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NVIDIA Rolls Out the GeForce 331.40 Beta Driver

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NVIDIA has just made available a new graphics driver, the beta-tagged GeForce 331.40 which includes support for the GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700-series desktop GPUs and the ION desktop GPUs. This new build is claimed to deliver a performance boost (compared to the GeForce 327.23 drivers) for the GeForce 400/500/600/700 Series GPUs and implements Horizon Based Ambient Occlusion plus (HBAO+) for DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 applications.

GeForce 331.40 Beta Download Links
Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 32bit / Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 64bit / Windows XP 32bit / Windows XP 64bit





The GeForce 331.40 Beta also offers support for OpenGL 4.4 and includes the following new/updated game profiles:
  • Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Updated Profile
  • Batman: Arkham Origins - Updated SLI Profile
  • Battlefield 3 - Updated Surround Profile
  • Battlefield 4 - Updated Surround Profile, Added SLI Profile
  • Crisis - Added SLI Profile
  • Crysis 3 - Added AO Profile
  • Dirty Bomb - Added DX9 SLI Profile
  • Dying Light - Added DX11 SLI Profile
  • F1 2013 - Updated SLI Profile
  • FIFA 14 - Added SLI Profile, Added AO Profile
  • Natural Selection 2 - Added DX11 SLI Profile
  • Outlast - Added DX9 SLI Profile
  • Space Hulk - Updated Profile
  • Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Updated SLI Profile
  • State of Decay - Added DX9 SLI Profile
  • Watch Dogs - Added DX11 SLI Profile

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Just in time for BF4 open beta :toast:
 

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Installed without a hitch. Ran some benches and tried BF3 - no issues to report.
 
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PCI-E Gen 3.0 native support is enabled for Geforce GTX Titan and Geforce GTX 780.

No hack required.
 

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I didn't have to reapply the hack either..on Dual 4Gig 670's...

BF4 in 4 hours and 40 minutes there abouts..
 

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Bah, I was wrong, my 2nd card still only drops to low power 3d clocks at idle... otherwise driver works great!
 
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