Nvidia ForceWare Release 100
Version: 100.54
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Beta Driver

Release Highlights:

• First Beta driver for GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS GPUs
• This driver supports the following features:
• Single GPU support
• DirectX 9 support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
• DirectX 10 support for GeForce 8800 GPUs
• OpenGL support for GeForce 6/7/8 series GPUs
• DirectX 9 & OpenGL NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8800 GPUs will be available on January 31, 2007 in a new driver from NVIDIA
• DirectX 9 & OpenGL NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs and DirectX 10 NVIDIA SLI support for GeForce 8800 GPUs will be available in a future driver

AMD ATI Catalyst® 7.1 Display Driver for Windows Vista (32 bit)

Catalyst™ 7.1 introduces native support for OpenGL, delivering a number of OpenGL application performance gains over the previously released AMD Vista RTM driver (8.31.100.3.2.1). Future Catalyst™ releases will include further OpenGL optimizations to further enhance performance of Vista OpenGL applications.

Catalyst™ Install Manager for Vista: Catalyst™ 7.1 provides Microsoft Vista users with a new ATI Radeon graphics installer that will help users more easily update and install ATI Catalyst™ software. Users will also experience a significant improvement in install and un-install Verdana of ATI Catalyst™ software components.

New Catalyst™ Control Center: Catalyst™ 7.1 introduces a brand new version of the Catalyst™ Control Center for Windows Vista, which delivers a number of significant enhancements:

• Significant performance gains; Catalyst™ Control Center start-up time has been substantially reduced, and overall responsiveness has improved.
• Reduced system resource usage
• New 3D preview - significantly improves the ability for users to understand the benefits of enabling the many Catalyst™ features of their ATI Radeon graphics accelerator
• Increased stability
• Native Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit support

As you can see with debut of Windows Vista today, the graphics card manufacturers are on the ball. If you've managed to snag yourself a copy of Windows Vista, get these drivers for added overall improvements to your computing experience.