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Nvidia released another Beta of their driver, it is first unified driver released of Windows Vista, 7 and 8 in one package.

Here is the changelog, copy pasted from nvidia site:

This is the second beta driver from the R304 family of drivers and the first GeForce driver to combine support for Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista into a single driver.

New in 304.79 Drivers:

  • Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA
    • NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.
    • The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA (support will be enabled in an upcoming patch)..
    • TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
    • Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.

  • New SLI Support

Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:


    • The Secret World - added
    • End of Nations - added
    • Nexuiz (also provided earlier via NVIDIA Update)
    • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier (also provided earlier via NVIDIA Update)
    • Tornado Force - added
    • Tribes: Ascend - updated

  • Key Fixes
    • Fixed a compatibility issue with Civilization V and GeForce 400/500 series GPUs
    • Fixed instances of flickering or missing mouse cursor when hardware cursor is enabled (reported with Aion, World of Warcraft, Eve Online and others).
    • Fixed instances of very low frame rates in Deus Ex: Human Revolution (DX11).
    • Fixed an issue that caused a PC reboot instead of a PC shut down.
    • Fixed an issue that led to a black screen after driver installation.
    • Power management mode settings now persist across driver overinstalls.

New in R304 Drivers (Introduced previously with 304.48 drivers):

  • Performance Boost ? Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:


  • GeForce GTX 680:

    • Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
    • Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
    • Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
    • Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)

    GeForce GTX 560:[*]

    • Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
    • Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
    • Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
    • Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
    • Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2

  • Key Fixes
    • Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
    • Fixes an issue where some manufacturer?s factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
    • Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.

  • NVIDIA SLI Technology ? Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
    • Spec Ops: The Line
    • PlanetSide 2
    • F1 2011 ? updated profile
    • Final Fantasy XIV ? updated profile
    • Saints Row: The Third ? updated profile
    • Torchlight II
    • Tribes: Ascend

  • NVIDIA 3D Vision ? Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
    • Alan Wake's American Nightmare ? rated Poor
    • Borderlands 2 ? updated profile with new convergence settings
    • Depth Hunter ? updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
    • Mass Effect 3 ? updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
    • Max Payne 3 ? updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
    • Street Fighter X Tekken ? rated 3D Vision Ready
    • Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters ? rated Good
    • Tribes: Ascend ? rated Fair
    • The Walking Dead ? rating Good

  • Other Profile Updates
    • Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
    • Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
    • Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
    • Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
    • Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

  • NVIDIA Surround
    • Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.

Additional Details

  • Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
  • Installs HD Audio v1.3.17.0.
  • Supports OpenGL 4.2
  • Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
  • 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.

As per mentioned, it has older Physx package, so you should installed new Physx Package from here.

Nvidia no longer release Beta drivers for XP (not checked but previous ones not released).

Download Links:

For 64-bit: http://www.nvidia.co...eta-driver.html

For 32-bit: http://www.nvidia.co...eta-driver.html

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I have a 560 ti and I have been having problems with any driver above the 300 series, the drivers would stop responding after 5 minutes in of booting the pc. The cooling is good in the case and my mobo temps stay consistently under 30c. I've been a long time Ati guy and never had issues like this. When I google it, it seems tons of people have the same problem.

I have a 560 ti and I have been having problems with any driver above the 300 series, the drivers would stop responding after 5 minutes in of booting the pc. The cooling is good in the case and my mobo temps stay consistently under 30c. I've been a long time Ati guy and never had issues like this. When I google it, it seems tons of people have the same problem.

You're complaining about side effects using Beta drivers? I also have a GTX 560 Ti (although mine is 384 core version), and I have not had any problems with these beta drivers. No crashes, temperatures are the same as the last stable version. My card is idling at 38-40c, and my house is pretty hot right now.
You're complaining about side effects using Beta drivers?

He said "any driver above the 300 series" and 301.42 are WHQL certified.

I ran into some issues myself with 560 and a few games with the WHQL driver, like flickering textures and shadows but these beta drivers seem to be fine so far.

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