Just in time for this week’s downloadfest, Nvidia has posted updated Windows 7 Release Candidate drivers for its GeForce graphics cards.

If you’re warming up for Windows 7 RC1 this week - assuming you haven’t already snaffled it from BitTorrent - there’s more than just Microsoft’s multi-gigabyte grab-bag to put into your download queue.

Nvidia’s made a timely release of an update to its beta GPU drivers written for Windows 7 RC1. Stamped as version 185.81 and available in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavours, the early buzz is that these are more polished than the previous 185.71 build issued for Windows 7 Beta 1. They also boost gaming performance and overall platform stability.

The drivers are for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and support all of Windows 7’s new GPU-accelerated DirectX APIs such as DirectX Compute, Direct2D, DirectWrite and DXVA-HD..

http://apcmag.com/nvidia-releases-geforce-drivers-for-windows-7-rc1.htm