New (6/15/10)nVidia 64 bit driver looks good

On June 15, 2010 nVidia listed a new driver available for lots of their video cards, including the 7950GTX found in lots of M9750's. It seems to have lots of updates and I am wondering if it makes 64 bit Windows 7 a better choice for the m9750 even though it can't take advantage of more RAM? Here is what nVidia says about the new driver. (I don't understand a lot of it but I am considering getting Photoshop CS5 and it improves performance with that.):

"As part of the NVIDIA Verde Notebook Driver Program, this is a reference driver that can be installed on supported NVIDIA notebook GPUs. However, please note that your notebook original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM about recommended software updates for your notebook. OEMs may not provide technical support for issues that arise from the use of this driver.

Before downloading this driver:
1.Please check to make sure that your notebook has a supported GPU (refer to the Products Supported tab below).
2.It is recommended that you backup your current system configuration. Click here for instructions.
3.If you own a Dell Inspiron 1420, Dell XPS M1330, Dell XPS M1530, or Dell Latitude D630/D630c it is highly recommended that you first install this Dell software update.
RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS :
This is the first driver release from the Release 256 family of drivers (versions 256.xx to 259.xx). Learn more about Release 256 drivers here .

This driver supports the following NVIDIA notebook GPUs (please refer to the Products Supported tab for exceptions):

•ION notebook GPUs.
•GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M, and 300M-series notebook GPUs.
•Quadro NVS-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher).
•Quadro FX-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher).
New in Version 257.21

•Adds support for NVIDIA Optimus notebooks.
•Adds support for Blu-ray 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology. Learn more about the hardware and software requirements here .
•Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0223.
•Adds support for CUDA Toolkit 3.1 which includes significant performance increases for double precision math operations. See CUDA Zone for more details.
•Adds support for a new ‘Quality’ mode for NVIDIA’s Ambient Occlusion control panel feature.
•Adds a new NVIDIA Control Panel setup page for SLI and PhysX for ultimate control over multi-gpu configurations.
•Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
•Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Additional Information:

•Installs HD Audio driver version 1.0.9.1 (for supported GPUs).
•Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 .
•Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1. Learn more here .
•Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here .
•Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7.
•Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language).
•Supports OpenGL 3.3.
•Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL.

 

nVidia's site doesnt show any drivers greater than 179.xx being compatible with the geforce go 7 series on either 32 or 64 bit.
There wont be special "newer" drivers for 64-bit or 32-bit specifically nvidia releases cover the same cards for both the 32 and 64-bit releases.

 

Oops! Thanks for correcting me again, Simon. I now realize how I got this wrong and thought this driver was good for the 7950gtx and I would explain but my excuse is long and boring.