Tuesday, July 29th 2014

NVIDIA Rolls Out the GeForce 340.52 WHQL Graphics Driver

Jul 29th, 2014 11:40 Discuss (56 Comments)

NVIDIA today made available a new WHQL-certified graphics card driver, the GeForce 340.52. This release is recommended for Metro: Redux and Final Fantasy XIV, it brings multiple new and updated SLI profiles and allows the streaming of PC games to the just-released SHIELD tablet. The GeForce 340.52 has support for the GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700 Series cards and for the ION and ION LE GPUs.

Download: Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 (64-bit) / Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 (32-bit) / Windows XP (64-bit) / Windows XP (32-bit)

Release Highlights

Game Ready
Best gaming experience for Metro: Redux and Final Fantasy XIV (China)

SHIELD
Supports NVIDIA GameStream technology for the new SHIELD tablet and SHIELD portable

Gaming Technology
Supports GeForce ShadowPlay technology and GeForce ShadowPlay Twitch Streaming

SLI Profiles

3DMark SkyDiver Subtest - added profile
Battlefield: Hardline - added profile
Dark Souls II - updated SLI profile, added NVCPL HBAO+ profile
Divinity: Original Sin - added profile (download via GeForce Experience)
Elder Scrolls Online - added profile
GRID Autosport - added profile (download via GeForce Experience)
LuDaShi Benchmark - added profile
WildStar - updated profile to support 32-bit .exe

3D Vision Profiles

Banished - rated "Good"
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - rated "Excellent"
Krater - rated "Good"

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56 Comments on NVIDIA Rolls Out the GeForce 340.52 WHQL Graphics Driver

#26

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

VulkanBrosWhat is the point of installing Geforce Experience ?? Bloatware......there should be an option on Nvidia drivers download page: "Download drivers ONLY"

There is. On my gaming rig I have GeForce Experience. On my HTPC, I installed only the driviers. The option is a checkbox like all the others if it isn't installed yet. If it is, and you decide you don't like it, you may uninstall it like a normal program.

#27

claylomax

erixx^^^ poor guy, in the age of overinformation he doesn't know all of all, bad bad bad! :)

If nVidia could one day deliver drivers with the opt-out option of all their bloathware like 3D vision, 3D audio, Shield gadget, Shadowplay and wotnot forever! Then I would praise them a lot more.

overinformation? I haven't seen the advert on the buses like Call of Duty series :laugh:

#28

erixx

Yeah, if it is not on a bus, it does not exist right! Internets, wake up! LOL

#29

claylomax

erixxYeah, if it is not on a bus, it does not exist right! Internets, wake up! LOL

Que es de broma tio!

#30

Prima.Vera

So far, the Watch Dogs no longer crashing with those drivers.

#31

erixx

Lo sé, claylomax, buen hombre :) Thanks, that was delicious.

#32

TheHunter

AntykainJust ran Valley with my EVGA GTX 780 Classy.. Did see some artifacting still. The mountains in the background mainly.

Yes they're aware of this, started with 337.61+, apparently 337.50 is ok.

Should be fixed in next driver or 2.

#33

VulkanBros

rtwjunkieThere is. On my gaming rig I have GeForce Experience. On my HTPC, I installed only the driviers. The option is a checkbox like all the others if it isn't installed yet. If it is, and you decide you don't like it, you may uninstall it like a normal program.

Yes I see the point - why download 50 MB drivers when you can download only 329 MB ........

#34

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

VulkanBrosYes I see the point - why download 50 MB drivers when you can download only 329 MB ........

:laugh: Very good point!!

#35

CrAsHnBuRnXp

erixx^^^ poor guy, in the age of overinformation he doesn't know all of all, bad bad bad! :)

If nVidia could one day deliver drivers with the opt-out option of all their bloathware like 3D vision, 3D audio, Shield gadget, Shadowplay and wotnot forever! Then I would praise them a lot more.

Shadowplay is a godsend. No more fraps.

#36

TheHunter

MSI AB + intel quciksync is great too if not better, I had some issues with shadowplay and winamp + visualization plugin (worked only in fullscreen, but it had soundskipping every few sec), when I tested Unwinders rtss video capture it worked right away and with nice quality @ mkv format, windowed or fullscreen.

