT
o GeForce 8300
o GeForce 8200
o GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a
o NVIDIA nForce 730a
* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
* Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, and 9600 GT:
o Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
o Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements
o Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration*
* Improved performance on many DirectX 9 and OpenGL applications.
* Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for
more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and
download the International driver here.

* Note: Users will require updated software from third-party movie players to
experience the new Dual-Stream decode acceleration for Blu-ray and HD DVD playback features.


Supported Products:
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a
NVIDIA nForce 730a

All Downloads for Windows XP/ Media Center Edition


All Downloads for Windows XP x64, Server 2003 x64