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Appendix C
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
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OpenGL Enhancements
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Improved and more efficient
vertex_buffer_object (VBO)
handling
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More efficient memory management for improved performance under
Dualview
HDTV Support Enhancements
Release 65 offers improved HDTV over DVI underscan support, exposed through the
NVIDIA control panel.
Desktop Manager and Control Panel Improvements
Release 65 includes the following improvements in the Desktop Manager and
NVIDIA display control panel:
• High Resolution Scalable Desktop Performance
• Desktop Manager Wizards
• Desktop Manager Hot Keys, Toolbars, and Gridlines
• Application Profiles
• Control Panel User Interface
Release 60 Enhancements
Latest GPU Support
The ForceWare Release 60 graphics drivers support the newest generation of
NVIDIA GPUs, including
• Improved vertex and pixel compilers
• Video shaders
PCI Express Support
ForceWare Release 60 offers 2D and 3D graphics driver support for the PCI Express I/
O, including
• DirectX support
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