GeForce 306.97 WHQL 32/64-bit download

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/10/2012 11:39 AM [ 249 comment(s) ]

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Download NVIDIA GeForce 306.97 WHQL 32/64-bit driver

Download NVIDIA GeForce 306.97 WHQL 32/64-bit driver. This file has just been released. Release information as such is still missing. The WHQL driver is intended for all known GeForce graphics cards though.

We have an active forum discussion right here on these drivers.

DriverVer = 10/02/2012, 9.18.13.0697

This is the recommended driver for the launch of Windows 8. It is Microsoft WHQL-certified and will also be available for download via Windows Update. This driver is also recommended for the best experience in the latest top PC games like Borderlands 2 andWorld of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria.

New in GeForce 306.97 Drivers:

Recommended driver for Windows 8 launch.
Updates SLI profile for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
Updates 3D Vision profiles for the following PC games:

Check vs. Mate - rated Excellent
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - rated Good
Doom 3: BFG Edition - rated Excellent
English Country Tune - rated Good
F1 2012 - rated Good
Iron Brigade - rated Fair
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire - rated Good
Orcs Must Die 2! - rated Good
Planetside 2 - rated Not recommended
Prototype 2 - rated Poor
Sleeping Dogs - rated Good
Spec Ops: The Line - rated Good
Tiny Troopers - rated Fair
Torchlight 2 - rated Good
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - rated Fair

New in Previous GeForce R304 Drivers (versions 304.xx to 306.xx):

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 400/500/600M 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

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
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.

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C,

Tagged as: forceware, nvidia, geforce

Download Locations

Download Primary URL - 64-bit driver [ 25268 downloads | Report broken link ]

Download Secondary URL - 32-bit driver [ 8905 downloads | Report broken link ]

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peppercute
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#4428033 Posted on: 10/10/2012 01:37 PM

nice find! go install them

DriverVer = 10/02/2012, 9.18.13.0697
R306.97 (branch: r306_41-13)

Spets
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#4428039 Posted on: 10/10/2012 01:47 PM

Just installed 306.89 lol.. Thanks for the heads up.

kroks
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#4428041 Posted on: 10/10/2012 01:50 PM

thanks
now fifa 13 works!!

(I was stuck on messie screen)

maur0
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#4428042 Posted on: 10/10/2012 01:50 PM

one drive new at day hehe
tomorrow 307.01 WHQL

dnottis
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#4428048 Posted on: 10/10/2012 02:03 PM

where are these from?

Seb1
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#4428055 Posted on: 10/10/2012 02:11 PM

I found it over at GeForce... by accident :nerd:

Veteran
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#4428057 Posted on: 10/10/2012 02:14 PM

Its raining drivers again...cool.

maur0
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#4428059 Posted on: 10/10/2012 02:14 PM

finnlayer
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#4428064 Posted on: 10/10/2012 02:22 PM

Just did a mod for the 306.89 on win8

Now these. He he.

ipredator
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#4428071 Posted on: 10/10/2012 02:36 PM

Could anyone please show me how to mod the .inf correctly?

I know where to paste my hardware-ID's (in 2 sections) but in some softwares my 680M will then not appear as a 680m but as the Hardware-ID...

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_72001558&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_72001558
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&CC_0300

What I do to make it compatible for the hardware-check is just add the second string to both sections, not more. What am I missing?

And BTW for those interested, here is the x64 Win7/8 Mobility link (on which I still need to do my .inf mod): http://www.geforce.co.uk/drivers/results/50016

-Tj-
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#4428094 Posted on: 10/10/2012 03:05 PM

Just installed 306.89 lol.. Thanks for the heads up.

Yeah

Good to see r306 branch, installing :nerd:

Edit: ah its originally for Windows 8 no wonder i didnt see it here.. hmm i gonna test anyway.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

alanm
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#4428096 Posted on: 10/10/2012 03:06 PM

Release notes:

http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/306.97/306.97-win8-win7-winvista-desktop-release-notes.pdf

PhazeDelta1
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#4428105 Posted on: 10/10/2012 03:14 PM

Its raining drivers again...cool.

I miss those days

WhiteLightning
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#4428108 Posted on: 10/10/2012 03:18 PM

Thanks!

-Tj-
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#4428109 Posted on: 10/10/2012 03:19 PM

extra stuff, I think most was already in r304..

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 for Counter-strike: Global
Offensive
• Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for MechWarrior Online
• Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

Aveon
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#4428117 Posted on: 10/10/2012 03:30 PM

Nice find Thanks!

PurSpyk!!
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#4428132 Posted on: 10/10/2012 03:45 PM

Not many fixes, was hoping for some Borderlands 2 performance fixes. Odd that they still dont include the newer physx drivers.

SlackerITGuy
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#4428149 Posted on: 10/10/2012 04:15 PM

Can't find them over at NVIDIA.com.

EDIT: Found them at geforce.com lol, nothing to see here folks

WhiteLightning
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#4428151 Posted on: 10/10/2012 04:17 PM

Can't find them over at NVIDIA.com.

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/49949

SlackerITGuy
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#4428154 Posted on: 10/10/2012 04:18 PM

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/49949

Yeah already edited my post lol, thanks anyway mate!.

NeoandGeo
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#4428175 Posted on: 10/10/2012 04:37 PM

Can anyone confirm if these help Borderlands 2 at all?

dnottis
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#4428185 Posted on: 10/10/2012 04:44 PM

Can anyone confirm if these help Borderlands 2 at all?

Probably not. Adds 650 TI support. Release notes are here - http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/306.97/306.97-win8-win7-winvista-desktop-release-notes.pdf

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 306.97
The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved
since version 306.23. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this
driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

Windows Vista/Windows 7
- , GeForce 500 series: With Surround and SLI enabled, after
resuming from suspend mode and then playing video on 5 Internet Explorer tabs, the
display driver unloads when disabling SLI.
- , GeForce GTX 285M: After enabling SLI mode, the NVIDIA Control Panel -
>Adjust Desktop Size and Position page does not show the connected display images
to select.

Netherwind
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#4428204 Posted on: 10/10/2012 05:13 PM

Can anyone confirm if these help Borderlands 2 at all?

What issues do you have? I'm also playing Borderlands 2 and have none except somewhat low FPS when PhysX is on High and there is a lot of blasting going around.

Darren Hodgson
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#4428206 Posted on: 10/10/2012 05:15 PM

Nice to have official drivers for my cards and certified ones at that but I've only just installed the 306.89 ones the day before last. These don't look terribly exciting in terms of fixes and improvements but I always install the latest drivers out so I'll be installing these as soon as I get home in an hour.

I also noticed with the 306.63 and 306.89 drivers that those Chinese symbols that show when you export the profiles as a text file have now been replaced by English. I believe these are part of the 3D profiles.

Sajittarius
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#4428209 Posted on: 10/10/2012 05:16 PM

Is there a problem with borderlands 2? It runs pretty well for me (tried 306.02 and 306.89)

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