GeForce R304 306.23 WHQL Drivers

Rusty0611 · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:32

Plainace said:
Still have issues with surround on these drivers

What's that?

<----- SLI Surround user.

Gregster · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:34

I switched from 304.79 to these (with surround) and find them excellent. BF3 very smooth.

Plainace · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:57

Rusty0611 said:
What's that?

<----- SLI Surround user.

So, my problem is weird. If I maximise a window (Chrome for example). It will maximise to one of the monitors, not all 3 (like it used too). Another issue with the mini icons in the task bar being misplaced on some occasions.

whyscotty · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:57

Installed these and so far so good,
Batman Arkham improved fps and smoother

covenantuk · 14 Sep 2012 at 17:03

andybird123 said:
it's not a problem, it's adhering to the spec, nvidia won't de-patch the bug that let you break the spec, the best hope if you want hi-res 120hz is that someone will come up with a hack similar to the hack for AMD drivers

There IS a patch for nVidia 120hz, check the 120hz.net forum. It may be specific though so you may have to wait until one comes out for this release.

*Rich* · 14 Sep 2012 at 19:32

Thanks for heads up, i'll get these tomorrow and see if i get any changes for the better.

dokko · 14 Sep 2012 at 20:08

dokko said:
These seem to be, so far, working great for me on a 560ti. Last two betas I've been getting stutters, only solvable by a reset of the computer. Early days but had a blast on skyrim for 90mins without fault.

Several hours of playing and rock solid. It seems to be using the gpu more according to MSi afterburner, which is fine by me, always struck me as weird seeing it around 50% knowing its bring maxed out.

Rock · 16 Sep 2012 at 19:58

Plainace said:
So, my problem is weird. If I maximise a window (Chrome for example). It will maximise to one of the monitors, not all 3 (like it used too). Another issue with the mini icons in the task bar being misplaced on some occasions.

Should be an option in NV Control Panel for this - Desktop Menu > Surround Displays > Maximise Windows Across All Displays

imginy · 16 Sep 2012 at 20:48

I been using them and benchmarks seem the same and didn't really notice much in game.

Although now that others mention it bf3 has been running really smooth

whyscotty · 16 Sep 2012 at 23:53

Overall these seem to be very good.

Only one issue,Gpu temps seem to be higher than previous,
anyone else noticed this?

arc@css · 16 Sep 2012 at 23:58

whyscotty said:
Overall these seem to be very good.

Only one issue,Gpu temps seem to be higher than previous,
anyone else noticed this?

Downloading now, and I'll see if my temps are higher or not.

Seems the same to me 'so far'.

Gregster · 17 Sep 2012 at 11:13

whyscotty said:
Overall these seem to be very good.

Only one issue,Gpu temps seem to be higher than previous,
anyone else noticed this?

I didn't know if it was just me but my temps for my EVGA did seem higher.

Rusty0611 · 17 Sep 2012 at 11:20

Hmmm wasn't paying any attention. Will check as well.

Nelly · 17 Sep 2012 at 11:20

What drivers did you come from? downclocking in games has been fixed since the previous WHQL drivers, so that's probally why you're seeing higher temps maybe?

whyscotty · 17 Sep 2012 at 11:20

Atleast I'm not imagining it,
temps have gone up by 3-5 deg on all of them. :confused:

Gonna remove and do a clean install to see if I missed anything.
Will post to confirm

whyscotty · 17 Sep 2012 at 11:21

Nelly said:
What drivers did you come from? downclocking in games has been fixed since the previous WHQL drivers, so that's probally why you're seeing higher temps maybe?

From the latest beta's,
mine never really downclocked as such.

Must admit though gaming seems smoother on all my titles so far

Nelly · 17 Sep 2012 at 11:22

whyscotty said:
From the latest beta's

Oh well, it can't be that then lol.

Rusty0611 · 17 Sep 2012 at 11:24

I'll do a dave_beast (

) and say that BF3 feels "so much smoother" on these drivers

.

Not a serious dig if somebody reads it without a sense of humour.

Durzel · 17 Sep 2012 at 12:10

What's the correct way to upgrade from the latest betas to these? "Clean install" via Nvidia drivers? Just straight over the top without a "clean install"? Driver Sweeper?

Had no end of trouble completely wiping the drivers on my cards to the point where I've had to start pulling cards out and putting them back in to get any kind of stability. Quite surreal.

whyscotty · 17 Sep 2012 at 12:24

Durzel said:
What's the correct way to upgrade from the latest betas to these? "Clean install" via Nvidia drivers? Just straight over the top without a "clean install"? Driver Sweeper?

Had no end of trouble completely wiping the drivers on my cards to the point where I've had to start pulling cards out and putting them back in to get any kind of stability. Quite surreal.

If I'm having problems-

1- uninstall the video card via device manager and tick Delete the driver software option.

2- Run drivers and tick clean install.

This works for me 99% of the time.

If no issues I just do option 2.

Also I only use Nvidia so removing AMD drivers I've got no idea.

Hope this helps.

Others may have better ways than mine.