Nvidia GeForce 296.10 WHQL

[V_R]

This is the second WHQL-certified driver from the R295 family of drivers (versions 295.xx to 299.xx).
This driver is a recommended upgrade for all GeForce users, especially those playing the latest hot PC games like Battlefield 3, Blacklight: Retribution, Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and more. These drivers come packed with GeForce-exclusive performance and quality enhancements and are Microsoft WHQL-certified.
New in Release 296.10

• Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 560 SE GPU.
• Updates PhysX System Software to version 9.12.0213.
• Boosts SLI performance in the following games:
  • Blacklight: Retribution – up to 1.8x performance increase
  • DiRT 3 – updated DX11 profile to improve menu performance
  • Dishonored
  • Dungeon Defenders
  • F1 2011 – improves performance with game patch 1.2
  • rFactor 2
• Adds 3D Vision support for the following games:
  • Dear Esther – Rated Good
  • Deep Black: Reloaded – Rated 3D Vision Ready
• Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes documentation for more details.

Highlight Summary for the R295 Family of Drivers
New features and performance since R285 WHQL-certified driver

• Game-changing performance boost of up to 45% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, “the fastest selling title in Steam’s history”
• Up to 2x performance Mass Effect 3 with SLI technology.
• GeForce-exclusive quality enhancements with ambient occlusion support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Diablo III, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• New 3D Vision and SLI profiles for over 50 titles.
• New PhysX software for the best experience in top PhysX titles like Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.
• Enables WHQL-certified support for NVIDIA Surround on Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
• Updates HD Audio to version 1.3.12.0.

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, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/indexsg.aspx?lang=en-us


Release Notes:

http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Windows/296.10/296.10-Win7-WinVista-Desktop-Release-Notes.pdf[/QUOTE]

 

[Ian]

Thanks V_R - updating my drivers now

 

[Ian]

Just to update a little further - I've had loads of problems with 296.10 on my 560... it crashes about every 5 hours (with a frozen screen and pixelated colours).

I've rolled back to the previous drivers, so hopefully that's done the trick .

 

[muckshifter]

Just to update a little further - I've had loads of problems with 296.10 on my 560... it crashes about every 5 hours (with a frozen screen and pixelated colours).

I've rolled back to the previous drivers, so hopefully that's done the trick .

snap, and yes, it does cure the 'problem?' with these drivers & the/my 560.

 

[V_R]

Interesting, they've been great on my PC....

PC's eh!? lol

What are you running now? 295.73 WHQL's?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-295.73-whql-driver.html

 

[muckshifter]

yes, I've reverted back to 295.73

the 296.10 were not nVidia's best work.

 

[V_R]

Hmmm, wonder if its a 560 thing...?

They are the best drivers i've used so far....

 

[Ian]

yes, I've reverted back to 295.73

Yep, same here and it's been fine since (touch wood!) .

I seem to remember the same problem happening a few months ago with a previous driver release (although I can't remember the version).