NVIDIA GeForce 296.10 WHQL

stasio · *Last edited by stasio; 03-13-2012 at 12:54.*

NVIDIA GeForce 296.10 WHQL

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NVIDIA GeForce 296.10 WHQL 64-bit

NVIDIA GeForce 296.10 WHQL 32-bit

NVIDIA GeForce 296.10 WHQL XP 32-bit

Code:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...glish-whql.exe

DriverVer = 02/29/2012, 8.17.12.9610

NVIDIA GeForce Notebook 296.10 WHQL

Code:

http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-notebook-win7-winvista-32bit-international-whql.exe
http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-international-whql.exe

Mufflore · **release notes -** 03-13-2012, 13:00 | posts: 9,520 | Location: UK

This is the second WHQL-certified driver from the R295 family of drivers (versions 295.xx to 299.xx).

This driver is a recommended upgrade for all GeForce users, especially those playing the latest hot PC games like Battlefield 3, Blacklight: Retribution, Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and more. These drivers come packed with GeForce-exclusive performance and quality enhancements and are Microsoft WHQL-certified.

New in Release 296.10

Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 560 SE GPU.
Updates PhysX System Software to version 9.12.0213.
Boosts SLI performance in the following games:
Blacklight: Retribution – up to 1.8x performance increase
DiRT 3 – updated DX11 profile to improve menu performance
Dishonored
Dungeon Defenders
F1 2011 – improves performance with game patch 1.2
rFactor 2
Adds 3D Vision support for the following games:
Dear Esther – Rated Good
Deep Black: Reloaded – Rated 3D Vision Ready
Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes documentation for more details.

Highlight Summary for the R295 Family of Drivers
New features and performance since R285 WHQL-certified driver

Game-changing performance boost of up to 45% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, “the fastest selling title in Steam’s history”
Up to 2x performance Mass Effect 3 with SLI technology.
GeForce-exclusive quality enhancements with ambient occlusion support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Diablo III, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
New 3D Vision and SLI profiles for over 50 titles.
New PhysX software for the best experience in top PhysX titles like Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.
Enables WHQL-certified support for NVIDIA Surround on Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
Updates HD Audio to version 1.3.12.0.

Other Details

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.

Supported Products
GeForce 500 Series
GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510

GeForce 400 Series
GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405

GeForce 300 Series
GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310

GeForce 200 Series
GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205

GeForce 100 Series
GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100

GeForce 9 Series
GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce 9600 GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100

GeForce 8 Series
GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS 512, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8200 /nForce 730a, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a

GeForce 7 Series
GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, GeForce 7100 GS, GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, GeForce 7300 SE / 7200 GS, GeForce 7300 LE, GeForce 7300 GS, GeForce 7300 GT, GeForce 7350 LE, GeForce 7500 LE, GeForce 7550 LE, GeForce 7600 LE, GeForce 7600 GS, GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7650 GS, GeForce 7800 GS, GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 7800 SLI, GeForce 7900 GS, GeForce 7900 GT/GTO, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GT, GeForce 7950 GX2

GeForce 6 Series
GeForce 6100, GeForce 6100 nForce 400, GeForce 6100 nForce 405, GeForce 6100 nForce 420, GeForce 6150, GeForce 6150 LE, GeForce 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, GeForce 6200, GeForce 6200 A-LE, GeForce 6200 LE, GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM), GeForce 6250, GeForce 6500, GeForce 6600, GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce 6600 LE, GeForce 6600 VE, GeForce 6610 XL, GeForce 6700 XL, GeForce 6800, GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 6800 GS/XT, GeForce 6800 GT, GeForce 6800 LE, GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800 XE, GeForce 6800 XT

MfA · **Memory**: 4GB DDR2 1000MHz 5-5-5-15

thx.

S†v0r · 03-13-2012, 13:10 | posts: 1,027 | Location: 78°55' N, 11°56' E

wow, this came out of the blue, tnx.

Hopefully they fixed some obvious bugs.

RoadKillNL · 03-13-2012, 13:16 | posts: 2,544 | Location: The Netherlands

What a nice surprise

aayman_farzand · 03-13-2012, 13:37 | posts: 718

Just installed, no FPS limiter in the CPL.

Trying Alan Wake now.

Edit: Performance seems exactly the same

Odellot · 03-13-2012, 13:45 | posts: 140 | Location: Philippines

Do this driver have SLI Profile of Alan Wake?

S†v0r · 03-13-2012, 13:49 | posts: 1,027 | Location: 78°55' N, 11°56' E

Its still cuda 4.1.1.

Nv update works fine, it was kinda bugged with 295.73.

Mufflore · 03-13-2012, 13:49 | posts: 9,520 | Location: UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Odellot

Do this driver have SLI Profile of Alan Wake?

If it was in the previous WHQL, yes.
Its not listed in the release notes for 296.10 as a new addition.

Agent-A01 · 03-13-2012, 13:50 | posts: 5,621 | Location: USA

Whats different from last whql?

Mufflore · 03-13-2012, 14:06 | posts: 9,520 | Location: UK

See the release notes!

T_R_V · 03-13-2012, 14:15 | posts: 40

Why on earth people keep posting us-only releases, when the international versions have English in them too?

