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    Nvidia 331.58 WHQL hits the streets.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MickyD1234, Oct 21, 2013.

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    GeForce : 331.40 Driver
    Version : 331.40 - BETA
    Release Date : Mon Sep 30, 2013
    Operating System : Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit
    Language : English (US)
    File Size : 245.36 MB


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    [URL="http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/331.40/331.40-notebook-win8-win7-64bit-international-beta.exe"]http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/331.40/331.40-notebook-win8-win7-64bit-international-beta.exe[/URL]
     
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    Tested it on mine. No issues so far. Same performance as 331.40 beta driver in these game benchmarks for me: Metro Last Light, Batman Arkham City, Tomb Raider, F1 2012, Bioshock Infinite. (3DMark11 score also identical)
     
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    Good to hear, thanks :D

    I'm going wait it out until tomorrow - had so many problems with the last couple of drivers - maybe time for a fresh windows install for me - Noooooooooo....
     
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    Testing, no issues so far. :)
     
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    Sorry to hear...no issues so far.
     
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    Yay cause last drivers sucked in LOL.... Please let these fix...
     
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    Thought I'd give this one a better try out since I just rolled back as soon as I saw the stutter in BM AC benchmark. Played the game for a while. First I discovered that I still like just roaming the streets and kicking butt!

    In game I am getting around 10% better FPS and the stutter is more of a 'micro-pause' and quite rare. In fact the extra few FPS make 3D quite a bit smoother, just watching Catwoman's animation in 3D is very.....Animated :eek:.

    SO, I guess Friday and BM Origins will tell which one I plump for :rolleyes:
     
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    well LOL still sucks with even the new drivers.....oh well.....
     
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    Looks like somebody came up with a winner :D :D

    Batman AO is running better than ANY other game I have, it's more like a DX9 game. Just dropping AO to normal and AA to 2x and I see over 100FPS (max physics)! Even in 3D it runs around 45 to 60FPS.

    Only downside I see ATM is an occasional brief (around 5 seconds) drop to P1 but that is easily fixed with nvidia inspector :). Also getting a rare 'flash', even in windows if I switch back while the game is running. Not often enough to cause me to get annoyed so it looks like I'll be sticking with this driver for a while!

    Temp is also super low at a fairly constant 62C!

    Back to Arkham...
     
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    With max settings on Splinter Cell Blacklist this new driver introduced micro-stuttering. Turning v-sync off eliminated this so that's all good :). If only ubisoft could now fix the fact it makes your CPU heat up to 92 degrees for one second on the loading of the game that would be perfect!
     
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    I hope stuttering will be fixed by the next driver. Don't want to miss out on ShadowPlay by staying with 314.22
     
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    I get dire performance in Guild Wars 2 with this driver, lose about 15 FPS compared to 326.41 beta. Disappointing. On Windows 8.1 if that's of any relevance.