surg23 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I made this thread just for people that aren't aware of the new Beta driver for Nvidia cards. I have recently installed these drivers and the claimed performance gain of 25% for Skyrim is no exaggeration. It truly makes a massive difference. I'm sure many people already know about, or are running them at present, but i just wanted to increase exposure so other people can take advantage of this. I'm playing on a GTX-560 1gb with everything maxed out and it runs smooth as silk. It really is a remarkable improvement over the 285.62 WHQL driver which would slow down dramatically in some areas, and so far i have not noticed any instability. So i strongly recommend trying it out, worst case scenario is you have to roll-back driver, it's a win-win situation. Also i have tested these drivers with a few other titles such as Saints row 3, and it didn't have any noticeable effect, but the FPS gain for Skyrim alone is worth it. http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Happy gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daventry Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 We are aware of it and there are Allot of Threads about it, just Search ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surg23 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 We are aware of it and there are Allot of Threads about it, just Search ;) Like i said, i'm sure many people know about it, this is primarily for people who don't frequent the other sub-forums, as i have been glued to this General discussion forum for the last month and there was not a single thread about this subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclericp Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 T.T at my ATI radeon..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carajp Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks for that. Really grateful. I didn't know about them. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodfellowGoodspring Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Oah i use ATI, because im a TRUE gamer ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7x5631 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Oah i use ATI, because im a TRUE gamer ;) True gamer even though you don't know the company is called AMD and has been for a while? :P I stay true to Nvidia because they made the original GPU and forced 3dfx into bankruptcy, back when I started PC gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feanoro Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 ZOMFG remember those VOODOO 1 cards? Anyways, in regards to the driver I have to say it really coms down to what card you have. If you have a relatively new and shiny GTX then sure, they'll help, but my Geforce 9700m went from acceptable fps to unplayable on the new drivers. I had to go back to 285.79 to play Skyrim again on my old machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surg23 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 ZOMFG remember those VOODOO 1 cards? Anyways, in regards to the driver I have to say it really coms down to what card you have. If you have a relatively new and shiny GTX then sure, they'll help, but my Geforce 9700m went from acceptable fps to unplayable on the new drivers. I had to go back to 285.79 to play Skyrim again on my old machine. I never owned a Voodoo card, but i remember my first 3d card, it was a Geforce 2 - MX440 64mb. That card was a beast for it's time. I never realized just how good it was until several generations later and noticed it held it's own with much newer technology. That is a shame about the driver not working for you, hopefully this will change when it's out of Beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7x5631 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 ZOMFG remember those VOODOO 1 cards? Anyways, in regards to the driver I have to say it really coms down to what card you have. If you have a relatively new and shiny GTX then sure, they'll help, but my Geforce 9700m went from acceptable fps to unplayable on the new drivers. I had to go back to 285.79 to play Skyrim again on my old machine. I never owned a Voodoo card, but i remember my first 3d card, it was a Geforce 2 - MX440 64mb. That card was a beast for it's time. I never realized just how good it was until several generations later and noticed it held it's own with much newer technology. That is a shame about the driver not working for you, hopefully this will change when it's out of Beta. I remember that. It's comparable to an 8800gt. That thing lasted me almost 4 years (still works) and still gets respectable performance out of new games. When I look back on it now, it seems kind of foolish to put a single slot cooler on a 65nm card. Since the 8800gt was one of the first to upgrade from 90nm I guess they were feeling cocky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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