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Release Highlights
This is the first beta release from the Release 280 family of drivers.

This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. This driver package also includes the 3D Vision Controller driver.

New in Release 280.19

NVIDIA SLI

Enables SLI technology on SLI-certified motherboards with AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X, and 970.
NVIDIA 3D Vision

With Release 280 drivers, the 3D Vision Controller driver is now included with all GPU driver installations. Users are no longer required to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver or CD driver. This driver includes the 280.10 3D Vision Controller driver. For more information, please view this knowledgebase article for more information.
Adds support for viewing 3DVisionLive.com and YouTube 3D with NVIDIA SLI PCs. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on 3D Vision Window Mode.
Adds support for Window mode for 3D Vision Video Player. This requires v1.7.2 or higher of the player.
Adds support for new 3D Vision projectors: Acer X1111, BenQ W710ST, and NEC NP-V300W
Added the following 3D Vision game profiles:
Alice Madness Returns
Back to the Future (Episodes 1-5)
Chuang Shi Xi You (创世西游)
Dao Jian 2 刀剑2
The Darkness 2
Deep Black
Dou Zhan Shen 斗战神
Dragon Ball Online
Dungeons and Dragons: Online
Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising
League of Legends 英雄联盟
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Mars
Might & Magic Heroes VI
Mount & Blade: Warband
Mount & Blade: With Fire and Blade
RAGE
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Rise of the Immortals
Rusty Hearts
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Update the following 3D Vision game profiles
Crysis 2 – rating changed to Excellent. NVIDIA recommends using the v1.9 game patch.
Deep Black – rating change to 3D Vision Ready
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition – convergence changes and rating changed to 3D Vision Ready
Other

Installs HD Audio driver version 1.2.23.3
Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514
Supports playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires compatible software application from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Roxio, or Corel. For GPU and system requirements, visit the NVIDIA Blu-ray 3D website.
Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Creative Suite 5 including Photoshop CS5.
Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash.
Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenGL 4.1 on GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

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Windows Vista/Windows 7 32-bit Issues Resolved
Fixed Single-GPU Issues

 When installing the driver in Windows safe mode, the driver installation fails with an
ʺNVIDIA Installer failedʺ message. [832420]
The NVIDIA PhysX driver installer is not compatible with Microsoftʹs policy for safe mode, so
the failure occurs when the PhysX driver is installed. To install the NVIDIA graphics driver in
safe mode, deselect the PhysX driver from the list of NVIDIA driver components during safe
mode installation.

 NVIDIA Control Panel: From the Adjust Desktop Color Settings page, the previous
settings are not restored if Cancel is clicked after changing two or more settings on the
page. [823146]

 GeForce 500 series: World of Tanks–the game hitches and stutters, especially while
moving around the view. [835908]

 GeForce 500 series: With Clone mode enabled, the primary display cannot be changed.
[794224]

 Notebook, Windows 7: When installing the driver, the driver files are extracted to a
“WinVista_” folder instead of a “Win7_ “ folder. [728546]
Multi-GPU Issues

 [SLI], 3D Vision: 3‐way SLI is slower than 2‐way SLI in 3D Vision mode.

 [SLI], GeForce 500 Series: Dirt 3–the game stutters within the menu and occasionally
during a race. [834048]
Windows Vista/Windows 7 64-bit Issues Resolved
Fixed Single-GPU Issues

 When installing the driver in Windows safe mode, the driver installation fails with an
ʺNVIDIA Installer failedʺ message. [832420]
The NVIDIA PhysX driver installer is not compatible with Microsoftʹs policy for safe mode, so
the failure occurs when the PhysX driver is installed. To install the NVIDIA graphics driver in
safe mode, deselect the PhysX driver from the list of NVIDIA driver components during safe
mode installation.
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Changes in Version 280.19

 NVIDIA Control Panel: From the Adjust Desktop Color Settings page, the previous
settings are not restored if Cancel is clicked after changing two or more settings on the
page. [823146]

 Windows 7: When installing the driver, the driver files are extracted to a “WinVista_”
folder instead of a “Win7_ “ folder. [728546]

 GeForce 500 series: With Clone mode enabled, the primary display cannot be
changed. [794224]

 GeForce 500 series: World of Tanks–the game hitches and stutters, especially while
moving around the view. [835908]

 GeForce 500 Series: Crysis 2 “Seat of Power”–weapons are not drawn correctly.
[835987]

