The newest driver release by NVIDIA brings higher frame rates, fixes for game issues (most notably the corruption in BF3), and new profiles for recent, or upcoming game releases. Take a look below at the benchmarks to get an idea of the improvement in performance the new 295.73 driver brings.
"In the scene tested GTX 560 performance increased by an amazing 44.5%, allowing the mid-range card to make full use of Skyrim’s Ultra graphics options (285.62’s 27.6 frames per second rendered Ultra unplayable in indoor locations). In the other results, GTX 560 SLI performance is up 44.1%, GTX 580 performance by 36%, and GTX 580 SLI performance by 17.3%."
"Outdoor performance tends to be CPU bound on higher end configs, though on the GTX 560 we did register a 16.2% improvement."
"At 1920x1080 SLI frame rates increased by 91.63% on the GTX 560, and 90% on the GTX 570. At 2560x1440, SLI frame rates increased by an astonishing 100.00% on the GTX 560, and 95.04% on the GTX 570."
As you can see, MW3 benefits from NVIDIA's Ambient Occlusion.
New SLI Profiles
7554
Afterfall: InSanity
ArcheAge
Core Blaze
F1 2011
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Mass Effect 3
Oil Rush
Red Faction: Armageddon
The Darkness II
Trine 2
WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011
Miscellaneous Additions
295.73 WHQL adds support for 3D Vision windowed mode on DLP HDTVs and on Optimized for GeForce passive 3D monitors.
Includes updated PhysX 9.12.0209 System Software for improved compatibility and performance in Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.
Enables WHQL-certified support for NVIDIA Surround on Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
Fixes instances of texture corruption/artifacts in Battlefield 3 when memory constrained (typically on 1GB or less graphics cards running Ultra settings and high resolutions).
Windows 7 32bit Download
Windows 7 64bit Download
"In the scene tested GTX 560 performance increased by an amazing 44.5%, allowing the mid-range card to make full use of Skyrim’s Ultra graphics options (285.62’s 27.6 frames per second rendered Ultra unplayable in indoor locations). In the other results, GTX 560 SLI performance is up 44.1%, GTX 580 performance by 36%, and GTX 580 SLI performance by 17.3%."
"Outdoor performance tends to be CPU bound on higher end configs, though on the GTX 560 we did register a 16.2% improvement."
"At 1920x1080 SLI frame rates increased by 91.63% on the GTX 560, and 90% on the GTX 570. At 2560x1440, SLI frame rates increased by an astonishing 100.00% on the GTX 560, and 95.04% on the GTX 570."
As you can see, MW3 benefits from NVIDIA's Ambient Occlusion.
New SLI Profiles
7554
Afterfall: InSanity
ArcheAge
Core Blaze
F1 2011
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Mass Effect 3
Oil Rush
Red Faction: Armageddon
The Darkness II
Trine 2
WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011
Miscellaneous Additions
295.73 WHQL adds support for 3D Vision windowed mode on DLP HDTVs and on Optimized for GeForce passive 3D monitors.
Includes updated PhysX 9.12.0209 System Software for improved compatibility and performance in Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.
Enables WHQL-certified support for NVIDIA Surround on Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
Fixes instances of texture corruption/artifacts in Battlefield 3 when memory constrained (typically on 1GB or less graphics cards running Ultra settings and high resolutions).
Windows 7 32bit Download
Windows 7 64bit Download
