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NVIDIA GPU driver 197.13 released
AmazingAvery
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tech.icrontic.com/news/nvidia-gpu-driver-197-13-released/
For anyone interested in updating their drivers [THESE ARE BETA DRIVERS}
NVIDIA has today announced the newest ForceWare version for GeForce 100, 200, 300, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 GPUs. In addition to resolving the fan issue in the 196.75 beta responsible for bricking several cards, this new beta GPU driver offers the following changes:
Increases performance in several PC games from v196.21 WHQL. The following are examples of measured improvements. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
Up to 13% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with a single GPU
Up to 30% performance increase in Crysis: Warhead with SLI technology
Up to 13% performance increase in H.A.W.X with single GPU
Up to 15% performance increase in H.A.W.X with SLI technology
Up to 30% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with single GPU
Up to 28% performance increase in Left 4 Dead with SLI technology
Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for top new gaming titles including Assassin Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight, Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City, Mass Effect 2, Napoleon: Total War, and Zombie Driver.
Enhanced SLI support for World of Warcraft and Unigine.
Adds Ambient Occlusion support for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Need for Speed: Shift, Resident Evil 5, RUSE, and Street Fighter IV.
Adds override anti-aliasing support for Mass Effect 2.
Comments
yep this is one reason nvidia is ahead in my book.
driver !they release a driver every month on average and they do support their older card
i got an ati 5770 right now , i got to say i miss my nvidia support ,maybe ati will step up and support more but i dont think so
i had an old pentium 3 with an ati card back then and i had the same issue i have now with my ati 5770
driver and software .this is one very big strengh for a graphic card maker
no mather how powerfull card is if it doesnt support a wide array of game in the end its like a formula 1 in the center of new york
not really useful
yep this is one reason nvidia is ahead in my book.
driver !they release a driver every month on average and they do support their older card
i got an ati 5770 right now , i got to say i miss my nvidia support ,maybe ati will step up and support more but i dont think so
i had an old pentium 3 with an ati card back then and i had the same issue i have now with my ati 5770
driver and software .this is one very big strengh for a graphic card maker
no mather how powerfull card is if it doesnt support a wide array of game in the end its like a formula 1 in the center of new york
not really useful
Completely agree.
Well been testing the drivers out for anyone interested.
I do see an increase in Crysis Wars ( I play frequently and getting a few extra FPS)
Conan I can't tell if there is improvement or not yet. (comparing with some older fraps vids with the benchmarks on)
Hawx can't really tell if any change, seems just the same, but always ran well for me.
Biggest improvement I see is in Napolean - Total War in SLi seeing at least 10 FPS improvement than earlier on in week.
I ran 3D mark 06 and Vantage and seeing significantly poorer results due to this driver though than the last 2 iterations of drivers.
Oh and using Riva Tuner my fan is cycle on my 2 285's is always at 68% (manually set)