GeForce 310.70 WHQL Driver Download




Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/18/2012 09:24 AM [ 546 comment(s) ]
Download GeForce 310.70 driver. The culmination of our recent beta releases, these WHQL drivers improve performance by up to 37% in the year's most popular games, add TXAA support to Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Assassin's Creed III, make Sparse Grid Supersampling easier to use, get your system ready for the latest releases, including Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution and Planetside 2, and resolve key issues, like shadow flickering in Assassin's Creed III.
We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here.
In October's GeForce 310.33 beta driver we improved performance by up to 15% in nine games, and this time we’re improving performance by up to 37% in twenty-one games. Leading the charge in 310.70 is a 37% boost for Far Cry 3, followed by a 26% boost for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, an 18% boost for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, a 17% boost for Assassin’s Creed III, and a 12% boost for Battlefield 3.
Please note that performance improvements benefit all GeForce GTX graphics cards, though obviously to varying degrees. We would of course love to show how our optimizations benefit the entire range of GeForce GTX GPUs, but sadly this is unfeasible given the number of benchmarks required. For example, for each GPU and game you test include a before and after benchmark to show the level of improvement, then multiply the number of tests by the number of resolutions, three, and then again by the number of different detail levels and anti-aliasing modes tested. Then, finally, to verify the results, run everything again to ensure there were no anomalies. With so many GPUs in our lineup, even focusing exclusively on the most popular models would prove impossible in the time between a driver being finalized, and released.
Performance Improvement Benchmarks
In Far Cry 3, we maxed out the game's many graphics options, selected SSAO Ambient Occlusion (an excellent balance between performance and fidelity), set the game's version of Transparency Supersampling to "Standard", and enabled 8xMSAA to eliminate aliased edges.
With 310.70 installed, performance improved by up to 37.8%, helping the GTX 670 and GTX 680 achieve playable frame rates at this highly demanding detail level.
Below, we detail the two-dozen other optimizations packed into the 310.70 drivers, using the GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce GTX 660.
GeForce R310 Drivers:
- Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 306.97 WHQL drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 680:
- Up to 38% in Far Cry 3
- Up to 26% in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
- Up to 16% in Battlefield 3
- Up to 18% in Assassin's Creed III
- Up to 9% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Up to 6% in Medal of Honor: Warfighter
- Up to 6% in StarCraft II
- Up to 6% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 5% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
GeForce GTX 660:
- Up to 24% in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
- Up to 10% in Battlefield 3
- Up to 7% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Up to 6% in Far Cry 3
- Up to 5% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 5% in Assassin's Creed III
- Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 4% in Medal of Honor: Warfighter
- NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
- Far Cry 3 – updated SLI profile
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – updated SLI profile
- Dirt: Showdown – updated SLI profile
- Dota 2 - updated SLI profile
- Dou Zhan Shen – updated SLI profile
- F1 2012 - added SLI profile
- FIFA 13 – added SLI profile
- Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – updated SLI profile
- Hawken – added SLI profile
- Hitman: Absolution – added SLI profile
- Natural Selection 2 – added SLI profile
- Primal Carnage – added SLI profile
- NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
- 007 Legends - rated Fair
- Assassin's Creed III - rated Not Recommended
- Bloody Good Time - rated Good
- Bullet Run - rated Fair
- Bunch of Heroes - rated Good
- CABAL2 - rated Good
- Call of Duty Black Ops 2 - rated Good
- Carrier Command: Gaea Mission - rated 3D Vision Ready
- Dark Souls - rated Fair
- Dishonored - rated Fair
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 - rated Excellent
- FIFA 13 - rated Good
- Hawken - rated 3D Vision Ready
- Hitman: Absolution - rated Fair
- I Am Alive - rated Fair
- Lucius - rated Fair
- Mabinogi Heroes - rated Fair
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter - rated Fair
- Metro: Last Light - rated Good
- MLB 2K12 - rated Fair
- NBA 2K12 - rated Good
- NBA 2K13 - rated Good
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted - rated Fair
- Of Orcs and Men - rated Fair
- Painkiller: Hell & Damnation - rated Fair
- Planetside 2 - rated Not Recommended
- Prepar3D - rated Good
- Sniper Elite V2 - rated Poor
- Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 - rated Poor
- The Amazing Spider-Man - rated Not Recommended
- Tiny Troopers - rated Fair
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD - rated Good
- Total War Battles: SHOGUN - rated Good
- Unmechanical - rated Good
- War of the Roses rated Fair
- World Rally Championship 3 rated Good
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown rated Fair
- 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
GTX 680, GTX 670, GTX 660 Ti, GTX 660, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 650, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605
GeForce 500 series:
GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510
GeForce 400 series:
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405
GeForce 300 series:
GT 340, GT 330, GT 320, 315, 310
GeForce 200 series:
GTX 295, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTX 275, GTX 260, GTS 250, GTS 240, GT 240, GT 230, GT 220, G210, 210, 205
GeForce 100 series:
GTS 150, GT 130, GT 120, G 100
GeForce 9 series:
9800 GX2, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GT, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9500 GT, 9500 GS, 9400 GT, 9400, 9300 GS, 9300 GE, 9300, 9200, 9100
GeForce 8 series:
8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8600 GTS, 8600 GT, 8600 GS, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8400, 8300 GS, 8300, 8200 / nForce 730a, 8200, 8100 / nForce 720a
ION series:
ION LE, ION
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Master Guru
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Very low peformance in Witcher 2 version 3.2.2 in cutscenes. Problem exist on win7/win8 32/64bit.
Spec
2500k
ASrock P67
680GTX
i went back to 306.97 everything works perfect. atleast for the 690
Member Guru
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Joined: 2012-01-13
Very low peformance in Witcher 2 version 3.2.2 in cutscenes. Problem exist on win7/win8 32/64bit.
Spec
2500k
ASrock P67
680GTX
With older Drivers it runs faster? Which Ingame-Settings do you use?
Member Guru
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Joined: 2005-10-19
301.42, 304.79 , 305.53 , 306.02 , 306.23 , 306.79 , 310.64 , 310.70 is the same perfomance , settings - all max except ubersampling 1080p.
Newbie
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Why current GPU core freq is 1124mhz, when default clock is 1020mhz ?

Master Guru
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Because it boosts?
Maha Guru
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I dont know what happen. tried some overclock and got a black screen and had to force system to shut off. when trying to boot up system bsod at boot logo. and it kept repeating. I had to use a system restore and now system working again.
edit. I had it up to 950mhz running at 1.125 volts. tried to go to 1gz and thats when the screen instantly went to black screen
Maha Guru
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Why current GPU core freq is 1124mhz, when default clock is 1020mhz ?
it can go beyond the listed boost clock, mine for example is 1006 standard, boosts to 1072, but when gaming it can go as high up to 1110
Newbie
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ViperXtreme thanks for answer.
I have been disable the powermizer and then clocks high up for always. Temp is ok.
sorry for my bad english
Maha Guru
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Winamp 5.63 visal plugin - Milkdrop 2.25 has some issues in windows 8, I didnt try 306.97 yet, but i know it use work fine with older driver in windows 7.
Some visuals don't work or just stall, some dont display properly (black screen), similar thing with advanced visualization studio 2.81d (no visualization just solid color).
Is this nvidia or windows 8 bug?
Maha Guru
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ViperXtreme thanks for answer.
I have been disable the powermizer and then clocks high up for always. Temp is ok.
sorry for my bad english
Temp should be nice for your DCU II card
And with the screenshot you showed, thats nvidia inspector yes? wait for a bit and you will see the estimated max on the right side (above the boost clock) and it should reflect on the current clock.
Newbie
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ViperXtreme
Rolled back to 310.61 because there are some problems with UDK.
Why I have so high gpu clock, when boost clock is just 1084mhz and it's documented in user manual...?

Master Guru
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Didn't he already explain that above? The real boost clock will almost always be beyond the guaranteed boost clock. That "kepler boost" is what the estimated maximum clock shows. Should be true for the 660 as well: http://www.overclock.net/t/1265110/the-gtx-670-overclocking-master-guide
Master Guru
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Windows 7 64bit here and these drivers are awesome. Best drivers I've used, thanks.
Master Guru
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the 310 sets introduce some very high dcp latency. i hope they fix this with the new set. anything below 310 zero issues.
Newbie
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I noticed the same exact problem. Sound popping and crackling due to this. Older drivers were fine.
I have yet to see anyone from NVIDIA confirm they know this is happening even after members posted on the NVIDIA forums.
Lets hope they do indeed fix this or its a deal breaker for staying with NVIDIA for a lot of people im sure.
Master Guru
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I noticed the same exact problem. Sound popping and crackling due to this. Older drivers were fine.
I have yet to see anyone from NVIDIA confirm they know this is happening even after members posted on the NVIDIA forums.
Lets hope they do indeed fix this or its a deal breaker for staying with NVIDIA for a lot of people im sure.
i know when i got the 690 i was like !@@#?$#@$#@?$@#!!!!!! tell me there is something wrong with it. but i see it effects 680's as well. card is fairly new so hopefully things will mature abit

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Windows 8 annoys the f*** out of me - constantly being forced to jump in and out of metro from the tiles to the desktop all the time is just a badly designed OS.
Why they decided to slap a failing phone OS on top of a successful desktop OS i have no idea. Even apple (hate them so much) had enough sense to make 2 seperate operating systems - one for handheld and one for desktop.
Microsoft are failing so hard right now. Windows 8 adoption rate is lower than Vista was when it was released. Microsoft should have had Windows 8 RT for touchscreen tablets and phones and just left desktops and non-touchscreen laptops with an OS more akin to Windows 7 layout.
Sod drivers for such a crappy OS. I hope Windows 8 dies very quickly just like Windows ME.
To those saying you are forced to used Metro in Win 8. Try Start8, it works wonders. You don't have to ever look at metro again. It bypasses it on boot straight to desktop. You get all the speed from Win8 with a Win7 desktop.
It's worth 5 bucks, I'd never use Win8 without it, and trust me I tried to before I got Start8. I haven't had an issue with drivers or anything. In fact I haven't seen any issues reported due to using Start8. It's a FULLY functional startbar, not crippled in any way.
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To those saying you are forced to used Metro in Win 8. Try Start8, it works wonders. You don't have to ever look at metro again. It bypasses it on boot straight to desktop. You get all the speed from Win8 with a Win7 desktop.
It's worth 5 bucks, I'd never use Win8 without it, and trust me I tried to before I got Start8. I haven't had an issue with drivers or anything. In fact I haven't seen any issues reported due to using Start8. It's a FULLY functional startbar, not crippled in any way.
OR get Classic Start Menu from http://ninite.com/ (check under Utilities section)
its FREE !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acVtWAPq3Y0
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OR get Classic Start Menu from http://ninite.com/ (check under Utilities section)
its FREE !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acVtWAPq3Y0
Yes this can work too, but I find Start8 much more streamline personally. Win8 is a great experience, and I truly hope MS learns from this. The fact that even Stardock would release a program to bring the superbar/startbar back says something.
Also Start8 can disable Metro all together, you won't ever have to look at it even on boot.
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This explains why i had latency issue and sound popping on the 310.xx they where first drivers i put on when I got my 660gtx 2 days later i notice the issue, went back to 306.97 and everything is fine since. Guess i stay away from them for while till it sorted out.
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Member Guru
Posts: 131
Joined: 2005-10-19
Very low peformance in Witcher 2 version 3.2.2 in cutscenes. Problem exist on win7/win8 32/64bit.
Spec
2500k
ASrock P67
680GTX