Nvidia Quadro Display Driver 259.12 WHQL for

New in Release 259.12:
- Support for newly announced Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000 and Quadro 4000.
- Adds support for CUDA 3.1 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications.  
- Adds support for OpenGL 4.0
- Adds support for DirectX 11
- ECC State (appeared in later Release 197 versions)
1. New page for GPUs that support ECC (error correction code). The page lets you
2. Change the Error Correction Code (ECC) state for GPUs.
3. View GPU memory details.

- EDID Management
1. Accessible from the View System Topology page, this feature lets you:
2. View the connector information
3. Get an EDID from a connected display and save it to disk
4. Force an EDID at a connector
5. Remove a forced EDID from a connector

- The SDI Capture page is now available with Windows Vista and Windows 7 drivers.
- Workstation application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, feature limitations, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
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Existing Support:
- Support for the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) 1.0 in Quadro FX Series x700 and newer as well as the FX4600 and FX5600.
- Supports NVIDIA SLI technology (two-way SLI) for DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboard based system from select OEMs.
- Support for DDC-Ci/MCCS over the DisplayPort AUX channel.
- 10-bits per color (10bpc) DisplayPort support for full-screen applications on supported products.


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