NVIDIA Providing Notebook Graphics Drivers

By DE Editors

Users with notebooks equipped with NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) now can download upgradeable graphics drivers directly from NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) to take advantage of new features, improved application compatibility, and performance optimizations.

The first graphics driver release from NVIDIA will extend the NVIDIA CUDA architecture to notebook GPUs, enabling the growing number of consumers moving to a notebook-only lifestyle to immediately experience the wide range of CUDA-based applications — from GPU-accelerated game physics to GPU-accelerated video conversion.

GPUs have long been essential platforms for rendering real-time images to computer screens, but software developers and system manufacturers have recently begun using their parallel processing power to deliver a new level of performance for visual computing applications. The new NVIDIA notebook drivers enable customers to experience the growing number of applications that use the power of NVIDIA GPUs.

Customers with GeForce 8- and 9-series GPUs or Quadro NVS-equipped notebooks can download a BETA version of the drivers from NVIDIA.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.