GeForce 305.68 WHQL - *660 Ti ONLY*

[V_R]

As title, for the 660 only, no other NV cards.

This is a WHQL-certified driver for the new GeForce GTX 660 Ti GPU.

New in R304 Drivers:

Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA
NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.
The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA. Read about it on GeForce.com.
TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
Borderlands 2 – added
Darksiders 2 – added
End of Nations - added
F1 2011 – updated
F1 2012 – added
Final Fantasy XIV – updated
Nexuiz - added
Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
PlanetSide 2 - updated
Saints Row: The Third – updated
Shogun 2: Total War – updated
Sleeping Dogs – added
Spec Ops: The Line - added
The Secret World - updated
Torchlight II - added
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
Tornado Force - added
Tribes: Ascend – updated

NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
A New Dawn – rated Fair
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare – rated Not Recommended
All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse – rated Good
ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead Fair
Bang Bang Racing – rated Excellent
Brave – rated 3D Vision Ready
Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair
Dishonored – rated Good
End of Nations – rated Good
F1 2012 – rated Good
London 2012 The Official Video Game – rated Fair
Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails – rated Excellent
Planetside 2 – rated Not Recommended
Prototype 2 – rated Poor
Raiderz – rated Fair
Roller Coaster Rampage – rated 3D Vision Ready
SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator – rated Fair
The Secret World – rated Good
Sleeping Dogs – rated Good
Spec Ops the Line – rated Good
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends – rated Good

Other Profile Updates
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

NVIDIA Surround
Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.

NVIDIA CUDA
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
Supports OpenGL 4.2 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
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, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-305.68-whql-driver.html

 

[floppybootstomp]

That one is more in my budget than a 670, I really can't afford £400 for a graphics card upgrade atm but £250? Might just stretch.

Worth the money to upgrade from a 560?

This would also free up a 9800GTX 512Mb by moving cards 'down the line'. How much for one of those I wonder? £30?

 

[V_R]

What have you got at the mo, a 560 or 560 Ti?

If i were you i'd aim for a 670 tbh. the 660's are too much for what they are IMO.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/547?vs=647

You can get a 670 for way less than 400 notes. Heres a reference 670 from Gainward for £290. Good price.

http://www.ebuyer.com/368521-gainwa...displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-4260183362555

 

[floppybootstomp]

Tempted.... as Squeeze once sang.

 

[V_R]

I wonder if now would be a good time to grab a 670, as the 660 might push the price of the 670 up? Maybe thats Nvidia's plan? Just guessing.

 

[floppybootstomp]

What have you got at the mo, a 560 or 560 Ti?

Plain vanilla flavour EVGA 560, see Speccy Spec:

Been thinking, anyway, my 560's coping ok, I can't really afford it right now, and I fancy getting a squeezebox for my next toy