#37

CrAsHnBuRnXp

TheHunterMSI AB + intel quciksync is great too if not better, I had some issues with shadowplay and winamp + visualization plugin (worked only in fullscreen, but it had soundskipping every few sec), when I tested Unwinders rtss video capture it worked right away and with nice quality @ mkv format, windowed or fullscreen.

shadowplay is still beta. It's supposed to be able to capture in windowed mode as well but if you have more than one monitor glitches. So then your kind of forced into full screen

#38

TheinsanegamerN

VulkanBrosWhat is the point of installing Geforce Experience ?? Bloatware......there should be an option on Nvidia drivers download page: "Download drivers ONLY"

there is. its called downloading and unziping the driver, then going to device manager and pointing the GPU to look into that unzipped folder for a new gpu driver. BAM! only the driver is installed.

#39

RejZoR

Never got the point of NVIDIA Experience. Just like i haven't for AMD's Raptr or whatever it is. Is it for people incapable of setting ingame settings themelves or what?

I've always cranked everything to max allowed and then degraded settings that don't affect visuals that much. Meaning i've never degraded textures, because that affects visuals too much and model details. Decreasing shading accuracy, decreasing non essential shadows, decreasing SSAO quality etc. It's not a rocket science.

#40

GhostRyder

RejZoRNever got the point of NVIDIA Experience. Just like i haven't for AMD's Raptr or whatever it is. Is it for people incapable of setting ingame settings themelves or what?

I've always cranked everything to max allowed and then degraded settings that don't affect visuals that much. Meaning i've never degraded textures, because that affects visuals too much and model details. Decreasing shading accuracy, decreasing non essential shadows, decreasing SSAO quality etc. It's not a rocket science.

Indeed I agree, though I do like the other aspects that both control panels bring and the extras. The settings thing maybe cool I guess if your looking for someone with your same setup that was able to adjust a setting to a point of perfect balance. But changing settings is so simple I found that aspect to be a very small bonus with these programs.

#41

Baum

does anyone have problems with an GTX 560?
I need a newer driver for cs:go and my lower games but on most nvidia drivers i have artifacts with missing textures...
and no the card is not dead or dieing, tested with very old drivers...

on starcraft 2 the performance is way better with newer drivers but glitches....

#42

VulkanBros

TheinsanegamerNthere is. its called downloading and unziping the driver, then going to device manager and pointing the GPU to look into that unzipped folder for a new gpu driver. BAM! only the driver is installed.

And again i say: Yes I see the point - why download 329 MB bloat - when 50 MB drivers is more than enough ???

#43

Fluffmeister

VulkanBrosAnd again i say: Yes I see the point - why download 329 MB bloat - when 50 MB drivers is more than enough ???

When did downloading 300 odd MB become an issue anyway? You must be pulling your hair out with constantly with game updates and the like.

Maybe it's time to upgrade from the rock your living under.

#44

THE_EGG

FluffmeisterWhen did downloading 300 odd MB become an issue anyway? You must be pulling your hair out with constantly with game updates and the like.

Maybe it's time to upgrade from the rock your living under.

When I lived at the Gold Coast, the body corporate at the apartment building didn't have cable Ethernet installed so I had to use a 4G modem. If it is 60mb verse 330mb, I'd much rather take the 60mb version purely because it is expensive as feck if I want to refill my data quota.

#45

avatar_raq

THE_EGGWhen I lived at the Gold Coast, the body corporate at the apartment building didn't have cable Ethernet installed so I had to use a 4G modem. If it is 60mb verse 330mb, I'd much rather take the 60mb version purely because it is expensive as feck if I want to refill my data quota.

Some people just don't think that there are people less fortunate than them. I pay $60 per month for a painfully slow internet with fluctuating ping. I can't get better where I live, even if I pay $200 per month.

#46

erixx

Add to that that EVERY fakking STEAM game downloads and keeps (if no remedy... :) DIRECTX installers..... The world apparently is so scientific and rationale but hardly a single braincell is employed to make it more sustainable!

#47

xorbe

Baumdoes anyone have problems with an GTX 560?
I need a newer driver for cs:go and my lower games but on most nvidia drivers i have artifacts with missing textures...
and no the card is not dead or dieing, tested with very old drivers...

So many 560 / 560Ti cards were faulty. The newer drivers stress the card harder exposing hardware issues. Really, you should try MSI AB and lower the GPU and MEM clocks ... it'll probably "solve" the issues.

#48

Prima.Vera

Yep, I was wrong. Still crashes with those drivers, but not that often.

#49

BorisDG

For me sometimes Windows "Aero" is disappearing for a minute and then it goes back. Someone with same issue?

#50

DayKnight

Has Nvidia changed something?. I dont see a separate PhysX line in my Program and Features category.

It cant be that I forgot to install PhysX.

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