nV Drivers thread.

[Serotonin]

So let me get this straight, they added sli support for homefront, a game not out yet, but still haven't added sli support for bulletstorm, a game that's been out.

[Ego]

While I appreciate the Bulletstorm support, I sure hope there's more profiles in that driver; TDU 2 comes to mind.

[SIrPauly]

267.24 beta drivers

It adds 3D Vision support for Bulletstorm, SLI support for Homefront, improves compatibility with Dragon Age II, and fixes an issue preventing Nvidia Control Panel access on the Windows Desktop.

Thanks!

[GanjaStar]

While I appreciate the Bulletstorm support, I sure hope there's more profiles in that driver; TDU 2 comes to mind.

its not there. still have to manually add testdrive2.exe.

[Ego]

Yeah, but that doesn't help with the locked convergence setting

[GanjaStar]

Yeah, but that doesn't help with the locked convergence setting

inspector tool doesn't have the ability to unlock those settings?

[Ego]

Not that I can see. AFAIK, there's no 3d stereo option in NV Inspector.

[GanjaStar]

that sucks, you should problaby request that feature from the guy

anyways

NVIDIA SLI and Multi-GPU Profile Update

It updates support for the following applications:
Crysis 2 demo (Updated 2pm PST, March 1)

[SIrPauly]

Not that I can see. AFAIK, there's no 3d stereo option in NV Inspector.

There are some Stereo 3d registry settings in the elevated aspect of inspector.

[Ego]

There's some new betas out on Guru 3D: 267.46

The release notes are identical to the previous betas.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=2691

Haven't tried them, but if can anyone test if there's any improvement in Dragon Age 2 DX11 it would be great

[spindoctor]

hardocp is reporting that new 267.59 drivers are listed as released today.

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2011/03/15/new_geforce_26759_drivers/

unfortunately, like the guy in the article, i can't find the download on the nvidia site

[Ego]

Still nothing.
Hmm


edit.
According to the nvidia forums, the drivers are for the new 550Ti card, or something.

[Mangler]

Still nothing.
Hmm


edit.
According to the nvidia forums, the drivers are for the new 550Ti card, or something.

They seems to improve the performance in da2 though, I tried them out at the wounded coast area, and my minimum fps at 1080p with 4xaa was 50-something.

[Ego]

Where did you get them from ?

[Mangler]

From the nvidia homepage, it's the whql driver for the gtx550ti.

I had to use use a modified .inf file to use the driver though.-

[RicH(SAD)]

I have installed the 550ti drivers using a modded .inf file and I can confirm that they improve the performance of DA2 on my GTX 470. I can play on Very High now with somewhat decent performance. It still stutters a bit and slows down here and there, but it is playable.

[SIrPauly]

You're not kidding, the difference is sort of dramatic from a performance point-of-view with the Dragon Age 2 Demo, here. Now, its playable, hehe!

[spindoctor]

i have to say, i'm kind of surprised that new drivers are not out yet. the current set is 2 months old and with the high frequency of releases we're seeing in this first quarter of 2011, it's actually being felt. bulletstorm had no sli profile, dragon age 2 had performance problems and now assassins creed brotherhood doesn't have a profile at all. this is strange because game profiles usually show up in drivers weeks or months before a game has released. yea, these issues can mostly be fixed by using something like nvidia inspector, but it does seem to me that nvidia is dragging their heels a bit here.

[Mangler]

i have to say, i'm kind of surprised that new drivers are not out yet. the current set is 2 months old and with the high frequency of releases we're seeing in this first quarter of 2011, it's actually being felt. bulletstorm had no sli profile, dragon age 2 had performance problems and now assassins creed brotherhood doesn't have a profile at all. this is strange because game profiles usually show up in drivers weeks or months before a game has released. yea, these issues can mostly be fixed by using something like nvidia inspector, but it does seem to me that nvidia is dragging their heels a bit here.

Just be thankful that you're not a 3d vision owner, three high profile 3d ready games has been released recently, but as I am writing this, only one of them(bulletstorm) has a working profile.

[Mangler]

Seems like we can expect the next driver release in april, that's bad.

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=194951&view=findpost&p=1211339

[Mangler]

The 267.84 whql driver is out not, people claim that it has even better dx11 performance in da2 than the 267.59 driver.

You need to use a modfied .inf since nvidia has forgotten all about their old cards.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-267.84-driver.html

They seem to perform the same as the 267.59 in da2, at least on my rig.

[SIrPauly]

There is another certified driver for the GTX 590:

267.91

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-267.91-driver.html

[seritonin]

There is another certified driver for the GTX 590:

267.91

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...91-driver.html

These must be the crysis 2-dx11-590 only drivers

[Ego]

There is another certified driver for the GTX 590:

267.91

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...91-driver.html

This is getting annoying. The last WHQL release for my card (which, unless I'm mistaken, it's freaking new hardware) was January 18th, which is more than 2 months ago.
WTF is going on.

[Mangler]

This is getting annoying. The last WHQL release for my card (which, unless I'm mistaken, it's freaking new hardware was January 18th, which is more than 2 months ago.
WTF is going on.

And the last beta driver is almost a month old, and has craptacular da2 dx11 performance.

What I don't understand is why they did not release that gf550ti driver as a beta for all cards, since it made dx11 in da2 playable and seems to have no major issues.

