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Download NVIDIA GeForce 310.64 Beta Driver
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/28/2012 10:45 AM | 377 comment(s) ]
Here you can download the NVIDIA GeForce 310.64 Beta 32/64-bit driver. This GeForce driver is a BETA-candidate and is recommended for best results with blockbuster games in this holidays season. The GeForce 310.64 drivers have been optimized for Far Cry 3, which means up to 38% faster perf.
This driver is mainly optimized for Far Cry 3, the other perf increasements you see mentioned blow have already been included in the previous driver.
GeForce R310 Drivers
- The result values depend 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% on Assassin's Creed III
- up to 9% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- up to 6% for Warfighter: Medal of Honor
- up to 6% in StarCraft II
- up to 6% in Dragon Age II
- up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
- up to 5% in STALKER: Call of Pripyat
GeForce GTX 660:
- up to 40% in Far Cry 3
- 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 5% in Dragon Age II
- up to 5% on Assassin's Creed III
- Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 4% in Warfighter: Medal of Honor
- NVIDIA SLI Technology - The following SLI profiles are added or updated:
- Far Cry 3 - SLI Profile Update
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - updated SLI profile
- DiRT Showdown - SLI Profile Update
- Dota 2 - SLI Profile Update
- Dou Zhan Shen - SLI Profile Update
- 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
Download FXAA Post Process Injection Tool SVN101 - 11/25/2012 09:30 AM
Download FXAA Post Process Injection Tool revision SVN101 - This great and hady tool made by a group of Guru3D memmbers FXAA Post Process Injection injects different post processing methods to games, ...
Download GeForce 310.61 Beta Driver - 11/20/2012 09:43 AM
NVIDIA just released a GeForce 310.61 Beta 32/64-bit driver for you to download. The new GeForce 310.61 beta drivers are now available to download. Otherwise identical to last week's 310.54 beta ...
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#4465405 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:15 PM
hey ManuelG
any improvements for 580 or it's just for 680 gtx?
Many 600 series perf improvements should also help Fermi customers as well.
hey ManuelG
any improvements for 580 or it's just for 680 gtx?
Many 600 series perf improvements should also help Fermi customers as well.
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#4465406 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:17 PM
Its on various forums, seems quite a few people and we have narrowed it down to 5 series cards and some 6 series, Lots of people seem to have artifacts as well and have to increase voltage to keep the game stable whereas others such as myself need to underclock to keep the game stable.
Ive read some manufacturers were too conservative when setting the stock voltages for cards and highly stressful games were trying to draw more power than the card would give (seems odd as AC3 isnt exactly mind blowing graphically) to ppl giving up with their 5 series and buying 6 series to fix the problem.
Can you provide details here and if possible include links to the other posts on other forums in the form?
http://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?pi=6e7ea6bb4a02641fa8f07694a40f8ac6
Its on various forums, seems quite a few people and we have narrowed it down to 5 series cards and some 6 series, Lots of people seem to have artifacts as well and have to increase voltage to keep the game stable whereas others such as myself need to underclock to keep the game stable.
Ive read some manufacturers were too conservative when setting the stock voltages for cards and highly stressful games were trying to draw more power than the card would give (seems odd as AC3 isnt exactly mind blowing graphically) to ppl giving up with their 5 series and buying 6 series to fix the problem.
Can you provide details here and if possible include links to the other posts on other forums in the form?
http://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?pi=6e7ea6bb4a02641fa8f07694a40f8ac6
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#4465407 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:17 PM
I really need a new sli profile for assassins creed 3. Flickering shadows and horrible performance.
I really need a new sli profile for assassins creed 3. Flickering shadows and horrible performance.
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#4465408 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:18 PM
Signing off folks. It's past 3AM where I live. Will continue to update in the morning.
Signing off folks. It's past 3AM where I live. Will continue to update in the morning.
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#4465410 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:23 PM
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
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#4465413 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:25 PM
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
You're getting improvements as well, they're just showing the 660/680 as the examples.
