While it isn't hitting GeForce owners with da bomb Nvidia is making a bang with the first GeForce 180 series (codename Big Bang II) official beta drivers. Named GeForce 180.42, the drivers are bundled with the PhysX v8.10.13 software, are dated October 17 and have support for the GeForce 8 (only 8800s), 9 and GTX 200 series cards as well as for the GeForce 9300 and 9400 IGPs. This driver is recommended for the "best experience" on Ubisoft's Far Cry 2 and it enables Nvidia SLI technology on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards with theGeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX+ and GeForce 9800 GTX.

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