geforce NVIDIA Graphics Driver 301.42 WHQL (Desktop & Notebook)

[Avi]

http://www.geforce.com/

This is the first WHQL-certified unified driver from the R300 family of drivers (versions 300.00 to 301.99).

New in R300 Drivers:

• New GPU Support:
  
  • GeForce GTX 690
    
  • GeForce GTX 680
    
  • GeForce GTX 670
    
  • GeForce GT 600-series GPUs
    

• Performance Boost ? Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 296.10 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
  GeForce GTX 570/580:
  
  • Up to 23% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
    
  • Up to 21% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
    
  • Up to 17% in StarCraft II with SLI
    
  • Up to 14% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
    
  • Up to 9% in Bulletstorm
    
  • Up to 7% in Civilization V
    
  • Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
    
  • Up to 6% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
    
  • Up to 5% in Metro 2033 with SLI
    
  • Up to 5% in Total War: Shogun 2
    

  GeForce GTX 560/560 Ti:

  • Up to 20% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
    
  • Up to 15% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
    
  • Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
    
  • Up to 12% in Bulletstorm
    
  • Up to 11% in Civilization V
    
  • Up to 10% in StarCraft II with SLI
    
  • Up to 9% in Batman: Arkham City
    
  • Up to 4% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
    
  • Up to 4% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
    
  • Up to 4% in Metro 2033 with SLI
    
  • Up to 4% in Total War: Shogun 2
    

• NVIDIA FXAA Technology ? shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
  

• NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync ? dynamically enables vertical sync based on your current frame rates for the smoothest gaming experience. Adaptive VSync is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
  

• NVIDIA Frame Rate Target ? dynamically adjusts frame rate to a user specified target. Support for this feature is enabled via third party applications via NVAPI. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
  

• NVIDIA Surround Technology ? Adds the following new Surround capabilities.Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
  
  • Add in a fourth accessory display with GeForce GTX 600-series to get access to your email, web, or other applications while you game.
    
  • Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode (enabled by default).
    
  • Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display (enabled by default).
    
  • Enable bezel peeking ? a feature which enables users to temporarily peek behind the monitor bezels using a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + B). This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with bezel corrected resolutions.
    
  • Add or remove resolutions from the list of Surround resolutions (only those selected will be available to applications).
    
  • Full center display acceleration for single wide display modes (center display must be connected to the master GPU).
    

• NVIDIA SLI Technology ? Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
  
  • Alan Wake
    
  • Call of Juarez: The Cartel
    
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
    
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
    
  • Left 4 Dead
    
  • Orcs Must Die!
    
  • Portal 2
    
  • Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
    
  • Risen 2: Dark Waters
    
  • The Darkness II
    
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2
    
  • Crusader Kings II
    
  • Max Payne 3
    
  • Sniper Elite V2
    
  • Street Fighter X Tekken
    

• NVIDIA 3D Vision ? Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
  
  • All Zombies Must Die! ? rated Fair
    
  • Ghosts 'n Goblins Online ? rated Good
    
  • Oil Rush ? rated 3D Vision Ready
    
  • Postal III ? rated Good
    
  • Rayman Origins ? rated Good
    
  • SevenCore ? rated Fair
    
  • Stacking ? rated Good
    
  • Unigine Heaven Benchmark v3.0 ? rated 3D Vision Ready
    
  • Wargame: European Escalation ? rated Good
    
  • Warp ? rated Good
    
  • Wings of Prey ? rated Fair
    
  • Krater ? rated Poor
    
  • Adam's Venture Episode 1- rated Poor
    
  • Blacklight: Retribution ? rated Poor
    
  • The Darkness II ? updated in-game recommended settings
    
  • Depth Hunter ? updated profile
    
  • Dirt: Showdown ? rated Good
    
  • Passion Leads Army Benchmark ? rated 3D Vision Ready
    
  • Resident Evil: Operating Raccoon City ? Rated Fair
    
  • rFactor 2 ? changed rating to 3D Vision Ready
    
  • Trackmania 2: Canyon ? rated Fair
    
  • Unigine 3.0 Heaven Benchmark ? updated profile
    
  • World of Tanks ? changed rating to Excellent.
    

Other Details

• Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0213.
  
• Installs HD Audio v1.3.16.0.
  
• Supports OpenGL 4.2
  
• Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600-series.
  
• Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
  
• 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 and AMD motherboards.
  

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Installed yesterday.. Pretty solid..

[Avi]

Yep. Seem to work fine here as well (mostly for video playback).

madVR doesn't require a workaround anymore (unlike the previous R300 [beta] drivers).

LAV Video, that uses CUVID, seem to work great as well.

[MillionVoltss]

Another 20% on skyrim for the 560ti. Wow.

[Astra.Xtreme]

Looks like I'll get some pretty solid SLI gains. Though I don't really play any of those games.