[SIrPauly]

270.51 drivers:

http://www.geforce.com/#/Drivers/Beta

[RicH(SAD)]

From the changelog:

GeForce GTX 580:

Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 7% in Civilization V (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 5% in Civilization V (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (1920x1200 noAA/AF, Outdoor)
Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
Up to 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 4% in Mafia 2 (SLI 2560x1600 AA on/16xAF, PhysX = High)

[Mangler]

From the changelog:

I bet da 2 is still barely pushing 30fps in that extreme resolution though, it's easy to promote a 500% increase in performance when you had a craptacular fps to begin with.

But it's definitely playable at 1080p/1200p with 8x aa now.

I just tried it out in the wounded coast area, the fps was good but not great, in the most demanding situations it hovered around 40-45fps.

[RicH(SAD)]

Well, considering how ****ty Bioware games tend to run it is probably the best we'll get.

[Ego]

270.51 drivers:

http://www.geforce.com/#/Drivers/Beta

I think they've been pulled, because I just get an error when trying to get them, and they're not present on nvidia.com.

edit.
Nvm, got them from guru3d.

[Ego]

Beautiful drivers.
DA2 still runs at about 25FPS, and it STILL crashes. The only notable difference is that now disabling ambient occlusion does NOTHING in terms of fps improvements; with the previous set I had huge increases.
I also love how, with 3D disabled, when I exit a game which I have played in 2D mode, the screen goes in 3D mode, with 100% brightness. Again, 3D is off, but it self activates when I return to desktop.
Nice feature

[Sweetz]

I think they've been pulled, because I just get an error when trying to get them, and they're not present on nvidia.com.

Huh?

They haven't been pulled, they're right here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ta-driver.html

[Ego]

That was a week ago man

[Mangler]

Nvidia just released fw270.61.

Fixed my performance issues in bioshock 2, so for me they are better than 270.51.

http://uk.geforce.com/drivers/results/29657

[taz291819]

These drivers don't allow me to use 3D Vision anymore. Ever since the 270.51 Beta drivers, it won't let me select Generic DLP during setup. I mentioned it to Andrew on the .51 Betas and these .61 WHQLs. Never received a response.

[Seyiji]

New Beta Driver is out 275.27

Windows XP 32 Bit

Windows Vista/Seven 32 Bit

Windows Vista/Seven 64 Bit

This is the first release from the Release 275 family of drivers (versions 275.xx to 279.xx). You can read more about this family of drivers on GeForce.com.

This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. This driver package also includes the 3D Vision Controller driver.

New in Release 275.27

GPU Support

Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTX 560 GPU.

Performance

Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v270.61 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:
Up to 4% in Crysis 2
Up to 5% in Civilization V with SLI
Up to 9% in Portal 2
Up to 13% in Bulletstorm with Antialiasing enabled
Up to 15% in Batman: Arkham Asylum with PhysX High
GeForce GTX 560:
Up to 6% in Crysis 2
Up to 8% in Portal 2
Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham Asylum with PhysX High
Up to 15% in Bulletstorm with Antialiasing enabled

Increases gaming performance by up to 12% for dual-core CPUs in CPU-limited cases.

NVIDIA Update

In Release 275, NVIDIA Update adds automatic SLI, multi-GPU, and antialiasing (AA) profile updates. These profile updates are automatically downloaded from NVIDIA and silently installed on your PC, keeping it up-to-the-minute with the latest game profiles. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from www.nvidia.com, you will be presented with the option to install NVIDIA Update. Click here to learn more about NVIDIA Update.

Desktop Scaling

New NVIDIA Control Panel user interface for configuring desktop scaling, including new preview window.
Now consistently available for all displays (including VGA and HDMI connections).
New scaling override option for Windows 7 gaming.
Improved desktop resizing user interface that guides the user to disable overscanning using their HDTV controls and also provides a fallback option to enable desktop resizing via the NVIDIA Control panel.
NVIDIA desktop resizing now creates a custom, resized resolution with 1:1 pixel mapping and resizes standard resolutions for games that don’t support custom resolutions.

NVIDIA 3D Vision

With Release 275 drivers, the 3D Vision Controller driver is now included with all GPU driver installations. This driver package includes v275.22 3D Vision Controller driver. Users are no longer required to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver or CD driver. For more information, please view this knowledgebase article for more information.
3D Vision Window Mode support. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information.
Added support for 3D Vision Photo viewer to now work in Window Mode. When you have opened a 3D picture file check the “View” section for this new option.
Improved 3D Vision IR emitter and 3D Vision glasses synchronization
Adds support for new 3D Vision projectors: NEC NP-V300X series
Added the following 3D Vision game profiles:
Age of Empires Online
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Battlefield Play4Free
Duke Nukem Forever
Dungeon Siege III
Super Street Fighter IV
World of Tanks
Update the following 3D Vision game profiles
Portal 2 – fixed water reflection problem and updated convergence setting to provide a better user experience
The Witcher 2 – Improved 3D Vision compatibility for all in-game effects

Other

Installs HD Audio driver version 1.2.23.3
Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514
Supports playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires compatible software application from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Roxio, or Corel. For GPU and system requirements, visit the NVIDIA Blu-ray 3D website.
Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe 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 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenGL 4.1 on GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

[SIrPauly]

Increasing performance with dual core CPU's!

[Ego]

http://www.geforce.com/#/Drivers/Results/33461

275.33 WHQL.
Witcher 2 performance fixed !

Wooooo

[Arioch]

http://www.geforce.com/#/Drivers/Results/33461

275.33 WHQL.
Witcher 2 performance fixed !

Wooooo

Not really. Still getting 10 FPS inside the tavern and other people are reporting the same thing on the Nvidia 3D Vision forum. The fix is for people playing the game in 2D.

[BBA]

Is it just a certified version of the beta's that just came out?