NVIDIA GeForce 310.33 Beta Download & Discussion

D3 override AA issues are finally fixed (8x@1600p)

 

Heaven Benchmark v3.0 Basic

FPS:39.8
Scores:1003
Min FPS:19.9
Max FPS:96.0

Hardware
Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 7 2012
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:
3906MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 9.18.13.1033 3072Mb
Settings
Render:
direct3d11
Mode:
5760x1200 2xAA fullscreen
Shaders:
high
Textures:
high
Filter:
trilinear
Anisotropy:
16x
Occlusion:
enabled
Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Tessellation:
extreme


VS

OLD DRIVER

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Heaven Benchmark v3.0 Basic

FPS:34.6
Scores:872
Min FPS:10.7
Max FPS:81.3


Hardware

Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 7 2012
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:
3906MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 9.18.13.623 3071Mb
Settings
Render:
direct3d11
Mode:
5760x1200 2xAA fullscreen
Shaders:
high
Textures:
high
Filter:
trilinear
Anisotropy:
16x
Occlusion:
enabled
Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Tessellation:
extreme


DRIVER IS AWESOME!!!

 

GTX680M != GTX680.
Using mods will only limit the gains even more.

 

Did you guys install on-top or remove old, clean and then fresh install?

 

Just install on top, if you run into a problem, install fresh.

 

Of course not. But it's a downclocked 670. Same architecture.
And there is literally 0% improvement really where should be.

If I use no graphic mods I will certainly get CPU bottlenecked at some point, and I SHOULD see an improvement over the previous driver in Skyrim.

And I'm not considering that 1 alternating FPS in Savegame 3 an improvement

EDIT: Oh yeah and the new idle core clock is 405 instead of 135, anyone else got this? Got no programs running in the background, killed every process apart of windows ones to test it

 

Actually it has less Shaders and TMU's as always mobile chips does. Not even mentioning the freqs.

GTX680m will be more like around GTX670, if the memory is quite downclocked...

And the seconds, the Skyrim mods actually could improve driver relation as the GPU and its driver perfomance dependency is increased.

 

no performance improvements on 660Ti?

 

660 is mentioned so yes ti as well, has someone checked those on BF3? BL2 still have performance issues with physx, but this week gearbox should release the patch.

 

why do you say 'this week'?
i hope they include benchmark with patch.

 

Wishful thinking

 

Yes indeed. I meant that, considering the 11% gains on GTX680 falls as low as 6% on the GTX660 (with a lower average framerate than the 680 obviously), with your ~30 fps average, you would be looking at more or less GTX660 level gains, so ~1.8 fps more. That's pretty limited anyway me thinks, and Nvidia style means *in some special cases only*.

BTW, 30 fps looks low for such a GPU and Skyrim.. Am I wrong :3eyes: ? My OC'd 6950 is supposedly slower and never dips below 60 FPS running @ 2560x1600. No mods though.

I do get the same idle clocks as before on my 680. I guess this stuff is not that optimized for mobile GPUs - that could explain the low to inexistant gains

 

You need to install an ENB and enjoy HQ SSAO+Indirect Lightning+SkyLightning. It kills your fps as you can see, but the game looks gorgeos

And yeah I just read nvidias release notes more carwfully. Those marketing pros added in a lower section that it only counts on "high" preset and indoors... lol

 

AO is still as glitchy as f*** in Guild Wars 2 which is disappointing.

 

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i have tested this driver on a low end 520GT and i saw improvements in heaven benchmark and 3dmark11 , i suspect a gain all across the board indeed a nice welcome performance boost and confirmed by my testing , well done nvidia , awsome amazing performance drivers , go guys go get them.

 

working good - BF3, Dota 2

 

I read that fix is exist and it on testing in the next 24hr, so it might be this week tbh they should do it this week already.

 

Cool beans, lv.30 right now, i guess it'll be time to put steam in online mode once patch arrives.

 

hi add me to steam phenomfx446 if u want, i am now on TVH with Mechromancer, gold chest can be awesome

 

Excellent driver. Best for a long time. O/Cs seem stable. Running cooler than R300-306 I think. Fan hasn't kicked in yet. Has finally fixed my brightness slider as well. Not had that functioning since ?R296. I'd forgotten what a very bright screen looked like. Very happy.