Driver Update: Nvidia nForce 15.49 WHQL

Nvidia developers have released a new WHQL version of the nForce drivers for Windows Vista and 7. This time, the drivers bear 15.49 as the version number, supporting Force 5, 6, 7 and 9 series chipsets. These drivers consist of a number of specific drivers for different components that make up the nForce platform, such as the sound hardware, the I/O controller and the network department. The corresponding list of exact version numbers of the supplied drivers looks like this:

Windows Driver Versions:

• Ethernet Driver (v73.14+) WHQL
• Network Management Tools (v73.16) “Sedona”
• SATAIDE Driver (v11.1.0.33) WHQL
• SATARAID Driver (v11.1.0.33) WHQL
• RAID TOOL Application (v11.1.0.30)
• SMBUS Driver (v4.74) WHQL
• SMU Driver (v1.71) WHQL
• GPU Driver (v190.38) WHQL
• Physx (v9.09.0428)
• Away Mode Driver (v6.0.6000.114) WHQL
• Installer (v7.57)

The driver is available in the following flavors:
Nvidia nForce 15.49 – Windows Vista/7 32-bit
Nvidia nForce 15.49 – Windows Vista/7 64-bit