 GeForce 500 series: Crysis 2–when played using DirectX 9, weapons become semitransparent.
[837064]

 GeForce 400 Series: ʺOut of Memoryʺ error messages occur when loading certain
saved DirectX 9 games with 3D Vision enabled. [828913]

 GeForce GTX 280M: “Could not find compatible graphics hardware” error occurs
when installing the notebook driver. [835776]
Multi-GPU Issues

 [Optimus], Notebook GPUs: With the NVIDIA GPU display set as the secondary
Dualview display, a YouTube HD video in full‐screen mode is blank the first time it is
played. [830121]

 [SLI]: The NVIDIA Control Panel reports that the first GPU is not installed in a highperformance
PCIe slot. [816555]
This message can be ignored. It is an obsolete message that no longer applies, and will be
removed in a future driver release.t

 [SLI]: Homefront– with SLI is enabled, shadows flicker in the game. [793851]

 [SLI], 3D Vision: 3‐way SLI is slower than 2‐way SLI in 3D Vision mode.

 [3D Surround], GeForce 500/400 series: Two displays from the Surround group go
blank upon enabling extended view on a display connected to the non‐Surround
group GPU. [806615]

 [3‐way SLI], GeForce 500 series: Displays connected to the HDMI connection on the
second or third GPU cannot be enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [753685]
To workaround, enable the displays using the Windows Display Settings page.

 [SLI], GeForce 500 Series: Dirt 3–the game stutters within the menu and occasionally
during a race. [834048]

 [SLI], GeForce 500 series: Crysis 2–weapons are not drawn correctly at the ʺSeat of
Powerʺ level. [835987]

 [3D Surround], GeForce 400 series: With three displays connected and enabled, after
connecting a fourth display, if cannot be enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel.
[797056]
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Changes in Version 280.19

 [SLI], GeForce 400 Series: Dragon Age 2–shadows glitches occur. [834591]

 [SLI], GeForce 400 series: After restart the system, the PhysX processor setting on the
Set SLI and PhysX configuration page switches from “Auto” to “GPU.” [762651/790885]

 [SLI], GeForce 200 Series: F.E.A.R–poor SLI performance. [848005]

 [SLI], GeForce 200 Series: Crysis 2–the game flickers when both PhysX and SLI are
enabled. [839002]
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Open Issues in Version 280.19
Open Issues in Version 280.19
As with every released driver, version 280.19 of the Release 280 driver has open issues
and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are
either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have
been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have
workaround solutions.
For notebook computers, many of these issues are system‐specific and may not be seen
on your particular notebook.

 “Windows Vista/Windows 7 32‐bit Issues” on page 10

 “Windows Vista/Windows 7 64‐bit Issues” on page 11
Windows Vista/Windows 7 32-bit Issues
Single GPU Issues
GeForce 500 Series

 GeForce 500 Series: Homefront (DirectX 11)–the application crashes after switching
from Windows mode to Full‐screen mode. [842180]

 GeForce 500 Series: Metro 2033–light bloom increases and decreases throughout the
game at light sources such as bulbs, lanterns, or fire. [846214]

 GeForce 500 Series: Stereoscopic 3D does not work in windowed mode if Aero is
enabled after enabling 3D Stereo. [848879]
GeForce 8 Series GPUs

 GeForce 8600: HD resolutions higher than 720p are not available.[308627]
Multi-GPU Issues
GeForce 400 Series GPUs

 [SLI], GeForce 400 series: After installing the driver over a previously installed driver,
the resolution switches to 800x600. [768919]

 GeForce 7900 GS: With an analog display connected in Composite mode, the signal
format cannot be set to PAL. [848419]
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Open Issues in Version 280.19
Windows Vista/Windows 7 64-bit Issues
Single GPU Issues

 After installing the driver, the NVIDIA Control Panel item in the desktop right‐click
context menu is missing.
To work around this issue, reinstall the driver.

