nvidia 301.24 beta drivers

[WillSK]

What do we all think?

I've given it a spin on BF3 and it seems to be working fine. Have turned on FXAA and Adaptive Vsync in global settings and although i can't say for the FXAA as it's not compatible in BF3 the adaptive vsync is working beautifully.

Also just a quick question not entirely relevant but i turned on transparency to multisampling when it used to be off. is there any negatives to this apart from the possibility of performance loss if your pc isn't up to it?

Link to the 64bit windows 7 driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-301.24-beta-driver.html?nvidiaupdate=1

 

[dugdiamond]

i never use BETA drivers

i don't mind using betas in software, but never betas for hardware

 

[yassarikhan786]

i never use BETA drivers

i don't mind using betas in software, but never betas for hardware

+1. Beta drivers have always given me trouble so I never use them.

 

[Sheza]

I thought FXAA could be used in pretty much any game, is this not the case for Bf3 then? That's bad because it was the game I most wanted to use it on. I have downloaded the drivers but I'm gonna wait until there's clarification on this. I've never used Nvidia-set things before, I only use what the game allows because otherwise my FPS drops a lot.

 

[Tindo]

so should i switch off the msaa in my games and just use the fxaa or should i leave msaa on and fxaa enabled, thanks

 

[WillSK]

I thought FXAA could be used in pretty much any game, is this not the case for Bf3 then? That's bad because it was the game I most wanted to use it on. I have downloaded the drivers but I'm gonna wait until there's clarification on this. I've never used Nvidia-set things before, I only use what the game allows because otherwise my FPS drops a lot.

From what i've seen BF3 already incorporates a form of FXAA so doesn't utilise the new feature. As for turning off your MSAA i don't think you need to as i think the FXAA overwrites this but i also want clarification for this!

the Adaptive Vsync is good though, any of you tried it?

 

[Sheza]

Ah that sucks :/

I think I get really bad performance with BF3 and my GTX 560Ti. I play with medium textures and 4x / 8x something or other (There's two of them, like MSAA and something else, AAFF or something?) to get 60fps. I would have expected better with higher AA and textures

 

[WillSK]

Ah that sucks :/

I think I get really bad performance with BF3 and my GTX 560Ti. I play with medium textures and 4x / 8x something or other (There's two of them, like MSAA and something else, AAFF or something?) to get 60fps. I would have expected better with higher AA and textures

I have a 560 ti factory overclocked but i haven't personally OC'd it at all so it is at default settings and i play BF3 on High or very high (which ever one is before ultra) settings. I did find though that you get better performance if you use the default "High" settings rather than custom setting some to high some to medium some to ultra etc. Have you tried giving this a go??

My FPS with the new adaptive sync is 60 80% of the time and then occasionally dips to about 40 if there's a lot going on but i don't get any stutter or break in performance really.

let me know if that helped!

 

[JezEngland]

Also just a quick question not entirely relevant but i turned on transparency to multisampling when it used to be off. is there any negatives to this apart from the possibility of performance loss if your pc isn't up to it?

Link to the 64bit windows 7 driver: http://www.nvidia.co...?nvidiaupdate=1

That setting can be buggy in Battlefield. In BFBC2 some areas of a MP map were crippled by it, then updates came and it's not a problem. In BF3 I had the same problem and it's dissapearing again, so to try the new BETA driver now. Set to multisampling it wasn't a problem on all the same maps but at x8 it stalled the FPS and froze the game to maby 1 FPS. Makes a nice smooth image. I found having a little transparancy and a little AA was often better than lots of AA and no transparancy, in Crysis 1

 

[Tindo]

The adaptive vsync is the best, nvidia really outdone themselves with this beta, my skyrim runs smoother now when frames drop from 60 (running it at 1920*1080, all advanced settings sliders maxed, fxaa, official hi res texture pack)

 

[WillSK]

The adaptive vsync is the best, nvidia really outdone themselves with this beta, my skyrim runs smoother now when frames drop from 60 (running it at 1920*1080, all advanced settings sliders maxed, fxaa, official hi res texture pack)

Yeah skyrim is pretty smooth for me too now. Although with regards to the high res texture pack i dunno if it's just me but i don't notice a lot of difference! what do you think?

Edit: do you also have FXAA enabled in your nvidia global settings or just skyrim option?

 

[Tindo]

Yeah skyrim is pretty smooth for me too now. Although with regards to the high res texture pack i dunno if it's just me but i don't notice a lot of difference! what do you think?

Edit: do you also have FXAA enabled in your nvidia global settings or just skyrim option?

@willsk I thought it was just me that thought no difference with the high res pack, yes my fxaa is on "global on" plus its on in skyrim as well but the drivers will just over ride that, i think

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

FXAA is used in all application not just games but also OS. And is disabled in applications that already use it.

 

[WillSK]

@willsk I thought it was just me that thought no difference with the high res pack, yes my fxaa is on "global on" plus its on in skyrim as well but the drivers will just over ride that, i think

glad it's not just me. i literally don't seem to be able to tell the difference at all! From what i've read i think it's supposed to be most evident on weapons and armour rather than scenery

 

[MADsMoKe]

Im new here so try not too shoot me down lol but i would and will never use beta drivers for hardware, that kinda scares me and idontknow why. lol

 

[Tindo]

Im new here so try not too shoot me down lol but i would and will never use beta drivers for hardware, that kinda scares me and idontknow why. lol

No pain no gain mate

 

[WillSK]

Im new here so try not too shoot me down lol but i would and will never use beta drivers for hardware, that kinda scares me and idontknow why. lol

I've had both positive and negative experiences with beta drivers but never anything drastic. bit of a performance decrease in the past but far from BOSDs or annoying stuff like that. Tbh i just wanted to test out these new features hence why i downloaded the beta and the adaptive vsync in particular is awesome!

 

[Sheza]

I usually have no issues with beta software of any sort, but when Nvidia screwed up with the constant Display Driver issues (Lots of 3 second black screens and sometimes BSODs and total system lock-ups) I've been reluctant to upgrade from my fairly stable drivers.

 

[killablade]

Never had any big issues with beta drivers really.. have heard some horror stories but never experienced one. Had some minor issues like the occasional freeze/stutter in the past but that's about it.

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Im using the Beta drivers now and had HUGE success with it so far. No crashing, but my Design Garage is still crashing.