Nvidia Releases GeForce 285.62 WHQL Driver
New in Version 285.62
- This is the recommended driver for Battlefield 3. It contains several performance and compatibility enhancements for the final release of the game.
- This is also the recommended and enhanced driver for Batman: Arkham City and RAGE.
- Contains a fix for the driver timeouts reported with the R285 beta drivers.
New in R285 Drivers
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:
- Up to 6% in Battlefield 3
- 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
- Up to 13% in Metro 2033 with SLI
- Up to 8% in STALKER: Call of Pripyat with SLI
- Up to 5% in StarCraft 2
GeForce GTX 560:
- Up to 4% in Bulletstorm
- Up to 5% in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with SLI
- Up to 11% in Battlefield 3
- Up to 6% in Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Up to 5% in Crysis 2 DX11 with SLI
- Up to 7% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
- Up to 7% in F1 2010 with SLI
- Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
- Up to 5% in Lost Planet 2 with SLI
- Up to 4% in Mafia 2 with SLI
- Up to 7% in Metro 2033 with SLI
- Up to 11% in STALKER: Call of Pripyat with SLI
- Up to 7% in StarCraft 2
NVIDIA PhysX
- Updates PhysX System Software to version 9.11.06.21.
NVIDIA SLI
- 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.
HD Audio
- Updates HD Audio driver to version 1.2.24.0.
OpenGL
- Adds support for OpenGL 4.2 for GeForce 400 series and 500 series GPUs.
NVIDIA 3D Vision
The 3D Vision Controller (USB) driver is included in this driver package. Users are no longer required to install the 3D Vision CD driver or a separate 3D Vision Controller driver. For more information, please view this knowledgebase article.
Adds support for viewing 3DVisionLive.com and YouTube 3D with NVIDIA SLI PCs. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on 3D Vision Window Mode.
Window mode is now the default viewing option for the 3D Vision Photo Viewer.
Added the following 3D Vision game profiles:
- Aion
- Diablo 3
- Dead Rising 2: Off The Record
- Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) 2
- From Dust
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2
- Last Remnant Benchmark
- Men of War Assault Squad
- Stock Car
Update the following 3D Vision game profiles:
- Dirt 3 – updated rating to Excellent
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