Catalyst 11.6 WHQL available

This months WHQL driver set brings support for the new A-Series APU’s (Llano), a new APP accelerated video feature called AMD Steady Video bringing image stabilization for your shaky videos even on YouTube. The set also has performance improvements for Crysis, F1 2010, Far Cry 2, HawX and Unigine OpenGL tests. Oh and that annoying sticky feeling on the upper right corner of your screen is also gone. For the rest of resolved issues please check the release notes.

Release Notes
Download – WinXP 32bit | WinXP 64bit | Vista/Win7 32bit | Vista/Win7 64bit | CAP (Win All)

nVIDIA ForceWare 275.33 WHQL released

nVIDIA released new WHQL driver suite. This new set brings performance improvements in Crysis 2, Portal 2, Civilization V with SLi, Bulletstorm with AA enabled and with PhysX in Batman: Arkham Asylum. They’ve also implemented some multi-threading tweaks, so you can get up to 12% more performance with dual-core CPUs, where the CPU is the bottleneck. The built in nVIDIA update will now automatically and silently updates the game profiles with the latest SLi, Anti-Aliasing and other tweaks.

Release Notes
Download – WinVista / Win7 32bit | WinVista / Win7 64 bit | WinXP 32bit | WinXP 64bit

Catalyst 11.4 WHQL available

AMD released this months WHQL driver set. They obviously come with the performance improvements of the 11.4 Previews, but also fix a couple of rendering issues in games and a couple of video playback related problems as well. They’ve also tweaked display management and the Eyefinity setup for ease of use. After 11.4 the new drivers or rather the Control Center will include an update notification that will check for updates and notify you if there is a new version available.

Release Notes
Download – WinXP 32bit | WinXP 64bit | Vista/Win7 32bit | Vista/Win7 6.as4bit | CAP (Win All)

ForceWare 270.61 WHQL available

nVIDIA released a new WHQL driver suite containing all the performance goodness of the 270.51 beta, the fancy new update system and it adds CUDA 4.0 support.
If you want the latest and greatest, grab them below.

New in Release 270.61

GPU Support

• Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPUs.

Performance

• Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:

• Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
• Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
• Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
• Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
• Up to 7% in Civilization V (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
• Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
• Up to 5% in Civilization V (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
• Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Outdoor)
• Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
• Up to 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
• Up to 4% in Mafia 2 (SLI 2560×1600 AA on/16xAF, PhysX = High)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti:

• Up to 461% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Very High)
• Up to 241% in Dragon Age 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Very High)
• Up to 19% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
• Up to 13% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
• Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
• Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Jungle Map)
• Up to 5% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
• Up to 4% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF, Jungle Map)
• Up to 4% in Civilization V (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Max settings)
• Up to 4% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
• Up to 4% in Metro 2033 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, PhysX on)

NVIDIA Update

• This is a new feature in Release 270 and later drivers. NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from www.nvidia.com, you will be presented with the option to install NVIDIA Update.

CUDA

• Adds support for applications using CUDA 4.0 features such as Unified Virtual Addressing (UVA) and GPUDirect™ v2.0.

Release Notes
Download – WinVista / Win7 32bit | WinVista / Win7 64 bit | WinXP 32bit | WinXP 64bit

nVIDIA ForceWare 270.51 Beta available

nVIDIA released it’s Rel.270 driver and it offers a nice performance boost compared to the 266.58 WHQL release, especially with 3D Stereo enabled. If you don’t care much about Microsoft testing, you shall grab these for your card.

Performance

• Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:

• • Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
  • Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
  • Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
  • Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
  • Up to 7% in Civilization V (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
  • Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
  • Up to 5% in Civilization V (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
  • Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Outdoor)
  • Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
  • Up to 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
  • Up to 4% in Mafia 2 (SLI 2560×1600 AA on/16xAF, PhysX = High)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti:

• • Up to 461% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Very High)
  • Up to 241% in Dragon Age 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Very High)
  • Up to 19% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
  • Up to 13% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
  • Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
  • Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Jungle Map)
  • Up to 5% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
  • Up to 4% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF, Jungle Map)
  • Up to 4% in Civilization V (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Max settings)
  • Up to 4% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
  • Up to 4% in Metro 2033 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, PhysX on)

NVIDIA Update

• This is a new feature in Release 270 and later drivers. NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from www.nvidia.com, you will be presented with the option to install NVIDIA Update.

Download – WinVista / Win7 32bit | WinVista / Win7 64 bit | WinXP 32bit | WinXP 64bit