Performance Boost Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
You're getting improvements as well, they're just showing the 660/680 as the examples.
Performance Boost Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games
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#4465414 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:25 PM
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
thats good to hear I cant wait to try them out to see if it stops the random system crashes ac3 causes. Not happy about being forced to underclock my card to keep the game playable.
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
thats good to hear I cant wait to try them out to see if it stops the random system crashes ac3 causes. Not happy about being forced to underclock my card to keep the game playable.
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#4465415 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:27 PM
Have you tried setting Power Management Mode to Prefer Maximum Performance?
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3130/
Sometimes it can be too conservative.
Thank you for your help.
It's improve to 980Mhz , but still low fps
We can see that when palying Hitman 5 have correct boost clock .
How can i fix it? Just waiting a new forceware?
Have you tried setting Power Management Mode to Prefer Maximum Performance?
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3130/
Sometimes it can be too conservative.
Thank you for your help.
It's improve to 980Mhz , but still low fps
We can see that when palying Hitman 5 have correct boost clock .
How can i fix it? Just waiting a new forceware?
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#4465418 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:30 PM
Sorry to say...these drivers will not help you with that, you have 3 choices:
1.Return the Cards/RMA it.
2.Increase your Voltage
3.Downclock
Personally I was frustrated like you with GTX 500 series cards and their problems with DX11.I eventually just gave up and left my card at default and it fixed my issue.(not a great solution I know)
thats good to hear I cant wait to try them out to see if it stops the random system crashes ac3 causes. Not happy about being forced to underclock my card to keep the game playable.
Sorry to say...these drivers will not help you with that, you have 3 choices:
1.Return the Cards/RMA it.
2.Increase your Voltage
3.Downclock
Personally I was frustrated like you with GTX 500 series cards and their problems with DX11.I eventually just gave up and left my card at default and it fixed my issue.(not a great solution I know)
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#4465419 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:33 PM
Sorry to say...these drivers will not help you with that, you have 3 choices:
1.Return the Cards/RMA it.
2.Increase your Voltage
3.Downclock
Personally I was frustrated like you with GTX 500 series cards and their problems with DX11.I eventually just gave up and left my card at default and it fixed my issue.(not a great solution I know)
I have been reading about this problem since AC3 came out, and noticed it does seem to be with the new DX11 games. my PNY 580 came slightly overclocked I think. So i cannot really try "stock speeds" since I have no idea what 580 stock is supposed to be lol. my Voltage is at 1000, i did shift it to 1025 but they didnt do anything for me, Dropping my Core from 772 to 722 and mem from 2004 to 1954 seems to keep the game stable while leaving the voltage at 1000. Any idea on the proper stock of all 580 cards? Id like to squeeze as much performance as poss out of this card without overclocking, It already runs quite hot so dont wanna put the voltage to 1050/1100 as i have seen others do just to keep the game stable
My card is nearly 2 years old now so RMA is out of the question i believe. Have less tha no money so cannot upgrade.
Sorry to say...these drivers will not help you with that, you have 3 choices:
1.Return the Cards/RMA it.
2.Increase your Voltage
3.Downclock
Personally I was frustrated like you with GTX 500 series cards and their problems with DX11.I eventually just gave up and left my card at default and it fixed my issue.(not a great solution I know)
I have been reading about this problem since AC3 came out, and noticed it does seem to be with the new DX11 games. my PNY 580 came slightly overclocked I think. So i cannot really try "stock speeds" since I have no idea what 580 stock is supposed to be lol. my Voltage is at 1000, i did shift it to 1025 but they didnt do anything for me, Dropping my Core from 772 to 722 and mem from 2004 to 1954 seems to keep the game stable while leaving the voltage at 1000. Any idea on the proper stock of all 580 cards? Id like to squeeze as much performance as poss out of this card without overclocking, It already runs quite hot so dont wanna put the voltage to 1050/1100 as i have seen others do just to keep the game stable
My card is nearly 2 years old now so RMA is out of the question i believe. Have less tha no money so cannot upgrade.
