Nvidia has issued a final WHQL release of its Geforce 197.13 drivers. The new driver features PhysX 9.10.0129 software version and supports all the cards ranging from Geforce 6 series to its latest 300 rebrands as well as the ION GPUs.

The new driver also updates the HD Audio driver to 1.0.9.1 version and brings performance updates for several games. All the performance improvements are compared to the v196.21 WHQL drivers and include Crysis: Warhead, H.A.W.X., Left 4 Dead and bunch of new titles including Assassin's Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Mass Effect 2 and much more. All the performance improvements are for both single and SLI setups.

The new driver also has enhanced SLI support for Metro 2033, Supreme Commander 2, Unigine Engine, and World of Warcraft, as well as Ambient Occlusion support for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, NFS: Shift, Resident Evil V and other games. The Mass Effect 2 has been given an override for anti-aliasing support.

In addition to the bunch of performance improvements, the new driver aslo includes several bug fixes depending on the OS.

You can download the new driver here.