nVIDIA Forceware 169.21 BETA Drivers Released

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For those that have nVIDIA-based graphics cards and are using a GeForce FX (XP only), 6, 7 or 8-series, nVIDIA has released another beta driver this week, Forceware 169.21. There's certainly been a lot of Forceware driver releases in the past month. This driver offers the following improvements:

* Added support for GeForce 8800 GTS 512 GPU.
* Recommended driver for the latest DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.
* Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please refer to the release documentation for more information on features, driver fixes, and known issues

EDIT: nVIDIA has released the WHQL version of the Forceware 169.21 drivers for Windows XP and XP x64. Other than the WHQL approval, there are no differences between these and the beta Forceware 169.21 drivers.

Driver Download Links:

Windows XP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html
Windows XP x64: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_169.21_whql.html
Windows Vista (32-Bit): http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1802
Windows Vista (64-Bit): http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1801

For those using laptops with nVIDIA GeForce Go 6, 7, or 8 cards, check here, courtesy of LaptopVideo2Go:

Windows XP: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16506
Windows XP x64: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16505
Windows Vista (32-Bit): http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16503
Windows Vista (64-Bit): http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16504

Installation Instructions:

1.) Unininstall the NVIDIA drivers from "Program Add/Remove"
2.) Install and Run Driver Sweeper with "NVIDIA Display" selected. (It's recommended to do this, so that left over data from old graphics drivers don't conflict with the new ones.)
3.) Restart the computer.
4.) Install the new Forceware drivers.