Nvidia today released the first WHQL-certified driver from its new Release 256 family of drivers. In today's release (Ver. 257.21), Nvidia is including a new feature that adds support for 3D Vision Streaming with Silverlight. This capability now allows Nvidia to deliver 3D video over the web directly to a web browser.

What's New in Version 257.21

- This driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v9.10.0223.
- NVIDIA PhysX acceleration is available on all GeForce 8 series, 9 series, 100 series, 200 series, and 400 series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and a minimum of 32 processor cores.
- This driver package installs the HD audio driver, version 1.0.9.1.

The new WHQL-certified version 257.21 can be downloaded here. This driver supports GeForce and ION desktop PCs as well as NVIDIA notebook PCs running Windows 7 or Windows Vista, including those with NVIDIA Optimus technology.

Nvidia's next Release 256 driver is planned for the end of this month and will support NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround technology.