NVIDIA GeForce 314.14 BETA Drivers

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Windows 8/7/Vista 32 bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win8-win7-winvista-32bit-314.14-beta-driver.html
Windows 8/7/Vista 64 bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win8-win7-winvista-64bit-314.14-beta-driver.html
Windows XP 64 bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64-314.14-beta-driver.html
Windows XP 32 bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-314.14-beta-driver.html

Release Summary
This is the GeForce Game Ready driver for SimCity, StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, Resident Evil 6, and Hawken with PhysX.

Instantly apply optimal game settings with GeForce Experience.

New in GeForce 314.14 Drivers

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 23% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 680:
Up to 23% in Sniper Elite V2
Up to 9% in Sleeping Dogs

GeForce GTX 680 SLI:
Up to 22% in Sniper Elite V2
Up to 14% in Sleeping Dogs
Up to 9% in StarCraft II
Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Up to 5% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Up to 5% in Just Cause 2
Up to 4% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham City

SLI Technology
Updates SLI profile for Resident Evil 6
Adds SLI profile for Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army (delivered via NVIDIA Update)

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.23.1
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
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.
 
Sounds good to me. I'm actually curious about the HD audio driver for once. After installing the last WHQL driver my sound functionality "disappears" randomly in Windows 8.
They've been doing a good job of optimizing Sleeping Dogs lately. That game is full-on stunning with the details cranked and a high framerate.
 
Domingo said:
Sounds good to me. I'm actually curious about the HD audio driver for once. After installing the last WHQL driver my sound functionality "disappears" randomly in Windows 8.
They've been doing a good job of optimizing Sleeping Dogs lately. That game is full-on stunning with the details cranked and a high framerate.
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I seem to be constantly reinstalling my sound card's drivers because of the how the nvidia drivers seem to stop the output from my x-fi no matter what i do, the only fix seems to be reinstall the drivers, they really should make an option to completely disable the sound in control panel and at the driver install, only since upgrading to SLI it has been doing this.
 
BatJoe said:
Well, AMD have had their little hands on it, so probably wont be any specific one's till after release.
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Crysis 3 was an AMD sponsored title yet Nvidia released Crysis 3 specific drivers the day before its release
 
I don't think this is an nvidia thing. I say that because I have win 8 and an x-fi with a ati 5850 and have the exact same problem.
 
Acoustique said:
I seem to be constantly reinstalling my sound card's drivers because of the how the nvidia drivers seem to stop the output from my x-fi no matter what i do, the only fix seems to be reinstall the drivers, they really should make an option to completely disable the sound in control panel and at the driver install, only since upgrading to SLI it has been doing this.
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I'm only using the HDMI-out from my 680 and the last couple of drivers have caused it to randomly disappear. It shows up fine in the device manager, but the sound control panel applet tells me that I have no audio devices installed. Rebooting seems to fix the problem, but sometimes it takes 2-3 reboots.
It just started happening maybe 2 weeks ago (coinciding with the last two driver revisions), so I have to think it's related in some way.
 
Looks good, nice optimization for Skyrim for my 680 SLi is welcome. Shame I beat/uninstalled sleepingdogs, batman AC, Deus Ex HR, and Just Cause 2.
 
I think there are some problems with this driver release I didn't try them myself yet but people on evga and nvidia forums report their 600 series or Titan cards start to throttle down if fan speed goes over 70% regardless of temperature or power. I'll try later and see what happens.
 
Milena said:
I think there are some problems with this driver release I didn't try them myself yet but people on evga and nvidia forums report their 600 series or Titan cards start to throttle down if fan speed goes over 70% regardless of temperature or power. I'll try later and see what happens.
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I don't know why they are having to go over 70% anyway. I get over 1000ghz boost with my fan going as high as 60%
 
Acoustique said:
I seem to be constantly reinstalling my sound card's drivers because of the how the nvidia drivers seem to stop the output from my x-fi no matter what i do, the only fix seems to be reinstall the drivers, they really should make an option to completely disable the sound in control panel and at the driver install, only since upgrading to SLI it has been doing this.
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I have an x-fi titanium card and 580gtx sli and don't have any problems. Are u using HDMI? Even if your monitor is 1080p, I would recommend using the dvi out and then running your x-fi via analog out or optical... Then u don't have to worry about the hdmi Nvidia audio being a problem
 
Island said:
I have an x-fi titanium card and 580gtx sli and don't have any problems. Are u using HDMI? Even if your monitor is 1080p, I would recommend using the dvi out and then running your x-fi via analog out or optical... Then u don't have to worry about the hdmi Nvidia audio being a problem
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That's the thing, I don't even use HDMI, i use a single DVI and the audio goes into a receiver through a 3.5mm jack. Really annoying, yet again had to reinstall the audio drivers tonight after a reset, the drivers are a shortcut now on my desktop, may aswell just put them in the startup folder and be done with it, maybe there is a silent install command line.

Even have the nvidia HDMI device's disabled in the device manager
 
This driver is using the same sound driver as the last WHQL one, so it's definitely not going to fix anything in that area.
Looking at my games, I don't really have anything that pushes my hardware all that much right now so I'm tossing around grabbing Far Cry 3 or Crysis 3 just to get some eye candy.
 
BatJoe said:
I don't know why they are having to go over 70% anyway. I get over 1000ghz boost with my fan going as high as 60%
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Could be the way the power/monitoring circuitry is set up to detect voltages and temps in order to adjust the fan speed.

