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Nvidia 290.36 - beta drivers ( ambient occlusion support )

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http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...op-win7-winvista-64bit-international-beta.exe

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windo...op-win7-winvista-32bit-international-beta.exe
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This is the first beta release from the Release 290 family of drivers. You can read more about this family of drivers on GeForce.com.
This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.

New in R290 Drivers
NVIDIA Ambient Occlusion

NVIDIA PhysX

NVIDIA Surround

  • Enables NVIDIA Surround support for Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
NVIDIA SLI

  • Added or updated SLI profiles for Crysis 2, Heroes and Generals, Inversion, Stronghold 3, and Syndicate.
3D Vision

  • Adds support for 3D Vision over native DisplayPort 1.1 connection - available on BenQ XL2420T and BenQ XL2420TX monitors.
  • Added or updated the following 3D Vision game profiles:
    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – rated Good
    • Cang Sheng (苍生) – rated Good
    • Diablo 3 – rated Good
    • Fei fei (飞飞) – rated Good
    • Final Combat (大冲锋) – rated Good
    • L.A. Noire – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
    • LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – rated Fair
    • Qian Nv You Hun Online (倩女幽魂Online) – rated Good
    • QQ Xi You (QQ西游) – rated Good
    • Sonic Generations – rated Good
    • Xian Tu (仙途) – rated Good
    • Yong Bing Tian Xia Online (拥兵天下 Online) – rated Good
HD Audio

  • Updates HD Audio driver to version 1.3.9.0.
Some Key Bug Fixes
• Fixes random flickering as Windows boot logo is loading or fading away.
• Fixes corruption in Crysis 2 with SLI and lower quality shadow settings.
• Fixes ability to set Surround resolutions to 5760x1080 (requires setting custom resolution).
• Fixes some random instances of triangular artifacts when playing Battlefield 3.
• Improved performance in Elders Scroll: Skyrim
• Fixes white dots appear in the edges of objects in NFS-ProStreet game with AA enabled
• Fixes blood is green color when AA is set to 4X or 8X from in-game video settings
• Fixes blank screen on certain Apple Macintosh computers running Windows
• Fixes negative SLI scaling in Anno 1404 with two-way, three-way or four-way SLI

Other Details

  • Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
  • Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL.
  • Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
 
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Here's a quick comparison shot I made:

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The most noticeable difference is the darkening of the shadows on the edges of the buildings.

It might just be my system but I'm noticing a drop in fps with ambient occlusion enabled. Need to do more testing.
 
Another comparison shot below. Looks really nice in-game but at the cost of performance. I've got ambient occlusion set to "Quality" in the NVidia CP which probably accounts for it. The "performance" option might be a happy medium.

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I get "NVIDIA Update Components" failing to install. But in the list, the Graphics Driver is listed as installed. Anything to worry about/something I can do?
 
The comparison images for modern warfare 3 would seem to indicate that adding ambient occlusion messes with the HUD as parts of it disappear in that screen shot
 
i cant get Ambient Occlusion to enable for skyrim through the control panel...

any body else getting this theres no apply button???
 
GraveYard not sure what you mean mate but it worked just by going into the 3d settings for the game in Nvidia control panel and enabling the Ambient Occlusion for that game profile and hitting apply at bottom. Try hiiting restore defaults at top right of that page first and see if that helps. If it locks up or anything uninstall your drivers and reinstall and do the clean install settings in the custom options when you install the drivers.

Also there is this guys.

The Top Five Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Tweaks
Five Fast Skyrim Tweaks Guaranteed To Make Your Game Look Even Better

http://uk.geforce.com/optimise/guid...guaranteed-to-make-your-game-look-even-better
 
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