NVIDIA Corporation 189Appendix DNVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature HistoryOperating System SupportRelease 65 supports Windows XP SP2 and will support the next version of WindowsXP Media Center Edition—”Symphony”.Enhancements in Driver PerformanceImproved RobustnessThe ForceWare Release 65 graphics driver offers improved stability and robustness inDirectX and 2D graphics.Video EnhancementsVideo enhancements in Release 65 include• Optimized motion compensation and video processing to take advantage of thecapabilities of the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs.• Support for Microsoft’s Certified Output Protection Protocol (COPP)• Improved media capture interface3D Graphics API Enhancements• DirectX Enhancements• DirectX 9.0c Compatibility• Supports the capabilities of the newest generation of NVIDIA GPUs forimproved DirectX shader handling and reduced CPU overhead• OpenGL Enhancements• Improved and more efficient vertex_buffer_object (VBO) handling• More efficient memory management for improved performance underDualviewHDTV Support EnhancementsRelease 65 offers improved HDTV over DVI underscan support, exposed through theNVIDIA control panel.
