This is the recommended driver for the launch of Windows 8. It is Microsoft WHQL-certified. This driver includes a security update for the NVIDIA Display Driver service (nvvsvc.exe).
What's New:
- Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers (304.xx to 309.xx). GeForce R310 drivers will not support these products.
- Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA
- NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.
- The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA. Read about it on GeForce.com.
- TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
- Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.
- Performance Boost - Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series
GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results
will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
- GeForce GTX 680:
- Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)
- GeForce GTX 560:
- Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
- Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
- Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2
- GeForce GTX 680:
- NVIDIA SLI Technology - Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare - added
- Borderlands 2 - added
- Darksiders 2 - added
- End of Nations - added
- F1 2011 - updated
- F1 2012 - added
- Final Fantasy XIV - updated
- Nexuiz - added
- Orcs Must Die! 2 - added
- PlanetSide 2 - updated
- Saints Row: The Third - updated
- Shogun 2: Total War - updated
- Sleeping Dogs - updated from latest beta
- Spec Ops: The Line - added
- The Secret World - updated
- Torchlight II - added
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
- Tornado Force - added
- Tribes: Ascend - updated
- NVIDIA 3D Vision - Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare - rated Not Recommended
- A New Dawn - rated Fair
- All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse - rated Good
- ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead - rated Fair
- Bang Bang Racing - rated Excellent
- Borderlands 2 - updated profile with new convergence settings
- Brave - rated 3D Vision Ready
- Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair
- Depth Hunter - updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
- Dishonored - rated Good
- End of Nations - rated Good
- London 2012 The Official Video Game - rated Fair
- Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails - rated Excellent
- Mass Effect 3 - updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
- Max Payne 3 - updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
- Raiderz - rated Fair
- Roller Coaster Rampage - rated 3D Vision Ready
- SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator - rated Fair
- Street Fighter X Tekken - rated 3D Vision Ready
- Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends - rated Good
- Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters - rated Good
- Tribes: Ascend - rated Fair
- The Secret World - rated Good
- The Walking Dead - rating Good
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - rated Excellent
- Other Profile Updates
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support Counter-strike: Global Offensive
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support MechWarrior Online
- Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.
- NVIDIA Surround
- Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.
- NVIDIA CUDA
- Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
- Key Fixes
- Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
- Fixes an issue where some manufacturer's factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
- Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.
Additional Details
- Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
- Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
- 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 technolog 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.
Supported Products:
- GeForce 7 series
- 7950 GX2
- 7950 GT
- 7900 GTX
- 7900 GT/GTO
- 7900 GS
- 7800 SLI
- 7800 GTX
- 7800 GT
- 7800 GS
- 7650 GS
- 7600 LE
- 7600 GT
- 7600 GS
- 7550 LE
- 7500 LE
- 7350 LE
- 7300 SE / 7200 GS
- 7300 LE
- 7300 GT
- 7300 GS
- 7150M /NVIDIA nForce 630M
- 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
- 7100 GS
- 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
- 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
- 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a
- 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
- 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i
- 7050 / nForce 620i
- 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a
- 7000M /NVIDIA nForce 610M
- GeForce 6 series
- 6800 XT
- 6800 XE
- 6800 Ultra
- 6800 Series GPU
- 6800 LE
- 6800 GT
- 6800 GS/XT
- 6800 GS
- 6800
- 6700 XL
- 6610 XL
- 6600 VE
- 6600 LE
- 6600 GT
- 6600
- 6500
- 6250
- 6200 TurboCache
- 6200SE TurboCache
- 6200 LE
- 6200 A-LE
- 6200
- 6150SE nForce 430
- 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S
- 6150 LE
- 6150
- 6100 nForce 420
- 6100 nForce 405
- 6100 nForce 400
- 6100
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