A new beta version of NVIDIA display drivers is out. R257.29 brings smooth 1080p Flash playback (GPU accelerated) according to AnandTech and Stefan with his 8800 GTX).
R257.29 support OpenGL 4.0 but does not expose new extensions (same list than R257.15).
Here are the direct download links at laptopvideo2go.com (R257.29 32-bit thread and R257.29 64-bit thread):
- R257.29 Vista/Win7 64-bit
- R257.29 Vista/Win7 64-bit INF Modified
- R257.29 Vista/Win7 32-bit
- R257.29 Vista/Win7 32-bit INF Modified
Don’t forget to download the modified INF file which allows to install R259.29 on all GeForce cards.
Alternative download links can be found HERE.
Tested. In my case, this driver doesn’t work well for older OpenGL rendering.