NVIDIA has made available a new beta release of its GeForce ForceWare drivers.
Version 195.55 can now be downloaded from NVIDIA.com, and is available for Microsoft's Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
The beta release is applicable to NVIDIA's GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs, as well as the company's mobile ION series.
Available in 32-bit or 64-bit flavours, ForceWare 195.55 introduces support for NVIDIA's latest desktop graphics card - the GeForce GT 240 - in addition to support for GPU acceleration in Adobe Flash Player 10.1.
NVIDIA lists ForceWare 195.55's new features as follows:
- Adds GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta.
- Adds support for GeForce GT 240.
- Adds support for OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
- Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.0 features and performance enhancements.
- Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Borderlands, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA Soccer 10, and more.
- Includes numerous bug fixes including improved performance for Need for Speed: Shift. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
- Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.