Code:

Win7/Vista
http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit-international-whql.exe
http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-win7-winvista-32bit-international-whql.exe

WinXP
http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-winxp-64bit-international-whql.exe
http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-desktop-winxp-32bit-international-whql.exe

Release Notes

SerotoNiN · 03-13-2012, 14:20 | posts: 618 | Location: Chicago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agent-A01

Whats different from last whql?

Seems like nothing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mufflore

See the release notes!

I'm assuming he did read the release notes, as did I, and they proclaim the same speed boosts and performance improvements the last set did, so like him, I ask - what's different?

Mufflore · 03-13-2012, 14:31 | posts: 9,520 | Location: UK

Anything before the line
"New features and performance since R285 WHQL-certified driver"
is new to this driver.
(not including beta drivers)

Anything after it is new since 285.xx

Nono06 · **Memory**: 6GB (8-9-8-24-1T)@1870

Quote:

Originally Posted by Odellot

Do this driver have SLI Profile of Alan Wake?

Remedy has to update the game also:
http://forum.alanwake.com/showthread.php?t=7999

I tried with the final 1.03 patch the provided solution and I saw nice improvement without major bugs but I just had time to try the very first level.
(Unfortunately for me it is using only 2 gpu and using the -gpucount=4 gave very poor performance)

RoadKillNL · 03-13-2012, 15:02 | posts: 2,544 | Location: The Netherlands

Quote:

Originally Posted by aayman_farzand

Just installed, no FPS limiter in the CPL.

Trying Alan Wake now.

Edit: Performance seems exactly the same

Enable V-Sync and you got an FPS Limiter that also reduces Screen Tearing.

bokah · 03-13-2012, 15:17 | posts: 2,309

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_R_V

Why on earth people keep posting us-only releases, when the international versions have English in them too?

but only installs language ur os is set to

AceTK · 03-13-2012, 15:20 | posts: 153 | Location: UK

Can anyone with a P67 motherboard confirm if this fixes the dreaded TDR bug that has screwed all drivers since 275.33? They made no mention of TDR on the list of bug fixes which leads me to think these are more useless drivers for many of us.

Dranzerk · 03-13-2012, 15:23 | posts: 59

Quote:

Originally Posted by AceTK

Can anyone with a P67 motherboard confirm if this fixes the dreaded TDR bug that has screwed all drivers since 275.33? They made no mention of TDR on the list of bug fixes which leads me to think these are more useless drivers for many of us.

Asus this month released a TON of new bios for motherboards that fixed TDR issues with boards on P67 chipsets. Download the new 2302 bios for board.

AceTK · 03-13-2012, 15:29 | posts: 153 | Location: UK

Where does it actually say that bios fixes TDR? All I see is:

Unable to resume from S3
The disk drive numbers may not correspond as expected to the SATA channel numbers
BSOD during HDD hot plug under AHCI mode
BSOD when entering sleep mode or resuming from sleep mode under Windows 7
Unable to find HDD in Ghost under DOS
Yellow exclamatory mark on ATK/0110 in Device Manager
BSOD after BIOS update
Add a GPT hard disk drive as the data drive to a system configured with Disk Unlocker
Does Disk Unlocker support AHCI or RAID disk?
Installation of Windows Vista is slow or unable to install when using more than 3GB DDR memory
CPU Vcore voltage drops as CPU load goes up
Unable to recognize full HDD size when use 2+TB
The CPU temperature reading in BIOS is about 10~20 degrees centigrade hotter than the reading in OS
The SATA hard drive connected to the PCH SATA controller is not recognized during Windows XP installation
Asus logo screen pops up twice
Unable to enter the OS after updating the BIOS
4GB memory installed but less memory size detected
Unable to change boot priority under UEFI BIOS
Not able to resume from S3 if 「Internal PLL Overvoltage」set to Enabled
Unusable device or device not detected

alanm · 03-13-2012, 15:40 | posts: 4,961

No kepler support. Odd for drivers coming out soon before a new card release.

aayman_farzand · 03-13-2012, 15:47 | posts: 718

Quote:

Originally Posted by Odellot

Do this driver have SLI Profile of Alan Wake?

I had 95%/20% scaling, so no.

S†v0r · 03-13-2012, 15:50 | posts: 1,027 | Location: 78°55' N, 11°56' E

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanm

No kepler support. Odd for drivers coming out soon before a new card release.

Looks like Kepler will be using 300+ branch

Anthrax27 · 03-13-2012, 15:52 | posts: 119 | Location: Mumbai

Thanks

Tested Battlefield 3 and performance is same as it was with 295.73

Agent-A01 · 03-13-2012, 16:12 | posts: 5,621 | Location: USA

Quote:

Originally Posted by SerotoNiN

Seems like nothing.

I'm assuming he did read the release notes, as did I, and they proclaim the same speed boosts and performance improvements the last set did, so like him, I ask - what's different?

Exactly...

I highly doubt there is a "45%" boost in skyrim over last whql...

Can someone do some benches comparing last whql 295.73? im using the quadro 295.73s and i dont want to update for nothing and lose the awesome quadro IQ.