BF3 stutter on newer Nvidia drivers

[titaniumx3]

Since every driver release after the 306.97 WHQL drivers I've had this weird stutter in BF3. Its very subtle and hard to see but still noticeable, especially when panning across the landscapes or using a sniper scope - it's like frames are being dropped. Strange thing is that fps is still as high (if not better) but it just doesn't feel as smooth.

This is on a single GTX680 and going back to the 306.97 drivers fixes the problem. I've tried the latest 314.07 drivers and the stutter is still there.

Anyone else notice this? I've read around on other forums and other people are reporting the same thing, but it's very sporadic and some people say they don't notice it.

(Also, probably not related but I've also seen in a drop in performance in Crysis (original and warhead) after the 306.97 drivers.)

 

[titaniumx3]

Yep, lot of people are mentioning other games too. I myself am pretty sure I'm seeing it in Crysis 2. As I said, it's not something you can pick up easily, but when going back and forth between the drivers it's definitely there. I guess it's what people experience with microstutter in sli/crossfire setups, but it's now happening on a single GPU.

I'll try the other drivers mentioned here, but for now I'm sticking with 306.97 drivers. Just hope nvidia at the very least acknowledge this problem, as I'm sure I'm missing out in other areas by not updating to the latest drivers.