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#4465421 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:37 PM
Well going from your clocks...it seems to be stock:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-580/specifications
I wish I could help, however I'm in a worse situation then you as GTX 570 crashes heaps on some DX11 games when I don't leave it at stock.
Well going from your clocks...it seems to be stock:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-580/specifications
I wish I could help, however I'm in a worse situation then you as GTX 570 crashes heaps on some DX11 games when I don't leave it at stock.
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#4465424 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:38 PM
I have a 3-way SLI setup (GTX 570) and AC3 locks up hard, requiring a hard reset. Haven't tried downclocking the cards, since I'm running them on reference. Might give that a shot and see if it works.
I always thought this might have been an SLI-only issue though (I did see this behaviour on AC:R and with AC:B and going single card rendering always fixed it).
I have a 3-way SLI setup (GTX 570) and AC3 locks up hard, requiring a hard reset. Haven't tried downclocking the cards, since I'm running them on reference. Might give that a shot and see if it works.
I always thought this might have been an SLI-only issue though (I did see this behaviour on AC:R and with AC:B and going single card rendering always fixed it).
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#4465427 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:43 PM
Just looked at my dabs account and it was march 2011 i got the card, Cannot RMA to them but could to PNY i think. Not sure I like the idea of PNY sending me out a refurbished gpu as a replacement. Id rather get my money back and buy a non 5 series card to fix the issue. What other games does this new dx11 problem happen in? AC3 is the only game so far ive seen do this personally. I do have the new hitman game to try out if thats one of the culprits.
spose i could try upping the voltage to 1050 and just having a noisier hotter gpu for a while, not really happy about being forced to do that if the card is not overclocked as well as pumping more power thru it. Will try these new drivers first however. Just gonna grab some relentless from the shop and ill let you know how i get on
Just looked at my dabs account and it was march 2011 i got the card, Cannot RMA to them but could to PNY i think. Not sure I like the idea of PNY sending me out a refurbished gpu as a replacement. Id rather get my money back and buy a non 5 series card to fix the issue. What other games does this new dx11 problem happen in? AC3 is the only game so far ive seen do this personally. I do have the new hitman game to try out if thats one of the culprits.
spose i could try upping the voltage to 1050 and just having a noisier hotter gpu for a while, not really happy about being forced to do that if the card is not overclocked as well as pumping more power thru it. Will try these new drivers first however. Just gonna grab some relentless from the shop and ill let you know how i get on
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#4465428 Posted on: 11/28/2012 12:44 PM
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
We have limited benchmark cycles so tend to do the 660 and 680 (670 is only a smidge slower than the 680). Each of the improvements we develop helps all of the GTX 600 series cards and also benefits older cards too, though obviously to varying degrees. In our articles we do mention this, and that's why I get a tad upset when the drivers are leaked/launched/released ahead of embargo because users miss out on the article containing all the info/the full picture.
Why is it usually GTX 680/660 that gets boosts while the 670 is left cold turkey? or Does it actually provide boosts behind scenes?
I'm kind of regretting getting 670 in SLI as Support for it looks to already be fading this is going off the description in the Drivers.(GTX 570 had far more support when it came to Boosts).
However I could be wrong and GTX 670 is getting performance increase behind scenes.
Anyone feel the same?(These Drivers do help for my GTX 570 though as far as Assassins Creed 3 goes, was having flicker issues)
We have limited benchmark cycles so tend to do the 660 and 680 (670 is only a smidge slower than the 680). Each of the improvements we develop helps all of the GTX 600 series cards and also benefits older cards too, though obviously to varying degrees. In our articles we do mention this, and that's why I get a tad upset when the drivers are leaked/launched/released ahead of embargo because users miss out on the article containing all the info/the full picture.
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ok, thanks for the reply