/NVIDIA GeForce 197.13 Drivers Fix Fan Speed Issues

NVIDIA GeForce 197.13 Drivers Fix Fan Speed Issues

After confirming the problems GeForce 196.75 Drivers had with fan speeds, Nvidia releases GeForce 197.13 for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300-series and ION desktop GPUs, but not for the new GTX400 series.

Aside from fixing the fan speed/overheating bug, there’s also quite a few additions bundled in.

What’s new:

  • Adds support for Next Generation ION.
  • Adds support for GeForce GT 320, GeForce GT 330, and GeForce GT 340.
  • Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0129.
  • Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
  • Increases performance in several PC games from v196.21 WHQL. The following are examples of measured improvements. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
    • Up to 13% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with a single GPU
    • Up to 30% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with SLI technology
    • Up to 13% performance increase in H.A.W.X with single GPU
    • Up to 15% performance increase in H.A.W.X with SLI technology
    • Up to 30% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with single GPU
    • Up to 28% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with SLI technology
  • Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City, Mass Effect 2, Napoleon: Total War, and Zombie Driver.
  • Enhanced SLI support for Metro 2033, Supreme Commander 2, Unigine, and World of Warcraft
  • Adds override anti-aliasing support for Mass Effect 2.
  • Includes numerous bug fixes.

Download: GeForce 197.13 Drivers

GeForce/ION Driver 197.13 Windows XP 32-bit
GeForce/ION Driver 197.13 Windows XP 64-bit
GeForce/ION Driver 197.13 Windows 7/Vista 32-bit
GeForce/ION Driver 197.13 Windows 7/Vista 64-bit