New in Version 285.62
New in Release 285.38
Increases performance in Battlefield 3 by up to 38%i.
Improves overall stability and image quality in Battlefield 3.
Added or updated SLI profiles for Battlefield 3, Dead Island, Diablo III, Dragon Age 2, Need for Speed: The Run, and Saints Row: The Third.
Fixed a performance regression in 285.27 beta running Crysis 2 (DirectX 9).
New in Release 285.27:
Performance
Increases performance for GeForce 400 and 500-series GPUs in several PC games vs. v280.26 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 580 Performance Improvements
Up to 5% in Call Of Duty: Black Ops
Up to 7% in Civilization V with SLI
Up to 5% in Crysis 2 DX11 with SLI
Up to 7% in F1 2010 with SLI
Up to 5% in Lost Planet 2 with SLI
Up to 5% in Mafia 2 with SLI
New in Release 280.26
nVidia SLI
Enables SLI technology on SLI-certified motherboards with AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X, and 970.
nVidia 3D Vision
With Release 280 drivers, the 3D Vision Controller driver is now included with all GPU driver installations. Users are no longer required to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver or CD driver. This driver includes the 280.10 3D Vision Controller driver. For more information, please view this knowledgebase article for more information.
NVIDIA has released the first beta in the Release 280 series. Major improvements and updates in the driver include:
NVIDIA SLI on AMD Chipesets - Enables SLI configurations on SLI-certified motherboards based on the AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X and 970.
NVIDIA 3D Vision Controller - With the Release 280 drivers, the 3D Vision Controller is now included with all GPU driver installations. Users no longer need to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver.
This driver is identical to the GeForce 275.50 WHQL-certified release except for the following changes:
New in Release 275.50
Enables SLI technology on SLI-certified motherboards with AMD chipsets: 990FX, 990X, and 970.
Improves 3D Vision performance with Duke Nukem Forever with 3-way SLI and Quad SLI technology.
NVIDIA 3D Vision
New in Release 275.33:
Same as 275.27 Beta:
GPU Support:
Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTX 560 GPU.
Performance:
Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v270.61 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 580:
Up to 4% in Crysis 2
Up to 5% in Civilization V with SLI
Up to 9% in Portal 2
New in Release 275.27:
GPU Support:
Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTX 560 GPU.
Performance:
Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v270.61 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 580:
Up to 4% in Crysis 2
Up to 5% in Civilization V with SLI
Up to 9% in Portal 2
Up to 13% in Bulletstorm with Antialiasing enabled
New in Release 270.61:
Same as in 270.51 Beta:
GPU Support:
Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPUs.
Performance:
Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 580:
