GeForce 314.21 BETA Driver Download

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/16/2013 09:17 AM [ 152 comment(s) ]

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Download the GeForce 314.21 BETA Driver as released by NVIDIA mostly to help out with performance and stability improvements in Tomb Raider. It also adds new SLI and 3D Vision profiles.

Release Summary

Improves performance and stability in Tomb Raider
Adds new SLI and 3D Vision profiles.

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.23.1
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit.
Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
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 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.

Supported Products

ION (Desktops)
ION
ION LE (Desktops)
ION LE

GeForce 600 Series
GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605

GeForce 500 Series
GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510

GeForce 400 Series
GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405
GeForce 300 Series
GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310

GeForce 200 Series
GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205
GeForce 100 Series
GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100

GeForce 9 Series
GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce 9600 GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100

GeForce 8 Series
GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS 512, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8200 /nForce 730a, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a

Download Locations

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Download Windows XP 32-bit Driver [ 585 downloads | Report broken link ]

Download Windows XP 64-bit Driver [ 106 downloads | Report broken link ]

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Jraptor
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#4556011 Posted on: 03/17/2013 06:40 PM

I have SLI but TR doesn't recognize both cards. How are y'all getting the SLI to work?

deathfrag
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#4556092 Posted on: 03/17/2013 08:30 PM

yeahh better fps with this driver and smooth gamplay too !!!
but very bad with battlefield 3 (multiplayer)

Klapcos
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#4556120 Posted on: 03/17/2013 08:51 PM

Same here - Tested on my GTX680 and works great with tesselation & TressFX ON etc.
Here is a ~7 min video showing how well the performance is with OSD fps, core clock etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJpaKuEs2M

eric010
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#4556141 Posted on: 03/17/2013 09:15 PM

Same here - Tested on my GTX680 and works great with tesselation & TressFX ON etc.
Here is a ~7 min video showing how well the performance is with OSD fps, core clock etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJpaKuEs2M
I think you have a bad GPU usage.
I remember when played the game was always 97-99%.

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#4556143 Posted on: 03/17/2013 09:19 PM

I have SLI but TR doesn't recognize both cards. How are y'all getting the SLI to work?

SLI rendering mode > Nvidia recommended.

Klapcos
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#4556165 Posted on: 03/17/2013 09:33 PM

I think you have a bad GPU usage.
I remember when played the game was always 97-99%.

Because I use adaptive V-sync. Nvidia build this into the driver and obviously max usage is only necessary when the card requires it. If I use a benchmark app like 3DMark I disable that to get max fps and score for e-peening. :nerd:

When I play games I want smoothness and no screen tearing thank you very much.

eric010
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#4556172 Posted on: 03/17/2013 09:43 PM

Because I use adaptive V-sync. Nvidia build this into the driver and doesn't use 100% GPU @1346Mhz for 66fps lol. If I use a benchmark app like 3DMark I disable that to get max fps and score for e-peening. :nerd:

When I play games I want smoothness and no screen tearing thank you very much.
ah ,ok, I have a 120fps monitor and no tearing.

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#4556228 Posted on: 03/17/2013 10:49 PM

@ManuelG

Double buffering also seems to be bugged. frames arent dropping to 30fps (60hz screen) while they should.
here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4rxfnuzbHw&list=UU6iEIc3lf4lRlreGvdYYghw&index=1

GPU
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#4556251 Posted on: 03/17/2013 11:24 PM

I have SLI but TR doesn't recognize both cards. How are y'all getting the SLI to work?

I didn't get full sli load 99% + 99% until I checked off Exclusive Full screen.

mysteriomp
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#4556398 Posted on: 03/18/2013 03:34 AM

When outdoors in the mountain stages my GTX 670 runs below 50% usage with low frames.

All other stages in the game work great and my benchmarks frames are high....

Anyone with the same issues ?

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#4556407 Posted on: 03/18/2013 03:47 AM

Briefly played Tomb Raider last night. It brings TITAN SLI (v314.21 BETA) to their knees.
Everything maxed with 4xSSAA, frame rate dips into 30s in wide open area at 2560x1600p.

Greatskeem67
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#4556483 Posted on: 03/18/2013 08:35 AM

I though it might of been but you cant enable TressFX and SSAA in DX9 mode, so it cant be.

Are you sure you have updated to the latest patch, the new patch version is 1.0.722.3.

I re-Installed the Nvidia drivers and now it is showing up, thanks for the help,great game and runs great.

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#4556520 Posted on: 03/18/2013 11:14 AM

Briefly played Tomb Raider last night. It brings TITAN SLI (v314.21 BETA) to their knees.
Everything maxed with 4xSSAA, frame rate dips into 30s in wide open area at 2560x1600p.

Well doesn't super sampling mean that you're rendering it in 10240x6400?

Maybe settle for FXAA just this once? They seem to have done it right and not over-blurred things that much.

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#4556534 Posted on: 03/18/2013 11:47 AM

Awesome drivers for Crysis 3, running Maxed with smaa (x2?) and sweetFX 1080p. 60fps with drops to 55 or so when lots appears on-screen during a cut scene.
No crashes during a 3 hour play-through.
Cheers Nvidia.

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#4556575 Posted on: 03/18/2013 01:05 PM

Well doesn't super sampling mean that you're rendering it in 10240x6400?

Maybe settle for FXAA just this once? They seem to have done it right and not over-blurred things that much.

It's 4xSSAA. 4xSSAA (OGSSAA) at 2560x1600p is essentially rendering at 5120x3200p and scale it down to 2560x1600p.
10240x6400p would be 8xSSAA.

As for the FXAA in Tomb Raider, nah.. it's horrible, IMO.
Good thing is, with wireless XBOX360 controller, 3rd person games like Tomb Raider is perfectly playable at locked 30 fps (frame limit to 30 fps with everything maxed including 4xSSAA).

Constant/locked 30 fps is better than frame rates jumping all over all the place. Frame rate limiter is very handy.

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#4556632 Posted on: 03/18/2013 02:21 PM

@ PowerK - Capping a game to 30 fps with £1,720 worth of graphics card hardware?!?!?

I can play Tomb Raider fine at 50-60 fps with 1920x1200, Ultimate, 2xSSAA settings with only dips to 25-30 fps during some cutscenes, likely due to TressFX hair. I would think Titan SLI should be able to manage 2xSSAA on maxed out settings at 2560x1600 seeing as each card is 50% faster than a single GTX 680.

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#4556633 Posted on: 03/18/2013 02:21 PM

Great driver for me, for once even stable for a 314 driver. And BF3 performance is fenomenal, both my gpus are somewhere at 25-45% usage!! Always before, they were at 55-65% usage. So these are really good for BF3 also!

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#4556636 Posted on: 03/18/2013 02:23 PM

Do you have a version of Afterburner or Precision installed, if so which one? Are you overclocked past stock speeds of the card?

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#4556671 Posted on: 03/18/2013 03:07 PM

Tomb Raider still crashing with tessellation enabled. latest patch & beta driver.
works fine without tessellation. maybe I should use again Hitman Absolution profile. hope I won't be missing some specific optimization in Tomb Raider profile though :frown:

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#4556704 Posted on: 03/18/2013 03:56 PM

Try Running without exclusive fullscreen enabled. It cures the issue for Nvidia and AMD users alike.

You can use tessellation.

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#4556716 Posted on: 03/18/2013 04:08 PM

Try Running without exclusive fullscreen enabled. It cures the issue for Nvidia and AMD users alike.

You can use tessellation.
No it doesn't, it will crash or at least mine does.

EDIT:
Without? Well... That I could try. I always used exclusive.

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#4556722 Posted on: 03/18/2013 04:13 PM

No crashing whatsoever, everything maxed but no AA, Post, nor DOF.
using exclusive too.

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#4556730 Posted on: 03/18/2013 04:26 PM

No crashing whatsoever, everything maxed but no AA, Post, nor DOF.
using exclusive too.

why no post ? youll miss effects

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#4556740 Posted on: 03/18/2013 04:31 PM

why no post ? youll miss effects

I'm one of the few users that suffer eye strain with some effects, like AA and the like, like when they brought the uber suppression effect to BF3 i had to stop playing, eye strain after 5 - 10 mins, i still remember my last game, my friend from round the corner was with me, TDM Kharg.

same with sleeping dogs, baked DOF + fxaa = me no play.

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#4556745 Posted on: 03/18/2013 04:37 PM

same with sleeping dogs, baked DOF + fxaa = me no play.

o thats too bad man, your missing out on sunshafts, but eye strains are horrible, i get that wuth DOF

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