And, 1000GHz? Did you get a golden egg GPU made out of graphene or something?
 
Anyone else been having problems with the beta drivers? I get random crashes and black screen that I didnt have with the previous drivers..
 
I've crashed twice in crysis 3 and i've noticed random black screens as well (thought it might have been my Titan acting funny). I'm going to roll back myself and see if that changes things.
 
illogitech said:
I've crashed twice in crysis 3 and i've noticed random black screens as well (thought it might have been my Titan acting funny). I'm going to roll back myself and see if that changes things.
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Same thing happened to me with Titan.
 
Crysis 3 just got a patch. I believe it might be to fix some of the issues you guys are having.
 
It looks like I actually got a pretty nice boost in performance with these. I'm impressed :D
 
fomoz said:
It looks like I actually got a pretty nice boost in performance with these. I'm impressed :D
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How's 4-way SLI? Have things improved since November '12? I sold my 4-way Classified 680 setup around then...I see you're going for 4x Titans so things must be looking better!
 
sk3tch said:
How's 4-way SLI? Have things improved since November '12? I sold my 4-way Classified 680 setup around then...I see you're going for 4x Titans so things must be looking better!
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4-way SLI is going well, no complaints at this point. Just need more raw processing power, otherwise it's great. Hoping this applies to 4-way Titans, too.
 
fomoz said:
4-way SLI is going well, no complaints at this point. Just need more raw processing power, otherwise it's great. Hoping this applies to 4-way Titans, too.
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No plans for X79? 8-core CPUs on the way and obviously you can pick up the 3930k today...Ivy Bridge-E later this year. Or are you going to go Haswell?
 
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sk3tch said:
No plans for X79? 8-core CPUs on the way and obviously you can pick up the 3930k today...
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What's the advantage of X79 in my case?

I might get IB-E when it comes out, otherwise I'm happy with the PLX PEX 8747 chip.
 
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fomoz said:
Does this actually make a difference in games?
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Arguable today. But you were saying you need more raw processing power...more cores will give you that. Next gen consoles are going to have 8-core CPU...so it's not a bad idea to plan for next gen console ports. :)

I'd stick with what you have and then move to Haswell or X79/IB-E when available.

After my 4-way SLI experience with the 680s I decided to not do it again. I almost talked myself into it but then seeing NVIDIA's own materials not advertising 4-way capabilities pretty much solved it for me. I say good on them. 4-way was so problematic and there's so little benefit over 3-way. But I will miss the benchmarking. :)
 
sk3tch said:
Next gen consoles are going to have 8-core CPU...so it's not a bad idea to plan for next gen console ports. :)
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Well, the 360 has what, 3 cores, and the PS3 has the Cell thing with 8 cores or something? And yet we still get games that don't do much above a dual core. I doubt we'll see a huge difference in that regard.
 
MavericK96 said:
Well, the 360 has what, 3 cores, and the PS3 has the Cell thing with 8 cores or something? And yet we still get games that don't do much above a dual core. I doubt we'll see a huge difference in that regard.
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Good point - but next gen will be x86-based and no more of this PowerPC/Cell crap - so yes we will. Although I'm sure it will take some time to "ramp up" - either way, fomoz ain't your normal dude...he's rocking 4x 680s / Titans. :)
 
sk3tch said:
Arguable today. But you were saying you need more raw processing power...more cores will give you that. Next gen consoles are going to have 8-core CPU...so it's not a bad idea to plan for next gen console ports. :)

I'd stick with what you have and then move to Haswell or X79/IB-E when available.

After my 4-way SLI experience with the 680s I decided to not do it again. I almost talked myself into it but then seeing NVIDIA's own materials not advertising 4-way capabilities pretty much solved it for me. I say good on them. 4-way was so problematic and there's so little benefit over 3-way. But I will miss the benchmarking. :)
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I meant processing power from more SMX units :) We'll see if IB-E shows any gains vs IB, I think I'm OK as far a CPU goes for now with my TIM-replaced IB.

I think that it's difficult to show advantages of 4-way SLI Titans (assuming that the drivers are good for the game that you're playing) unless you start running 3 x 1440p+ @ 60Hz.

Regarding nVidia not promoting 4-way SLI, I completely agree with you. If the driver situation is anything like it was when Kepler just came out, then we both understand their reasons behind it. Having said that, it seems that in most games 3 x 1080p @ 120Hz is either more than enough with 3-way SLI Titans or it's bottle necked by the CPU. I think the story changes when you increase the resolution by 78% and drop the frame rate requirement to 60 FPS, but this setup is still ignored by reviewers.
 
sk3tch said:
Good point - but next gen will be x86-based and no more of this PowerPC/Cell crap - so yes we will. Although I'm sure it will take some time to "ramp up" - either way, fomoz ain't your normal dude...he's rocking 4x 680s / Titans. :)
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Eh not only that but 8 cores running on a much lower IPC.
 
fomoz said:
I think the story changes when you increase the resolution by 78% and drop the frame rate requirement to 60 FPS, but this setup is still ignored by reviewers.
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That's an interesting hypothesis. Interesting indeed. I wish I lived near you so I could loan out my panels for testing, heh. I'm content to play on a single 1080p/120hz panel...especially for multiplayer.
 
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