Geforce Drivers 301.42 WHQL ute nu

Release Highlights

This is the first WHQL-certified unified driver from the R300 family of drivers (versions 300.00 to 301.99). GeForce R300 drivers are packed with new industry-leading, GeForce-exclusive features as well as some really nice performance increases in top games.

New in R300 Drivers:

New GPU Support:

Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 296.10 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 570/580:

• Up to 23% in Just Cause 2 with SLI

• Up to 21% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

• Up to 17% in StarCraft II with SLI

• Up to 14% in Far Cry 2 with SLI

• Up to 9% in Bulletstorm

• Up to 7% in Civilization V

• Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI

• Up to 6% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI

• Up to 5% in Metro 2033 with SLI

• Up to 5% in Total War: Shogun 2

GeForce GTX 560/560 Ti:

• Up to 20% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

• Up to 15% in Just Cause 2 with SLI

• Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 with SLI

• Up to 12% in Bulletstorm

• Up to 11% in Civilization V

• Up to 10% in StarCraft II with SLI

• Up to 9% in Batman: Arkham City

• Up to 4% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI

• Up to 4% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI

• Up to 4% in Metro 2033 with SLI

• Up to 4% in Total War: Shogun 2

NVIDIA FXAA Technology – shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync – dynamically enables vertical sync based on your current frame rates for the smoothest gaming experience. Adaptive VSync is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

NVIDIA Frame Rate Target – dynamically adjusts frame rate to a user specified target. Support for this feature is enabled via third party applications via NVAPI. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

NVIDIA Surround Technology – Adds the following new Surround capabilities.Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

• Add in a fourth accessory display with GeForce GTX 600-series to get access to your email, web, or other applications while you game.

• Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode (enabled by default).

• Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display (enabled by default).

• Enable bezel peeking – a feature which enables users to temporarily peek behind the monitor bezels using a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + B). This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with bezel corrected resolutions.

• Add or remove resolutions from the list of Surround resolutions (only those selected will be available to applications).

• Full center display acceleration for single wide display modes (center display must be connected to the master GPU).

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:

• Alan Wake

• Call of Juarez: The Cartel

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution – The Missing Link

• Left 4 Dead

• Orcs Must Die!

• Portal 2

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

• Risen 2: Dark Waters

• The Darkness II

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2

• Crusader Kings II

• Max Payne 3

• Sniper Elite V2

• Street Fighter X Tekken

NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:

• All Zombies Must Die! – rated Fair

• Ghosts ‘n Goblins Online – rated Good

• Oil Rush – rated 3D Vision Ready

• Postal III – rated Good

• Rayman Origins – rated Good

• SevenCore – rated Fair

• Stacking – rated Good

• Unigine Heaven Benchmark v3.0 – rated 3D Vision Ready

• Wargame: European Escalation – rated Good

• Warp – rated Good

• Wings of Prey – rated Fair

• Krater – rated Poor

• Adam’s Venture Episode 1- rated Poor

• Blacklight: Retribution – rated Poor

• The Darkness II – updated in-game recommended settings

• Depth Hunter – updated profile

• Dirt: Showdown – rated Good

• Passion Leads Army Benchmark – rated 3D Vision Ready

• Resident Evil: Operating Raccoon City – Rated Fair

• rFactor 2 – changed rating to 3D Vision Ready

• Trackmania 2: Canyon – rated Fair

• Unigine 3.0 Heaven Benchmark – updated profile

• World of Tanks – changed rating to Excellent.

Other Details

• Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0213.

• Installs HD Audio v1.3.16.0.

• Supports OpenGL 4.2

• Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600-series.

• 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.