http://www dot geforce dot com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-310-33-beta-drivers-released
or just go to http://www.nvidia.com/
or just go to http://www.nvidia.com/
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NVIDIA 310.33 Beta Drivers are Out
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GotNoRice
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Awesome
Tup3x
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Going to download.
Direct link to English version:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...top-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-beta.exe
Direct link to English version:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...top-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-beta.exe
boxleitnerb
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This driver features automatic LOD adjustment for SGSSAA in DX9-11
Where is this mentioned?
Solhokuten
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Will give these a try when I get home from work. 
boxleitnerb
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Nowhere, as it is unofficial. But it works, I tested it half an hour ago in Just Cause 2 (DX10) and Metro 2033 (DX11).
When using SGSSAA it will automatically set the LOD to
-0.4 for 2xSGSSAA
-0.8 for 4xSGSSAA
-1.2 for 8xSGSSAA
Of course you can manually override the value if you should want to via NVInspector.
That is awesome. Thanks!
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No specific mention of Borderlands 2, but hopefully PhysX performance is improved.
Seems slightly better. I saw it get over 80% (X79, PCIe 3.0 fix enabled, verified). I couldn't play much because my BenQ XL2420T/TX monitors now show up as only 60hz in NVIDIA control panel.
Probably going to have to downgrade...they worked just fine with the WHQL 306.97...EDIT: nevermind, just created custom resolutions with 120hz enabled and that seemed to make it work. Tried it again and yeah - definite NV Surround improvements. I'm just using BF3 MP as a metric. In the 80% for usage percentage and it gets up to the higher 80s from time to time. Pretty crazy!
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clayton006
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Seems slightly better. I saw it get over 80% (X79, PCIe 3.0 fix enabled, verified). I couldn't play much because my BenQ XL2420T/TX monitors now show up as only 60hz in NVIDIA control panel.
EDIT: nevermind, just created custom resolutions with 120hz enabled and that seemed to make it work. Tried it again and yeah - definite NV Surround improvements. I'm just using BF3 MP as a metric. In the 80% for usage percentage and it gets up to the higher 80s from time to time. Pretty crazy!
This is a GREAT day. Will see how they work on my rig under windows 8. Does anyone have a link to the release notes? Link seems to be down on Nvidia's site.
Lord_Exodia
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Damn how did they manage to cover every game excecpt the ones I'm playing and the ones I've yet to install from my already purchased games
Anyway, kudos to you guys if your games are listed there for performance improvements.
Anyway, kudos to you guys if your games are listed there for performance improvements.
I didn't notice a difference in the Rustyards area of the Pirate's Booty DLC.
Tried these out in Skyrim. Performance seems better, it was very smooth in cities. Also, I didn't have a single Display Driver crash, and I was running at my +175/+200 clocks that I was able to use pre-306 drivers without issue.
So far these are pretty awesome.
So far these are pretty awesome.
Yep, it's true, see link: PCGH
@ fomoz: you have pretty good GPU usage (at least what am I seeing), I read at another place, that SLI users get lower GPU utilization in BF3 with this driver, it's true?
I don't see anything wrong in this picture.4-way SLI Surround has not been fixed. It's exactly the same as before.
clayton006
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BF3 is working much better for me with the new drivers.
The BIG improvement for me is that I can now run high physx in Borderlands 2 @ 8050x1600. Before, any physx level would cause major slowdowns in surround mode.
The BIG improvement for me is that I can now run high physx in Borderlands 2 @ 8050x1600. Before, any physx level would cause major slowdowns in surround mode.
clayton006
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Agreed, and Skyrim feels more fluid as well but don't hold me to any scientific proof.
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So far these new drivers are working great for me.
Downloaded and installed. I had time to do quick runs of 3dmark 11 and vantage and I'm getting what I consider to be significant gains. My 3dmark 11 score was 15327 (up from 14510) and vantage score is 40644 (up from 37336). This is all on the same max core and memory speed (1200 core/6800 memory). I guess the difference that I noticed is the i needed +50 offset to get to 1200, but with 306.97 I needed +37 offset. Not sure why the clocks are different with different drivers. This driver doesn't help with my gripe with my cards though - poor overclocking. Still can't run stable benchmarks above 1225 core.
You're right, I take that back. There's definitely been an improvement. My fps in Heaven at 4032x960 went from 62.6 to 94.0.
That's a huge improvement, but it's still not as good as it theoretically should be. At 2560x1440 it's 107.4, so it should be around 102.3 to account for the 5% extra pixels. That's still 8% slower than it should be, but it's amazing compared to what it was before. Oh well, this is a step in the right direction, I hope they keep on working on it
murkris118
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Same here, shitty performance with Physx ON on my 680 even worse I must say. This is getting into my nerves. This is just unacceptable, Nvidia and Gearbox taking so much time to fix a game. Its been out for nearly 2 months if I am right.
Just buy an AMD card and you won't have to worry about PhysX anymore.
murkris118
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But I lose the eye candy
....Retina rotting eye candy imo prefer physx on low after playing on my friends 680 system, the low res blood and excessive effects look like crap to me, not worth the drop in framesBut I lose the eye candy
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So any single card users seeing any improvements?
murkris118
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No, This driver wrecked my performance in BL2. Rolled back to 306.97... now everything is fine.
I seem to getting about 5 more FPS outdoors in modded Skyrim, which is actually a large improvement since I was hovering between 25-30 before (adaptive Vsync enabled). Total Enhancement ENB w/ ambient occlusion and some SSIL, in-game FXAA, official HD texture pack + Realism Overhaul texpack, various INI tweaks. Using the global settings recommended here. I just got this card a few weeks ago, though, so that's the only game whose pre-310.33 performance I am familiar with.