nVIDIA ForceWare 368.39 WHQL GameReady drivers available

nVIDIA ForceWare 368.69 WHQL Game Ready drivers are available.
Most noteworthy changes in this build are down below.

• Add support for the GTX 1070
• Add optimizations for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and Edge of Nowhere
• Adds support new VRWorks technologies introduced with Pascal architecture
  • Lens Matched Shading
  • Single Pass Stereo

Bug fixes:

Windows 10 Fixed Issues:

• [368.25] GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition cards spin fan up and down rapidly. [1771960]
• Eliminate stuttering in Total War: WARHAMMER. [1767466]
• [368.22] X-Legend Entertainment reports that Laplace fails to launch. [200203264]
• [368.22] Stutter occurs during full-screen playback of YouTube videos in Edge browser. [1769515]
• [365.10] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain launches to a white screen. [1764610]
• System hangs during transition from monitor sleep to system sleep. [1757517]
• [SLI, 364.72] Tom Clancy’s The Division stutters after 20–30 minutes.
• [1750263]

Windows 8.1/Windows 8/Windows 7 Fixed Issues:

• Eliminate stuttering in Total War: WARHAMMER. [1767466]
• WarThunder 3D Vision rating lowered. [1764596]

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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

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 http://www.nvidia.com. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from http://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 http://www.nvidia.com. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from http://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

ForceWare 266.58 WHQL released

nVIDIA released a new WHQL driver suite which offers the same performance improvements over the Rel.260 drivers as the 266.35 betas, and comes with added support for six 3D Vision desktop monitors, a pair of 3D Vision projectors and a fifteen Mitsubishi DLP HDTVs. It also has new 3D Vision profiles for a couple of games and applications.

Performance

• Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. the latest Release 260 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 7% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 12% in Battleforge (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF Very High)
• Up to 11% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 7% in Dirt 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 7% in Far Cry 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF Dark Tower)
• Up to 5% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)
• Up to 9% in Stone Giant (SLI 1920×1200, DOF on)
• Up to 8% in Unigine Heaven v2.1 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF)

• Improves performance in Final Fantasy XI on GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs.

Visual Quality

Adds ambient occlusion support for one of the most popular games of the year: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Ambient occlusion improves the quality of lighting, shadows, and depth perception in many parts of the game.

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