 ION: The HDMI display turns blank after rotating the desktop. [667944]
GeForce 500 Series

 GeForce 500 Series: Metro 2033–light bloom increases and decreases throughout the
game at light sources such as bulbs, lanterns, or fire. [846214]

 GeForce 500 Series: Crysis 2 (DirectX 11 mode)–with 16x Antisotropic filtering set
using the NVIDIA Control Panel, there is LOD distortion and other issues with AF.
[848406]

 GeForce 500/400 Series: After changing the brightness and color settings using the
NVIDIA Control Panel, the settings do not take effect. [835894]

 GeForce 500/400 series, 3D Vision: Windows Aero cannot be turned ON if windowed
stereoscopic 3D is ON. [812662]

 GeForce 500/400 series, 3DVision: Homefront Heaven (DirectX 11) benchmark–
stereoscopic 3D cannot be enabled in windowed mode. [812600]

 GeForce GTX 580: HAWX–during the game, an outline of an air plane appears in the
upper left corner of the screen after pressing Alt+Tab. [746186]

 GeForce GTX 560 Ti: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 –there is corruption on the edges of
some objects when Transparency AA is enabled. [780734]
GeForce 400 Series

 GeForce 400 series: Total War: Shogun 2 –the sun and surrounding area within the
game flickers. [807036]

 GeForce 400 Series: DualView mode is not set automatically after hotplugging a
second display.[712892]

 GeForce 400 Series: Company of Heroes–there are thin yellow lines of corruption
when played in DirectX 10 mode with Transparency AA enabled. [679697]
GeForce 200 Series

 GeForce GTX 280: With DualView mode enabled, after attempting to set the resolution
to 1080p HD resolution, the PC resolution (1920x1080) gets applied instead. [724778]
GeForce 9 Series

 GeForce 9800 GTX: 1080p resolution is not listed in the HD, SD section of the NVIDIA
Control Panel Change Resolution page. [848805]
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Open Issues in Version 280.19

 GeForce 7900 GS: With an analog display connected in Composite mode, the signal
format cannot be set to PAL. [848419]
Multi-GPU Issues

 [Optimus], NVS 3100M: Audio stops working while switching 1080p and 480p
resolutions. [848454]

 [3D Surround] With four displays connected, the displays used for Surround may not
match what the Wizard depicts. [816579]
GeForce 500 Series

 [3D Surround, SLI], GeForce 500 series: Only one display remains active after
switching from Surround to Maximize 3D performance. [805322]

 [3D Surround], GeForce 500 series: With 3D Surround enabled, the resolution list in
the NVIDIA Control Panel changes when using bezel correction. [801586]

 [3D Surround], 3xGeForce 500/400 Series: When hotplugging a fourth display outside
of the GPU Surround group, the Surround resolution (3‐wide) switches to a non‐
Surround resolution (single display). [736859]

 [SLI], GeForce 500: Crysis 2– there is screen flickering when played in 2‐way SLI
mode, and ghosting when played in 3‐way SLI. [790223]

 [SLI], GeForce 500: Crysis 2–there is environmental flickering throughout theʺSeat of
powerʺ level. [842166]

 [SLI], GeForce 500 series: World of Warcraft Cataclysm–when a character dies, the
character’s face flickers in the health indicator and bottom menu. [845733]

 [SLI], GeForce 500 Series: Dragon Age II (DirectX 11)–shadows flicker in the cutscene
when SLI is enabled. [849235]

 [SLI], GeForce GTX 580: Call of Duty: Black Ops–with SLI and AA enabled, high
frequency flickering occurs when viewing the in‐game sun. [760596]
GeForce 400 Series

 [3D Surround], GeForce 400 series: With three displays connected ad enabled, the
established display ordering changes after enabling Surround. [762387]

 [SLI], GeForce 400 series, Surround gaming: Dragon Age Origins– the game does not
render single monitor resolutions correctly when Surround gaming is enabled.
[663802]

 [SLI], GeForce 400 Series, 3D Vision Surround gaming: Switching from Span display
with Surround mode to Maximum 3D Performance sets displays to Clone mode instead
of Extend (Dualview) mode. [700863]

 [SLI], GeForce 400 Series, Surround gaming: Race Driver GRID–the game fails to
launch when Surround is enabled. [666734]
You can launch the game if you do not use Surround bezel correction.
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Open Issues in Version 280.19
GeForce 200 Series

 [SLI], GeForce 200 Series, Surround gaming: Medusa–the game doesnʹt span
completely across the monitors if any resolution other than the native resolution is set.
[670390]

 [SLI], GeForce GTX 285M: After enabling SLI mode, the NVIDIA Control Panel ‐
>Adjust Desktop Size and Position page does not show the connected display images
to select. [724229]
GeForce 8 Series

 [SLI], GeForce 8800M GTX: Multi‐display mode is not preserved between users after
performing a Fast User Switch. [541252]