NVIDIA ForceWare 295.73 XP 64-bit

R295 Highlight Summary
New features and performance since last WHQL-certified driver

• Game-changing performance boost of up to 45% inThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, “the fastest selling title inSteam’shistory”
• Up to 2x performanceMass Effect 3withSLI technology.
• GeForce-exclusivequality enhancements with ambient occlusion support forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,Diablo III, andThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• New3D VisionandSLIprofiles for over 50 titles.
• NewPhysXsoftware for the best experience in topPhysXtitles likeAlice: Madness ReturnsandBatman: Arkham City.

R295 Highlight Details

Performance

• Increases performance by up to 45%in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (measured with GeForce GTX 560 at 1080p Ultra settings in indoor scenes vs. 285.62).
• Updates the NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to a higher performance profile.
• BoostsMass Effect 3SLI performance to up to 2x.

Ambient Occlusion

• Adds ambient occlusion support for Diablo III. See the comparison screenshots on GeForce.com.
• Updates the ambient occlusion support for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to a higher performance profile (also in 290 beta drivers). See the comparison screenshots on GeForce.com.
• Adds ambient occlusion support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (also in 290 beta drivers). See the comparison screenshots on GeForce.com.

NVIDIA SLI

• Adds or updates SLI profiles for:
• Mass Effect 3
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
• The Darkness II
• F1 2011
• Oil Rush
• Red Faction: Armageddon
• 7554
• Trine 2
• WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011
• Afterfall: InSanity.
• ArcheAge
• Core Blaze

NVIDIA 3D Vision

• Adds support for 3D Visionwindowed mode on DLP HDTVs and onOptimized for GeForcepassive 3D monitors.
• Added new3D Visionlaser sight /crosshair options to better matchSkyrimcrosshairs.
• Adds or updates 3D Vision profiles for:
• The Adventures of Tintin – rated Good
• Afterfall: Insanity – rated Fair
• ANNO 2070 - rated Not Recommended
• Apache: Air Assault – rated Fair
• Black Prophecy – rated Not Recommended
• Chaos Online – rated Fair
• Choplifter HD - rated Good
• Cities XL 2012 - rated Good
• Da Vinci Online – rated Fair
• Dino D-Day - rated Good
• DotA 2 – rating upgraded to Fair
• Dungeon and Dragons: Daggerdale – rated Fair
• Edge - rated Excellent
• Ferrari Project – rated Not Recommended
• The First Templar – rated Fair
• Fractal – rated Excellent
• FreeStyle 2 – rated Good
• The Haunted Halls Reach – rated Excellent
• Insane 2 - rated Excellent
• King Arthur II – rated Not Recommended
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – rated Fair
• Kong Fu Ying Xiong – rated Fair
• Love Beat – rated Good
• Marvel Super Hero Squad Online – rated Good
• Microsoft Flight – rated Fair
• Perpetuum – rated Fair
• Post Apocalyptic Mayhem – rated Fair
• Prototype 2 – rated Fair
• Q.U.B.E. – rated Excellent
• Quan Qiu Shi Ming – rated Excellent
• Red Bull X-Fighters - rated Excellent
• rFactor 2 (mod mode) – rated Good and updated convergence
• Risen 2: Dark Waters - rated Fair
• Saints Row: The Third – Rated Not Recommended
• Shadow Company: Left for Dead – rated Not Recommended
• Special Force – Rated Good
• Tera – rated Good
• Top Gun: Hard Lock – rated Not Recommended
• Tropico 4 – rated Good
• Worms Blast – rated Good
• If you are using 3D Visionwith the 3D Vision USB emitter, please read this FAQ for more details on installation.

NVIDIA PhysX

• Updates PhysX System Software to 9.12.0209 for improved compatibility with Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.

NVIDIA Surround

• EnablesWHQL-certifiedsupport forNVIDIA Surroundon Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.

HD Audio

• Updates HD Audio to version 1.3.12.0.

Battlefield 3

• Fixes instances of texture corruption/artifacts inBattlefield 3when memory constrained (typically 1GB or less graphics cards runningUltrasettings and high resolutions).

Other Details

• 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, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.