THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD

Jay85 · 23 Jun 2013 at 12:27

Are they.... Safe

Im sceptical after the last drivers causing artifacts in some recent game titles. Reverted back and all is well again.

I noticed the latest drivers drop the core voltage from 1.175 to 1.15 in evga precision x.

Mythril1976 · 23 Jun 2013 at 12:31

Going to play some games for an hour or so. I'll report back with any findings. Grid 2 is still okay for me. That's all I've tested so far. I'm on Winblows 8 x64 in case anyone is wondering.

Gregster · 23 Jun 2013 at 12:37

I will give them a blast

I will report back.

Mythril1976 · 23 Jun 2013 at 13:14

Well just done 40 mins on Metro Last Light and everything is sound there. On with the next game...

Rroff · 23 Jun 2013 at 13:15

New official ones _should_ be available late Monday night. I'm not sure they are that different from 320.18 tho (other than fixes for corrupt rendering in some games).

Gregster · 23 Jun 2013 at 13:27

BF3 is deffo smoother than 320.18, so something is different with these.

whyscotty · 23 Jun 2013 at 13:45

Gregster said:
BF3 is deffo smoother than 320.18, so something is different with these.

^^^
This

layte · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:00

Seems Tombraider has had some work done on it.

I did a few tests @1440p with everything set as high as possible:

FXAA

2xAA

4xAA

Spec:

Don't forget chaps, apparently Nvidia is rubbish at non CUDA compute.

Mythril1976 · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:05

whyscotty said:
^^^
This

I agree also that Battlefield 3 is running butter smooth. No texture problems or "micro stutter/juddering".

whyscotty · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:14

Mythril1976 said:
I agree also that Battlefield 3 is running butter smooth. No texture problems or "micro stutter/juddering".

I'd say it's the best performance since I've had my Titans.

Still playing about, but they look promising

LtMatt · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:30

layte said:
Seems Tombraider has had some work done on it.

I did a few tests @1440p with everything set as high as possible:

FXAA

2xAA

4xAA

Spec:

Don't forget chaps, apparently Nvidia is rubbish at non CUDA compute.

I don't think anyone ever questioned a titan's compute performance Layte. But seeing as you mentioned it, here's a little comparison for you.

Copied your settings exactly, 7950 crossfire 27% behind at 1440p with FXAA and AAx2. Not bad i think you'll agree for two cards costing 300% less, assuming you paid at most, £800 per Titan.

FXAA

x2 AA

layte · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:36

You forgot 4xAA

Also, serious question, did you manually set the shadow quality to Ultra? I notice when you set the preset to ultimate it does not max out the shadow setting which is strange.

jimfowler_82 · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:36

Any danger to using these physically to the gfx card??

I dont mind the odd bug in software im used to that

LtMatt · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:40

layte said:
You forgot 4xAA

Also, serious question, did you manually set the shadow quality to Ultra? I notice when you set the preset to ultimate it does not max out the shadow setting which is strange.

Yes i didn't bother with x4, though as both results (fxaa and x2) were 27% i don't see any reason why x4 would be much different, and yes shadows were on Ultra, i copied your settings.

Gregster · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:41

jimfowler_82 said:
Any danger to using these physically to the gfx card?? I dont mind the odd bug in software im used to that

It might pay to wait and see what others feedback is but I am very impressed. A boost of over 25fps in Grid 2 for me with SLI Titans at 5960x1080

opethdisciple · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:42

jimfowler_82 said:
Any danger to using these physically to the gfx card?? I dont mind the odd bug in software im used to that

Untill they are officially released, you use at your own risk.

Mythril1976 · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:44

whyscotty said:
I'd say it's the best performance since I've had my Titans.

Still playing about, but they look promising

Just had a few rounds in Grid 2. All seems very well there too.

So out of the three games I've tried there has not been any issues. I'd say give them a go if your holding back.

Boomstick777 · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:47

*Updated with 320.39 (BETA) *

whyscotty · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:48

Gregster said:
It might pay to wait and see what others feedback is but I am very impressed. A boost of over 25fps in Grid 2 for me with SLI Titans at 5960x1080

Could you do me a bench mark run on Grid 2 maxed settings please?

But cards at stock clocks

LtMatt · 23 Jun 2013 at 14:49

I bet you regret doing this thread now Broomstick seeing as you've sold your Nvidia cards.

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