Geforce 301.10 (win7/vista) x64 only WHQL

[AthlonXP1800]

I noticed Nvidia got new WHQL driver ready for GTX 680 launch day. Possible another massive performance boost over 300.99 and maybe add much improved OpenCL 1.2 and DirectCompute support.

This is the official launch driver for GeForce GTX 680 – the fastest, most efficient GPU ever built.

Explore GeForce GTX 680 and its new SMX architecture on GeForce.com.

GeForce R300 drivers introduce several new industry-leading gaming features and will be released using versions 300.xx to 301.xx.

New Feature Summary:

•NVIDIA GPU Boost Technology – dynamically maximizes clock speeds based on workload of the game to push performance to new levels and bring out the best in every game. Learn more on GeForce.com.
•NVIDIA FXAA Technology – shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. Note: This feature is disabled for games already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
•NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync – dynamically enables vertical sync based on your current frame rates for the smoothest gaming experience. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.•NVIDIA Frame Rate Target – dynamically adjusts frame rate to a user specified target. Support for this feature is enabled via third party applications via NVAPI. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
•NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Technology – with a single GeForce GTX 680 you can expand your PC games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate “inside the game” experience. NVIDIA Surround also supports triple screen gaming with non-3D Vision monitors. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
New Surround features:

◦Add in a fourth accessory display to get access to your email, web, or other applications while you game.
◦Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode (enabled by default).
◦Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display (enabled by default).
◦Enable bezel peeking – a feature which enables users to temporarily ‘peak’ behind the monitor bezels using a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + B). This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with bezel corrected resolutions.
◦Enables users to add or remove resolutions from the list of Surround resolutions (only those selected will be available to applications).
◦Enables full center display acceleration for single wide display modes (center display must be connected to the master GPU).
•NVIDIA NVENC Support – adds support for the new hardware-based H.264 video encoder in GeForce GTX 680, providing up to 4x faster encoding performance while consuming less power.
Other Details

•Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0213.
•Installs HD Audio v1.3.12.0.
•Supports OpenGL 4.2
•Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 680.
•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 and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 32bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ql-driver.html 64bit


Hmmm one feature we never heard from spec leaked are NVENC, look forward to find out in reviews about NVENC later.

[Vardant]

Dammit, just installed 300.99

[i SPY]

Originally Posted by Vardant

Dammit, just installed 300.99

lol me too, although that wasnt the fastest


tnx for this.


edit: modded INF (x64, only for US driver)
http://www.mediafire.com/?faj8vjlm74mb4dc




edit: INT inf only (x64bit)
http://www.mediafire.com/?d6usbgolfetu1f1

[i SPY]

Anyone else noticed strange stuttering while scrolling web pages? It stalls for a milisec every once and a while..

Idk, i think 300.99 didnt have it like that.



Also these are from older branch compared to 300.99


300.99: r300_95-2
301.10: r300_68-51


Hmm i guess i'll revert back to 300.99..

[pxmm]

Originally Posted by slaWter

Are the new Surround features also available for Fermi cards?

ManuelG on nvidia forums said a 300 series driver is coming for all cards in April. Also:

"FXAA, Adaptive VSYNC, and many of the Surround enhancements will be made available for Fermi-based products in the upcoming UDA driver.

GPU Boost and TXAA are Kepler specific. "

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s...post&p=1386584

I can understand them not wanting the overhead of integrating GPU Boost on all cards, but TXAA appears to be very simple to integrate into an existing MSAA/post process AA game engine, seems to only require MSAA and support on a card, so keeping it Kepler-specific and (guessing) tying it into TWIMTBP seems like it would put devs off: "why should we spend the time integrating and testing this and then specifically locking it to Kepler?"

[i SPY]

^
about TXAA

TXAA is a new film-style AA technique that is designed to exploit GeForce GTX 680’s high FP16 texture performance. TXAA is a mix of hardware anti-aliasing, custom CG film style AA resolve, and in the case of 2xTXAA, an optional temporal component for better image quality. The bulk of TXAA is a high-quality resolve filter, which is carefully designed to work with the HDR-correct post processing pipeline.

Like our FXAA technology, TXAA will be first integrated directly into the game engine. The following games, engines, and developers have committed to offering TXAA support: MechWarrior Online, Secret World, Eve Online, Borderlands 2, Unreal Engine 4, BitSquid, Slant Six Games, and Crytek.

So i kinda doubt it will be Kepler only, every high-end gpu has fast FP16 support.. Also why would a engine maker bind it to certain gpu, doesnt make any sense

[pxmm]

Originally Posted by i SPY

^
So i kinda doubt it will be Kepler only.. Why would a engine maker bind it to certain gpu, doesnt make any sense

Marketing

I guess they want a "killer feature" and that devs will only get the code when they sign up to TWIMTBP and promise to lock it to kepler, kind of like with a secondry PhysX card won't be used if the main card is AMD.

[i SPY]

Originally Posted by pxmm

Marketing

I guess they want a "killer feature" and that devs will only get the code when they sign up to TWIMTBP and promise to lock it to kepler, kind of like with a secondry PhysX card won't be used if the main card is AMD.

lol yeah i'm aware of that.. and its silly.



anyway, anyone noticed this webpage scrolling stalling with 301.10?

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edit: its the same with 300.99, actually 300.99 caused TDR lolz, never had that before with any driver.. I returned to 301.10 int instead of US and all is good..

Also used a little higher scroll 4 steeps instead of 3 and it seems better.

[Vardant]

Originally Posted by pxmm

I guess they want a "killer feature" and that devs will only get the code when they sign up to TWIMTBP and promise to lock it to kepler, kind of like with a secondry PhysX card won't be used if the main card is AMD.

There is no way this is a Kepler only feature. Just look at FXAA, it also comes from NVIDIA, yet when implemented in a game, it is available to everybody.

[shteve]

Played BF3 with these yesterday and they were fine (trying out the adaptive vsync). Played again later on and got 1-2 FPS. Had to reboot to get it back. Not sure if it was related to my PC having slept in between or if they just don't play nice with opengl (had played the new Wing Commander in between too).

[i SPY]

I tried this adaptive vsync in Dirt2 and it eliminated those occasional micro sec hickups.. Now there is no micro stutter/hickup, instead i see like micro screen tearing/image flash-bliping, but at lest its smooth.. Hm it can look just as bad, kinda like epileptic flashes lol


ingame vsync on and in Dirt2 profile adaptive vsync.



hmm hard choice, either stutter or tear blip flashes

[Muppet]

The best way to fix both those problems is to get a 120Hz monitor. I'm very sensitive to screen tearing and if it's there on my Samsung, i'm unable to see it. Also say good by to Vsync and imput lag.