NVIDIA Releases the Performance-Boosting GeForce 310.33 Beta Driver

Cristian_25H · Oct 23, 2012, 04:00 PM

Countering AMD's ' Never Settle' driver (the Catalyst 12.11), NVIDIA has today rolled out a new graphics driver that delivers performance improvements of up to 15% for GeForce GTX 600 Series cards. The driver in question is called GeForce 310.33, it comes in beta form, and it features support for GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 Family cards.

Download: GeForce 310.33 Beta (Windows 7/8 64-bit)

New in R310 Drivers:

● Performance Boost - Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 306.97 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 680:
- Up to 11% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Up to 6% in StarCraft II
- Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
GeForce GTX 660:
- Up to 6% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Up to 3% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 4% in Dragon Age II

● NVIDIA 3D Vision - Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
Assassin's Creed III rated Not Recommended
Bloody Good Time rated Good
Bullet Run rated Fair
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 rated Good
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission rated 3D Vision Ready
Dark Souls rated Fair
Dishonored rated Fair
FIFA 13 rated Good
Hitman: Absolution rated Fair
I Am Alive rated Fair
MLB 2K12 rated Fair
NBA 2K12 rated Good
Need for Speed: Most Wanted rated Fair
Sniper Elite V2 rated Poor
Tiny Troopers rated Fair
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD rated Good
Total War Battles: SHOGUN rated Good
XCOM: Enemy Unknown rated Fair

● NVIDIA SLI Technology - Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
Dirt: Showdown – updated SLI profile
Dota 2 - updated SLI profile
Dou Zhan Shen – updated SLI profile
F1 2012 - added SLI profile
FIFA 13 – sdded SLI profile
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – updated SLI profile

● Other Profile Updates
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Counter-strike: Global Offensive
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Cross Fire
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Darksides 2
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Dragon Nest
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2
Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Mechwarrrior Online
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Meng San Guo

● NVIDIA CUDA
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit.

Additional Details

- Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0904.
- Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
- Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
- 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.

HossHuge · Oct 23, 2012, 04:11 PM

How does the rating system work for the 3D Vision profiles?

MxPhenom 216 · Oct 23, 2012, 04:14 PM

Doesn't seem like its boosts performance in to many games......

Covert_Death · Oct 23, 2012, 04:51 PM

why they no give stats for my 670????

and the games they show had a max of 11% if its up to 15 show which game is 15!!!!

and i wonder how long they have had the performance part of this update waiting in their back pocket so they could "match" AMD's move the next day, just like this........

jihadjoe · Oct 23, 2012, 04:57 PM

I guess that's one of the disadvantages of getting your drivers (mostly) right the first time -- there won't be much performance to be gained by tweaking later on.

Batou1986 · Oct 23, 2012, 05:02 PM

Why do I get the feeling where going to see more of this driver sand bagging of sorts in the future.

Binge · Oct 23, 2012, 05:05 PM

ehhh I need one of these guys to show more support for games in windowed mode. Sick of weirdness that comes from not using full-screen

swaaye · Oct 23, 2012, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Batou1986

Why do I get the feeling where going to see more of this driver sand bagging of sorts in the future.

These little games have been played all the way back to the dawn of video drivers. Single digit percent gains are intangible and might as well be measurement error, but it still looks good on a news release.

chief-gunney · Oct 23, 2012, 06:39 PM

nothing for BF3, boo hoo

Steevo · Oct 23, 2012, 10:36 PM

So they at first say 15%, but then only show 11% in skyrim?

[H]@RD5TUFF · Oct 23, 2012, 10:49 PM

Has anyone with a GTX 680 tried this patch and can verify it does improve performance ?

okidna · Oct 24, 2012, 02:14 AM

Although they didn't mentioned it, this driver fixed my Borderlands 2 CTD issues! Woo hoo!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steevo

So they at first say 15%, but then only show 11% in skyrim?

Quote:

NVIDIA has today rolled out a new graphics driver that delivers performance improvements of up to 15%

What part of "up to" that you didn't understand?

ViperXTR · Oct 24, 2012, 02:19 AM

looks meh compared to AMD's never settle drivers

SonDa5 · Oct 24, 2012, 02:58 AM

Where is the counter AMD "never settle" 4 free game bundle?

Show me the 4 free game coupon then I will consider NVIDIA's counter move worthy.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Oct 24, 2012, 03:35 AM

I am done with Skyrim, I am no longer playing StarCraft II (heck was getting 60fps tops there even before this driver), I am finished with Batman: Arkham City and I am not interested in reinstalling Dragon Age II. Basically don't need it.

alwayssts · Oct 24, 2012, 03:36 AM

When these are out of beta, as well as Catalyst 12.11, I hope W1z retests the 500/600 and 7000 series.

The last day has been really confusing. I blame most of it on the 'never settle for a driver without at least 3 hotfixes', but there's always a chance this driver could change the over-all picture as well.

Hooray for tangible performance increases, even if they both appear suspicious in both where AMD cards now land in performance relative to nvidia's parts when normalized, as well as nvidia magically having a beta in their back pocket compiled and ready to go.

xenocide · Oct 24, 2012, 04:03 AM

I'll have to test this out with my 670 to see if there are any noticable performance gains. Only downside is I don't exactly have a ton of Benchmarking games as far as I know. I know I could manage some synthetic ones easily, but as far as games it's hard to benchmark consistantly without a pre-scripted benchmark system.

HossHuge · Oct 24, 2012, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossHuge

How does the rating system work for the 3D Vision profiles?

So if nobody has an answer than I'll just have to assume that they just make up the rating system based on what they think.

Ikaruga · Oct 24, 2012, 08:58 AM

Guys, looks like we don't have to buy new faster cards anymore from now on. We just download new drivers, and that's it

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Oct 24, 2012, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossHuge View Post
How does the rating system work for the 3D Vision profiles?

Really weird. In fallout 3, it rates it "Excellent" but has some funky stuff with HDR turned on. While in Magic Duels of Planeswalker, its rated "Not Rated" but was in fact flawless.

RejZoR · Oct 24, 2012, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by okidna

Although they didn't mentioned it, this driver fixed my Borderlands 2 CTD issues! Woo hoo!

What part of "up to" that you didn't understand?

The one where they don't list any games with "up to" 15% lol...

newtekie1 · Oct 26, 2012, 02:05 AM

Installed these yesterday and have gotten nothing but nvlddmkm.sys BSODs.

Oct 23, 2012, 04:00 PM	#1
Cristian_25H Staff Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Still on the East Side Posts: 41 (0.08/day) Thanks: 9 Thanked 963 Times in 487 Posts	NVIDIA Releases the Performance-Boosting GeForce 310.33 Beta Driver Countering AMD's ' Never Settle' driver (the Catalyst 12.11), NVIDIA has today rolled out a new graphics driver that delivers performance improvements of up to 15% for GeForce GTX 600 Series cards. The driver in question is called GeForce 310.33, it comes in beta form, and it features support for GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 Family cards. Download: GeForce 310.33 Beta (Windows 7/8 64-bit) New in R310 Drivers: ● Performance Boost - Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 306.97 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration: GeForce GTX 680: - Up to 11% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Up to 6% in StarCraft II - Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City GeForce GTX 660: - Up to 6% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Up to 3% in Batman: Arkham City - Up to 4% in Dragon Age II ● NVIDIA 3D Vision - Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles: Assassin's Creed III rated Not Recommended Bloody Good Time rated Good Bullet Run rated Fair Call of Duty Black Ops 2 rated Good Carrier Command: Gaea Mission rated 3D Vision Ready Dark Souls rated Fair Dishonored rated Fair FIFA 13 rated Good Hitman: Absolution rated Fair I Am Alive rated Fair MLB 2K12 rated Fair NBA 2K12 rated Good Need for Speed: Most Wanted rated Fair Sniper Elite V2 rated Poor Tiny Troopers rated Fair Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD rated Good Total War Battles: SHOGUN rated Good XCOM: Enemy Unknown rated Fair ● NVIDIA SLI Technology - Adds or updates the following SLI profiles: Dirt: Showdown – updated SLI profile Dota 2 - updated SLI profile Dou Zhan Shen – updated SLI profile F1 2012 - added SLI profile FIFA 13 – sdded SLI profile Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – updated SLI profile ● Other Profile Updates Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Counter-strike: Global Offensive Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Cross Fire Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Darksides 2 Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Dragon Nest Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2 Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Mechwarrrior Online Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Meng San Guo ● NVIDIA CUDA Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. Additional Details - Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0904. - Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0. - Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs. - Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs. - 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.

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Sound Card:	Creative Sound Blaster Z + Altec Lansing MX5021
PSU:	Corsair HX750 + Noiseblocker BlackSilent XR2
Software:	Windows 8 Professional x64
Benchmarks:	It can run 3DMark and all...

Oct 26, 2012, 02:05 AM	#22
newtekie1 Semi-Retired Folder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 17,761 (6.48/day) Thanks: 780 Thanked 5,118 Times in 3,708 Posts System Specs	Installed these yesterday and have gotten nothing but nvlddmkm.sys BSODs. __________________ Rig1: System Specs. Rig2: A8-5600K@4.4GHz / AsRock FM2A75 Pro4 / 8GB Corsair DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 / HD7560D / Samsung DVD-Burner / 1.5TB WD Green + 3x3TB WD RED in RAID5 Rig3: Athlon X2 4200+ / M4A79 Deluxe / 4GB G.Skill Pi DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 / GT430 / Sony DVD-Burner / 500GB WD Rig4: Phenom II x6 1605T @ 3.6GHz / Asus M5A99X Evo / 8GB PNY DDR3-1600 9-9-9 / GTX470 & GTX470 / Samsung DVD-Burner / 1.5TB Seagate

Processor:	Intel Core i7 875K@4.0GHz(200x20)
Motherboard:	eVGA P55 FTW 200
Cooling:	Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme w/ Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition
Memory:	8GB Corsair DDR3-1600 7-7-7-20
Video Card:	ASUS GTX 670 4GB DirectCU II @ 1015/3600
Hard Disk:	1TB Seagate 7200.12(OS), 3x 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11 in RAID 5
Optical Drive:	Lite-On Blu-Ray Combo Drive IHES108
CRT/LCD Model:	HP 25" 2509m 1080p LCD
Case:	Lian-Li Lancool Metal Boned K7 w/ Windowed Side Panel
Sound Card:	Onboard is good enough for me
PSU:	Corsair HX850
Software:	Windows 7 x64 Professional

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